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Silk Natural Fiber
Silk Natural Fiber
Silk is continuous protein filament extruded by silk worm. It possesses all the desirable properties of a
textile fibre. It is solidified protein produced by certain caterpillars which will encase themselves in the
form of cocoon.
SILK IS A NATURAL FIBER
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SILK
The silk industry can be mainly classified into mulberry and non-mulberry. The non-mulberry silk
industry consists of TASSAR, ERI and MUGA silks. Out of these four varieties the mulberry silk industry
accounts for 80% of nations total production.