IFCP Membership Directory
The IFCP is comprised of some member countries from the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).
| Australia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Adam Kay Chief Executive Officer Cotton Australia Ltd |
Suite 4.01 247 Coward Street Mascot NSW 2020 |
Tel +61 296695222 adamk@cotton.org.au www.cottonaustralia.com.au |
| Brazil | ||
| Mr. Andrew Macdonald Santista Têxtil S A |
Rua Jose Guardino 10 Carapicuiba- Sao Paulo SP 06342-190 |
Tel (55-11)4146-2528 Fax (55-11)4186-3015 macdonald@santistatextil.com.br www.santistatextil.com.br |
| Mr. Pablo Antonio Skaf Asociacao Brasileira da Industria Textil (ABIT) |
Rua Marques de Itu 968 Sao Paulo SP CEP 01223-000 |
Tel (55 11) 3660101 Fax (55 11) 36678209 secretariageral@abit.org.br presidencia@abit.org.br www.abit.org.br |
| Colombia | ||
| Ms. Luz Amparo Fonseca Prada Confederación Colombiana del Algodón (Conalgodón) |
Calle 87 No. 20-27 Of. 502 Bogotá, Colombia |
Tel 57-1-616-4243 Fax 011 57 1 621-1209 luz.fonseca@conalgodon.com.co www.conalgodon.com |
| Egypt | ||
| Mr. Ayman Nassar Mr. Ahmed El-Bosati Alexandria Cotton Exporters Association (ALCOTEXA) |
12, Mohamed Talaat Nooman St. P. O. Box 1772 Alexandria |
Tel (20-3) 4808615 Fax (20-3) 4873002 alcotexa@globalnet.com.eg alcotexa@idsc.gov.eg |
| Germany | ||
| Mr. Jan B. Wellmann Bremen Cotton Exchange |
Wachtstrasse 17-24 28195 Bremen Room no. 409 |
Phone +49 (421) 33970-0 Fax +49 (421) 33970-33 info@baumwollboerse.de www.baumwollboerse.de |
| India | ||
| Mr. P.D. Patodia Cotton Association of India |
www.eicaindia.org |
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| Mr. Nayan Mirani SCIL Capital India Ltd. Cotton Association of India |
nayan.mirani@scilcapital.com |
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| Mr. Suresh Kotak Kotak & Co. Pvt. Ltd. |
Navsari Building 240, Dr. D. N. Road Mumbai 400 001 India |
Tel: (91-22)240-4876 Fax: (91-22)201-5578 eica@bom8.vsnl.net.in |
| Italy | ||
| Mr. Carlo Rivelli Secretary General Fondazione Industrie Cotone e Lino |
Viale Sarca, 223 Milano 20126 |
Tel (39-02)6610-3838 Fax (39-02)6610-3863/65 carlo.rivelli@fondazionecotonelino.it |
| Poland | ||
| Mr. Zbigniew Roskwitalski Gdynia Cotton Association |
P. O. Box 107 7 Derdowskiego Str |
Tel (48 58) 6207598 Fax (48 58) 6207597 ib@gca.org.pl www.gca.org.pl |
| South Africa | ||
| Mr. Hennie Bruwer Cotton South Africa |
P.O. Box 912-232 Silverton Pretoria 0127 |
Phone: (27-12)804-1462 Fax (27-12) 804-8647 henniebruwer@cottonsa.org.za kootlouw@cottonsa.org.za |
| Spain | ||
| Mr. Luis Jover Centro Algodonero Nacional |
Via Laietana, 32-34 Barcelona 08003 |
Tel +34 933 198 950 Fax +34 933 198 962 can@centroalgodonero.com www.centroalgodonero.com |
| Mr. Salvador Maluquer Asociación Industiral Textil de Proceso Algodonero (AITPA) |
Grand Via 670 08018 Barcelona |
Tel (34 93) 3189200 Fax (34 93) 3026235 maluquer@aitpa.es aitpa@aitpa.es |
| Ms. Elena Sáenz García-Baquero Agrupación Española de Desmotadores de Algodón (AEDA) |
Castello 115, Of. 522 28006 Madrid |
Tel (34 91) 5642930 Fax (34 91)5642928 elenasaenz@aeda.es aeda@entorno.es www.aeda.es |
| Turkey | ||
| Mr. Akif Yurtcan Turkish Textile and Raw Materials Exporter's Association |
Cobancesme Mevkii, Sanay Cadddesi, Dis Ticaret Kompleksi B Blok Yenibosna-Bahcelievler Istanbul- Turkey |
Tel (90 212) 4540220 Fax (90212) 4540425 ab@itkib.org.tr www.itkib.org.tr |
| Dr. Sebahattin Gazanfer EIB (Textiles and Cotton) IFCP Representative for ITKIB |
1492 Sokak No 14, Alsancak Izmir Turkey |
Tel: (90-232)421-1472 Fax: (90-232)421-1457 sgazanfer@hotmail.com |
| UK | ||
| Mr. John Beck International Cotton Association (ICA) |
620 Cotton Exchange Bldg. Edmund Street Liverpool L3 9LH |
Tel (44 151) 2366041 Fax (44 151) 2550174 dg@ica-ltd.org |
| USA | ||
| Mr. Allen Terhaar Cotton Council International |
1521 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 |
Tel (1 202) 7457805 Fax (1 202) 4834040 aterhaar@cotton.org |
| Mr. Mark Messura Cotton Incorporated |
6399 Weston Parkway Cary, NC 27513 |
Tel (1 919) 6782220 Fax (1 919) 6782230 mmessura@cottoninc.com |
| Zimbabwe | ||
| Mr. Happymore Mapara The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe Ltd |
1 Lytton Road Workington P.O.Box 2697 Harare, Zimbabwe |
Tel (263 4) 726902 Fax (263-4)753854 cottco@cottco.co.zw hmapara@cottco.co.zw |
IFCP Objectives
The Forum's objectives are as follows:
Primary Objective
"To encourage national marketing development programs through the exchange of ideas and experiences, for the purpose of increasing international cotton consumption and market share."
Secondary Objectives
"To increase membership of the consortium"
"To grow awareness of cotton in the member countries"
About the Members of the IFCP
Please note: this section is not complete — based on available information
Alexandria Cotton Exporter's Association (ALCOTEXA)
Founded in 1959, ALCOTEXA is a non-profit membership organization whose members include individuals and companies engaged in the cotton-exporting sector, such as producers, traders, spinners and other bodies dealing in the cotton industry.
ALCOTEXA maintains database information on Egypt's cotton industry, issues reports and publications relating to the cotton industry and manages arbitration and disputes between cotton exporters and producers regarding quality, variety or contract issues. ALCOTEXA is managed by a General Assembly comprised of its membership that appoints a Management Committee.
Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association (ABIT)
Founded in 1957, ABIT sponsors companies of every segment of the textile industry, including cotton growing, synthetic raw materials, textile fibers, spinning, weaving, knitwear, dyeing, printing and apparel manufacturing.
ABIT's mission is to support the sustainable development of the Brazilian Textile industry, representing its interests in the presence of governmental and international organizations as well as making the textile sector better known to the general public.
One of the relevant events sponsored by ABIT is the ABIT Fashion Prize, that gathers important personalities of various sectors and the press to make public which companies of the textile industry have stood out within their particular activity sector throughout the year, thus bringing those involved in the production process and the final consumers to a closer contact.
Cotton Australia
Cotton Australia supports Australian cotton growers by representing and advancing the interests of the industry to governments, non-government organizations, the media and the community.
The organization part-funds local Cotton Grower Associations and Food and Fiber Groups, sponsors national and local initiatives and events, implements marketing and promotional activities, manages a retail and education facility and communicates with growers on a daily basis.
It works to ensure an environment conducive to efficient and sustainable cotton production and places great importance on building solid relationships between cotton growers and their communities.
Cotton Australia is funded by a per-bale voluntary levy, collected from cotton growers.
Cotton Council International
Cotton Council International (CCI) is the international division of the National Cotton Council of America. CCI's mission is to increase exports of U.S. cotton, cottonseed and U.S. manufactured cotton products through activities that affect every phase of the marketing chain.
CCI's COTTON USA Market Development and Promotions program is a multi-faceted program that works to increase the competitiveness and profitability of companies who utilise U.S. cotton fiber and U.S. manufactured cotton products. From CCI's offices in Washington, DC; London; Seoul and Hong Kong - and consulting arrangements in Asia, Latin America and Europe - the COTTON USA program reaches over one billion current and potential customers of U.S. cotton in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Cotton Incorporated
Cotton Incorporated is the research and marketing company representing U.S. cotton producers and importers of cotton products into the U.S. Their mission Statement is "To increase the demand for, and profitability of cotton through research and promotion." This is done through a range of promotional and research strategies including advertising, public relations, fashion marketing and retail promotions.
Cotton South Africa
Cotton SA acts as an industry forum by means of facilitating industry committees for the promotion of common policies and industry matters. Cotton SA is a non-profit seeking company.
Cotton SA performs the following essential functions:
- The rendering of information services
- The stimulation of production and the usage of cotton
- The enhancement of the marketability of cotton through research, quality standards and norms as well as training
- To act as an industry forum
- To act as an advisory body to various Government Departments
- To apply for appropriate statutory measures in terms of the Act and to administer such measures
- Small scale cotton farmer development
Cotton Association of India
The Cotton Association of India was set up in 1921 (under the name East India Cotton Association) to regulate effective cotton trade in India. Its principal functions today are:
- Facilitating smooth, ready and forward delivery based trading in cotton among members
- Fixing of daily rates for basic grades and various staples
- Providing market intelligence by collecting, compiling and disseminating relevant data on supply, demand and prices of cotton
- Publishing weekly bulletins and annual volume of cotton statistics
- Preparing and maintaining grade and staple standards in respect of all varieties of cotton
- Providing arbitration facilities
- HVI cotton fiber testing
- Enabling research in improving the yield and quality of cotton through COTAAP Research Foundation
Gdynia Cotton Association
Connected with the textile industry since 1935, the Gdynia Cotton Association is a professional, non-profit international corporation representing the Polish cotton trade and industry. The GCA offers a wide range of services:
- The Court of Arbitration settles quality and technical disagreements arising from contract disputes in the sale, or purchase of cotton.
- Organizes cotton classification courses in Polish, English and Russian;
- Offers testing of cotton in quality assured laboratories.
- Distributes "By-laws and Rules" of the GCA in English, Polish and Russian;
- Disseminates the current "value differences tables" for cotton.
- Organizes the International Discussion Forum during the bi-annual International Cotton Conferences in Gdynia.
- Represents the interests of our members before state authorities, international institutions and other organizations.
- Organizes training courses and seminars.
Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter's Association (ITKIB)
The Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter's Association is a combination of the leading textile exporters associations. With 28,000 members, ITKIB represents about 80% of Turkey's textile and apparel exports. The associations include those for carpets, leather and leather wear, textiles and ready-to-wear garments.
Founded in 1986, with origins from the 1940s, it has changed the face of Turkish exports by being outward looking and progressive. Some of the functions of ITKIB are:
- Building excellent international relations
- Marketing Turkey and its products
- Providing research, education and training
- Encouraging the country's young designers
International Cotton Association (ICA)
Established for over 160 years, the ICA is the world's leading international cotton trade association and arbitral authority.
Services to members include:
- Arbitration services
- Laboratory testing facilities
- International Cotton Trade Seminar
- The Industry's largest Annual International Trade Dinner
- Training and Seminars
- Rule Books in many languages
The International Cotton Association, representing as it does a significant segment of the raw cotton industry through a diverse membership of merchants and spinners, is intrinsically linked to the promotion of raw cotton against other fibers. Clearly the UK has a huge textile retail market but importantly also represents companies in over 55 countries that buy and sell raw cotton.
For many years the Association has continued to ignore, or has failed to afford a priority to the task of arresting the decline of raw cotton sales and usage against man made substitutes, preferring instead to concentrate upon trading rules, arbitration and membership. However these things are clearly linked in that the decline of the commodity will ultimately lead to the decline of the Association. We have seen this with other commodities all too often.
It is difficult for the UK and the ICA in particular to 'promote and market' raw cotton but it certainly is able to act as a conduit for the transfer of ideas, information and data within the international community. This is what the Association does best and was the main purpose for joining the IFCP. For example, this year the ICA is able to include a keynote presentation on the purpose and functions of IFCP, in its annual conference and dinner programme. Where else within the cotton community do so many Members of the industry gather together in one place?
There are other ways of influencing events too, largely through the pivotal communication links the Association maintains with the Committee for International Cooperation between Cotton Associations (CICCA). CICCA represents over 1750 different companies from the industries of 15 nations, many of whom support huge spinning and textile industries. By acting as an enabler the imperative of raw cotton promotion can be debated and disseminated within a large sector of the international industry.
The ICA does not sponsor cotton promotion, rather it helps to ensure that the underlying message that the threat to the raw cotton industry comes not from conflict raging in cotton producing regions but from oil and the fiber bi-product that it is able to produce in ever more sophisticated form. Cotton touches the lives of everyone and it is up to the few within the raw cotton industry to do more with less to ensure, arrest and reverse the decline of market share that has been a feature of this industry for far too many years.
The ICA stands ready to play its part in any way possible.
The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe Ltd.
Discussions have been reinstated with ZITMA (Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers Association) to stimulate interest in cotton promotion activities in the downstream textile chain.
The major constraint to promotional activities is one of finance; given the difficult macroeconomic environment prevailing in Zimbabwe coupled with the fact that the textile chain has not bought into the concept that textile consumption needs promoting in the Zimbabwe market.
Hopefully once the financial situation stabilizes, the industry will see the merits of promoting the consumption of cotton products domestically.