The cotton textile industry is widespread and spans to nearly 90 countries that produce the cotton yarn that varies globally but the concentration of the centres of production is very limited.
Countries like the China 26.4, India 21.0%, USA 14.7, Pakistan 10.7 %, and Indonesia 7.0% are the top producers of the cotton.
Others include the Germany, the Portugal, the Greece, and Uzbekistan, the Syria, and France, and Bangladesh, Turkmenistan and Iran also known for producers of cotton yarn.
China has oldest industries and vast domestic market of cheap products. India a second-largest producer has capital and credit facilities.
Russia ranks third, in Moscow-Ivanovo Region and Leningrad or St. Petersburg Region.
USA ranks fourth has a capital, and local markets in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and the Southern States.
Japan, third-leading Asian country which has cotton developed in the city of Osaka.
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