raw cotton

collocation in English

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raw
adjective
uk
/rɔː/us
/rɑː/
(of food) ...
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cotton
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒt.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.t̬ən/
the threads that grow around the seeds of a tall plant grown especially in the US, China, and ...
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(Definition ofrawandcottonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Imports ofrawcottononly gradually took up the slack-and then only in quite erratic fashion.
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The leading products are millet andrawcottonand the region's rich volcanic soil is particularly well-suited to cotton production.
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Due to intensive efforts on the part of colonial officials, domestic production ofrawcottonreached a high of 320 million pounds in 1943.
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Total production ofrawcottonamounted to 2,903 tons.
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For a number of reasons, it will be necessary to reduce the consumption ofrawcottonbelow the high level of recent months.
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We have adopted many means of preventingrawcottonwhich goes out to neutrals passing into the hands of the enemy.
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The reduction in the price ofrawcottonhas already been reflected in a considerable fall in the wholesale price of cotton cloth.
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Today, to a greater extent than any other constituency, it depends on the textile manufacturing industry, which itself depends uponrawcotton, for its livelihood.
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I think one speaker from the other benches definitely suggested that in connection withrawcottonthe merchant was an evil person.
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The importer ofrawcottonwould rather have a pound worth 4.86 dollars than one worth 3.7 dollars.
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You have, therefore, a total of some 15,000,000 or 16,000,000 bales required for the world's-consumption ofrawcotton.
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The world's consumption ofrawcottonof all grades in those two years was practically the same—23,000,000 bales of cotton.
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I can give even a more striking instance—that ofrawcotton.
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The same thing applies torawcottonand wool.
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These higher prices were required by the manufacturers because of the increase in the cost ofrawcotton.
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Ifrawcottonis to be bought centrally, why not all raw materials in other industries?
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The morerawcottonwe get the cheaper the price and the easier to sell the manufactured goods.
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These costs are covered in the prices at whichrawcottonis sold.
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Small quantities ofrawcotton, timber, paper and canned fish were supplied last year.
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Taking cotton, £7,500,000 means 42,000 tons ofrawcottonwhich happens to be equivalent to the whole of the clothing ration in cotton.
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