The Future of High Quality & Branded Cotton

28 September 2009 18:24 GMT

With particular focus on China, India, the U.S. and Egypt, The Future of High Quality & Branded Cotton examines the possibility that global production of the highest quality cotton, extra long staple (ELS), is declining due to the progress of long staple (LS) cotton in becoming the dominant quality of cotton produced today. Additionally, the study explores the rise of new, branded varieties of LS cotton that have helped to raise the overall level of cotton quality globally, prompted a decline in the production of Pima and other ELS varieties and reduced the share of the traditional lower end of the market, generic upland cotton.

FCStone Fibers & Textiles has observed a major shift away from ELS in favor of LS cotton in China’s top cotton-producing province of Xinjiang, U.S. Pima acreage rapidly disappearing and a 50 percent reduction in Egypt’s production of ELS cotton. All this signals significant changes for merchants, mills, and retailers and how cotton is marketed and utilized throughout the entire textile supply chain.  You can download a copy of the report's title page, table of contents, and project notes by clicking here.

The Future of High Quality & Branded Cotton is available for immediate download.

Price: $3,500.00