The NCWSBA Weekly 'From the Desk' covers the latest industry news, information and analysis on the world wool industry and agricultural markets, commentary on industry issues and updates on industry events. It provides a valuable resource for readers from the NCWSBA Executive Director who has over 20 years experience as a fibre and agricultural commodity analyst and strategist.
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Examples of Insights and Analysis
Breadth of recovery across wool textile markets. The IWTO 2021 Wool Textile Business Survey released in May, aggregates responses from China, Italy, Japan, Germany, Uruguay, Mongolia, UK and Sudwolle. The results showed a clear difference in....
Australian wool supply. May 2021 was the third highest month for AWTA test volumes for the 2020-21 season despite May normally being one of the quietest periods for wool deliveries and coring. Season-to-date AWTA have tested XX mkg greasy from July 2020 to May 2021. If June 2021 test volumes are similar to last year, AWTA will test.... This compares to the AWPFC April 2021 forecast of.....
Consumer behaviour in the post-COVID world. A survey released in 2021 gives a snapshot of how consumer behaviour may change in a developed economy..... Prior to the pandemic, XX% of UK consumers mostly shopped (about half or mostly) for fashion items online and post-COVID is expected to return to....
Currency moves this week. The AUD has traded consistently between XX and XX US cents since .... However by Friday morning Australian time, the AUD was trading at 75.5US cents. The US dollar strength was driven by the US Federal Reserve signaling an earlier easing...
Commodity Supercycle? Given the price action in many commodity markets has been broad-based, some are making the call we are at the dawn of another commodity supercycle.....
LOHAS Go Mainstream. The loosely defined consumer group ‘Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability’ (LOHAS) were a niche market segment 15 years ago but today are mainstream. LOHAS describes a category of....
2020 and COVID. From a retailer perspective COVID has accelerated many of the trends already in place including...
Interior Textile Market. Why are we continuing to see the weakness in crossbred wool prices?
Australian wool supply. January 2022 was a disappointing month for Australian test data making it the quietest start to a calendar year for AWTA in at least a decade. The disappointing January 2022 continues the trend over the last quarter of 2021 where the amount of wool tested by AWTA...
Australian wool production. The latest forecast for 2021-22 is around a 3 percentage point increase in production (the August 2021 meeting was a forecast for a 5.2% y-o-y increase). The major reason behind the national increase with the latest forecast is an increase in shorn wool production in WA...
