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Key wool facts
| |
units |
2001 |
2002 |
% change |
| sheep at start of year |
millions
| 45.4
| 44
| -3
|
| total wool sold |
000 tonnes clean
| 178
| 173.3
| -3
|
| total wool sold |
000 tonnes greasy
| 236.1
| 228.3
| -3
|
| shorn wool |
000 tonnes clean
| 152.5
| 150.5
| -1
|
| shorn wool |
000 tonnes greasy
| 202.3
| 198.3
| -2
|
| auction price |
c/kg clean
| 520
| 507.7
| -2
|
| auction price |
c/kg greasy
| 392.1
| 385.3
| -2
|
| tested yield |
percent
| 75.4
| 75.9
| 1
|
| wool fibre exports |
000 tonnes clean
| 165.5
| 150.6
| -9
|
| wool fibre exports |
NZ$ million (fob)
| 886.2
| 823.2
| -7
|
| wool sector exports |
NZ$ million (fob)
| 1217
| 1178
| -3
|
| net domestic consumption of wool |
000 tonnes clean
| 10.7
| 10.3
| -4
|
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