Despite various challenges, particularly the Red Sea shipping crisis facing the global textile and garment sector, global cotton trade is up more than 10 percent over last season. This was revealed by International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) in its February 2024 report. “Shipping problems
All-round growth can happen only if cotton is looked at holistically as fibre, food, feed, fodder and also fuel, says Suresh Kotak, Chairman, Textile Advisory Group. Kotak was speaking at the 81st Plenary Session of International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) held from 2nd to 5th December, 2023, at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. The […]
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) has forecast that global cotton reserves in the 2023-24 season will be the highest ever projected in the 83-year history of ICAC data collection. With global production in 2023-24 projected to increase by 3 percent to 25.41 million tons and consumption projected to decrease by 0.43 percent to 23.35 […]
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) is set to host an exciting international seminar in Taipei on October 18-19, 2023, in collaboration with the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF). The seminar, the 8th in the series, will be centred on the theme of ‘Sustainability and Innovation in the Global Textile Value Chain.’ Mark Sussman, a member […]