268 Wool and other animal hair (including wool tops)
In 2015, the value (in current US$) of exports of "wool and other animal hair (including wool tops)" (SITC group 268) decreased by 6.7 percent
(compared to -5.9 percent average growth rate from 2011-2015) to reach 6.2 bln US$ (see table 2), while imports decreased by 5.5 percent to reach
6.4 bln US$ (see table 3). Exports of this commodity accounted for 0.9 percent of world exports of SITC sections 2+4, and less than 0.1 percent of
total world merchandise exports (see table 1). Australia, China and New Zealand were the top exporters in 2015 (see table 2). They accounted for
35.5, 12.3 and 9.3 percent of world exports, respectively. China, Italy and India were the top destinations, with respectively 43.4, 13.5 and 5.1
percent of world imports (see table 3).
The top 15 countries/areas accounted for 89.8 and 88.2 percent of total world exports and imports, respectively (see tables 2 and 3). In 2015,
Australia was the country/area with the highest value of net exports (+2.2 bln US$), followed by New Zealand (+568.0 mln US$). By MDG regions
(see graph 2), the largest surpluses in this product group were recorded by Developed Asia-Pacific (+2.6 bln US$), Latin America and the Caribbean
(+417.8 mln US$) and Sub-Saharan Africa (+185.4 mln US$). The largest trade deficits were recorded by Eastern Asia (-2.0 bln US$), Developed
Europe (-844.8 mln US$) and Southern Asia (-287.0 mln US$).
Table 1: Imports (Imp.) and exports (Exp.), 2001-2015, in current US$
2001
2002
4.8
4.3
2.0
2.1
0.1
0.1
Values in Bln US$ Imp.
Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
SITC section (%) Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
world trade (%) Exp.
2003
4.8
4.7
2.0
2.2
0.1
0.1
2004
5.0
4.7
1.7
1.8
0.1
0.1
2005
5.3
5.0
1.4
1.6
0.1
0.1
2006
5.1
4.9
1.2
1.3
0.0
0.0
5.2
5.2
1.1
1.2
0.0
0.0
Graph 1: Annual growth rates of exports, 2001−2015
2007
2008
6.0
6.1
1.0
1.1
0.0
0.0
2009
5.7
5.4
0.7
0.8
0.0
0.0
2010
4.0
4.0
0.7
0.8
0.0
0.0
SITC, Sections 2+4
Country or area
World....................................
Australia...............................
China.....................................
New Zealand........................
South Africa..........................
Mongolia...............................
Germany................................
Uruguay.................................
Czechia..................................
Italy.......................................
United Kingdom....................
Argentina..............................
Peru.......................................
Malaysia...............................
India......................................
Spain.....................................
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
−10%
−20%
Country or area
World....................................
China.....................................
Italy.......................................
India......................................
Czechia..................................
Rep. of Korea........................
Germany................................
United Kingdom....................
Japan....................................
Turkey...................................
Romania................................
Bulgaria.................................
Poland...................................
Madagascar..........................
Belgium.................................
Mexico..................................
Developed Europe
Developed N. America
South−eastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
Sub−Saharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South−eastern Asia
Western Asia
3
2.5
2
1
1.5
0
0.5
−1
−0
.5
−2
.5
−2
−1
.5
Oceania
.5
−3
2014
6.7
6.6
0.8
0.8
0.0
0.0
2015
6.4
6.2
0.9
0.9
0.0
0.0
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 11-15 14-15
Cum.
6 183.2
2 195.6
759.6
573.9
271.1
270.1
243.6
241.2
220.3
198.8
174.5
163.1
83.0
56.3
52.1
49.6
-5.9
-7.0
-10.5
-2.5
-8.2
-1.4
-13.8
-2.5
-1.2
-4.3
8.7
-12.6
3.4
13.6
-6.6
-0.6
-6.7 100.0
0.6 35.5
-14.5 12.3
-9.0
9.3
-23.0
4.4
-12.5
4.4
10.2
3.9
-3.2
3.9
1.3
3.6
-10.3
3.2
-18.4
2.8
-12.1
2.6
-11.2
1.3
3.8
0.9
-8.2
0.8
4.8
0.8
35.5
47.8
57.1
61.5
65.8
69.8
73.7
77.2
80.4
83.3
85.9
87.2
88.2
89.0
89.8
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 11-15 14-15
Cum.
Value
Trade balance
Developed Asia−Pacific
−3
7.0
6.9
0.8
0.8
0.0
0.0
15
14
(Bln US$)
Exports
2013
Table 3: Top importing countries or areas in 2015
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG regions 2015
Imports
6.8
6.8
0.7
0.8
0.0
0.0
20
13
20
12
20
11
20
10
20
09
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
20
20
01
−30%
2012
Value
Total
50%
7.9
7.9
0.8
0.9
0.0
0.0
Table 2: Top exporting countries or areas in 2015
(In percentage by year)
SITC code 268
2011
5.6
5.5
0.7
0.8
0.0
0.0
Source: UN Comtrade
6 364.6
2 760.7
856.4
323.6
266.8
234.0
214.9
199.0
157.5
122.0
108.1
96.3
90.6
67.8
57.7
57.6
-5.2
-2.4
-9.3
-4.7
-1.1
-6.5
-20.1
5.2
-4.9
-9.3
-3.2
-5.1
-12.4
667.5
-3.7
-8.2
-5.5 100.0
2.9 43.4
-13.6 13.5
-12.7
5.1
-4.5
4.2
9.0
3.7
-20.1
3.4
-13.3
3.1
-10.6
2.5
-22.6
1.9
-11.9
1.7
-19.0
1.5
-18.7
1.4
9.5
1.1
-3.8
0.9
-13.4
0.9
43.4
56.8
61.9
66.1
69.8
73.2
76.3
78.8
80.7
82.4
83.9
85.3
86.4
87.3
88.2