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Cotton Cultivation. Products, Markets and Sustainability Issues

Authors: Bruno BACHELIER, Jean-Paul GOURLOT

Publication date: January 10, 2021

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2. Production and value chain

2.1 Textile fibers

Over the decade 2010-2019, the textile industry consumed just over 100 million tons of all types of fiber per year (figure 5 ) . In decreasing order of importance, these are synthetic fibers, mainly derived from petrochemicals (66%), natural fibers (cotton 27% and wool 1%) and man-made fibers (processed natural materials, such as viscose, 7%). Cotton is the second most important...

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