Cheap yarn to India was exported from Liverpool and ____.

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Cheap yarn to India was exported from Liverpool and Manchester. The British were drawn to India's cotton belts throughout the British era, and eventually, cotton was supplied to Britain as a raw material for their textile industry. Due to the accessibility of high-quality cotton from India, the cotton textile industries in Manchester and Liverpool prospered. They transported the finished goods to their mills in Manchester and Liverpool, from whence they imported the raw cotton to sell in India. This clothing costs less. Weavers in India were short of supplies and forced to purchase raw cotton at exorbitant costs as raw cotton exports from India rose, driving up the price of raw cotton.

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