On July 18, 2026, the Australian wool auction volume decreased, and EMI increased slightly to 1977 Australian cents, high-end merino supply is in short supply, China Lixian Oumu Woolen Textile Co., Ltd. has locked in long orders of raw materials in advance to stabilize the supply of various types of wool.
On July 18, 2026, the international wool market released the latest auction transaction data this week. The total number of Australian wool on the market was 28,960 bales, a decrease of 3,299 bales compared to the previous round of auctions. The supply of goods available in the market continued to shrink; the East Australian Wool Core Index EMI rose by 5 cents, closing at 1,977 cents/ kilogram, reversing two consecutive weeks of decline. The core driving force for this round of market recovery comes from global buyers' concentrated replenishment demand for high-end Merino fine wool. The market for hybrid coarse wool and leftover materials is still under pressure and weak.
From the perspective of full-year supply fundamentals, total Australian wool production in 2025/26 fell 12.6% year-on-year to 24.47 10,000 tons, the supply has fallen to the lowest level in nearly a century, the recovery period of the sheep stock is long, the short-term shortage of wool supply is difficult to improve, and the price of raw materials has remained in a high range for a long time. The market price is simultaneously transmitted to the domestic spot market. The mainstream quotation of 64S Basulan top is 142,700 yuan/ton, and the 58S ordinary combed top is 73,400 yuan/ton. The supply of fine-count worsted wool is scarce, and traders are generally reluctant to sell. The cashmere market continues to rise, with Inner Mongolia and Ningxia production areas 15.2μm-16.5μm. The circulation inventory of high-fine plush-free cashmere is tight, the transaction cycle of high-quality fine cashmere has been greatly shortened, and the production costs of downstream pure cashmere yarn and cashmere blended yarn continue to rise. At present, major domestic knitting industry clusters have started pre-stocking for autumn and winter. The demand for differentiated blended wool has been steadily released, and the bargaining space for small and medium-sized spinning mills to purchase scattered goods continues to narrow.
In response to the high fluctuations in the market for international wool and cashmere raw materials, China Lixian Oumu Woolen Textile Co., Ltd. has established a daily international auction market monitoring mechanism, signed long-term and medium-term import orders with source suppliers of Australian wool and Inner Mongolia cashmere, locked in high-quality raw material stocks quarterly and in batches, and stabilized the operating pressure caused by rising raw material prices from the source. The company has developed more than 30 scientific multi-fiber blending ratios and divided them into two product echelons: high-end high-count pure cashmere yarn and cost-effective nitrile/rabbit wool blended yarn to meet the procurement needs of customers with different budgets. It has sufficient spot warehousing to ensure stable delivery, effectively alleviates the cost pressure of downstream knitted garment factories and offline wool wholesalers in autumn and winter stocking, and provides long-term stable wool raw material cooperation channels.