Experts from across the textile sector came together recently to introduce premium Australian Merino wool to Bangladesh’s textile and garment industry.
The week-long program showcased how Australian wool can be processed using Bangladesh’s existing ready-made garment (RMG) infrastructure to support higher-value, sustainable production for global brands.
The week began with an Australian Wool Seminar, hosted by Austrade in collaboration with The Woolmark Company and Michell Wool. The seminar brought together 150+ textile industry stakeholders from across Bangladesh’s spinning, knitting, weaving and garment manufacturing segments.
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle opened the event. She highlighted Australia’s growing partnership with Bangladesh in sustainable, high-value fibres and the role of wool in supporting responsible and higher-margin production.
A technical session led by Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials showcased eqwools™ – a technology that allows 100% Merino wool to be spun on conventional cotton systems (above). This Australian innovation means Bangladeshi mills can work with Merino wool without significant new capital investment, opening a practical pathway to incorporate Australian wool into mainstream production.
Austrade and the Australian High Commission also hosted a networking reception, bringing together Australian wool industry representatives and senior leaders from Bangladesh’s textile and apparel sector. The reception:
- showcased premium Australian Merino wool fabrics and garments
- highlighted the versatility and sustainability credentials of Australian wool
- provided a platform for targeted business discussions around sourcing, processing and product development
- launched the Wool Study Report Bangladesh, providing data-driven insights into current wool usage, supply patterns and market potential.
The combination of technical content, market intelligence and direct networking led to several concrete conversations about trial orders, blend development and collaboration on sustainable product lines.
Bangladesh is the world’s second largest exporter of garments and is actively diversifying its product mix to move into higher-value segments. It mirrors Australia’s own diversification priorities and represents a strong commercial fit for Australian Merino wool.
The wool program has led several Bangladeshi buyers to explore Australian Merino wool for blending with cotton and human-made fibres in export-oriented production.
Manufacturers have also expressed interest in working with Australian suppliers at different stages of the wool-processing chain to improve cost efficiency and product performance.
Looking ahead, long term opportunities exist for:
- spinners and mills – to trial Australian wool and wool blend yarns using eqwools™ and other technologies on existing machineryblend yarns using
- garment manufacturers – to develop higher margin knitwear, suiting and casualwear for global brands using Australian Merino woolmargin knitwear, suiting and casualwear for global brands using Australian Merino wool
- Australian exporters – to position Bangladesh as a key processing and manufacturing hub for Australian wool in South Asia, supporting diversified end markets beyond traditional destinations.
Austrade will continue working with The Woolmark Company, Michell Wool and other Australian suppliers to convert the interest generated during Wool Week into sustained commercial outcomes.
Followup activities will focus on technical trials, buyer–seller matching and leveraging Bangladesh’s RMG strengths to deliver value for Australian producers.
Austrade and The Woolmark Company also participated in the Bangladesh Denim Expo.
Deputy High Commissioner Clinton Pobke formally opened the Australian wool showcase. The presence of Australian wool at the Expo reinforced the message that Merino wool is not only a premium fibre, but a practical and commercially relevant option for Bangladesh’s export-oriented manufacturers looking to meet the evolving sustainability requirements of global buyers.
Austrade remains committed to strengthening collaboration between Australian premium Merino wool producers and Bangladesh’s textile and garment industry. The aim is to turn this first dedicated push into a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership.
Editor cairnsnews said – “… A good example of the Lima Agreement implemented by Labor…”
You make it sound like Labor is a “thing”, when it’s not. Pathologic paedophile and celebrated mass murderer Snuff Scotty murdered well over 100,000 Australian men, women, children & babies, is that a “thing” too?
News Flash – it’s the COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CORPORATION, registered in Washington DC. The shop front has little bearing on what the gangsters inside are getting up to. Good luck to all those delusional “voters” who think that the latest freshly painted Uniparty franchise billboard is our key to salvation.
RE: “This Australian innovation means Bangladeshi mills can work with Merino wool without significant new capital investment”
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Seeing as how the only things we now make for ourselves in Australia are capuccinos and caffe lattes, I’m so happy for the Bangladeshis I could just s..t.
The best thing about wool is there are kebaps inside
Actually I like linen for the hot weather but wool is great in Tassie
A good example of the Lima Agreement implemented by Labor. Ed
Tassytony :Turkey make great coffee machines and their warranty is good , shame no one makes them here .
‘They’ have been sterilizing Australia for decades…
I remember the closure of Leeton Cannery… that was the first I noticed collapsing industries in Oz…
The second was when I had a pick-up and delivery business in Sydney in the early 80’s … I noticed that the white goods manufacturers were closing down along with multiple major factories of different sorts were just being used as storage facilities for redundant machinery…
At the time I knew it was sort of ominous but didn’t know why it was happening.
I got out of that business and went into civil construction and as I increased the size of my business I noticed that the ‘Big Boys’ were all Swiss and American companies…
I thought “Shit .. What’s going on”… But just kept rolling along with it…
It has taken me about 35 years to see what that was all about and it wasn’t because I was ‘berry clebber’… it was because some weasel looking dude said “You’ll own nothing and be happy about it” … He looked like a Jew and quacked like a Jew… Then of course I saw the depopulation agenda and my mental “Shit” turned into “Fuck!!!”.. “We are being sterilized” (as in.. Australia is being sterilized to be used as a ‘Bug Out Bag’ for ‘Yew Know Hew’)..
The on top of that… ‘They’ are now causing the destruction of Israel to satisfy the ancient prophesies using Iran to do it… (that is why they bombed the the school and killed Ayatollah first.. to make the Iranians very angry) How else could they wipe out the state of Israel and blame someone else???
All of this stuff is running like a clock that looks like it was made in Switzerland!!!
The ‘Stoopid Trump’ stuff is a ruse…
I believe that the operations of all of this is being run on the ground by the hierarchy of the various Freemasonry fraternities… The are the ones being used as the army on the ground… That includes the military.. the police… and the courts… they have also been duped…
And have you noticed that ‘They’ are using “Jesus” as their scapegoat???
I’ve never seen so many arseholes squawking about ‘Jesus’… It’s sort of a ‘duck and weave’ thing…
So that is sort of an indicator…
I guess they’ll bring that up if and when Iran shows their anti-gravity technology to the world.. which the US has as well…
So somehow ‘They’ are going to do an ‘Alien Invasion’ thing to twist the storyline into ‘Their’ advantage…
But
The original people behind Iran’s anti-gravity technology are ready for that….
Then we’ll see who’s who…
So don’t worry about the wool weavers ..
Just know that Australia is the ‘Golden Fleece’ of their wet dreams…
The Great South Land..
All we’ve got to do is ride it out.
You know…
Like a bunch of laid-back Ozzies poking at a fire to make more coals.
So let’s chill out and see what happens.
Wool is such an amazing natural fibre. I support this move to working with India. Is there openings for public investment? Even if it’s small.
Geelong was the capital of everything wool back before the political low life’s sold us out .
On the bank of the Barwon River there were mills like Collins producing blankets and spinning mills employing many Australian’s ,the wool stores were choc a block full of wool bales , my father and I both worked there on the show room floor and later on my mother managed Elders travel that was the most profitable branch in the whole of Victoria .Fletcher Jones who made measure to fit that not only had a factory also had retail stores in every major town, they closed because of cheap imports putting their people on the dole
Transport companies consisting of no less than 100 prime movers were going flat out delivering sheep to market .
What they are talking about blending was done by McDonalds in Geelong who mixed wool with cotton or synthetics to be sent to the cloth factories ..
As well as growing the wool and producing clothing Australia should be spinning it to the customers specifications and exported world wide instead of sending them wool.
Our biggest problem these days is getting sheep shorn at an affordable rate , in the old days we had Southern Cross & Grazcos Union controlled shearing teams ,now the wool produces have to put up with the Kiwi’s .
Itsadogsworld:
Excellent comment and observation. Especially this relevant question:
“Is this yet another example of short-sighted Govt policies?”
No. It’s yet another example of how our treasonous governments are working for the humanity loathing UN / WEF based cabal and are actively and gleefully destroying our industrialized society and way of life; which most of the sleepwalking (human) sheep still seem to be blissfully unaware of or, disinterested in.
When / if they ever finally wake up and notice the ruined remains of the lifestyle they took for granted, it will be far too late to save our once prosperous and free society and we’ll all perish with them.
The question is – why don’t we still manufacture fabric in Australia?
We used to! We had Macquarie Worsteds mill in Albury but it closed down many, many years ago. I remember it because I was a TAFE student and it was a favourite place to shop for beautiful high quality fabrics.
Is this yet another example of short-sighted Govt policies?
Our ‘leaders’ don’t seem to be getting the message that Australia needs to be self-sufficient, because in a war we will be totally isolated.
Started in 1923 by local graziers, by 2000, Macquarie Textiles was Australia’s largest woollen and worsted textile mill, manufacturing wool-rich fashion fabrics, machine knitting yarns, woollen blankets, upholstery cloth, industry cloth, safety cloth and weaving yarns for both domestic and overseas markets.
Macquarie Textiles closed its doors permanently at the end of 2020 in favour of importing fabrics from China and India.
https://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/news/2025/october/spinning-a-legacy-the-story-of-macquarie-textiles-in-albury