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Fees
AWTA Raw Wool 2025/26 Testing Fees are valid 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2026. Test types and services, including 2025/26 fees are comprehensively detailed in our AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees list, which is available for download below. Current fees...
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Key Test Data Summary for May 2025
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for May 2025 compared with the same period last season are: -23.6%, -23.0% and -22.9% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to May...
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Wool supply contraction reflects adverse seasonal conditions and higher sheep turnoff
Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2024/25 is 280.1 Mkg greasy, an 11.8% decrease on the 2023/24 estimate. The AWPFC’s first forecast of shorn wool production for the 2025/26 season is 256.6 Mkg greasy, an 8.4% decrease on the...
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Key Test Data Summary for April 2025
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for April 2025 compared with the same period last season are: -21.1%, -22.3% and -22.2% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for March 2025
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for March 2025 compared with the same period last season are: -3.3%, -2.1% and -2.0% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to March...
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Key Test Data Summary for February 2025
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for February 2025 compared with the same period last season are: -10.8%, -9.4% and -9.5% respectively The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for January 2025
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for January 2025 compared with the same period last season are: -13.5%, -10.7% and -10.9% respectively The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to...
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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...
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Key Test Data Summary for December 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for December compared with the same period last season are: -15.4%, -14.9% and -15.2% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to...
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Australian shorn wool production forecast for 2024/25 revised down to 279.4 Mkg greasy
Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2024/25 is 279.4 Mkg greasy, a 12.0% decrease on the 2023/24 estimate. • The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2024/25 is 279.4...
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The Australian Wool Traceability Hub Gains Momentum
subscribers to monitor their own PIC declaration rates and identify lots that have PIC omitted. These tools will include real-time graphs that show their month-by-month PIC declaration rates alongside the overall state and national figures. This will be...
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Key Test Data Summary for November 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for November 2024 compared with the same period last season are: -14.2%, -12.8% and -12.7% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to...
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Brochures and Handbooks
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 may not reflect some of these changes. If you wish to...
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Key Test Data Summary for October 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for October 2024 compared with the same period last season are: -9.1%, -7.4% and -6.7% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for September 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for September 2024 compared with the same period last season are: -9.8%, -7.3% and -7.2% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2024 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for August 2024
this season compared with 44.3 mkg for the equivalent period last season. Readers should be mindful of a change in the timing of the three week sale recess this year when compared with last season. During 2023 the majority of the sale recess occured in...
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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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Key Test Data Summary for June 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for June 2024 compared with the same period last season are: -21.3%, -20.1% and -19.9% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to June...
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Key Test Data Summary for May 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for May 2024 compared with the same period last season are: -17.2%, -15.6% and -15.5% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to May...
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Key Test Data Summary for April 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for April 2024 compared with the same period last season are: +13%, +17.5% and +17.8% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to April...
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Australian shorn wool production forecast of 324 Mkg greasy in 2023/24
2023/24 season. The fourth forecast is for production of 324 million kilograms (Mkg) greasy, 1.0% lower than the 2022/23 estimate and a 4 Mkg greasy downward revision of the December forecast. The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting...
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PIC and the Australian Wool Traceability Hub (AWTH)
to enabling a rapid and thorough response to an EAD event, with the goal of re-establishing trade in the shortest possible timeframe. Brokers and merchants started voluntarily transmitting PIC details to AWTA via the EDI system for central storage...
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Key Test Data Summary for March 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for March 2024 compared with the same period last season are: -23.9%, -22.9% and -22.4% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for February 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for February 2024 compared with the same period last season are: -13.6%, -12.3% and -11.8% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for January 2024
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for January 2024 compared with the same period last season are: -2.3%, -3.4% and -2.9% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to...
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Contact AWTA Ltd
Click here for AWTA Wool Testing Laboratories Head Office Address: 70 Robertson St, Kensington, VIC 3031, Australia Phone: +61 (03) 9371 4100 Email: [email protected]
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Key Test Data Summary for December 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for December 2023 compared with the same period last season are: -12.2%, -7.4% and -7.0% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for November 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for November 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +13.9%, +17.6% and +16.7% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for October 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for October 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +16.1%, +15.1% and +14.0% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to...
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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...
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AWTA Ltd Annual Review 2022-2023 Available for Download
The AWTA Ltd Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, 20th October 2023. The AWTA Ltd Annual Review 2022-2023 is now available for download using the link below: AWTA Ltd Annual Review 2022-2023
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Key Test Data Summary for September 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for September 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +6.6%, +7.7% and +7.3% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for August 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for August 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +2.1%, +4.7% and +4.7% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2023 to August...
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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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Change to AWTA Signatories for Reports and Certificates
The authorised signatories displayed on both the printed and electronic (PDF) versions of AWTA Raw Wool Test Certificates and Reports will change from 3 June 2023. Documents will display the signatures of both the Managing Director, Michael Jackson and...
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Retirement of AWTA China Manager, Robert Wang
involved in translating AWTA testing information into Chinese, assisting to resolve testing questions and disputes and was intimately involved in the training and education of several generations of Chinese wool industry players, including in the TEAM-3...
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Key Test Data Summary for June 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for June 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +1.8%, +5.6% and +5.4% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to June...
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Key Test Data Summary for May 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for May 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +19.4%, +21.3% and +21.4% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to May...
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Australian shorn wool production continues a moderate increase
Australian Wool Testing Authority (AWTA) key test data (Table 3) up to the end of March 2023 are very similar to the same time last season. “Shorn sheep numbers are expected to be 71.5 million head (down 0.1%), due to reduced sheepmeat prices and a...
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Key Test Data Summary for April 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for April 2023 compared with the same period last season are: -3.0%, -3.5% and -3.6% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to April...
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Key Test Data Summary for March 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for March 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +5.1%, +4.2% and +3.5% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to March...
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Key Test Data Summary for February 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for February 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +1.2%, +0.7% and +0.2% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to...
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Checking the Status of Tests in the Raw Wool Laboratory
AWTA has a free service called “Test Status” transmissions which provide customers with regular updates on the progress of tests in the Laboratory. AWTA has a free service called “Test Status” transmissions which provide customers with regular updates...
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AWTA EDI Network Upgrade
AWTA Ltd is required to upgrade the AWTM EDI network in order to keep systems up-to-date with current software and security standards. Implementation of this update is scheduled for Sunday, 5 March 2023. Wool Industry software providers have been...
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Appointment of New General Manager - Raw Wool
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 in the Melbourne laboratory AWTA Ltd’s clients...
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Key Test Data Summary for January 2023
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for January 2023 compared with the same period last season are: +21.8%, +24.2% and +23.8% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to...
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Australian shorn wool production forecast of 340 Mkg greasy for 2022/23
Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2022/23 remains at 340 Mkg greasy, up 5.0% on the 324 Mkg greasy estimate for 2021/22. The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s forecast of shorn wool production for 2022/23 remains...
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Key Test Data Summary for December 2022
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for December 2022 compared with the same period last season are: +11.1%, +7.6% and +7.3% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for November 2022
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for November 2022 compared with the same period last season are: -9.1%, -8.2% and -7.8% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to...
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Key Test Data Summary for October 2022
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for October 2022 compared with the same period last season are: -3.0%, +0.6% and +1.1% respectively. The progressive comparison of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for July 2022 to...
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