Cotton from Nigeria is sold at lower prices in the international market, compared to the price of cotton from Burkina Faso, China, and India, BusinessDay reported. The price of Nigerian cotton is less as Nigeria does not produce ...
The recently held annual meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), welcomed contributions from African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) about their work with the International Trade Centre (ITC) on a regional ...
Indian textile sector margins are expected to normalize in the first half of the current fiscal year (2014-15), says a research report released by Anand Rathi, which is a full service financial services firm with headquarters in Mumbai. ...
The theme of the 73rd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) will be “From Land to Brand: Strengthening the Cotton Value Chain". This annual event is one of the premier fixtures in the world cotton ...
Tags: Cotton Value, Apparel, Textile
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, ...
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“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 ...
The results of the elections for International Cotton Association Ltd's (ICA) new leadership team have been announced at International Cotton Association Ltd's recent Annual General Meeting. Mr Ahmed Elbosaty (Chairman & Managing Director, ...
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Building on the successful debut of the inaugural 2012 Global Summit in Bangkok,Cotton International will once again unite the global cotton and textile industries to address the challenges and opportunities facing the full cotton value ...
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The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) met in Interlaken, Switzerland during October 7-11, 2012 for its 71st Plenary Meeting since the establishment of the Committee in 1939. Participation was nearly 400 including, ...
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The 71st Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), held in the Swiss city of Interlaken, featured a week of intensive discussion and debate on issues facing today's global cotton industry. The over-arching theme ...
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Samuel K. Gayi, Head Special Unit on Commodities (SUC) UNCTAD said it all started in Geneva in December 2008 as an UNCTAD Secretary-General's multi-stakeholder forum to discuss the problems afflicting Africa's cotton sector. It later ...
What sustainability means in the cotton value chain can't be determined by any individual, sector or nation. Rather, it should be defined by finding the common ground that exists among all of the stakeholders. That was the guiding concept ...
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