SOUTH AFRICAN WOOL TRADE.
Threats have been made by some consuming countries that they will transfer their .wool-buying, orders from Australia to houth Africa. A change in that respect was stated to be taking place last season, but returns showing the exports of greasy wool from South African ports from July 1 to April 30 last indicate that reduced quantities were taken > by all the principal purchasing countries, but the supplies available were smaller. The shipments for the period were 205.000,0001b of greasy wool, or/28 per cent, lower than twelve months before, the supplies sent to the principal destinations, with the percentage decrease on the total for the similar months qf the previous season, being as follows:— Decrease tt - t j t-. , lb- Per ecntUnited Kingdom ... 52,000,000 23 France 50,000,000 41 Germany 49,500,000 9 Belgium .21,500,000 32 Italy 16,750,000 43 Japan ............... 2,550,000 24 The United States took 700,0001b, an increase of 622,0001b/ In South African curlehcy the average price secured for the .wool sold for the ten months ended April 30 was 10 7-Sd per lb, the figure to April 30, 1933, being 4.7 d.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 20, 24 July 1934, Page 12
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185SOUTH AFRICAN WOOL TRADE. Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 20, 24 July 1934, Page 12
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