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American wool farmers wrestle as commerce battle impacts China market

Editorial Board Published April 25, 2025
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Specialists say between 50 to 60% of U.S. wool is often shipped to China, which processes the uncooked materials into yarn, cloth, and clothes.

Some sheep farmers are being impacted by the U.S.-China commerce battle within the type of unsold wool.

A big share of wool—about 50 to 60%—is often exported, with China serving as the first purchaser and processor, in keeping with the American Sheep Business Affiliation. 

Underneath the Trump administration commerce insurance policies, there’s now a tax fee of 145% that Individuals should at the moment pay for Chinese language imports. In response, China hiked its levies on imports of U.S. items to 125% this month. 

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Some American farmers say their exports have been caught in geopolitical crossfire.

Mike Harper owns a family-run feedlot in Eaton, Colorado referred to as Harper’s Feeders. Harper mentioned his feedlot has a capability of 65,000 head of sheep, however the work has grow to be considerably harder.

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“I’ve seen this industry do nothing but shrink, from the time I was a young boy,” Harper mentioned.

Already working below excessive enter prices and tight margins, wool producers are actually grappling with extra losses tied to the brand new tariffs.

tariffs on China are taking a toll on the American wool industry

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“Losing seven to eight dollars per head on your inventory is substantial,” Harper defined. “We still rely more heavily on the meat trade—that is the value for us—but it all adds up.”

The American Sheep Business Affiliation says some shipments have been already organized earlier this 12 months, however when China’s tariffs have been reinstated, some containers have been halted or rerouted.

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Peter Orwick is the manager director of the American Sheep Business Affiliation (ASI), which is “a national organization representing the interests of more than 100,000 sheep producers located throughout the U.S. From East to West, pasture-based flocks to range operations,” in keeping with the Affiliation web site.

American Wool Industry takes a hit

“We had sales that were set up this spring,” Orwick mentioned. “But if you didn’t have the ships on the water, they were going to face the retaliatory tariffs—so I know we’ve had some containers that are not moving.”

In line with the affiliation, California and Mountain West states account for a lot of the nation’s wool manufacturing.

In the meantime, with China being the world’s prime wool processor, American wool is commonly despatched abroad to be made into yarn, cloth, or clothes, a lot of which is later bought again to U.S. customers.

Orwick defined the home sheep trade has been below financial strain for years, with consultants noting that tariffs imposed again in 2018 dealt an early blow.  Orwick mentioned the decline deepened through the pandemic, when distant work lessened demand for formal, wool-based attire.

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“You combine that with the pandemic and the reduced demand for office attire,” Orwick mentioned, “with the advent of this retaliation, it’s going to be more of a struggle.”

Orwick mentioned U.S. producers are actually looking for various consumers together with in Italy and Japanese Europe. 

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President Donald Trump instructed reporters within the Oval Workplace on Tuesday that the general tariff degree imposed on China, at the moment 145%, will come down considerably however “won’t be zero” and mentioned a commerce cope with China might doubtlessly “work out very well.”

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