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Featured Craft for the Month of March 2008 -Cotton
 

India is home for the cotton industries. It has become  the second largest cotton producing country in the world after China according to study of International Service.

 

Cotton has been used to make a number of textile products such as bath towels , robes etc.

         
                                    
                                
  
 
 

India  has become a major cotton exporter, Cotton is natural, comfortable, versatile & fashionable and Cotton continues to be the number one fibre in the world today. Cotton is a soft breathable textile used for daily clothing.

 

                                    
 
 

Cotton is great to use in clothing provided you choose pyjamas based on organic cotton material. This means that the manufacturer opts to source his cotton from growers who do not use pesticides on their cotton. To grow the cotton, growers use natural fertilizers and organic crop rotation methods instead. Not only is this safer for the farming staff who have to handle the cotton, it is safer for the land because harmful pesticides do not enter the soil and damage the land's ability to produce. And of course, consumers like you have the peace of mind knowing that you will be wearing cotton pyjamas that are pesticide free.

 
                                    
 
 

Pesticide-free or organic cotton is very important to use especially for baby clothes. If you want to buy cool cotton pyjamas for your child, then it would be wise to select organic-cotton-based pyjamas so that you are assured that your baby will not be chewing or sucking on any pesticides when he puts the ends of his clothes into his mouth, or that any pesticide-laden clothing will even touch your child's very sensitive skin. You may find that ordinary cotton will even give your child a rash if used as material for cotton pyjamas for babies. Some children are more sensitive than others but none of them should ever be exposed to pesticide-laden clothing material at any time.

 
                                    
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Because cotton is such a wonderful and flexible type of clothing material to use, many designers are incorporating cotton into their design materials of choice. Not just pyjamas lend their design well to cotton, but designers are finding that other types of clothing do well when cotton is used as the base material. That is why certain designers are using cotton to design dresses, skirts, tops and pants. One reason cotton is used by an increasing number of designers is because it keeps its body even when the clothing is worn regularly. Another reason is that cotton can be used for both casual wear and for elegant wear. Not many other types of fiber and material can boast of such versatility.

 
         
                                    
                                
  
 
 

The textile industry in India is substantial, and largely diversified. It is hard to cover all its aspects even within hour-long presentation, however, research team of fashion has attempted to gather significant pieces of massively complicated puzzle of this industry.

 
         
                                    
                                
  
 
 

The Indian textile industry roots thousands of years back. After, the European industry insurrection, Indian textile sector also witnessed considerable development in industrial aspects. Textile industry plays an important role in the terms of revenue generation in Indian economy. The significance of the textile industry is also due to its contribution in the industrial production, employment. Currently, it is the second largest employment provider after agriculture and provides employment to more than 30mn people.

 

Anticipating massive growth in medical and automobile sectors, these sectors assures substantial demand for non woven facilities in India. Albeit, home textiles also will lure higher demand, there are specific demands for home textile facilities also.
This is the fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, and which results in a spun textile which is soft and highly breathable. The major producers of cotton in are China, India, the US, Pakistan, Brazil, Uzbekistan, and Turkey.

 

The big question for longer term investors in cotton’s bull market is simply how much China and lesser Far eastern producers can effectively become self-sufficient, and lessen the historic export demand from the US, where the market has traditionally been based.

 

Strong price advances have now began to influence farmers’ plantings decisions and encourage an even greater expansion in the area sown to cotton in these countries. The International Cotton Advisory Committee forecast that world plantings would rise about 3% in 2006-07 with much of the expansion to take place in mainland China and India.

 

Because of more prevalent use of better seed varieties that are disease resistant, more than likely above average yields will continue to be seen, unless there is some unusually bad weather in key growing areas, so this is a fascinating market to follow.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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