Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Future for Cotton in Laminated Plastics
Source: Cotton Counts Its Customers, National Cotton Council of America.
A breakdown in cotton consumption by major types of use also shows some sharp contrasts. Apparel uses took 700 million more pounds of cotton in 1961 than in 1947 (fig. Household uses consumed almost 100 million pounds more in 1961 than in 1947. However, industrial uses of cotton have declined continually since 1947. By 1961, industrial uses took almost 600 million pounds less cotton than 14 years before. Therefore, it is the industrial uses of cotton that have been severely cut as consumption of other fibers increased.
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