Note 407 — Chapter V · THE MULE AND THE RISE OF A NEW COTTON MANUFACTURE
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Before the outbreak of the European War it was estimated that nearly 80 per cent. of the total value of piece goods produced in the United Kingdom were exported. In 1913, British India took 36 per cent. and China 12 per cent. of the piece goods exported (Report of Committee on Textile Trades (1918), p. 60).