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The textile industry in India traditionally, after agriculture, is the only industry that has generated huge employment for both skilled and unskilled labour in textiles. The textile industry continues to be the second-largest employment generating sector in India. It offers direct employment to over 35 million in the country. [25]
The textile industry in China is the largest in the world in both overall production and exports. [1] China exported $274 billion in textiles in 2013, a volume that was nearly seven times that of Bangladesh, the second largest exporter with $40 billion in exports. [2] This accounted for 43.1% of global clothing exports. [3]
The textile industry in China is the largest in the world in overall production, exports and retail, with an output of 58 million tons a year in the fiber categories alone, accounting for more ...
The textile industry is the largest manufacturing industry in Pakistan, the fourth largest global producer of cotton, and the eighth largest exporter of textile products in Asia. It contributes to 8.5% of GDP and provides employment to 30% of the 56 million strong national workforce, or 40% of industrial employment.
In the 20th century, the industry had expanded to such a degree that such educational institutions as UC Davis established a Division of Textiles and Clothing, [95] The University of Nebraska-Lincoln also created a Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design that offers a Masters of Arts in Textile History, [96] and Iowa State University ...
King Cotton in Modern America: A Cultural, Political, and Economic History since 1945 (2010) excerpt; Riello, Giorgio. Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2015) excerpt; Riello, Giorgio. How India Clothed the World: The World of South Asian Textiles, 1500–1850 (2013) Yafa, Stephen (2006). Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary ...
The Or Foundation is using research, advocacy and innovation to draw attention to textile waste and finds ways to reuse it in Accra, Ghana.
It is the main input for textile industry of the country with cotton textiles now accounting for 80% use vis-à-vis 95% in the 1950s. The cotton textile industry employs over 10 million people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its production in 2012–13 was 7.6 million tons, but in 2013–14 it dropped to 7 million tons. [ 3 ]