South African Wool Board

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inspired by a skein of wool, funded by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

The South African Wool Board was constituted in 1946 as an independent and non-profit making statutory board under the Wool Act (Act No 19 of 1946) in response to the rapid rise synthetic replacements for natural wool fibre.

Objectives

Improve marketing research, advertising and technical research of South Africa's wool and wool textiles.

Funding

It was funded by a levy imposed on all wool sales in the Union of South Africa.

See also

• International Wool Secretariat
• Australian Wool Board
• New Zealand Wool Board
• British Wool Marketing Board

References

External links

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