Apparel & Textiles:Widely used in underwear, T-shirts, shirts, jeans, socks, and other close-fitting and outerwear fabrics. Often used alone or blended with polyester to improve wrinkle resistance and durability.
Home & Home Textiles: Used to make bed sheets, duvet covers, towels, curtains, stuffing, and plush toys, utilizing its softness and breathability to enhance sleep and comfort.
Medical & Hygiene: Used in the manufacture of gauze, cotton balls, cotton swabs, surgical gowns, masks, and medical dressings (including 100% cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric). Its low allergenicity and absorbency make it a necessity in the medical field.
Industrial & Specialty Materials: Cotton linters are used in the production of banknote paper, high-grade coated paper, smokeless gunpowder, nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, and biodegradable plastics; industrial-grade cotton is used as a sound insulation, filtration, and polishing substrate.
Other Derivative Uses: Used as a substrate for edible fungi cultivation (cottonseed hulls), a source of feed protein (cottonseed meal), and a reinforcing agent for biocomposite materials (lightweight automotive parts).
