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   Wool

   Wool taken from sheep produced for meat is typically more coarse, and has fibers are 1.5 to 6 inches in length. ... China is the third largest producer of wool.
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   Cashmere wool

   China has become the largest producer of raw cashmere and their clip is estimated at 10,000 metric tons per year (hair in). ... Dawson International claim to have invented the first commercial dehairing machine in 1890 and from 1906 they purchased cashmere from China, but were restricted to purchasing fiber from Beijing and Tianjing until 1978.
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   Domestic sheep

   Especially during the periods of political unrest and civil war in Britain spanning the 1640s and 50s which disrupted maritime trade, the colonists found it pressing to produce wool for clothing. ... | People's Republic of China | 157.9 |
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   Industrial history of the People's Republic of China

   That year China also produced approximately 100,000 tons of knitting wool, 140 million meters of woolen piece goods, 3.3 million tons of yarn, and 541,000 tons of chemical fibers.
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   Angora wool

   Angora fur is produced in Europe, Chile, China and the United States. ... Wool
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   Industry of China

   Prior to 1978, most output was produced by state-owned enterprises. ... China's cotton textile industry is the largest in the world, producing yarn, cloth, woolen piece goods, knitting wool, silk, jute bags, and synthetic fibers.
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   Cashmere goat

   In 1994 China had a estimated goat population of 123 million goats and is the largest producer of cashmere down. ... Cashmere wool
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   John Macarthur (wool pioneer)

   Macarthur decided that, instead of just producing food including mutton for the colony, the land around Sydney could be used to produce high quality wool and a profitable export industry could be established. ... When Bligh ordered that a to ship the rest of the still to China or India instead.
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   Elders Limited

   Wool ... As well as an extensive regional branch network throughout Australia (over 400), it has offices in Germany, Japan, China and Korea.
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    History of clothing and textiles

    They also could afford bleached linen and dyed and simply patterned wool woven in Europe itself. ... In most other cultures only major political changes, such as the Muslim conquest of India, produced radical changes in clothing, and in China, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire fashion changed only slightly over periods of several centuries.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Wool,
• Cashmere wool,
• Domestic sheep,
• Industrial history of the People's Republic of China,
• Angora wool,
• Industry of China,
• Cashmere goat,
• John Macarthur (wool pioneer),
• Elders Limited,
• History of clothing and textiles