Question

give an account of textile industry in the world

Answer 1

On account of textile industries, China is the largest exporter and producer of textiles.

• The textile industry mainly involves in the production and distribution of clothes in which the raw material can be natural or artificial or semi-synthetic.

• According to Trade data, the top 5 countries are higher exporters of textile are China, Germany, Italy, India, and Vietnam.

• In terms of importing textiles or clothes, the top 5 countries are Germany, the UK, China, Japan, and the USA.

Answer 2

Answer:

1) this industry has grown from being a small cottage industry to a large scale industry employing lakhs of people

2) cotton, silk, jute and wool are the main raw material on which the industry is based

3) many important cotton textile producing centres are in India are near the cotton growing areas of Deccan plateau

4) Ahmedabad is known as Manchester of India

5) nagoya - Osaka region of Japan and Manchester in UK or other cotton producing areas

6) Bangladesh and India are chief jute textile manufacturets