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Where does China get its wool? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $2.1 billion of wool (410 thousand tonnes), 71.6% of the world total. Australia sold 76% of the total, followed by South Africa (9%) and New Zealand (6%). China was the world’s largest importer of wool.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
410thousand tonnes
Share of world total
71.6%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia1.6Tonnes: 240,037USD per tonne: $6,51175.6%Sea
South Africa0.18Tonnes: 33,896USD per tonne: $5,3718.8%Sea
New Zealand0.12Tonnes: 37,819USD per tonne: $3,1435.8%Sea
Uruguay0.06Tonnes: 21,647USD per tonne: $2,7802.9%Sea
Lesotho0.02Tonnes: 3,031USD per tonne: $7,7911.1%Sea
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 11,335USD per tonne: $2,0251.1%Sea
Argentina0.02Tonnes: 7,803USD per tonne: $2,6330.99%Sea
United States0.02Tonnes: 4,709USD per tonne: $4,0830.93%Sea
France0.01Tonnes: 7,666USD per tonne: $1,2610.47%Sea
Chile0.01Tonnes: 4,555USD per tonne: $2,0490.45%Sea
Mongolia0.01Tonnes: 8,211USD per tonne: $8430.33%Land
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 1,419USD per tonne: $2,8460.2%Sea
Bulgaria< 0.01Tonnes: 1,426USD per tonne: $2,6840.19%Sea
Russia< 0.01Tonnes: 3,599USD per tonne: $8120.14%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 3,252USD per tonne: $8560.13%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 1,883USD per tonne: $1,4320.13%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 1,519USD per tonne: $1,5940.12%Sea
Algeria< 0.01Tonnes: 2,573USD per tonne: $7700.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 1,327USD per tonne: $1,2730.08%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 1,346USD per tonne: $1,1010.07%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Australia 1.6
  • South Africa 0.18
  • New Zealand 0.12
  • Uruguay 0.06
  • Lesotho 0.02

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia0.341.6
South Africa< 0.010.18
New Zealand0.180.12
Uruguay0.010.06
Lesotho00.02

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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