BRITISH WOOL CONSUMPTION.
Internally, Great Britain has consumed considerably more wool this season than a year before. Bank of England .returns covering retail sales of woollen fabric show that, from October to the end of Febraury, the sales of men's and. boys' wear during the period were approximately 8 per cent, greater than a year before, while trade in women's wear increased 5 per cent. English exports of textiles have also expanded. Those increases do not necessarily mean that the use of wool has extended to the full extent of the figures quoted. Staple fibre lias been blended with wool to keep fabric prices as low as possible. In addition lighter weight textiles have been sold with the similar objective. Taking.all those factors into consideration, however, larger quantities of the sheep's staple have been utilised in England. Imports of wool in 1936 were larger than in 1935, but in the earlier months of this year the quantity imported was less than twelve months previously, that reduction applying particularly to Australian, South African, and New Zealand wool. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 12
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176BRITISH WOOL CONSUMPTION. Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 12
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