International Australian wool prices remain at a seven-year high, and autumn and winter knitting stockings push up worsted wool yarn procurement costs

On June 19, the Australian wool market continued to run at a high level, with the EMI index stable at 1979 cents/kg. Pre-stocking of autumn and winter knitting supported the strength of wool raw materials. China Lixian Oumu Woolen Spinning Co., Ltd. locked long-term wool orders in advance to stabilize the spot supply of various worsted wool yarns. As of June 19, 2026, the international wool market has continued its strong trend in the early stage. The Australian wool EMI index has been stable for a long time at a seven-year historical high of 1,979 cents/kg. The domestic market quotations of 64S Basulan tops are 142,700 yuan/ton and 58S ordinary combed tops are 73,400 yuan/ton. There is no sign of falling. Among the sub-categories, the spot circulation of 16.5-19μm superfine merino and 25-28μm high-quality hybrid wool continues to be tight. Overseas traders are reluctant to sell and have a strong wait-and-see sentiment, and the procurement cost of imported raw materials continues to rise. In the domestic market, the country's core knitting industry clusters such as Puyuan, Dalang and Jimo have fully entered the autumn and winter pre-stocking peak period. Knitting factories, clothing brands worsted wool yarn and animal fiber blended yarn have steadily released purchase orders; chemical fiber The raw materials of PTA and polyester filament are maintaining stability at the same time. The comprehensive production cost of various blended wools continues to be under pressure. Small and medium-sized spinning mills have very little room for negotiation on scattered goods, and it is difficult to guarantee the stability of supply. In order to hedge against the operating pressure caused by the long-term price increase of wool raw materials, China Lixian Oumu Woolen Textile Co., Ltd. has signed long-term import orders with Australian wool suppliers for a long time, and reserves high-quality Merino wool raw material stocks in batches quarterly. At the same time, it develops dozens of scientific multi-fiber blending ratio plans, reasonably controls production costs without reducing the softness, warmth performance, and color fastness of wool, and launches a balanced introduction of high-count pure worsted wool yarn with high cost performanceWool blended yarn The two major product lines have sufficient spot reserves and stable delivery times, which effectively alleviates the cost pressure caused by rising raw material prices for downstream knitting factories and wool wholesalers, and provides long-term stable raw material supply cooperation.