The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Science (ABARES) predicted in a September 2025 report that over the 2025/2026 wool season, the Australian wool industry value will fall by seven per cent to $2.4 billion.
In 2023, the Australian wool industry services body reported that 95.6% of exports were raw, greasy wool, sent to overseas scours for cleaning.
In June earlier this year, the last two operating wool scours in Australia merged to form Australian Wool Processors (AWP).
The Owl’s Lily Stokes sat down with Jim Robinson, AWP sales manager and former owner of the now-defunct EP Robinson wool scour in Geelong, to find out what the future looks like for Australia’s wool processing industry.