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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...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/260-key-test-data-summary-for-august-2021
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Under new Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions announced yesterday by the Victorian government, AWTA Raw Wool would like to reinforce we will continue to remain open as a Permitted Industry. We will be operating with a strict COVID-19 safe plan to ensure our...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/235-still-operating-stage-4-covid-19-update
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The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2020 compared with the same period last season are: -16.3%, -15.1% and -14.4% respectively. AWTA Ltd has tested 13.7 mkg (million kilograms) this season compared with 16.0 mkg for the...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/234-key-test-data-summary-for-july-2020
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The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2019 compared with the same period last season are: -5.7%, -5.9% and -5.3% respectively. AWTA Ltd has tested 16.0 mkg (million kilograms) this season compared with 16.9 mkg for the...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/212-key-test-data-summary-for-july-2019
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The 2016 NCWSBA Wool Broker Award to recognise excellence in service to woolgrowers has just been launched. In its fifth year, the annual Award recognises client servicing, auctioneering and/or innovation by an outstanding wool broker employee who is...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/123-ncwsba-wool-broker-award-2016-launched
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The Federation of Australian Wool Organisations Inc. (FAWO) is calling for nominations for the 2018 Australian Wool Industry Medal. The Australian Wool Industry Medal (AWIM) recognises men and women who have made an exceptional and sustained...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/178-2018-australian-wool-industry-medal-call-for-nominations
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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...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/83-australian-wool-production-to-ease-in-2014-15
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More than 140 Victorian wool producers did their part for the rural communities last week, as the annual Australian Fleece competition charity lots went under the hammer. And with the proceeds this year going to flood and fire disaster assistance...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/41-blazeaid-auction
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Entries are now open for the Australian Fleece Competition, to be held as part of the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo Victoria 17-19 July 2015. The competition is a joint partnership between Australian Wool Testing Authority, Landmark &...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/95-australian-fleece-competition-2015
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Exporters and processors are required by purchasers to provide test certificates that show that a consignment of wool meet the requirments specified in a contract. These documents are also used to authorise payments by banks issuing letters of credit....
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/services/electronic-services/iwto-combined-certificates-omls
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TOPMARK is a free benchmarking service for processing mills and topmakers around the world. Independent trials have established there is a strong correlation between the predictive formulae used in this service and the processing performance of wool...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/services/topmark-benchmarking
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https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/component/edocman/resources/research-papers-fabric-comfort/the-effect-of-the-diameter-characteristics-of-the-fibre-ends-on-the-skin-comfort-handle-of-knitted-wool-fabrics
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Fees list, which is available for download below. Current fees 2025-2026 General wool testing fees have increased by 3% for the 2025/26 wool selling season, effective from 1st July 2025. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/fees
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Like all businesses and organisations across Australia, AWTA has recently suffered increased staff absenteeism due to the impact of COVID on our workforce. Although all our employees are vaccinated, we have staff who have been infected through...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/270-covid-impact-on%20service-time
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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...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/254-key-test-data-summary-for-july-2021
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The reporting of residual Ash % and Grease (AEM) % results will change to one decimal place on all Scoured and Carbonised Core Tests and Guidance Reports from Friday, 5th April 2019. Previously, these measurements where shown to 2 decimal place but a...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/204-change-to-rounding-of-results-scoured-carbonised-wool
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The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has maintained its estimate of shorn wool production for 2012/13 at 350mkg. The Committee's second forecast of 2013/14 production remains unchanged at 345mkg, down 1.4 per cent from the 2012/13...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/44-australian-wool-production-expected-to-ease-slightly-in-2013-14
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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...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/165-awta-podcast-by-elisabeth-van-delden
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In nature, wool survives the toughest tests. And then, The Woolmark Company tests it again. And so, the latest campaign to be launched by The Woolmark Company is washable wool, with the tagline Tested by Nature; Tested by us. The main purpose of the...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/68-washing-wool-made-easy
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wool have noticed increased occurrences of dark and medullated fibres in wool tops produced from Australian Merino wool. The International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO), through its Australian affiliate, the Federation of Australian Wool...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/services/raw-wool-testing/dark-medullated-fibre-risk-scheme
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as low as possible. Electricity is a significant cost in wool testing, particularly in Western Australia, which provided the impetus for two major projects to be undertaken in AWTA’s WA laboratory facilities. The first project involved switching all...
https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/about/news/36-electricity-energy-initiatives-–-wa-laboratory
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https://awtawooltesting.com.au/index.php/en/component/edocman/resources/research-papers-yield/summary-of-the-trial-which-established-the-equation-for-calculating-the-australian-carbonising-yield