Specification
- 100% cotton, napped one side
- Six builds from 142 to 168 g/m², loom-state and dyed
- Various widths, tolerance ±2.5 cm
- Woven at the Ministry of Textile Industry mills
- Sold by the square or linear metre, in rolls
Builds
| Weight | Grade | Construction | Finish | HS |
|---|
| 142 g/m² ±5% | light | Nm 34/1 (Ne 20/1) ring OE × Nm 17/1 (Ne 10/1) OE | loom-state | 5208.12 |
| 147 g/m² ±5% | light | Nm 34/1 (Ne 20/1) OE × Nm 17/1 (Ne 10/1) OE | loom-state | 5208.12 |
| 167–168 g/m² ±5% | heavy | Nm 34/1 (Ne 20/1) ring OE × Nm 14/1 (Ne 8/1) OE | loom-state | 5208.12 |
| 147 g/m² ±5% | light | Nm 34/1 (Ne 20/1) OE × Nm 17/1 (Ne 10/1) OE | dyed | 5208.32 |
| 147 g/m² ±5% | light | Nm 27/1 (Ne 16/1) OE × Nm 20/1 (Ne 12/1) OE | dyed | 5208.32 |
| 168 g/m² ±5% | heavy | Nm 34/1 (Ne 20/1) ring OE × Nm 14/1 (Ne 8/1) OE | dyed and printed | 5208.32 |
Light and heavy
The mills quote flannel in two grades. Light (tonkaya) runs 142 to 147 g/m² on a Nm 17/1 weft — softer, quicker-drying, used for shirting, baby and children’s wear and summer bed linen. Heavy (plotnaya, tyazhelaya) runs 167 to 168 g/m² on a coarser Nm 14/1 weft, which gives a denser nap and more warmth; it is the winter bed linen and workshirt weight. The 167 and 168 figures are the same cloth — sellers round the ±5% tolerance differently.
Loom-state and dyed
Loom-state flannel goes to dyeing and printing houses. The dyed builds are finished at the mill in plain shades and prints, ready to cut and sew — the heavy 168 g/m² dyed build is the one behind most of the flannel bed linen Turkmenistan exports.
Applications
Bed linen sets, sheets and pillowcases, shirting, pyjamas and homewear, baby and children’s wear, and interlining.
Related
Every loom-state cloth the Turkmen mills weave is listed under grey fabric, each on one page with all of its weights. The ranges they dye, print and finish are collected under dyed cotton fabric.
Loading and delivery
Loaded in rolls at the producing mill. Contracts are normally concluded FCA the mill or FCA Ashgabat, with rail, road and Caspian routings all available.