# Cotton and Textiles and leather

Textiles and leather depends on cotton.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/cotton-and-textiles-and-leather/

[Cotton](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cotton/) (commodity) and [Textiles and leather](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/textiles/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Cotton → Textiles and leather*

4 of the enterprise types in Textiles and leather depend on cotton; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **4** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Cotton growers and ginners: the crop itself (criticality 3 of 5)
- Yarn spinning mills: main fibre (criticality 2 of 5)
- Weaving and knitting mills (including powerloom clusters): yarn content (criticality 2 of 5)
- Home and made-up textile manufacturers: main fibre (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.