HS 51HS chapter
Wool
Global trade in wool during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$3.07B
Reported exports (2023)
$131.78M
Reported imports (2023)
22
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in wool totaled approximately $3.07 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 22 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Australia led the field with $1.82 billion in exports — 59.3% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 51. Country-level numbers reflect the sum of all subcategories that BACI reports. See methodology for caveats around mirror reconciliation and known data limitations, or data sources for the underlying CEPII BACI release.
Top exporters
1
Australia
Australia$1.82B
59.3%
2
South Africa
South Africa$317.08M
10.3%
3
Mongolia
Mongolia$293.84M
9.6%
4
New Zealand
New Zealand$230.45M
7.5%
5
Uruguay
Uruguay$112.41M
3.7%
6
Peru
Peru$95.66M
3.1%
7
Argentina
Argentina$78.01M
2.5%
8
Lesotho
Lesotho$72.57M
2.4%
9
Mauritius
Mauritius$13.06M
0.4%
10
Syria
Syria$9.62M
0.3%
11
Iceland
Iceland$6.97M
0.2%
12
Falkland Isds (Malvinas)
Falkland Isds (Malvinas)$6.32M
0.2%
13
Afghanistan
Afghanistan$3.93M
0.1%
14
Ethiopia
Ethiopia$3.44M
0.1%
15
San Marino
San Marino$1.63M
0.1%
16
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan$1.21M
0.0%
17
Libya
Libya$741,322
0.0%
18
Greenland
Greenland$706,669
0.0%
19
Tajikistan
Tajikistan$212,153
0.0%
20
Central African Rep.
Central African Rep.$195,224
0.0%
21
Grenada
Grenada$117,609
0.0%
22
Kiribati
Kiribati$77,004
0.0%
