Wool Production Forecast Report (Sep 2013)

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...

Guidance Report Test Request

Raw Wool Terms August 2013

Wool Statistical Area Production Data to Replace Key Test Data Report

From 2 July 2025 AWTA will make wool production data based on State of production rather than State of storage and sampling. Previously, the volume of wool tested, or "Key Test Data" was reported based on the State or location where the wool was stored...

FAQs

AWTA Raw Wool are frequently approached by brokers, wool growers and others who have specific questions about the Company, its services and many other matters which relate to the Wool Industry. A broad selection of questions are available below: AWTA...

Online Certificate Verification

The online Certificate Verificationsystem allows holders of AWTA Test Certificates to obtain another copy via email simply by entering the certificate number, some security information and an email address into an online form. It has been provided so...

Pesticide Residue Analysis Test Request

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

Pesticide Terms August 2013

Key Test Data Summary for June 2025

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for June 2025 compared with the same period last season are: -12.0%, -13.7% and -13.7% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to June...

Fleece Measurement Terms August 2013

Key Test Data Summary for August 2025

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for August 2025 compared with the same period last season are: -24.9%, -24.8% and -24.8% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2025 to...

Key Test Data Summary for July 2025

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2025 compared with the same period last season are: -9.8%, -9.7% and -9.5% respectively. AWTA Ltd has tested 15.7 mkg (million kilograms) this season compared with 17.4 mkg for the...

Excellent seasonal conditions push Australian wool production higher in 2016/17

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production will lift by 2.2% to 332 mkg greasy in 2016/17. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production will lift by 2.2% to 332...

Wool production unchanged in 2016/17

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee predicts that shorn wool production in 2016/17 will be at 325 mkg greasy, the same level as its revised estimate for the 2015/16 season. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee predicts...

Wool production remains down in 2015/16

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) confirmed its forecast of shorn wool production for the 2015/16 season at 322 million kilograms greasy, a 7.0% decline on the 2014/15 season, as predicted at its meeting in December. The...

Australian Wool Production Higher

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production in 2016/17 will reach 339 mkg greasy. This 4.3% increase from 2015/16 is largely the result of excellent seasonal conditions in many areas resulting in...

Australian wool production to lift a little in 2017/18

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production will lift in 2017/18 to 345 mkg greasy, up by 1.4% compared with 2016/17. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool...

Seasonal conditions hold back wool production

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production in 2017/18 will reach 338 mkg greasy. This is a 0.6% decline from the levels in 2016/17 and is largely the result of more difficult seasonal conditions...

Australian wool production forecast to fall in 2018/19 due to tough season

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has updated its forecast for the 2018/19 season to 322 mkg greasy. This is a 5.7% decline on the Committee’s shorn wool production estimate of 341 mkg greasy for the 2017/18 season. The fall reflects...

Australian wool production impacted by tough season

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s updated forecast of shorn wool production in 2018/19 is 305 mkg greasy, down by 10.8% from 2017/18. Continuing dry conditions in New South Wales, Queensland, northern Victoria, east Gippsland and...

Decline in Australian wool production in 2015/16 greater than expected

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production for 2015/16 will decline by 7.0% to 322 mkg. This reflects a combination of a 4.8% fall in shorn sheep numbers and a 2.3% drop in average fleece weights. The...

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...

Accreditation

AWTA has a strong international reputation for Technical Excellence. AWTA submits its technical performance to external monitoring through an annual publication of Independent Laboratories Round Trials (ILRT) group performance to the International Wool...

Key Test Data

The Key Test Data Report is updated every month and contains detailed information relating to bales and lots tested by AWTA both for the current and previous seasons. There is also data detailling the comparative changes in Lots, Bales and Weight...

Australian Wool Production Forecast Update – April 2013

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has increased the forecast of shorn wool production for 2012/13 to 350mkg, 2.3% above the 342mkg produced in 2011/12. The increase is due to an expected 3.3% rise in the number of sheep shorn, partly...

Australian wool production to ease in 2014/15

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee's second forecast for 2014/15 has revised shorn wool production to 328 mkg, down 3.7% from 2013/14 levels. This decrease reflects the reduction in sheep numbers due to the high slaughter rates in...

Australian wool production unchanged in 2014/15 and predicted to ease in 2015/16

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts shorn wool production for 2014/15 at 341 mkg, the same as the 2013/14 level. This reflects a small drop in shorn sheep numbers offset by higher average fleece weights. The Committee’s first...

Drought continues to impact Australian wool production

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production for 2018/19 will be 298 mkg greasy. This is a 12.7% decline from the levels in 2017/18 and reflects the continuing drought conditions across large...

Drought continues to push Australian wool production lower

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s second forecast of shorn wool production in 2019/20 is 285 mkg greasy. This is a 5% decline on 2018/19 is due to lower sheep shorn numbers. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s...

Australian shorn wool production forecast for 2024/25 revised down to 279.4 Mkg greasy

The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2024/25 is 279.4 Mkg greasy, a 12.0% decrease on the 2023/24 estimate. • The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn...

Wool supply contraction reflects adverse seasonal conditions and higher sheep turnoff

The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2024/25 is 280.1 Mkg greasy, an 11.8% decrease on the 2023/24 estimate. The AWPFC’s first forecast of shorn wool production for the 2025/26 season is...

Brochures and Handbooks

As part of its services to its clients and other interested parties, AWTA publishes brochures and various handbooks featuring information in regard to: AWTA's services Explanations/Reviews of current standard test methods Research & development of new...

Volume and Trends

Wool Production & Measurement Trends AWTA's database contains extensive information for the number of bales tested, the weight of wool tested and associated objective measurements. As almost every lot of wool sold in Australia is certified for Yield...

Australian shorn wool production forecast of 324 Mkg greasy in 2023/24

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) has updated its forecast of shorn wool production for the 2023/24 season. The fourth forecast is for production of 324 million kilograms (Mkg) greasy, 1.0% lower than the 2022/23 estimate and...

Australian shorn wool production continues a moderate increase

The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2022/23 is 328 Mkg greasy, up 1.3% on 2021/22. Most key wool producing regions experienced a favourable summer season, a reasonable autumn and are...

Australian shorn wool production forecast of 340 Mkg greasy for 2022/23

The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2022/23 remains at 340 Mkg greasy, up 5.0% on the 324 Mkg greasy estimate for 2021/22. The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s...

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...

Australian shorn wool production continues a steady increase

The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2021/22 is 314 Mkg greasy, up 6.5% on 2020/21. Most key wool producing regions continue to enjoy favourable seasonal conditions which has boosted per...

Shorn wool production moves higher

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s second forecast of shorn wool production in 2021/22 is 310 Mkg greasy, up 5.2% on 2020/21. Widespread rainfall throughout many key wool producing regions augurs well for a good spring season. Both...

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...

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...

Australian shorn wool production stabilises as fleece weights rise

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s third forecast of shorn wool production for 2020/21 is 287 mkg greasy, up 1.1% on 2019/20. Favourable seasonal conditions in most wool producing regions, except Western Australia and Queensland,...

Australian shorn wool production stabilises in 2020/21

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s second forecast of shorn wool production in 2020/21 is 280 mkg greasy, down 1.1% on 2019/20. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s second forecast of shorn wool production in...

COVID-19 and AWTA Raw Wool Laboratories

AWTA Ltd realises that the trading of Australian wool critically depends on the test results we produce. I’d like to assure you that AWTA Ltd is taking all practical steps it can in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Australia and has in place...

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...

Declaration Rates

Property Identification Code (PIC) transmission rates: AWTA stores PICs that are declared by sellers as part of the presale testing process. Only the code is stored in AWTA's database and it remains anonymous as we have no means of identifying or...