SOFT ON SKIN KIND TO EARTH
SOFT ON SKIN KIND TO EARTH
Cotton: The Fabric of Fashion’s Future
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India
The Global Cotton Leader
- India is the largest producer of cotton, contributing 24% of global supply. and the second largest consumer of cotton in the world with 323 lakh bales (5.49 Million Metric Tonnes i.e. 21.96% of world cotton consumption of 1469 lakh bales (24.98 Million Metric Tonnes)
- 6 million farmers and 40-50 million workers are engaged in the cotton industry(processing & trade).
- India cultivates all four species of cotton, including the ultra-premium Egyptian & American Upland cotton. Gossypium arboreum (tree cotton), Gossypium herbaceum (Levant cotton), Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton), and Gossypium barbadense (Egyptian cotton)