AUSTRALIAN WOOL

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 192, 11 May 1937, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN WOOL

Destinations of Exports LARGE INCREASE FOR U.S.A. The exports of wool from the Commonwealth of Australia from July’ 1, 1936. to March 31, 1937, totalled 2,<>49,093 bales, a decrease of 72,202 bales compared with the corresponding period of the previous season. Shipments to the principal destinations are as follows:—

Shipments* to djjtjjnited Kingdom include wools een.tt|fi I.ondon for resale. Exports to consignments in process of transport to France. Increases for the nine months are shown by the United States 145,118 bales. United Kingdom 86,636 bales, Italy 40,451 bales', Belgium 67,115 bales, Germany 26,726 bales, France 11.679 bales, Austria 5722 bales, China anti Hong-Kong 1300 bales. Shipments to Japan ior the period display a decrease of 478.464 bales. .Japan resumed purchasing in Australia on January 1 last. It is of interest to note that exports from the Commonwealth to Japanese porta from January 1 to March 31, 1937, were 189,603 bales'; 1936, 196,461 bales; and 1935, 302,829 bales. The totals are not an exact guide to Japan's purchases, ns some of the quantities bought are shipped in later months, but the figures indicate that she has not over-rushed wool buying in Australia.

Bales Bales 1935-36 1936-37 United Kingdom 838,841 925,477 Belgium 325,886 393,001 France 230,672 242,351 United States .87,477 668,999 232,595 Japan 190,535 Germany 85,427 112,153 Italy 11.S90 92,341 Poland 44,156 37,362 Czechoslovakia 28.071 32,376 Netherlands 46,916 31,411 Austria 11,520 1 7.242 Canada 8,262 10,8-15 Sweden 7,4 S3 7,289 Switzerland 5.70-1 6,706 India 5,289 6,134 3,950 Portugal 3.060 Mexico 610 1.814 China and Hong-Kong 267 1,567 Bulgaria 653 SSI New Zealand 365 735 1 ugoslavia 304 < 24 Greece 2,174 301 Brazil — 270 Spain 5.327 177 Turkey — lf-1 169 Russia 450 Egy pt 200 151 British Malaya .... 124 Norway 245 110