Madurai Spinners Associaion say NO to Cotton waste export

The Madurai Spinners Association has called for halting export of cotton waste as it had an adverse impact on the industry resulting in closure of units.

After changes in the technology, cotton wastes gained value-addition. Many subsidiary units with two and three open spinning frames with investment in the order of Rs. 1 crore in small scale industry emerged employing a large work force.

He said that at present, owing to a scarcity of short staple fibres, open end spinners across the country were behind cotton waste generated in spinning mills.

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