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====British textile industry====
[[File:Hand-loom weaving.jpg|thumb|Weaving with handlooms from [[William Hogarth]]'s ''[[Industry and Idleness]]'' in 1747]]
In 1750, Britain imported 2.5&nbsp;million pounds of raw cotton, most of which was spun and woven by the cottage industry in [[Lancashire]]. The work was done by hand in workers' homes or master weavers' shops. Wages were six times those in India in 1770 when productivity in Britain was three times higher.<ref name="Beckert_2014" /> In 1787, raw cotton consumption was 22&nbsp;million pounds, most of which was cleaned, carded, and spun on machines.<ref name="David S. Landes 1969"/>{{rp|41–42}} The British textile industry used 52&nbsp;million pounds of cotton in 1800, and 588&nbsp;million pounds in 1850.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Industrialization and Society|last=Hopkins|first=Eric|publisher=Routledge|year=2000|location=London|page=2}}</ref>

The share of value added by the cotton textile industry in Britain was 2.6% in 1760, 17% in 1801, and 22% in 1831. Value added by the British woollen industry was 14% in 1801. Cotton factories in Britain numbered about 900 in 1797. In 1760, approximately one-third of cotton cloth manufactured in Britain was exported, rising to two-thirds by 1800. In 1781, cotton spun amounted to 5&nbsp;million pounds, which increased to 56&nbsp;million pounds by 1800. In 1800, less than 0.1% of world cotton cloth was produced on machinery invented in Britain. In 1788, there were 50,000 spindles in Britain, rising to 7&nbsp;million over the next 30 years.<ref name="Beckert_2014"/>