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NCWSBA Wool Broker Award Launched for 2021

19 April 2021
The NCWSBA Wool Broker Award for 2021 has been launched! After the COVID-cancelled 2020 Award, this is the tenth year the Award has been offered. This year’s Award is again sponsored by AWTA (as the industry sponsor) and Sheep Central (as the media sponsor). The Award recognises excellence in wool broking by a younger member of our industry – be it client servicing, auctioneering, innovation or other aspects of wool broking. This year’s Award winner will be granted an all-expenses paid trip to…
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NCWSBA MEDIA RELEASE: Solid premiums for non-mulesed wool in weak market, discounts for no NWD

24 February 2021
There were solid premiums paid for non-mulesed Merino wool at auction in the first six months of the 2020/21 season, according to data and analysis available from AWEX. These premiums were a little lower than in 2019/20 but come even though prices for Merino wool fell to decade lows as the full brunt of the COVID pandemic was felt throughout the wool textile industry. The data also shows that there were statistically significant discounts inflicted on wool offered at auction that did not have a…
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Very good seasonal conditions see Australian wool production stabilise

21 December 2020
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee met on Wednesday, 16th December 2020 to review its forecast of shorn wool production for the 2020/21 season. The new forecasts were released on Froday, 18th December. The very good seasonal conditions in large parts of eastern Australia has seen the Committee lift its forecast for this season on the back of better-than-expected fleece weights. The Committee noted that dry conditions have persisted in Queensland and Western Australia, although…
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Global economy on the recovery path, but uncertainties remain

26 April 2021
Recently the International Monetary Fund released new forecasts for economic growth for the world and for each country. They make for better, more hopeful reading than 12 months ago when COVID-19 was first hitting the countries of the world. The IMF says that ‘Global prospects remain highly uncertain one year into the pandemic. New virus mutations and the accumulating human toll raise concerns, even as growing vaccine coverage lifts sentiment. Economic recoveries are diverging across countries…
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Wool exports rise for Australia, NZ and South Africa, down for South American countries

19 April 2021
Wool exports rise for Australia, NZ and South Africa, down for South American countries The latest data on wool exports from the five major wool producing and exporting countries show some stark difference between countries. The volume of wool exported from Australia in February jumped by 30% compared with February 2020. It should be said that the export volume in February 2020 of 21.5 mkg greasy was the lowest February monthly total at least since 1979 (as far as my databases go back). The 30%…
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Wool prices lag the rise in general commodity prices

19 April 2021
In the Weekly Newsletter edition of 22nd January 2021, I reported that an article in The Economist magazine asked if a new commodity supercycle is beginning. I thought it would be good to see how that claim is stacking up two months later. The case for a commodity supercycle remains, with the sharp rise in the prices for the major commodities continuing over the past three months, although the most recent data suggests a bit of a slow-down. [There seems to be an anomalous result in February…
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Improvement in wool prices lagging that for competing fibres

29 March 2021
Compared with a year ago, Australian wool prices are slightly lower in A$ terms, but are higher in US$, Euro and Renminbi. Against the US$, current prices are 25% higher than at the end of March 2020. What has happened to wool prices in some of the other major wool producing countries? In South Africa, prices have followed a similar trend to that seen for Australia. The South African 21 micron wool indicator recovered from the lows seen in September and have improved a little more in the past…
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Clothing retail sales in China jump, sales weak in other countries

22 March 2021
Consumer confidence in Europe, the US and the UK remain low. There is little sign of recovery in these regions. In contrast, consumer confidence has recovered to levels seen prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in China and South Korea. It has recovered in Japan but remains below year earlier levels. These weak consumer confidence levels translated into poor retail sales of clothing in many countries over the recently completed Autumn/Winter season in the Northern Hemisphere. As I have reported in…
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Value of Australian wool exports hit near 40-year low

18 March 2021
The latest Australian wool export statistics shows that Australia’s wool exports fell in January 2021 compared with the year earlier, down by 20% in volume terms and by 35% in value terms. In volume terms, exports to China were down by 19% year-on-year while exports to five other top ten destinations were also lower. For the 2020/21 season to January, Australia’s exports by volume were steady compared with the same seven months in the 2019/20 season, up by a very slight 0.3% to 137.2 mkg…
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Sharp jump in AWTA wool tests in February

11 March 2021
AWTA released the wool test statistics for February on 1st March and these show that the weight of wool tested jumped by 16% in February compared with February 2020. As a result, for the 2020/21 season to end February, the weight of wool tested was 4.9% below year earlier levels. If this trend pf year-on-year increases continues, the AWPFC’s forecast of a 1.1% increase in shorn wool production for the 2020/21 season will be within reach. All states with the exception of Western Australia (WA)…
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Current superfine wool prices at 80th percentile, broad wool prices near lows

01 March 2021
Australian wool prices have lifted from the lows recorded in early September 2020, resulting in an improvement in the historical ranking of current prices. The EMI in A$ has lifted to the 80th percentile, up from the 64th percentile in October 2020. That is, current prices are higher than 80 percent of prices since 2000. This shows how well the recovery is tracking and that current prices are relatively good, even though they are still well below the heights of 2116 Ac/kg reached in August…
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Price premiums for superfine wool at multi-year highs

22 February 2021
Since the start of 2021, the prices for superfine wool (18.5 micron and finer) have risen more quickly than prices for medium Merino wool (21-24 micron), continuing the trend seen in the second half of 2020. This has changed the price differentials between a selection of microns compared with 21 micron wool. The premiums paid for superfine wool over medium Merino wool have lifted since mid-2019, with a very strong rise in the premiums for both 16.5 micron wool and 18 micron wool in 2020 and in…
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PAUL DEANE APPOINTED AS NCWSBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

03 May 2021
The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Deane as the new Executive Director of NCWSBA. NCWSBA is the only national organisation representing wool brokers on all issues that affect the Australian wool industry. The organisation works with government and the wool industry on issues and policy to promote, foster and develop the interests of woolgrowers and wool selling brokers within Australia. Mr Deane has spent the past two…
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Chris Wilcox to retire as NCWSBA Executive Director

11 March 2021
The current Executive Director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia, Chris Wilcox has announced that he will retire as Executive Director on 30th April 2021. Chris has been NCWSBA’s Executive Director since March 2008. Rowan Woods, President of NCWSBA, said “Chris has been the driving force for NCWSBA on the many issues that the industry has faced in the 13 years he has held the position of Executive Director, ensuring that the views of our members are heard loudly and…
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NCWSBA President's 2019/20 Report - A Year of Turmoil

31 August 2020
It is with very mixed emotions that I deliver to you the President’s report for the last 12 months. It has been a year of turmoil, that continues to evolve on a day by day basis as I write this report. Our beloved wool industry continues to be smashed on all sides. To believe we survived drought, fires and floods, only to be confronted by COVID – 19 really put the icing on the cake. 2020 will long be remembered, for all the wrong reasons. Wool is basically totally discretionary spend and with…
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