SOUTH AFRICA WOOL
May 1st, 2002
BY RICHARD HURST, in Johannesburg
IN a move expected to modernise the sale and marketing of South African wool, the National Wool Growers Association of South Africa has announced that it will investigate adopting the New Zealand Product Advancement (PAC) wool classification system in the future. It is believed to be more accurate than South Africa's existing practices, for example sorting on-site fibre diameter measurements.
IN a move expected to modernise the sale and marketing of South African wool, the National Wool Growers Association of South Africa has announced that it will investigate adopting the New Zealand Product Advancement (PAC) wool classification system in the future. It is believed to be more accurate than South Africa's existing practices, for example sorting on-site fibre diameter measurements.
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