Amcot - America's Cotton Marketing Cooperatives

Amcot is the trade association of America's cooperative cotton growers. With a global network of agents and textile mill contacts, and the support of more than 30,000 U.S. cotton growers, Amcot members offer mills a year-round, dependable cotton supply in all volumes and qualities.

American Cotton Shippers' Association

ACSA's member firms handle over 80% of the U.S. cotton sold in domestic and foreign markets. The significant market involvement of ACSA members requires that the Association take an active part in promoting the increased use of cotton in the U.S. and throughout the world; establishing with other cotton trade organizations national and international standards for trade; collaborating with producer organizations throughout the cotton belt in formulating farm programs; and cooperating with government agencies in the administration of such programs.

Bayer CropScience

Bayer CropScience is one of the world's leading innovative enterprises in crop protection, seeds, biotechnology and non-agricultural pest control. Bayer CropScience is best placed to make a significant contribution to the implementation of Sustainable Agriculture.

China Cotton Association

China Cotton Association (CCA) is a China non-profit federation in the area of cotton, which is voluntarily established by cotton farmers, cotton farmers' cooperative organizations, enterprises engaged in cotton production, purchase, processing and operation, cotton textile enterprises, cotton research institutes and other organs and which accepts the supervision and management of the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs and the professional guidance of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives.

Cotton Board

The Cotton Board is the oversight and administrative arm of the Cotton Research & Promotion Program. The Cotton Board is based in Memphis, Tennessee and represents U.S. Upland cotton.

Cotton Company of Zimbabwe

The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe, is, according to its website, the largest cotton processing and marketing organization in Southern Africa. The company, known as "COTTCO", works with individual cotton farmers, providing agronomic and financial support "at every stage of cotton production". Cottco is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and its stock index, the Zimbabwe Industrial Index. Its head offices are located in Harare.

Cotton Council International

Cotton Council International (CCI) is the export promotion arm 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 — from the initial mill buyer of cotton fiber or purchaser of U.S. cotton-rich yarns and fabrics on through to the final consumer. Representing the export promotion interests of the U.S. cotton industry’s seven segments—producers, ginners, warehousers, merchants, cottonseed handlers, cooperatives and manufacturers—CCI operates in 50 overseas markets. The banner for CCI’s work is the COTTON USA Mark, which identifies and distinguishes quality products manufactured with a high content of U.S. cotton.

Cotton Incorporated

Cotton Incorporated aims "To increase the demand for and profitability of cotton through research and promotion." and "To ensure that cotton remains the first choice among consumers in apparel and home products." The organization is funded by cotton growers in the United States through per-bale assessments on producers and importers levied by the Cotton Board, which reports to the United States Department of Agriculture.

Cotton on the Net

Cotton on the Net seeks to serve the cotton community worldwide. It is a place where you can view information from Cotlook, publishers of the world-renowned Cotlook Indices, and from a wide range of linked sites who offer a wealth of information on the cotton industry.

Cotton Outlook

Cotlook offers a detailed weekly cotton industry newsletter, as well as daily cotton market news reports and summaries. Cotton Outlook also offers services to track cotton prices and commodity trading.

International Cotton Advisory Committee

The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) is an association of governments of cotton producing, consuming and trading countries which acts as the international commodity body for cotton and cotton textiles.

International Cotton Association Ltd.

The ICA is the world’s leading international cotton trade association and regulatory / arbitral body.

Established more than 160 years ago, the ICA provides a worldwide service for the international sale, purchase and movement of raw cotton between producers, traders and consumers.

The majority of the world’s raw cotton is traded under ICA Bylaws and Rules and the ICA has more than 200 members, including some of the world’s major cotton companies and affiliate industry firms.

The ICA operates on a not-for-profit basis.

International Forum for Cotton Promotion

The International Forum for Cotton Promotion (IFCP) is a non-governmental body composed of national and international cotton industry organizations. The mission of the IFCP is to encourage increased consumer demand for cotton through the implementation of national cotton demand enhancement programs. The Forum serves as a clearinghouse for information about proven techniques of cotton promotion, best practices in retail-level communication, and cost-effective measures of boosting consumer demand.

IntercontinentalExchange

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) is an American financial company that operates Internet-based marketplaces which trade futures and over-the-counter (OTC) energy and commodity contracts as well as derivative financial products. While the company's original focus was energy products (crude and refined oil, natural gas, power, and emissions), recent acquisitions have expanded its activity into the "soft" commodities (e.g. sugar, cotton and coffee), foreign exchange and equity index futures.

National Cotton Council of America

The National Cotton Council of America's mission is to ensure the ability of all U.S. cotton industry segments to compete effectively and profitably in the raw cotton, oilseed and U.S.-manufactured product markets at home and abroad.

The Council serves as the central forum for consensus-building among producers, ginners, warehousers, merchants, cottonseed processors/dealers, cooperatives and textile manufacturers. The organization is the unifying force in working with the government to ensure that cotton's interests are considered.

New York Cotton Exchange

The New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE) was founded in 1870 by a group of one hundred cotton brokers and merchants at 1 Hanover Square (aka India House) in New York City. The oldest commodities exchange in the city, well into the 20th Century, cotton was a leading American commodity for both export and domestic consumption. In that era, other major exchanges existed in the United States, such as the Memphis Cotton Exchange, Savannah Cotton Exchange, the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and the Houston Cotton Exchange, plus the important Liverpool Cotton Exchange in Liverpool, England. The NYCE and the Memphis Cotton Exchange are the only organizations of that group still active today.

Organic Trade Association

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership-based association that focuses on the organic business community in North America. Made up of approximately 1,700 members, OTA represents businesses across the organic supply chain, from farmers to retailers, and covers all organic products, including food, fiber/textiles, personal care products, and new sectors as they develop. Over sixty percent of OTA trade members are small businesses.

Plains Cotton Growers Inc.

Cotton production statistics 1992 to 1996, agribusiness contacts, agencies, gins, and PCG board members.

San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton Growers Association

The San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton Growers Association is the first official enterprise by California cotton producers to exclusively produce and brand only the highest quality San Joaquin Valley cotton for delivery to the world's textile markets. Our trademarked "SJV Quality Cotton" brand only can be used on those cottons that have passed the Association's strict quality standards.

Supima Cotton

Founded in 1954, Supima is the promotional organization of the American Pima cotton growers. The Board of Directors of this non-profit organization is composed of Pima growers from the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. All members pay a voluntary per bale assessment to support Supima’s marketing and promotional activities.

Texas Cotton Association

The Texas Cotton Association members merchandise the cotton produced by the many thousands of cotton growers in Texas and Oklahoma. Our members provide a ready market for the producers' cotton and maintain a steady supply of the cotton for textile mills around the world. We underwrite the risk from the time and the place the producer elects to sell his product until the time the foreign or domestic customer require delivery. It is our responsibility to deliver the cotton as efficiently and as economically as possible and at the same time permit the producer to realize the maximum return for his effort.

United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (informally the Agriculture Department or USDA) is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities and end hunger in the United States and abroad.

Western Cotton Shipper's Association

Since 1923, the Western Cotton Shippers Association has played an important part in the cotton industry, continually striving to better communications with every area of the cotton community. Understanding the needs of the grower, working with gins and compresses, constant contact with the transportation industry are all of vital importance to getting a quality crop to the buyer and obtaining the best price for the seller. The WCSA's success is largely attributable to the high level of participation by its members. The members of the Western Cotton Shippers Association have a long record of integrity, honesty and dependability as suppliers to both domestic and world cotton markets.