Cotton fibre is the most important natural textile fibre, but it requires intensive scouring to disrupt the hydrophobic cuticle to allow dye to penetrate.

Investigation allowing for means of better processing long fine Australian cotton and further

improving ginning efficiency was accomplished. Research was conducted in New South

Indonesia has a large spinning capacity of about 7.5 million spindles. About 45-50% of the spindles are on cotton and cotton blends.

The textile industry is well aware of the different bleaching conditions for cotton and wool.

This report is a summary of a partnership project, involving Australian as well as overseas co-operators, which was conducted to evaluate four Australian cotton varieties in terms of their utility value to the textile