IWTO Market Information Statistics for the Global Wool Production and Textile Industry. Prepared by Poimena Analysis & Delta Consultants

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1 IWTO Market Information 2015 Statistics for the Global Wool Production and Textile Industry Prepared by Poimena Analysis & Delta Consultants

2 American wool is an environmentally responsible fiber supporting a sustainable world. Nourished by native grasses and vegetation in the vast open rangelands of the western United States, wool bearing sheep are protected by shepherds and their guardian animals. U.S. wool is cultivated with conservation and earth-friendly practices in mind. As stewards of the earth, U.S. sheep producers have a vested interest in keeping the land bountiful. Land conservation and the sustainability of its resources are very important. Generations of family ranchers have cared for the natural landscapes that produce native forages. Today s producers continue to improve on these ecologically sound production practices to enrich the ecosystem for future generations. U.S. wool production provides a fiber as natural as where it is grown. info@sheepusa.org

3 3 Impressum Copyright The content of this publication belongs to the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO). You may retrieve and display content from this Publication, print pages and store pages in electronic format on your computer. Any content printed or downloaded may not be sold, licensed, transferred, copied or reproduced in a whole or in part in any manner or in or on any media to any person without the prior written consent of the International Wool Textile Organisation. Copyright notices must not be modiied or removed from any content obtained under the terms of this licence. Questions about whether a particular use is authorized and requests for permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, display or make derivative works from any content should be directed to info@iwto.org. Liability IWTO has taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information, data and other material made available in its publication is error-free and uptodate. IWTO accepts no responsibility for corruption to the information, data and other material thereater, including but not limited to any defects caused by the transmission or processing of the information, data and other material. The information made available in this publication has been obtained from or is based upon sources believed by the IWTO to be reliable but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. The information is supplied without obligation and on the understanding that any person who acts upon it or otherwise changes his/her position in reliance thereon does so entirely at his/her own risk. 2015, International Wool Textile Organisation Send any comments or inquiries to: International Wool Textile Organisation Rue de l Industrie, Brussels BELGIUM Tel: Fax: VAT Number: BE info@iwto.org Web:

4 4 About IWTO With a membership comprised of 60% of total wool production world-wide, encompassing the wool pipeline from sheep to shop, IWTO represents the interests of the wool textile trade at the global level. By facilitating industry strategy and ensuring standards in manufacturing and sustainability, IWTO fosters connection between members and all stakeholders through mutual support of opportunities for wool. IWTO s vision is a sustainable, proitable, international wool industry, working together for the future of our ibre. Our mission is to connect all parts of the wool supply chain in order to strengthen wool s credentials as the world s leading sustainable ibre and represent the wool industry at international level.

5 5 We accomplish our mission through the following activities: 1. Communicating the beneits and values of wool to both internal and external stakeholders 2. Documenting and disseminating the science that supports wool s unique natural properties 3. Linking members and international agencies and organisations 4. Governing the trading standards and regulations for wool across the world 5. Supporting a platform for information and knowledge-sharing We value: global thinking, transparency at all levels, sustainability and proitability

6 6 Foreword Dear Reader, Last year saw the publication of the new improved Market Information Report on the Global Wool Industry. This very comprehensive document was particularly well received by members of IWTO at a time when some grower countries had decided to abandon statistical market information. I believe our 130+ page Report not only ills an important void, it provides an essential service to the entire world wool textile pipeline, written by a neutral pen. This year the Market Information comes with more very welcome improvements and additions germane to the mission of IWTO. At our last Congress in Zhangjiagang we heard from several speakers about the truly global nature of our industry. Globalisation has always been a feature of the wool trade ever since the irst bales arrived in my home region of Yorkshire in Northern England from Australia in I am delighted to note that the new Market Information gives even greater coverage of world trade patterns and low with data tables on various wool products which collect millions of air miles from farm to shop. It was one of the compilers of the Report, Chris Wilcox, who reminded the IWTO Congress in Evian in 2004 that the abandoning of wool by major women s wear retailers was the cause of the greatest slump in wool production in the trade s two hundred year history. So I am happy to see the inclusion of world trade in women s dresses, a segment of the market that at last seems to be gradually returning to natural ibres following the extraordinary boom in women s woollen overcoats that sent the price of cardings and crossbreds to a very acceptable level.

7 7 In addition to expanded analysis of data trends in each chapter, the authors have included a welcome addition to the survey that records trends in wool prices from several more grower countries. Obtaining facts from igures is a dificult art and a tricky science. The IWTO Market Information is an example of best practice in this ield which I am delighted to commend to you and your colleagues. Peter Ackroyd IWTO President Brussels, December 2015

8 8 Table of Contents Review and Outlook Review of 2014/15 and Outlook for 2015/16 Chapter I World sheep numbers and wool production World Sheep Population by Country World Wool Production by Country: Greasy wt. World Wool Production by Country: % share greasy World Wool Production by Country, 2014: greasy and clean wt. World Wool Production by Country: clean wt. Estimated Wool Production by Micron Range: clean equivalent Chapter II World ibre production and consumption World Fibre Production: 2014 (% share) World Fibre Consumption by End-Use: 2014 (% share) World Fibre Production World Fibre Consumption Other Animal Fibre Production: greasy wt. Chapter III Wool prices and world wool market Australian Wool Prices by Micron 2012 to June 2015 Average Price of Raw Wool in AU, NZ and SA: Clean Raw Wool Market in Australia Australian Wool Tests 2012/ /15 Raw Wool Market in New Zealand and South Africa Australia Eastern Micron Indicator (EMI) & Micron Price Guides by Season (Ac/kg clean) Australian EMI: average per month in A$, US$ and Euro 2005/06 to 2014/15 Australian EMI and Micron Price Guides by Season Australian EMI: average per month in A$, US$ and Euro 1999/00 to 2014/15 New Zealand Prices by Season (NZc/kg clean) South African Prices by Season (SA c/kg clean) Uruguayan Prices for Greasy and Scoured Wool by Season(US$/kg act weight) Argentine Prices for Greasy and Scoured Wool by Season (US$/kg act weight) United Kingdom Wool Prices by Season (pence/kg) China Wool Top Prices by Season (RMB/kg) Chapter IV Competitive ibre prices Wool and Competitive Fibre Prices - January 2012 to June 2015 Prices for Other Animal Fibres Wool to Synthetic Price Ratio by Region and World (21 micron wool) Wool to Synthetic Price Ratios (various Australian Micron Price Guides) Wool to Cotton A Index Price Ratios (various Australian Micron Price Guides) Charts A - F Charts 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Table 1.1 Table 1.2 Table 1.3 Chart 1.4, 1.5 Table 1.4 Table 1.5 Charts 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Chart 2.4 Chart 2.5 Table 2.1 Table 2.2 Table 2.3 Charts 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Table 3.1 Table 3.2 Table 3.3 Chart 3.4 Table 3.4 Table 3.5 Table 3.6 Chart 3.5 Chart 3.6 Table 3.7, Chart 3.7 Table 3.8, Chart 3.8 Table 3.9, Chart 3.9 Table 3.10, Chart 3.10 Table 3.11, Chart 3.11 Table 3.12, Chart 3.12 Charts 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Table 4.1 Table 4.2 Table 4.3 Table 4.4 Table 4.5

9 9 Chapter V Trade in raw and semi-processed wool Wool Exports of Raw Wool by Country : actual wt Exports of Raw Wool (% share held by main growing countries) Imports of Raw Wool by Country : actual wt Imports of Raw Wool (% share held by main importing countries) Major Wool Grower Country Exports by Wool Type and Destination Trade in Scoured Wool Trade in Carbonised Wool Chapter VI Trade in intermediate wool products Trade in Wool Top Trade in Pure and Wool Blend Yarn Trade in Pure Wool & Wool-Rich Worsted Yarn Trade in Pure Wool & Wool-Rich Woollen Yarn Trade in MMF/Wool-Poor Blend Yarn Trade in Wool Retail Yarn Trade in Pure Wool and Wool Blend Woven Fabric Trade in Pure Wool & Wool-Rich Woven Worsted Fabric Trade in Pure Wool & Wool-Rich Woven Woollen Fabric Chapter VII Trade in inished wool products Trade in Wool Knitwear Trade in Wool Menswear Trade in Wool Womenswear Trade in Wool Blankets Trade in Wool Knotted Floorcoverings Trade in Wool Woven Floorcoverings Trade in Wool Tuted Floorcoverings Chapter VIII Wool textile machinery Shipments of Long Staple Spindles Chapter IX Retail sales and national statistics Retail Sales of Clothing Retail Sales of Furniture or Sot Furnishings Basic National Statistics Related to Wool Demand Charts Table 5.1 Table 5.2 Table 5.3 Table 5.4 Table 5.5 Table 5.6 Table 5.7 Charts Table 6.1 Table 6.2 Table 6.3 Table 6.4 Table 6.5 Table 6.6 Table 6.7 Table 6.8 Table 6.9 Charts Table 7.1 Table 7.2 Table 7.3 Table 7.4 Table 7.5 Table 7.6 Table 7.7 Charts 8.1, 8.2 Table 8.1 Charts 9.1, 9.2 Table 9.1 Table 9.2 Table 9.3 Explanatory Notes and Glossary 134

10 10 Key to abbreviations: n/a - p m um nmb mkg n/q superine wool ABARES ABS SUL FAO AWTA AWEX NZWTA FLA CIRFS USDA not available nil or negligible provisional million micron metre (ibre diameter) number million kilogram no quote wool of 18.5 microns and iner Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences Australian Bureau of Statistics Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana Food and Agricultural Organisation Australian Wool Testing Authority Australian Wool Exchange New Zealand Wool Testing Authority Federacion Lanera Argentinas European Man-Made Fibres Association (Comité International de la Rayonne et des Fibres Synthétiques) United States Department of Agriculture NOTE: The trade data for 2014 reported in Chapters 5, 6 and 7 are preliminary. As such, they are subject to signiicant change.