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Global Market Booming for Organic Cotton Apparel, Home Textiles and Personal Care Products, New Report Shows
May 12, 2006
Global Market Booming for Organic Cotton Apparel, Home Textiles and Personal Care Products, New Report Shows
Use of organically grown cotton by retail titans, fashion designers and small and medium size companies resulted in a dramatic growth in global retail sales of products containing organic cotton between 2001 and 2005, according to a report recently published by Organic Exchange. During the four-year period, global organic cotton product sales increased an estimated 35 percent annually, from $245 million in 2001 to $583 million in 2005. In the US, such sales increased 55 percent per year, from $86 million in 2001 to $275 million in 2005.
http://www.organicexchange.org/Documents/spring_press_rep.doc
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