
Most of the Oswal wool imported into the country by seaports comes from Australia and England. These two countries send 16.5 and 12.1 per cent of their wool to India respectively. By land, wool comes from Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Iran, western and eastern Afghanistan and northern Afghanistan, Central Asia and Turkestan. The highest percentage (31.10 per cent) of wool comes from Tibet and surrounding countries. It is followed by Afghanistan and Iran from where 25.1 per cent of wool comes. According to the trade rules and the internal demand of the country, the quantity and percentage ratio of wool changes every year.