Name: Chemical and Fertiliser Industry in India
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 6 min 28 s
Description: The chemical and fertiliser industries play an important role in India’s agricultural sector. Watch this video to know-how.

Question

Where are cotton textile manufacturing centres located? Which factor has led to its decline in England?

Accepted Answer

Important cotton textile manufacturing centres of the world are as follows:

In the USA: Lawrence, North and South Carolinas, Georgia, Atlanta and New England are important centres in this country.

In Japan: Osaka-Kobe, Tokyo-Yokohama and Nagoya regions have important cotton mills in Japan.

In Russia: Cotton textile industry in Russia is situated around Moscow and Ivanvona.

In China: Shanghai, Hanchow, Nanking and Sian Wuhan are important centres of cotton textile in China.

In England: England’s cotton textile industry is situated in Lancashire and Glasgow

In India: Mumbai-Ahmedabad region has most of the cotton textile mills in India. Other important centres of this industry are Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Kanpur and Kolkata.

Factors that have led to the decline of the cotton textile industry in England are:

Shortage of raw cotton.

Competition from the USA and India.

Where are cotton textile manufacturing centres located? Which factor has led to its decline in England?

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