Originally Posted by quiltingshorttimer

I went to a program on fabric about a year ago. Most fabric is made from cotton either grown in US or in Pakistan or India. Then it's woven into greige goods (pronounced gray)which is just plain fabric. It then gets shipped to another country, like Pakistan or South Korea, India or China for dyeing or printing. It then gets shipped back to the US for distribution. So lots of shipping costs there. Reason not printed in US--cause many of those factories are closed and the process is done cheaper in those other countries, even with shipping costs. And shop owners, big or little, need to make enough to keep the doors open and make a profit. So....we pay those high costs! This manufacturer said that his company had moved all printing process out of China to avoid the additional tariff costs.