# Wool (HS4 5105) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Wool at HS4 5105, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The wool subsector recorded $1.4B in reported global trade in 2024, with -14.1% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $1.4B |
| Latest annual change | -14.1% |
| Active exporters | 113 |
| Active importers | 144 |
| Active HS6 products | 6 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $2.2B | 1,068 | 6 |
| 1996 | $2.1B | 1,021 | 6 |
| 1997 | $2.1B | 1,042 | 6 |
| 1998 | $1.6B | 1,030 | 6 |
| 1999 | $1.4B | 1,066 | 6 |
| 2000 | $1.7B | 1,170 | 6 |
| 2001 | $1.6B | 1,176 | 6 |
| 2002 | $1.7B | 1,201 | 6 |
| 2003 | $1.8B | 1,230 | 6 |
| 2004 | $1.7B | 1,258 | 6 |
| 2005 | $1.6B | 1,298 | 6 |
| 2006 | $1.6B | 1,220 | 6 |
| 2007 | $1.9B | 1,289 | 6 |
| 2008 | $1.8B | 1,279 | 6 |
| 2009 | $1.3B | 1,209 | 6 |
| 2010 | $1.7B | 1,326 | 6 |
| 2011 | $2.3B | 1,334 | 6 |
| 2012 | $1.9B | 1,393 | 6 |
| 2013 | $1.9B | 1,392 | 6 |
| 2014 | $1.9B | 1,355 | 6 |
| 2015 | $1.7B | 1,459 | 6 |
| 2016 | $1.6B | 1,405 | 6 |
| 2017 | $1.8B | 1,444 | 6 |
| 2018 | $2.1B | 1,440 | 6 |
| 2019 | $1.9B | 1,515 | 6 |
| 2020 | $1.2B | 1,411 | 6 |
| 2021 | $1.5B | 1,500 | 6 |
| 2022 | $1.9B | 1,522 | 6 |
| 2023 | $1.6B | 1,550 | 6 |
| 2024 | $1.4B | 1,464 | 6 |

## Leading corridors

- China to Italy: $204.3M; growth +11.3%.
- Peru to China: $59.0M; growth +22%.
- China to Viet Nam: $58.5M; growth +14.5%.
- China to Republic of Korea: $53.4M; growth -7.1%.
- Mongolia to Italy: $48.3M; growth +44.4%.
- China to Germany: $45.9M; growth +1.8%.
- China to Japan: $43.3M; growth +7.9%.
- Germany to Italy: $38.6M; growth -12.1%.
- Czechia to Italy: $34.5M; growth -10.3%.
- China to India: $31.4M; growth -12.6%.

## HS6 products

- Wool: carded (HS6 510510)
- Wool: wool tops and other combed wool, in fragments (HS6 510521)
- Wool: wool tops and other combed wool, other than in fragments (HS6 510529)
- Hair: fine animal hair, carded or combed (HS6 510530)
- Hair: fine animal hair, carded or combed, of kashmir (cashmere) goats (HS6 510531)
- Hair: fine animal hair, carded or combed, other than of kashmir (cashmere) goats (HS6 510539)
- Hair: coarse animal hair, carded or combed (HS6 510540)

## 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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