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

Fees

AWTA Raw Wool 2024/25 Testing Fees are valid 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025. Test types and services, including 2024/25 fees are comprehensively detailed in our AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees list, which is available for download below. Current fees...

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

to all addressees on our Mailing List. Otherwise they are available in electronic format on our web site. Note that wool testing process and the company's operations change from time to time as a result of improvment to the process and these documents...

Accreditation

the standards and regulations under which AWTA delivers its services and the independent guarantees given to our certified testing. AWTA through its membership of the Federation of Australian Wool Industries (FAWO) is an active member of the IWTO...

FAQs

How quickly does AWTA provide results? How do I query a test result? How long does AWTA retain core samples for check testing? Does AWTA have a test for chemical residues in wool? Can AWTA test other fibres? Wool Testing What are the main benefits of...

Improvements to EU EcoLabel Testing

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 composite sampling requirements that reflect this change. The improved service will deliver cheaper overall...

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

test fees for the 2019/20 wool selling season is the best way to assist the wool industry at this time The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, remains unchanged at $75.80. Click here to download a copy...

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

Wool Metrology - Past & Current Trends, Future Requirements Objective Measurements - more than pretty numbers Yield Testing Review of IWTO-19 Appendix K Requirements - Measurement of Ash Content by NIRA The Minimum Number of Acceptable Subsample Results...

Exporting food from Australia to China made easier

Australian products have an enviable reputation for being clean, safe and high-quality. Agrifood Technology provides testing services that are used to ensure and demonstrate food safety. Agrifood Technology specialises in a variety of food safety...

Raw Wool Testing

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

the amended terms in a newsletter or Fees List. Posting the amended terms on this website. Your continued use of the testing services or consulting services after such notice and/or amendment will constitute acceptance of the variation and 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...

AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees 2018-19

AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees 2017-18

AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees 2016-17

AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees 2015-16

AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees 2014-15

AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees 2013-14

Dark & Medullated Fibres - The facts about testing

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

Testing the Wool clip

Testing the Wool clip

AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees 2012-13

Amended Terms & Conditions

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 viewed here....

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2021-2022

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 seasons. The last time AWTA testing fees increase was season 2018/19. The total cost for testing...

APEO Analysis

seen restrictions put in place on their use and permissible residual levels in wool. This service is offered by the Product Testing division of AWTA Limited. Samples of scoured or carbonised wool are collected at the Raw Wool Laboratories and sent to...

Electronic Services

AWTA provide electronic data for virtually every test we undertake. Customers can improve service turnaround and reduce testing costs by transmitting sale lot and bale weight data to AWTA as part of our standard core testing service. Find out more: Fact...

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...