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A delegation of Nanshan Corporation, Chinese wool textile firm are in Australia this week to work on joint ventures with Australian wool industry to bring new products to market. The Woolmark Company's general manager for product development and commercialisation Jimmy Jackson said that Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) was working with Nanshan to develop new wool textiles.

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Australian government delegation visited China to intensify relationship between Australian and Chinese wool industries, supported by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), the owner of The Woolmark Company.

Australa exports over 75 percent of its wool clip to China for processing. Earlier, the substantial quantity of this wool was processed and re-exported. But today, about a third of this wool stays within the Chinese market as the Chinese consumers and textile companies are getting well informed on the fibre's intrinsic natural benefits.