Haute-Normandie (Upper-Normandy) alone accounts for 50% of quality textile flax production in the world. The Terre de Lin cooperative, which operates in the region, is responsible for 15% of the international flax production and is a major stakeholder upstream in the textile flax industry. The temperate oceanic climate of Normandy, with alternating rain and sun, and its fertile soil are particularly conducive to flax cultivation.