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U.S. imports of synthetic apparel surpasses over cotton garments, as of total 19.43 billion square-meter equivalents of apparel shipped to the United States through September this year, 9.87 billion clothing are made of man made fibers like polyester and viscose, according to the latest U.S. government data.
The cotton industry's fears that cotton is losing the battle to man made fibers as yarn mills have switched spindles to polyester and its cohorts due to years of high cotton prices and improving synthetic technology.
