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Although there was concern, noted in an IMF report, that the WTO's Multi Fibre Arrangement, the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), phase-out would shut down the textile and clothing (T&C) industry, [46] the Bangladesh textile sector actually grew tremendously after 2004 and reached an export turnover of US$10.7 billion in FY 2007 ...
Bananatex is a natural cellulosic biodegradable "technical" canvas fabric made of Abacá banana plant fibres (also known as Manila hemp). [1] [2] The plants are grown in the Philippines as part of a sustainable forestry project in Catanduanes. Bananatex was developed and is distributed by the Swiss canvas goods company QWSTION and is used in ...
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
The fruit, which is inedible [1] and is rarely seen as harvesting occurs before the plant fruits, grows to about 2–3 inches (5.1–7.6 cm) in length and 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. [1] It has black turbinate seeds that are 0.167 inches (0.42 cm) in diameter.
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Leaf fiber: Fibers collected from the cells of a leaf are known as leaf fibers, for example, banana, [7] pineapple (PALF), [8] etc. Abacá banana leaf fibres drying Abacá banana leaf fibres drying Bast fiber: Bast fibers are collected from the outer cell layers of the plant's stem. These fibers are used for durable yarn, fabric, packaging, and ...
Papyrus, a pith fiber, akin to a bast fiber; Ramie, a member of the nettle family. Spanish broom, a legume, its fiber has similar characteristics to linen. [6] Tilia, known as Linden or Lime in Europe and Basswood in North America. Fiber comes from inner bark. [7] Leaf fibers. Abacá, a banana, producing "manila" rope from leaves; Piña, from ...
Because the banana trade is a large world-wide business, a number of studies have been carried out on various aspects of the fair trade banana market, including political ecology, [16] tariffs and quotas, [17] price competition, [18] organic growing, [19] and retail price wars. [20] [21]