Pima cotton
Pima cotton, also called Pima cotton (supima/pima cotton), is mainly grown in the United States and Peru; it also grows in small amounts in other places such as Israel and Australia. It is an ultra-long fiber cotton among fine velvet fibers. This name began in 1910 Extra long sweat cotton grown in the southwestern United States. In the United States, cotton that is 13/8 inches or longer is generally considered Pima cotton or extra-long staple cotton.
The history of Pima cotton can be traced back to its ancestors, which were the cotton of the famous island in the southwestern United States in 1700. This cotton was planted together with Egyptian cotton to produce the extra-long fiber cotton of the time. From the 20th century From a turning point these extra long staple cottons evolved.
The Pima cotton improvement plan in the United States has played an important role in promoting the progress of Pima cotton in the past 50 years, and has produced various categories: S-5, S-6, S-7. Its actual improvement over its ancestors lies in yield potential and fabric quality. S-6 and S-7 combined accounted for 73% of the 250,000 acres of Pima cotton in the United States in 1998.
75% of American Pima cotton is sold abroad every year. Japan is the main importer of ultra-long fiber cotton. Its fine yarn fabric factory needs to import more than 2/3 of its annual output of ultra-long fiber from American suppliers. Fiber cotton. Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Switzerland all use Pima cotton mostly for their fine yarn products.
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