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Cotton
Raw cotton lint for spinning mills and textile manufacturers.
Overview
The world's main natural fibre
Raw cotton is ginned to separate the fibre, called lint, from the seed. The lint is pressed into bales and shipped to spinning mills, which turn it into yarn for fabrics.
Cotton is bought on its fibre quality, so we agree grade and fibre measurements with each buyer before shipment.
Uses
What it's used for
- Spinning into yarn for clothing and home textiles
- Non-woven and medical products
- Cottonseed (a by-product) for oil and animal feed
Quality
Quality factors we agree
- Grade (colour and leaf content)
- Staple length
- Micronaire (fibre fineness)
- Strength and uniformity
- Moisture and bale weight
- Contamination
Exact specifications and tolerances are set out in each contract.
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