BRITISH WOOL TRADE ENJOYS A REVIVAL

摘要

The British manufacture of wool is on the increase as fashion consumers opt for garments made in the UK. British mill production has been in steady decline since the 1970s, but saw an increase of 12 per cent in 2011, and the amount of wool produced in the UK rose from 32,000t in 2009 to 40,000t in 2011. "In its heyday 70,000 people worked in the worsted weaving industry in Britain, predominantly in Yorkshire," said Peter Ackroyd, global strategic advisor of wool giant The Woolmark Company. "Now there are between 5,000 and 7,000, depending on the season.