Trade development

Supply Chain and Risk Management studies

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• AWI response - Supply Chain and Price Risk Management
  (PDF 90Kb)
• Final report - Wool Marketing and Risk Management Scoping Study (PDF 1Mb)
  
  
• Final report - New Zealand Merino Supply Chain Business Model for Australia (PDF 642Kb)
  Appendix A - E (PDF 2Mb)
  Appendix F - M (PDF 1Mb)
  Appendix N (PDF 2Mb)

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AWI response - Supply Chain and Price Risk Management - TD016
Final report - Wool Marketing and Risk Management Scoping study - TD017
Final report - New Zealand Merino Supply Chain business model for Australia - TD018
 

Merino Innovation internet portal

AWI has developed an internet portal that provides retailers and designers with an online way of doing business with AWI and a comprehensive source of all things to know about the benefits and value of Australian Merino wool.

Code: TD015 Published: October 2005 

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Economic benefits for Australian wool trade from a China free trade agreement

This report by ITS Global shows that the inclusion of wool in an Australia-China FTA would result in an increase in wool production of up to ten per cent and increases in farm cash income of up to seven per cent.

Code: TD014 Published: September 2005 

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Download: Full report (PDF 760Kb)

Wool trade policy

Insight fact sheet
A summary of how AWI works with Australian woolgrowers, local processors and exporters, the Australian Government, wool textile industries in other countries, other fibre producers, and the Australian textile and fashion industry to successfully tackle trade barriers.

Code: TD001 Published: September 2004

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Download: Insight fact sheet (PDF 48Kb)

AWI's business to business strategy

Insight fact sheet
An overview of AWI's business to business strategy to establish commercial partnerships with leading textile market leaders and trend setters around the world in both the manufacturing and brand sectors.

Code: TD002 Published: September 2005

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Download:  Insight fact sheet (PDF 150Kb)

Thai Free Trade Agreement

AWI Trade Update
AWI Briefing Paper examining the Australia-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which came into effect on 1 January 2005. The paper summarises the concessions on Australian wool and details Australia's and Thailand's new tariff commitments.

Code: TD003 Published: 2004

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US Free Trade Agreement: Impact on wool

AWI Trade Update
AWI Briefing Paper examining the impact of the Australia-United States (US) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Australian wool. The paper also summarises the US market for wool and the current status of the FTA.

Code: TD004 Published: 2004

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Download: AWI Trade Update (PDF 31Kb)

Submission on the China Free Trade Agreement Feasibility Study

This is a submission to the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement feasibility study. The submission was prepared by AWI on behalf of the Australian Wool Industry.

Code: TD005 Published: June 2004

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Download: Full Submission (PDF 190Kb)

Prospects for Further Wool Processing in Australia

Report including an examination of the value of wool across Australia's wool pipeline, comparative garment production costs, prospects for further wool processing in Australia, changes in key location factors and the role of AWI in changing consumer demand.

Code: TD010 Published: December 2002

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Download: Executive summary (PDF 286Kb) Full report (PDF 633Kb)

Review of Australia's Wool Trade with the Commonwealth of Independent States

Study addressing questions of whether conditions have improved sufficiently in the former USSR's textile industry for Australian wool producers' funds to again be committed to this market in a significant way.

Code: TD011 Published: July 2002

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Review of the Market Potential of Russia for Australian Wool Use

This in-depth market study identifies the key factors influencing future Australian wool use in the textile industries in Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus and Latvia as well as domestic consumption in Russia.

Code: TD012 Published: October 2002

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Review of Wool Trade Relations with Japan

Report on Australia's wool trade relations with Japan, including the demand for wool in Japan, production in Japan, trade policy and potential AWI work in Japan.

Code: TD013 Published: June 2003

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Download: Full report (PDF 593Kb) Executive summary (PDF 111Kb)

China consumer market research project - Desk research report

AWI trade briefing - February 2006

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