# Wool (HS4 5101) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Wool at HS4 5101, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The wool subsector recorded $2.8B in reported global trade in 2024, with -5.8% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $2.8B |
| Latest annual change | -5.8% |
| Active exporters | 110 |
| Active importers | 140 |
| Active HS6 products | 5 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $3.9B | 1,276 | 5 |
| 1996 | $3.5B | 1,202 | 5 |
| 1997 | $3.6B | 1,222 | 5 |
| 1998 | $2.5B | 1,140 | 5 |
| 1999 | $2.1B | 1,175 | 5 |
| 2000 | $2.5B | 1,253 | 5 |
| 2001 | $2.4B | 1,241 | 5 |
| 2002 | $2.6B | 1,321 | 5 |
| 2003 | $2.6B | 1,325 | 5 |
| 2004 | $2.9B | 1,300 | 5 |
| 2005 | $2.9B | 1,304 | 5 |
| 2006 | $3.0B | 1,256 | 5 |
| 2007 | $3.5B | 1,258 | 5 |
| 2008 | $3.2B | 1,256 | 5 |
| 2009 | $2.4B | 1,164 | 5 |
| 2010 | $3.4B | 1,181 | 5 |
| 2011 | $4.8B | 1,322 | 5 |
| 2012 | $4.3B | 1,275 | 5 |
| 2013 | $4.3B | 1,197 | 5 |
| 2014 | $4.0B | 1,285 | 5 |
| 2015 | $3.9B | 1,333 | 5 |
| 2016 | $3.8B | 1,329 | 5 |
| 2017 | $4.2B | 1,352 | 5 |
| 2018 | $4.6B | 1,363 | 5 |
| 2019 | $3.6B | 1,268 | 5 |
| 2020 | $2.4B | 1,154 | 5 |
| 2021 | $3.4B | 1,209 | 5 |
| 2022 | $3.3B | 1,260 | 5 |
| 2023 | $2.9B | 1,192 | 5 |
| 2024 | $2.8B | 1,154 | 5 |

## Leading corridors

- Australia to China: $1.5B; growth -6.8%.
- South Africa to China: $172.0M; growth -6.5%.
- New Zealand to China: $116.6M; growth +0.7%.
- Australia to India: $87.3M; growth -7.9%.
- Australia to Italy: $72.3M; growth -13%.
- Uruguay to China: $54.3M; growth +15.4%.
- New Zealand to India: $52.1M; growth +10.1%.
- Lesotho to South Africa: $37.5M; growth -1.2%.
- Australia to Czechia: $28.1M; growth -24.1%.
- South Africa to Germany: $25.5M; growth +16.9%.

## HS6 products

- Wool: (not carded or combed), greasy (including fleece-washed wool), shorn (HS6 510111)
- Wool: (other than shorn), greasy (including fleece-washed wool), not carded or combed (HS6 510119)
- Wool: (not carded or combed), degreased, (not carbonised), shorn (HS6 510121)
- Wool: (not carded or combed), degreased, (not carbonised), (other than shorn) (HS6 510129)
- Wool: (not carded or combed), carbonised (HS6 510130)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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