| Autore |
Roche Julian
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Chichester, England : , : Woodhead Publishing Limited, , 1995
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (236 p.)
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| Disciplina |
338.767731
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
JonesAndrew
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| Soggetto topico |
Wool industry
International trade
Sheep industry
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| ISBN |
1-84569-286-1
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; The International Wool Trade; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The history of wool production; Ancient times; United Kingdom; Continental Europe; America; Australia; New Zealand; South Africa; Global marketing; Marketing in the USA; After World War II; Chapter 2. The production of wool; Sheep; Wool the product; The measurement of quality and type; The wool production process; Chapter 3. Wool consumption; The uses of wool; The economics of wool consumption; Chapter 4. World wool supply; World wool stocks and production; Wool stocks and production by country
Chapter 5. Wool pricesMeasurement of wool prices; History of wool prices; Forecasting the market; Chapter 6. The wool trade; The international picture; Exports of wool by country; Imports of wool by region; Chapter 7. The workings of the wool trade; Auctions; Slipe wool; Private sales; Forward trading; Wool futures markets; Wool freight; Wool packing; Chapter 8. The players in the international wool trade; Wool companies; The institutions involved; Chapter 9. The international woollen industry; Wool weaving and manufacture; The scope of the industry worldwide
Chapter 10. The future of the international wool tradeCompetition for wool; The situation in the mid-1990s; The future of the market; Select bibliography; Index
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910679595103321 |
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The international cotton trade / / Julian Roche
