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International organisations

- International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)

Professional associations and national bodies

International OECD - Sahel and West Africa Club
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Committee for International Co-operation between Cotton Associations (CICCA)
International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF)
Africa African Cotton Association (ACA)
Association des producteurs de coton africains (APROCA)
Germany The Bremen Cotton Exchange
Australia Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre
Benin Association interprofessionnelle du coton (AIC)
Société Sonapra
Burkina Faso Union nationale des producteurs de coton du Burkina Faso (UNPCB)
Société burkinabè des fibres textiles (Sofitex)
Cameroon Organisation des producteurs de coton du Cameroun
Central African Rep. Société centrafricaine de développement des textiles - Sodecatex (anciennement: Société cotonnière centrafricaine - Sococa)
Chad Coton Tchad
China China National Cotton Exchange
Ivory Coast Compagnie ivoirienne de développement des textiles (CIDT)
Ivoire Coton
Union régionale des entreprises coopératives de la zone des savanes de Côte d'Ivoire (Urecos-CI)
United States American Cotton Shippers Association (ACSA)
Cotton Board
Cotton Council International (CCI)
Supima Association of America
California Cotton Ginners Association and Growers Association
National Cottonseed Products Association (NCPA)
National Cotton Council of America
France Association Française Cotonnière (AFCOT)
Mali Compagnie malienne de développement des textiles (CMDT)
Syndicat des producteurs du coton et du vivrier (SYCOV)
Poland The Gdynia Cotton Association (GCA)
United Kingdom International Cotton Association Limited (ICA)
Senegal Fédération nationale des producteurs cotonniers (FNPC)

Société de Développement et des Fibres Textiles (Sodefitex)

Togo Société togolaise de coton (Sotoco)
DAGRIS: The former "Compagnie française pour le développement des fibres textiles" (CFDT), renamed DAGRIS in 2001 holds shares in cotton enterprises in a number of Afircan, Asian and Latin American countries. This company is also involved in different level of cotton marketing chains. For an overview of the company's organization, please consult Dagris website.
Privatization of the French company DAGRIS (January 23rd 2006)

Since December 2004 and the "Loi de finance rectificative", a debate as regards the privatization of the French company DAGRIS had been launched. On January 23rd 2006, the French Ministry of Economy announced its decision to privatize DAGRIS and signified that the remaining shares held by the French government in the company (64.7%) will be sold over the counter through the Rothschild & Cie bank.

Companies

Companies with an output of over 200,000 tonnes a year

Australia Namoi Cotton Cooperative Ltd.
Weil Cotton Inc
Queensland Cotton Corporation Ltd
Belgium Louis Dreyfus Cotton International NV
United States Allenberg Cotton Co.
Cargill
Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
Calcot Ltd.
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA)
Ecom Agroindustrial Corp Ltd
Staple Cotton Cooperative Association
France Compagnie cotonnière Copaco
Japan Toyo Cotton (Japan) Co
Uzbekistan State Joint Stock Foreign Trade Company "Uzmarkazimpex"
Uzprommashimpeks
Joint Stock Company Innovatsia
United Kingdom Plexus Cotton Ltd
Switzerland L'Aiglon S.A.

Source: UNCTAD secretariat (based on ICAC, Cotton: Review of the World Situation)

Companies with an output ranging from 50,000 to 200,000 tonnes a year

Germany Albrecht, Müller-Pearse & Co GmbH & Co
Otto Stadtlander GmbH
Australia Colly Cotton Marketing Pty Ltd - (Twynam)
Dunavant Enterprises Pty Ltd
Auscott Ltd
Austria Forte Handelsgesellschaft Mbh
Chad Société cotonnière du Tchad
China Chinatex
Republic of Korea Daewoo Corporation
Ivory Coast Ivoire Coton (Industrial Promotion Services, IPS - Groupe Aga Khan)
Spain SA Goenka
United States Anderson Clayton Corp
Paul Reinhart Inc
Bruce Allbright Cotton
Deca International Inc
Volcot America Inc
Eastern Trading Co, Inc
Tokyo Cotton Co
Colly-Houchin, Inc
American Cotton Suppl. Intl
Dyer Cotton Co Inc
J. G. Boswell Company
Montgomery Co Inc
Jess Smith & sons Cotton Ltd
Russian Federation Power International
FCA Comexim Ltd
France Société d'importation et de commission
Mambo Commodities
Devcot SA
India C.A. Galiakotwala & Co Ltd
Kotak & Co Pvt Ltd
Gill & Co Ltd
Italy Arco Cotton Agents (International Cotton Trading)
Battistel Amiotti Srl
Cottagon Italia Srl (Paul Reinhart)
Indutech Spa
Japan Toyoshima & Co Ltd
Pakistan Trading Corporation of Pakistan Pty Ltd
Netherlands Glencore Grain Rotterdam Bv
United Kingdom Cargill Cotton
Baumann Hinde & Co Ltd
Weil Brothers & Stern Ltd
Singapore Olam International Ltd
Switzerland International Cotton and Textile Trading Co Ltd
Cottip S.A.
Newcot Ltd
Syria Syrian Cotton Marketing Organisation
Turkey Cukurova Cotton Cooperatives Association Cukobirlik
Zimbabwe The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe

Source: UNCTAD secretariat (based on ICAC, Cotton: Review of the World Situation)

Companies with an output between 20,000 and 50,000 tonnes per annum

South Africa Clark Cotton Group of Companies
Germany Friedrich W. Kaemena & Co GmbH
Rhein-Schelde Handelgesellschaft Fp Mostert Kg
Brünig, Anft & Co GmbH
Australia Weil Brothers Cotton Aust Pty Ltd
Bangladesh Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation
Belgium Taevertex
Benin Société nationale pour la promotion agricole (Sonapra)
Compagnie cotonnière du Bénin
Industrie cotonnière béninoise
Le Label Coton du Bénin (LCB)
Ritis international
Société béninoise de représentation (Sobere)
Ivory Coast Compagnie ivoirienne pour le développement des textiles (CIDT)
Egypt Modern Nile Cotton Co
Spain Luis Jover SA
United States Savannah River Cotton Company
ACM, Inc
M. Schiefer Trading Co.
Toyoshima USA, Inc
First American Cotton Co
Francis & Company, Inc
Knowles-Taylor Cotton Co Inc
Lyons Cotton Inc
Russian Federation Quetta Corporation Ltd
WIS Logistics (Ivanovo) Ltd.
India Sekhsaria Exports
Israel The Cotton Production & Marketing Board Ltd
Italia Castellano & C. Snc
Greece Violar SA
United Kingdom Central Cotton Company Limited
Sudan The Sudan Cotton Company Ltd
Switzerland Glencore International Ag
Volcot Switzerland Ltd
Cotton Distributors Inc
Ecom Agroindustrial Corp Ltd
Tanzania Cargill Tanzania Ltd
Turkey Etem Ozsoy Tarim Ticaret Ve Sanayi As
Pamteks A.S.
Uruguay TCT United SA
Zimbabwe Cargill Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd

Source: UNCTAD secretariat (based on ICAC, Cotton: Review of the World Situation)

Industry directories

World http://www.cotton-net.com/directory/
http://www.textilefiberspace.com/trade/index.html
France http://www.info-textile.com/
http://www.textile.fr:81/fet/annuaire/index.htm
http://www3.kompass.com/kinl/fr/ (once on the website, fill the blue cases)

US

http://www.cottonusa.org/applications/SuppliersDir/index.cfm