The number

287,000

metric tons of wool

is the maximum import quota ratified by the Ministry of Commerce for 2015. The ministry has kept next year's wool and wool-tops import quota unchanged from this year. Meanwhile, the import quota for wool tops was set at 80,000 tons, according to a statement by the ministry on its website. China has refused to increase the import quota for wool and wool tops since 2006, even after it became the world's largest wool processor and consumer in recent years.