Sentence examples for cloth industries from inspiring English sources

Tourism is of increasing importance, alleviating some of the urban unemployment problem and encouraging handicraft (wood carvings, filigree jewelry, hand-dyed cloth) industries.

In the 17th and 18th centuries the wool and cloth industries continued to thrive, powered by the waters of the River Sheppey.

Bridgwater is a former port for its now-moribund cloth industry; its mixed industrial base produces bricks and tiles, footwear, and furniture.

Newark had a flourishing cloth industry in the Middle Ages.

The rise of the Florentine woolen cloth industry and of banking provided a basis of capital.

By the late Middle Ages it had a thriving cloth industry.

The cloth industry flourished in the 16th century, and serge was manufactured in the 17th.

Ghent's cloth industry disappeared in the ensuing decades, however, since it was unable to compete with English cloth manufacturers.

Heavy taxation of wool exports was one reason for the growth of the cloth industry and cloth exports in the 14th century.

In such models, part of country A's wine industry may survive and compete effectively against imports, as may also part of B's cloth industry.

The mechanization of fulling also caused the cloth industry to relocate along streams, often away from the established urban textile centres.