The British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) has reported that it has continued to make long-term investments with the aim of adding value to wool clip, despite the frustrations brought about by the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Because of the disease, the UK clip was reduced by 17% from 44 million kilos in 2001 to 36.3 million kilos. During the same period, the number of registered producers fell by over 4,000 to 67,095.

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