Key Test Data - Season 2010-11

Key Test Data - Season 2009-10

Key Test Data - October 2012

Key Test Data - November 2012

Wool Production Forecast Report (Sep 2013)

Key Test Data - November 2013

Key Test Tata - November 2013 (RTF)

Key Test Data - November 2013 (RTF)

Key Test Data - Season 2008-09

Key Test Data - Season 2011-12

Key Test Data - October 2013 (RTF)

Key Test Data - October 2013

Key Test Data - June 2013

Key Test Data - January 2014

Key Test Data - January 2014 (RTF)

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Research papers

AWTA has achieved a world wide reputation for its research work and now has one of the largest teams of scientists working on raw wool metrology. Our scientists regularly report on their work to the technical forums of the International Wool Textile...

Key Test Data - December 2012

Key Test Data - January 2013

Key Test Data - April 2013

Testing the Wool Clip - Chinese

Key Test Data - December 2013 (RTF)

Key Test Data - December 2013

An Objective Technique for Measurement of Fibre Crimp Curvature - Part 1 - Metrology

2003 AWI On-Farm Fibre Measurement Instrument Evaluation Trial - Part 1 - Accuracy & Precision Trials

Comparison of the Performance of On-Farm OFDA2000 & In-Store Fleecescan - Part 1

Measurement of Staple Crimp Frequency Part 1 - Manual Measurements using the Crimp Gauge

Predicting Processing Results of Sale Lots - Part 1 - Performance of TEAM Hauteur Equations

Results from Rnd 1 of Wool Residue Interlaboratory Proficiency Program

Comparisons Between OFDA4000 & IWTO Standardised Methods for Measurements Made on Wool Tops - Part 1 Diameter Characteristics

Preliminary Estimates of the Between-Laboratory Variability from Rounds 1 - 4 of the IWTO Wool Residue Interlaboratory Proficiency Program 1999 - 2001

Key Test Data - March 2013

Key Test Data - Season 2013-14

Key Test Data - February 2013

Key Test Data - Season 2012-13

Key Test Data Summary for February 2018

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for February 2018 compared with the same period last season are: -0.9%, -3.7% and -4.1% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2017 to February 2018...

About AWTA Raw Wool

AWTA Raw Wool provides independent and objective wool certification services. AWTA Raw Wool's major services are sampling, testing and certifying the yield, fibre diameter, vegetable matter content, staple length and staple strength of greasy wool...

Dark & Medullated Fibre Risk Scheme

Australian Merino wool has enjoyed a high reputation and price premium for more than one hundred years because it produced wool tops with low levels of dark and medullated fibre contamination. Recently, early and later stage processors of Australian...

Australian wool production to ease in 2015/16

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production for 2015/16 will decline by 4.3% to 332 mkg. This reflects a 3.7% fall in shorn sheep numbers, a result of the continued high turn-off of sheep and lambs in...

Fleece Measurement Service Request (Yield, Micron, L&S, Colour)

Pesticide Residue Analysis Test Request

Key Test Data - July 2013

Key Test Data - Season 2013-14 (RTF)

Key Test Data - September 2013

Key Test Data - September 2013 (RTF)

Australian wool production falls as dry conditions continue

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s third forecast of shorn wool production in 2019/20 is 272 mkg greasy. This is a 9.2% decline on 2018/19 that is attributable to lower sheep shorn numbers and lighter average fleece weights due to...

Improved seasonal conditions but low sheep numbers limit recovery in shorn wool production

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s fourth forecast of shorn wool production in 2019/20 is 281 mkg greasy. This is a 6.3% decline on the 300 mkg estimate for 2018/19 as lowsheep numbers and the enduring impact of drought continue to...

Shorn wool production increases due to improved season

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s fourth forecast of shorn wool production in 2020/21 is 290 mkg greasy. This is a 2.1% increase on the 284 mkg estimate for 2019/20 as key wool growing regions experience favourable seasonal...

Shorn wool production increases as the run of good seasons continue

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s second forecast of shorn wool production for 2022/23 is 340 Mkg greasy, up 4.9% on 2021/22. The continuing La Niña conditions have set up a very positive spring season in key wool producing...

Specialised Wool Equipment

Wool ComfortMeter Retailers and manufacturers now have a reliable means of objectively specifying and promoting a garment on the basis of superior comfort for the wearer, using The Wool ComfortMeter; a easy-to-use desktop instrument. Accurately and...