AMERICAN COTTON SECTOR DISPUTES THAT IT IS LOSING OUT AGAINST SYNTHETICS
April 12th, 2014
Cotton’s share of the American clothing market has fallen following the sharp rise in cotton prices in 2012 but the industry is fighting back. The US International Trade Administration says that American clothing traders imported 12.29 billion square-metres worth of cotton apparel last year (2013) compared to 12.04 billion square metre’s worth of clothes made with artificial fibres. The figures indicate that synthetic apparel imports rose by more than 20% from 2011-13, while cotton-based imports fell 14%.However, some reports – admittedly from organisations ...
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