Cotton – touching human life so closely …..
Cotton is the most widely used natural-fiber cloth in clothing today. It accounts for almost 50% of the textile market worldwide. It is used to make a number of textile products. These include bath towels and robes, denim, shirts , Socks, underwear, T-shirts, Bed sheets etc.

Percentage of Cotton in world textile market

 

Cotton in Textile T-Shirts Shirts Trousers Underwear Vests Socks Baby wear Towels Bathrobes Denim Bed sheet Napkins Diapers

Cotton in Food Cottonseed oil Cottonseed meal for  dairy cattle

In addition to the textile industry, cotton is used in fishnets, coffee filters, tents and in bookbinding. The cottonseed which remains after the cotton is ginned is used to produce cottonseed oil, which after refining can be consumed by humans like any other vegetable oil. 

The cottonseed meal that is left is generally fed to livestock. As much as two-thirds of a cotton crop can creep into the food chain. Each year, half a million tons of cottonseed oil make their way into salad dressings, baked goods and snack food; another three million tons of raw cottonseed are fed to beef and dairy cattle.

Globally, nearly 90 million acres of cotton are grown in more that 70 countries.