The Textile and Clothing Industries of the United Kingdom

accounted agreement appears areas average Board of Trade Britain British cellulose cent chapter circular knitting clothing industry competition consumers consumption continuous filament costs cotton and wool Cotton Board cotton industry cotton textiles cotton yarn countries Courtaulds decline differentiation EFTA employees employment expenditure exports finishing firms fluctuations garment greater HMSO home market horizontal integration hosiery imports of cotton included increase investment jute industry knitting knitwear labour London looms machine machinery man-made fibre producers manufacture men's ment million lbs Monopolies Commission Montague Burton natural fibres nylon obtained organisation outerwear output percentage plant production proportion Quarterly Statistical Review quotas raw materials rayon reduced retail price index sectors silk spindles Spinners spinning staple stocks supply synthetic take-overs tariff textile and clothing Textile Council textile industry thread tion tufted carpets United Kingdom vertical integration Viyella wage warp knitting weaving wool industry Wool Textile woollen and worsted workers yarn