International Cotton Advisory Committee
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| Abbreviation | ICAC/CCIC/CCIA |
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| Formation | September 1939 |
| Type | International commodity body |
| Purpose | Trade and production |
| Headquarters |
 Washington, DC, United States of America |
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Region served | World cotton industry |
Membership | 42 members |
Official language | English, French, Spanish, summaries in Arabic and Russian |
Chair of the Standing Committee | Chris Parker |
Main organ | Standing Committee (4-5 meetings per year), ICAC Secretariat |
Budget | About US$2 million |
Staff | Nine |
| Website | www.icac.org |
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.
Structure and history
Founded at the International Cotton Meeting in Washington, DC in 1939, the ICAC advocates for cotton producing nations, publishes studies and technical information on the cotton industry, and holds an annual Plenary Meeting of member states. Its 2008 Plenary Meeting, the 67th, was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2008.[1] While most of the world's cotton producing nations are members, two of the ten largest producers (The Peoples Republic of China and Turkmenistan) are not members of the ICAC. All of the top five cotton exporting nations are members.
Member states
Member nations and date joining:[2]
- Argentina: May 1946
- Australia: May 1946
- Belgium: May 1946
- Brazil: Sept 1939
- Burkina Faso: Oct 1997
- Cameroon: Aug 1969
- Chad: Mar 1967
- China (Taiwan): Feb 1963
- Colombia: Nov 1954
- Côte d’Ivoire: Aug 1973
- Egypt: Sept 1939
- Finland: Feb 1951
- France: Sept 1939
- Germany: Jan 1951
- Greece: July 1947
- India: Sept 1939
- Iran: Aug 1969
- Israel: July 1960
- Italy: Oct 1948
- Kazakhstan: Sept 2006
- Kenya: July 2007
- Korea: (Republic of Korea) Mar 1954
- Mali: July 1996
- Mozambique: Sept 2010
- Netherlands: Nov 1947
- Nigeria: Sept 1972
- Pakistan: Jul 1948
- Poland: Sept 1991
- Russia: Feb 1962 (as USSR: Sept 1939)
- South Africa: July 1991
- Spain: Dec 1950
- Sudan: Sept 1939
- Switzerland: Jan 1951
- Syria: Apr 1962
- Tanzania: July 1962
- Togo: Sept 1999
- Turkey: Nov 1947
- Uganda: Nov 1962
- United States: Sept 1939
- Uzbekistan: Sept 1992
- Zambia: Sept 2006
- Zimbabwe: Apr 1991
See also
- Cotton: The international cotton trade
- Textile manufacturing- Machine processing of cotton
- International Year of Natural Fibres
References
- ↑ Ouverture de la 67e réunion du comité consultatif international du coton à Ouagadougou. 18 November 2008 - XINHUA
- ↑ member_countries_september_2010.pdf, icac.org
- A Profile of the ICAC, icac.org