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Ramraj Cotton is an Indian ethnic wear brand and it is a brainchild of K. R. Nagarajan. Ramraj stepped into the textile business, predominantly selling white cotton shirts and dhotis . Ramraj Cotton has gained substantial market shares in the textile industry and gained a reputation as a market leader in the ethnic wear industry.
K. R. Nagarajan is an Indian businessman, philanthropist and industrialist. [1] He is the founder and chairperson of the Ramraj Cotton. [2] [3] Under his leadership, Ramraj stepped into the textile business, predominantly selling white cotton shirts, lungis and dhotis.
Most commodity markets around the world trade in agricultural products and other raw materials (like wheat, barley, sugar, maize, cotton, cocoa, coffee, milk products, pork bellies, oil, and metals). Trading includes various types of derivatives contracts based on these commodities, such as forwards , futures and options , as well as spot ...
The following is a list of countries by raw cotton exports. Data is for 2022, in millions of United States dollars , as reported by The International Trade Centre . Currently the top fifteen countries are listed.
Cotton fibers from the kapok tree has been extensively used by the Dagomba to produce long strips of fibre to make the Ghanaian smock. Other fiber materials included undyed wild silk used in Nigeria for embroidery and weaving, as well as barkcloth from fig trees used to make clothes for ceremonial occasions in Uganda, Cameroon, and the Congo.
Euromonitor estimated in 2015 that Nigeria accounted for 15% of a $31 billion fashion market in Sub-Saharan Africa.The Nigerian fashion industry grew 17% between 2010 and 2019, with events such as Lagos Fashion Week helping to promote it. [5]
The True Cost is a 2015 documentary film directed by Andrew Morgan that focuses on fast fashion.It discusses several aspects of the garment industry from production—mainly exploring the life of low-wage workers in developing countries—to its after-effects such as river and soil pollution, pesticide contamination, disease and death.
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) is an association of governments of cotton producing, consuming and trading countries which acts as the international commodity body for cotton and cotton textiles.