The number of countries producing cotton with biotech traits has grown to 15, and more are completing the processes associated with regulatory approval prior to adoption. The fees associated with biotechnology and the need for biosafety ...
Tags: Cotton, Biotech Traits
Cotton growers around the world spent an average of 11 cents on planting seed to produce a kilogram of lint in 2012/13, representing 7% of the net cost of production. (Net costs are total costs excluding land rent and the value of ...
The ICAC Standing Committee approved the Final Agenda for the 72nd Plenary Meeting of the Committee since 1939 at its 525th Meeting in Cary, North Carolina on August 22, 2013. The 72nd Plenary Meeting will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, ...
Tags: Cotton Value Chain, Textile
The latest ICAC survey on the cost of cotton production indicates that weed control is becoming increasingly expensive. Weed control costs include manual/mechanical weeding, thinning (also supplement weeding), hoeing and herbicide use. ...
Tags: Cotton Farming, Textile
Expenditures on insect control in cotton are essentially unchanged at about 16 or 17 cents per kilogram of cotton over the last decade, despite inflation in chemical prices. However, as a percent of total production costs, insecticides are ...
Tags: Cotton, Insect Control Costs
2013/14 world production is forecast at 25.6 million tons, while consumption is forecast at 24 million tons. World trade is forecast at 9 million tons, and world ending stocks are forecast at a record 19.8 million tons, or an eye-popping ...
Tags: Cotton Stocks, Textile
“Sustainability” has become a conundrum for primary commodity industries: something everyone demands but no one knows quite how to define or what it means in practical terms. The ICAC Expert Panel on Social, Environmental and ...
Uzbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent is once again gearing up to host the ninth international Uzbek Cotton and Textile fair on October 16 and 17, 2013. Since 2005, the Uzbek Government has been regularly organizing the fair in ...
Tags: Cotton and Textile Fair
Cotton cultivation in Latin American country of Colombia has deteriorated due to the decreasing demand from both the domestic and global textile industry as well as lack of sophisticated pest management program. According to the ...
Tags: Cotton, Farming Deteriorates
The World Apparel Fibre Consumption Survey recently completed by the Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (EST/FAO) and the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) ...
Tags: Apparel Fibre, Textile
The Cotlook A Index rose to 96.65 cents per pound around mid-June 2013 before receding to the low 90s cents level towards the end of the month. On June 12th, the USDA increased 2012/13 U.S. export estimate to 3 million tons due to ...
Tags: Chinese Policy, World Cotton PricesWorld Cotton Prices
The comments were made in a meeting that several delegates described as unique because it deals with a single commodity, and does so by looking at trade, development and other aspects. Although the official focus is primarily on ...
Tags: Cotton Producers, Textile
Process engineers, plant and production professionals attending the 2013 Chem Show in New York City this December 10-12th can learn valuable consulting tips courtesy of the Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers (ACC&CE), ...
Tags: Chemicals
The arrivals are dwindling in most of the States and season seems to be coming to a close. Approximately 3 Crore 19 lakh bales have arrived in the market as per trade sources. CCI seems to be the best source for good cotton especially in ...
The Cotlook A Index fell to around 90 cents per pound towards the end of May 2013, and the China Cotton Index (Type 328) fell to 19,350 Yuan per ton, or 142 cents per pound, during the same period. Assuming the current Chinese reserve ...