Specification
- 100% cotton
- Twill (gabardine) weave
- Five builds from 246 to 366 g/m², loom-state and bleached
- Woven at the Ministry of Textile Industry mills
- Sold by the linear or square metre, in rolls
Builds
| Weight | Construction | Width | Finish | HS |
|---|
| 246 g/m² ±5% | Nm 27/1 (Ne 16/1) OE × Nm 27/1 OE | various | loom-state | 5209.12 |
| 259 g/m² ±5% | Nm 20/1 (Ne 12/1) OE × Nm 20/1 OE | various | loom-state | 5209.12 |
| 310 g/m² ±5% | open-end | 160 cm ±2.5 cm | loom-state | 5209.12 |
| 350 g/m² ±5% | Nm 14/1 (Ne 8/1) OE × Nm 10/1 (Ne 6/1) OE | 160 and 180 cm ±2.5 cm | loom-state | 5209.12 |
| 366 g/m² ±5% | Nm 14/1 (Ne 8/1) OE × Nm 14/1 OE | various | bleached | 5209.22 |
Choosing a weight
246 and 259 g/m² are the suiting and trouser weights — lighter hand, better drape. 310 and 350 g/m² are the workwear and uniform grades, and 350 in the 160 cm width is the build the mills quote most consistently. The 366 g/m² bleached build is the same cloth prepared at the mill, so it arrives ready for dyeing to shade or for direct making-up in medical, catering and workwear whites without a further preparation stage.
Applications
Workwear and uniform trousers, jackets and overalls, school and service uniforms, heavy bag and tote making, and shoe and boot linings. Gabardine takes reactive and pigment dyeing without pre-treatment beyond scouring.
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.