Raw Wool Terms August 2013

Pesticide Residue Analysis Test Request

Pesticide Terms August 2013

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

Fleece Measurement Terms August 2013

AWTA Ltd

Parent Company: AWTA Ltd AWTA Ltd is the largest wool testing organisation in the world. As a consolidated group, comprises of 3 operating divisions in Australia (AWTA Raw Wool, AWTA Product Testing and Agrifood Technology), its wholly owned subsidiary...

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...

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...

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...

Improvements to EU EcoLabel Testing

The EU specifications for deliveries of greasy wool under its EcoLabel certification program have changed. The maximum number of sale lots to be tested as part of a greasy wool consignment is now 10 and AWTA’s Pesticide Testing service has new...

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2013-2014

General wool testing fees have increased by 2% for the 2013/14 wool selling season, effective from 1st July 2013. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, will increase by $1.42 from $68.35 to $69.77....

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2024-2025

General wool testing fees have increased by 3% for the 2024/25 wool selling season, effective from 1st July 2024. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, will increase by $2.55 from $79.90 to $82.45....

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2023-2024

General wool testing fees have increased by 3% for the 2023/24 wool selling season, effective from 1st July 2023. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, will increase by $2.35 from $77.55 to $79.90....

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees Unchanged 2017-2018

General wool testing fees remain unchanged with no increase for the 2017/18 wool selling season commencing 1st July 2017. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, will remain at $74.20 ex GST. Click...

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2016-2017

General wool testing fees have increased by 1.5% for the 2016/17 wool selling season, effective from 1st July 2016. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, will increase by $1.10 from $71.27 to...

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2015-2016

General wool testing fees have increased by 2.5% for the 2015/16 wool selling season, effective from 1st July 2015. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, will increase by $1.83 from $71.27 to...

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2014-2015

General wool testing fees have increased by 2% for the 2014/15 wool selling season, effective from 1st July 2014. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, will increase by $1.50 from $69.77 to $71.27....

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2019-2020

The Board and Management of AWTA have announced that there will be no increase in general raw wool fees for the 2019/20 wool selling season, commencing 1st July 2019. AWTA is acutely aware of the tough seasonal and trading conditions experienced by...

Fee Reduction for the Length and Strength Testing of Mid-Side Samples

AWTA has reduced the fee for testing mid-side samples from individual sheep from $10:51 to $7 (inc GST). The reduction in the fee for the Mid-Side (Fleece Measurement) Staple Length & Strength tests follows a reduction in the number of individual...

Testing the Wool Clip - Chinese

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...

Exporting food from Australia to China made easier

The export of food from Australia to China is growing at a rapid rate. The primary increase in demand is for foods such as beef, lamb, dairy, processed foods, fruit and vegetables. Australia has an excellent reputation for food safety. Australian...

Electricity Energy Initiatives – WA Laboratory

AWTA’s Raw Wool operations are always looking for ways to reduce testing costs in order to keep testing fees to customers as low as possible. Electricity is a significant cost in wool testing, particularly in Western Australia, which provided the...

Services

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

Terms of Use

Summary Before requesting any of the services associated with the downloadable documents below, it is your responsibility to ensure that you familiarise yourself with the Terms and Conditions associated with those services. By requesting any of the...

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...

Review of the Subsample Mass Limit for Yield Testing of Scoured Wool

A Review of the Range Checks Used When Testing for Wool Base in Accordance with IWTO-19

The Precision of Dark & Medullated Fibre Testing of Noil

Status Report on Dark & Medullated Fibre Testing of Presale Core Samples and Review of the Detection Threshold

Review of the Subsample Mass Limit for Yield Testing of Scoured Wool

Technical & Commercial Requirements of Wool Testing Systems

Definitions of Medullation Threshold Values used by Different Testing Methods

Amended Terms & Conditions

As a result of recent changes in Australian Consumer Law, AWTA Ltd has reviewed and updated its Terms & Conditions for various raw wool testing services. The updated documents for Raw Wool Testing, Fleece Testing and Pesticide Residue Testing can be...

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2021-2022

The Board and Management of AWTA have announced that there will be no increase in general raw wool fees for the 2021/22 wool selling season, commencing 1st July 2021. There has been no increase in general raw wool testing fees for the past three...

APEO Analysis

The analysis identifies and quantifies the residual level APEO (Alkylphenolethoxylates) compounds in semi-processed wools (scoured, carbonised or wool top). Concerns over the toxicity and ecological impact of these compounds have seen restrictions put...

Electronic Services

AWTA offers a wide range of online and electronic services including: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) TOPMARK TM Benchmarking Combined Certificates & Objectively Matched Lots (OMLs) Electronic Certificates including Chinese translations Online...

Dark & Medullated Fibre

The Dark Fibre Testing service offered by AWTA is targeted at white-wool growers who are attempting to manage contamination from exotic sheep breeds, or who wish to monitor the contamination in lots carrying a high risk of contamination. Two...

Staple Length & Strength

One of the most important characteristics for determining the value of greasy wool is the average fibre length that will be achieved when the wool has been processed or combed into wool top. This length is known as the Hauteur (fibre length in the Wool...

AWTA Podcast - by Elisabeth van Delden

Michael Jackson is the Managing Director of AWTA, the Australian Wool Testing Authority. In this Wool Academy Podcast Michael explains how wool testing works. In particular he explains what wool tests are applied to each bale of wool and what the...

Premium Yield Test

Occasionally clients with an urgent requirement for test results can be frustrated by small delays in the issuing of test results due to the need to perform the testing of additional sub-samples or “check-testing”. This happens more frequently with...

Wool comfort revolution now on sale to global garment makers

Blue-sky research aimed at guaranteeing the comfort of wool to the consumer is now a commercial reality, with the Australian Wool Testing Authority (AWTA) today launching the Wool ComfortMeter and Wool HandleMeter. Developed by Australia’s Cooperative...

Statistics

AWTA Raw Wool is the largest Wool Test House in the world, and Australia is the world's largest producer of apparel wool. Virtually all wool produced in Australia is now presale tested and AWTA Certificate Database contains all this objectively...

Scoured Wool

Scouring is the process of preparing and washing a batch of raw sheep's wool to remove impurities such as grease, dirt and suint. AWTA Raw Wool is able to perform the certified testing of scoured and carbonised wool for Wool Base, Vegetable Matter Base...

Clean Colour

Average Yellowness is an important characteristic of wool because it is related to dyeing performance and it is not necessarily related to the colour of Greasy Wool. Considerable quantities of wool are typed as H1 (Light unscourable Colour), H2 (Medium...

Yield & Fibre Diameter

AWTA Raw Wool's key service is the independent sampling, testing and certifying of the Yield and Fibre Diameter of greasy wool before it is sold. Prior to the measurment of Yield and Fibre Diameter, a representative sample must be obtained. A core...

Australian Wool Industry Unveils the Australian Wool Traceability Hub (AWTH)

Today marks the official launch of the Australian Wool Traceability Hub (AWTH), a platform designed to enhance traceability across the Australian wool supply chain. The Hub represents a significant industry collaboration, bringing together industry...

Australian Wool Traceability Hub – 90% of Wool to be Traced by 2025

The Australian Wool Traceability Hub is an opportunity for the Australian wool industry to get ahead of the curve when it comes to Australian wool’s Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) response plan as well as end-to-end commercial traceability from farm to...

Equipment Manufacturing

AWTA Raw Wool manufactures or subcontracts the manufacturing of most of the equipment that is used in its laboratories. Much of this is specialised equipment that cannot be obtained from other sources. AWTA is the largest supplier of wool testing...

Retirement of AWTA China Manager, Robert Wang

AWTA China Manager, Mr Robert Wang Robert Wang has retired as an AWTA employee, effective 30 June 2023. Robert has been involved in the wool industry for over 30 years, starting with the Australian Wool Corporation (AWC) in the 1990's and joining AWTA...