Australia is the world’s largest supplier of wool, producing 80 % of the world’s wool.

Australia has about 120 million wool producing sheep alone.

Australia sells 3.3 million bales of wool per year.

The Australian Woolshed in Brisbane contributes 80 bales of wool each year to the Australian economy just through the sheep shorn in the Woolshed Ram Show.

Australia exports 786 million kilos of wool per year.

The major wool buying countries are:

1. China

2. Italy

3. Japan

4. Germany

The quality of wool is determined by the thickness of the fibre.