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Wool Industry - Working Together to Future Proof Our Fibre

Five leading Australian wool industry groups are jointly working to develop a mechanism that sets the industry up for success into the future. Australian Council of Wool Exporters and Processors (ACWEP), Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX), Australian Wool...

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...

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...

Shorn wool production increases due to improved season

regions experience favourable seasonal conditions. • The Committee’s first forecast for 2021/22 is for shorn wool production to be 305 mkg greasy, an increase of 5.1% compared with the current season. The current favourable seasonal conditions for wool...

Raw Wool Laboratory Equipment

fibre diameter can be conducted through four distinct methods as delineated by the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO). AWTA Ltd employes the IWTO-12 Laserscan fibre diameter analyser method for fibre diameter certification and fleece...

The Australian Wool Traceability Hub Gains Momentum

The Australian Wool Traceability Hub (AWTH) continues to make significant strides in enhancing the wool industry's capability to respond effectively and quickly to an Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) outbreak. With a strong focus on increasing industry...

Australian wool production impacted by tough season

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 the northern parts of South Australia have been tempered somewhat by the better seasonal conditions in...

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...

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

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 constrain production. The Committee’s first forecast for 2020/21 is for shorn wool production to be 276 mkg greasy, a fall of...

Drought continues to push Australian wool production lower

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 second forecast of shorn wool production in...

Australian shorn wool production continues a steady increase

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 head production. The latest Australian Wool Production...

Specialised Wool Equipment

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 easily measure fabrics for next-to-skin comfort values. Retailers and manufacturers now...

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...

Shorn wool production moves higher

well for a good spring season. Both the number of sheep shorn (up 3.3%) and average cut per head (up 1.8%) are expected to increase. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s second forecast of shorn wool production in 2021/22 is 310 Mkg...

Australian wool production falls as dry conditions continue

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 continuing dry conditions in key wool growing regions....

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

greasy, 1.0% lower than the 2022/23 season estimate. The number of sheep shorn is forecast at 71.6 million head, up 0.1% due to held over lambs. Shorn wool production is expected to increase in New South Wales (up 2.7%) and South Australia (up 3.4%) but...

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...

Drought continues to impact Australian wool production

drought conditions across large parts of Australia. The Committee’s first forecast for 2019/20 is for shorn wool production to be 285 mkg greasy, a further fall of 4.5%, due to a reduction in the number of sheep expected to be shorn. This early forecast...

Conrayn Merino Stud Wins Australian Fleece Competition 2021

Grand Champion prize at this year’s Australian Fleece Competition. This is the second Grand Champion title awarded to Conrayn Merino Stud, who previously won in 2010, which was the competitions 10th anniversary. To top off their achievement, Peter &...

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

2023/24 estimate. • The number of sheep shorn is forecast at 63.2 million, down 11.7%. • Shorn wool production is expected to decrease in all states. • Average cut per head is expected to be comparable with 2023/24 at 4.42 kg greasy, down 0.5%. The...

Call for Nominations - 2021 NCWSBA Broker Award

for high achieving young wool broking staff. The Award is in its tenth successful year and recognises excellence in service to woolgrowers, auctioneering and/or innovation by an outstanding wool broker employee who is working for a NCWSBA member and has...

PIC and the Australian Wool Traceability Hub (AWTH)

The potential for Foot-and-Mouth disease to have a devastating impact on the wool industry is well known and recently illustrated by outbreaks in South Africa and the United Kingdom. As such, planning for, and mitigating the risks associated with such...

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

for 2022/23 remains at 340 Mkg greasy, up 5.0% on the 324 Mkg greasy estimate for 2021/22. Shorn wool production is expected to increase by between 3.2% (New South Wales) to 13.5% (Queensland). The number of sheep shorn is forecast at 74.9 million head,...

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...

Australian shorn wool production stabilises as fleece weights rise

except Western Australia and Queensland, have helped stabilise wool production although low sheep numbers will continue to hamper a recovery in shorn wool production. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s third forecast of shorn wool...

Australian shorn wool production continues a moderate increase

on 2021/22. Most key wool producing regions experienced a favourable summer season, a reasonable autumn and are heading into winter with a sufficient supply of feed. The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool...

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...

Nominations for the 2020 NCWSBA Wool Broker Award

for the 2020 NCWSBA Wool Broker Award. The Award is in its ninth successful year and recognises excellence in service to woolgrowers, auctioneering and/or innovation by an outstanding wool broker employee who is working for a NCWSBA member and has been...

AWTA Alert - Interruption to Issuing of Results - Melbourne

Due to a plant breakdown at a critical supplier and with no notice to AWTA, we have been impacted by a national CO2 gas shortage. In turn this limits our ability to issue tests from our Melbourne laboratory. This affects clients based in Victoria, NSW,...

Bidding farewell to our retiring Chairman, Donald McGauchie AO

of service, Chairman Donald McGauchie retires from the AWTA Ltd Board. Donald McGauchie AO, Chairman of AWTA Ltd retires today after 23 years of service. Donald was appointed as an independent Director in 1999, Deputy Chairman in 2001 and has been...

Change to rounding of results - Scoured & Carbonised Wool

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...

AWTA Melbourne Laboratory - Closed Thursday 22 September 2022 - QE II Commemorative Public Holiday

AWTA Victorian based operations will be disrupted during Week 12 by the two proclaimed Public Holidays: Thursday, 22 September 2022 - QE II Commemorative National Public Holiday. Friday, 23 September 2022 – AFL Grand Final State Public Holiday. After...

Australian shorn wool production stabilises in 2020/21

growing regions, compared with the previous year or more. This is offset by lower sheep shorn numbers in all states except Victoria and Tasmania and continuing dry to drought conditions in Western Australia, central Queensland and the pastoral region of...

Shorn wool production increases as the run of good seasons continue

conditions have set up a very positive spring season in key wool producing regions. The number of sheep shorn is expected to increase (up 4.7%) with the average cut per head maintained at 4.53 kg greasy. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting...

COVID Impact on Service Time

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...

Call for nominations - 2019 NCWSBA Wool Broker Award

for the 2019 NCWSBA Wool Broker Award. The Award is in its eighth successful year and recognises excellence in service to woolgrowers, auctioneering and/or innovation by an outstanding wool broker employee who is working for a NCWSBA member and has been...

Call for nominations - 2017 NCWSBA Wool Broker Award

for the 2017 NCWSBA Wool Broker Award. The Award is in its sixth successful year and recognises excellence in service to woolgrowers, auctioneering and/or innovation by an outstanding wool broker employee who is working for a NCWSBA member and has been...

Raw Wool Terms August 2013

Volume and Trends

because the certification services available since 1991/92 have been solely provided by AWTA, this data correlates closely to the production of wool in Australia. The AWTA's database contains extensive data on the number of bales, weight of wool tested...

AWTA Service Time Alert - Workload Pressure

Like all businesses and organisations across Australia, AWTA has recently suffered a spike in staff absenteeism due to COVID. This unpreventable event has coincided with a substantial and significant increase in work load, particularly EXPRESS work, as...

Essential Service Provider - Update on COVID-19 (WE ARE OPEN)

AWTA Raw Wool would like to assure our customers that as an essential service provider, we will continue to operate in Victoria. As of 11.59pm on Thursday, 27th May 2021, the Victorian government announced that the entire state of Victoria will enter a...

Still operating - Stage 4 COVID-19 update

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...

Pesticide Residue Analysis Test Request

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

Change to Certificate Logo - NATA Endorsement

The keen eyed among you may notice a small change to one of the logo's emblazoning the right hand side of all Test Certificates issued by AWTA Ltd. The new NATA endorsement logo, shown below, will be printed on all Test Certificates from 1st July 2022...

Diversification the Key to Success

In an effort to remain financially viable over the years, the wool industry's peak testing organisation, the Australian Wool Testing Authority, has diversified into other industries. And it's a strategy that's paid off given the declining volume of...

Fleece Measurement Terms August 2013

Pesticide Terms August 2013

Appointment of New General Manager - Raw Wool

- Raw Wool, a position previously held for many years by Mr Ian Ashman. Brendon will remain based at the Bibra Lake laboratory in Western Australia but will regularly spend time in Melbourne. With a very experienced and capable management team located...