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Key Test Data Summary for October 2016
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for October 2016 compared with the same period last season are: -12.5%, -13.0% and -12.1% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2016 – October 2016...
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Key Test Data Summary for September 2016
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for September 2016 compared with the same period last season are: -8.5%, -5.1% and -4.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2016 – September 2016...
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Key Test Data Summary for June 2016
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for June 2016 compared with the same period last season are -25.9%, -22.1% and -21.4% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – June 2016 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for May 2016
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for May 2016 compared with the same period last season are -13.6%, -13.5% and -13.3% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – May 2016 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for April 2016
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for April 2016 compared with the same period last season are -1.7%, -2.3% and -1.7% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – April 2016 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for March 2016
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for March 2016 compared with the same period last season are -4.7%, -6.1% and -5.7% respectively. Readers should take into consideration the fact that the Easter sale recess fell in March this...
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Key Test Data Summary for February 2016
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for February 2016 compared with the same period last season are -0.4%, +0.2% and +0.8% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – February 2016...
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Key Test Data Summary for January 2016
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for January 2016 compared with the same period last season are -5.2%, -8.9% and -9.4% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – January 2016...
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Key Test Data Summary for December 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for December 2015 compared with the same period last season are +1.8%, +0.1% and 0.0% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – December 2015...
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Key Test Data Summary for November 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for November 2015 compared with the same period last season are -4.3%, -7.2% and -6.6% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – November 2015...
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Key Test Data Summary for October 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for October 2015 compared with the same period last season are -7.5%, -7.0% and -6.7% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – October 2015...
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Key Test Data Summary for September 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for September 2015 compared with the same period last season are -5.6%, -6.4% and -6.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – September 2015...
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Key Test Data Summary for August 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for August 2015 compared with the same period last season are -9.1, -8.3%, and -7.9% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – August 2015 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for June 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for June 2015 compared with the same period last season are +29.0%, +27.4% and +27.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2014 – June 2015 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for May 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for May 2015 compared with the same period last season are -2.9%, -0.3% and +0.3% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2014 – May 2015 compared with...
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Key Test Data Summary for April 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for April 2015 compared with the same period last season are +10.2%, +11.9% and +11.8% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2014 – April 2015 compared...
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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...
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Key Test Data Summary for March 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for March 2015 compared with the same period last season are: +9.4%, +11.6% and +12.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2014 – March 2015 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for February 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for February 2015 compared with the same period last season are -1.8%, +0.4% and +1.4% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2014 – February 2015...
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Key Test Data Summary for January 2015
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for January 2015 compared with the same period last season are -15.6%, -9.4% and -8.3% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2014 – January 2015...
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Key Test Data Summary for December 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for December 2014 compared with the same period last season are 1.1.%, 8.4% and 9.3% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July – December 2014 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for November 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for November 2014 compared with the same period last season are -9.6%, -1.3% and -0.7% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July – November 2014 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for October 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for October 2014 compared with the same period last season are -8.6%, -1.6% and -1.1% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July – October 2014 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for September 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for September 2014 compared with the same period last season are -6.5%, -0.6% and -0.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July – September 2014 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for August 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for August 2014 compared with the same period last season are -1.9%, +3.3% and +3.5% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July – August 2014 compared with...
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Key Test Data Summary for May 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for May 2014 compared with the same period last season are -3.0%, -2.9% and -2.5% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – May 2014 compared with...
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Key Test Data Summary for April 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for April 2014 compared with the same period last season are -21.2%, -19.5% and -19.0% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – April 2014 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for March 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for March 2014 compared with the same period last season are -3.6%, -0.2% and -0.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – March 2014 compared...
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Key Test Data Summary for February 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for February 2014 compared with the same period last season are -12.3%, -10.1% and -10.0% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – February 2014...
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Key Test Data Summary for January 2014
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for January 2014 compared with the same period last season are -8.2%, -8.2% and -8.1% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – January 2014...
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Key Test Data Summary for December 2013
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for December 2013 compared with the same period last season are +6.3%, +4.9% and +4.8% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – December 2013...
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Key Test Data Summary for November 2013
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for November 2013 compared with the same period last season are -14.1%, -14.2% and -14.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – November 2013...
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Key Test Data Summary for October 2013
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for October 2013 compared with the same period last season are +4.8%, +3.0% and +3.3% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – October 2013...
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Key Test Data Summary for September 2013
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for September 2013 compared with the same period last season are +8.2%, +7.1% and +7.4% respectively. There was one more working day in September 2013 when compared with September 2012. The...
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Key Test Data Summary for August 2013
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for August 2013 compared with the same period last season are -15.6%, -15.7% and -15.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2013 – August 2013...
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Key Test Data Summary for June 2013
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for June 2013 compared with the same period last season are +2.4%, +1.1% and +0.4% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2012 – May 2013 compared with...
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Key Test Data Summary for May 2013
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for May 2013 compared with the same period last season are -12.7%, -9.5% and -9.1% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2012 – May 2013 compared with...
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FAQs
terms of testing procedures, there are no differences. AWTA applies the full IWTO Test Specifications in both cases, and the same quality control systems are also used. The sole difference between a Report and a Certificate is that the wool submitted...
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History
Wool Board in 1962, AWTA was established as a separate division within that organisation on 1st July 1963. AWTA retained the same status within the Australian Wool Corporation when it was formed by the amalgamation of the Australian Wool Board and the...
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Wool supply contraction reflects adverse seasonal conditions and higher sheep turnoff
during 2024/25 to end of March were down by 9.1%. Sheep slaughter from July to December 2024 was up 29% compared with same time in 2023 and was 58% above the five-year July to December average. The AWPFC’s first forecast of shorn wool production for the...
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Australian shorn wool production forecast for 2024/25 revised down to 279.4 Mkg greasy
of sheep shorn and consequently shorn wool production”. Sheep slaughter from July to September 2024 is up 28% compared with same time in 2023 and is 66% above the five-year July to September average. Average cut per head is forecast to be comparable...
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Key Test Data Summary for July 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 compared with the same period last season are: +8.1%, +10.7% and +11.3% respectively. AWTA Ltd has tested 17.4 mkg (million kilograms) this season compared with 15.6 mkg for...
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Australian shorn wool production forecast of 324 Mkg greasy in 2023/24
on a year-on-year basis. First-hand offered wool at auction to the end of March 2024 (week 39) was up 1.4% compared with the same period in 2022/23. The AWPFC’s first forecast of shorn wool production for the 2024/25 season is 306 Mkg greasy, a 5.8%...
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Key Test Data Summary for July 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 compared with the same period last season are: -24.4%, -23.4% and -23.5% respectively. AWTA Ltd has tested 15.6 mkg (million kilograms) this season compared with 20.4 mkg for...
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Key Test Data Summary for July 2022
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 compared with the same period last season are: +10.7%, +10.7% and +10.5% respectively. AWTA Ltd has tested 20.4 mkg (million kilograms) this season compared with 18.5 mkg for...
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Key Test Data Summary for August 2021
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for August 2021 compared with the same period last season are: +36.8%, +39.0% and +38.5% respectively. Note that testing volumes for August 2020 last year were somewhat affected by COVID...
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Shorn wool production moves higher
of Statistics sheep and lamb turn off data to the end of March 2021 show a 19% decrease in total turnoff compared with the same period in 2019/20. The Committee expects this decreased turnoff to continue as sheep producers seek to rebuild theirflocks....
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Key Test Data Summary for July 2021
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2021 compared with the same period last season are: +31.5%, +35.2% and +35.0% respectively. Note that testing volumes for July 2020 last year were somewhat affected by COVID restrictions...
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Improved seasonal conditions but low sheep numbers limit recovery in shorn wool production
withdrawal evident in recent months. ABS wool receivals from July to the end of December were down 13.2% compared with the same months in 2018/19. The AWPFC’s first forecast of shorn wool production for the 2020/21 season is 276 mkg greasy, a 1.7%...
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Australian shorn wool production stabilises as fleece weights rise
of Statistics for the September quarter (July to September 2020) show a 15% decrease in total turnoff compared with the same period in 2019 as producers begin to rebuild their flocks. The latest AWI/MLA Wooland Sheepmeat survey, in October 2020, found...
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