For the first time, a major Chinese wool buyers will attend a conference ‘from firm to fashion’ to be held in Australia for building a wool bridge between Australia and china.

The Chinese buyers, who have been estimated to purchase 2bn US Dollar of Australian wool each year, are among 130 delegates attending the internal wool conference.

This will be the first time the China Wool Industrial Association will be meeting outside China since it was formed more than 20 years ago.

Conference organizers said that the delegates representing China’s 80 major wool processors will highlight their increasing demand for Australian fine Merino wool and the ability of Australian growers to supply.

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