Component
Cotton
Raw cotton fiber grown in the US. Treated here as a natural feedstock, like an ore, for clothing.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$1.8K
Quality
50 / 100
US completeness
75.0
Made in US
3,000,000 tonnes
Current demand
4,000,000 tonnes
US exports
240,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
30.0
US mineable reserves
25,000,000 tonnes
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$200M
Expected extra output: 200,000 tonnes per year