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Webster's Dictionary defines Textiles as: "Related to weaving or to woven fabrics; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving."

This definition extends to a wide selection of clothing, bedding, and fabric related products. Articles of nightwear, hosiery, sportswear, and apparel are all considered textile products.

Chinese textiles, China and India currently dominate the international market for textiles.

Material of composition could be silk, wool, man-made fibre, cotton, lace, leather , furskins and even rubber and plastic.

Textiles manufacturing could be either materials production, processing and finishing or textiles and clothing design or manufacturing of made-up articles.

Materials production and processing includes preparing and spinning raw textile fibres, weaving textiles like cotton, wool and silk, and Geotextilethe manufacture of other textiles, such as for instance carpets, rope, and textiles using man-made fibres.

In the textiles sector, a variety of factors are playing a substantial role in shaping the industry's development. These generally include:

1. globalisation - with increased sourcing (particularly of finished clothing) from lower-cost overseas countries

2. environmental legislation - rules affecting the development, use and disposal of chemicals might have a substantial impact in the textiles sector (a major consumer of dyes, pigments and oils)

3. technology and research and development - including streamlined production processes, and the development of new fibres and textiles (including high-value technical textiles and technical fabrics).