The Archive · 1934

Cotton Industry in Asia

Tokyo, May 31.

June contre of the world's cotton spinning industry is gradually moving fo the Orient, a survey showed today. The cotton industry in Asia, including Japan, China and India, is expanding every year, while that in. other parts of the world is gradually getting smaller.

The number of spindles installed in Asia by the end of March, 1934, amounted to about 22,853,000, showing. an increase of about 953,000_ against those at end of June, 193%. This Increase is ascribed to the development of the cotton industry in Japan and China. In the meantime, the number of spindles in Great Britain at the end of March, 193@ totalled about

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