Editing Wool (section)

==Marketing==
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===Australia===
[[File:CSIRO ScienceImage 1054 Wool Fibre of the gods.jpg|thumb|"Wool: Fibre of the gods, created – not man-made" [[CSIRO]] marketing poster describing the benefits of wool]]
[[File:Wool samples.JPG|thumb|Merino wool samples for sale by [[auction]], Newcastle, [[New South Wales]]]]
About 85% of wool sold in Australia is sold by open cry [[auction]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/business/awh-to-set-up-wool-auctions-20040407-gdxmtw.html|title=AWH to set up wool auctions|last=Bolt|first=C|date=2004-04-07|website=The Age|language=en|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> 

[[File:ABS-7215.0-LivestockProductsAustralia-BrokersDealersReceivalsTaxableWool-AllSeries-BrokersDealersReceivalsTaxableWool-Australia-A2060656A.svg|thumb|left|Wool received by Australian brokers and dealers (tonnes/quarter) since 1973]]
[[File:Wool auction.JPG|thumb|Wool buyers' room at a wool auction, Newcastle, New South Wales]]

===Other countries===
[[File:Wanha Villatehdas.jpg|thumb|''Wanha Villatehdas'', a former wool factory in [[Hyvinkää]], [[Finland]]]]
The [[British Wool Marketing Board]] operates a central marketing system for UK fleece wool with the aim of achieving the best possible net returns for farmers.

Less than half of New Zealand's wool is sold at auction, while around 45% of farmers sell wool directly to private buyers and end-users.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100212175838/http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/overview/nzoverview009.htm Wool Production in New Zealand]. maf.govt.nz</ref>

United States sheep producers market wool with private or cooperative wool warehouses, but wool pools are common in many states. In some cases, wool is pooled in a local market area, but sold through a wool warehouse. Wool offered with objective measurement test results is preferred. Imported apparel wool and carpet wool goes directly to central markets, where it is handled by the large merchants and manufacturers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071113055826/http://www.sheepusa.org/index.phtml?page=site%2Ftext&nav_id=b5cd92c158e527a90be72c1ce8be84a2 Wool Marketing]. sheepusa.org</ref>