Background
The Economics and Statistics Information Section (ESIS)
became part of the International Cotton Advisory Committee's work when it
was decided to establish a Secretariat at the fifth Meeting of the ICAC in
Washington, D.C. in May 1946.
ESIS collects data on the cotton
market worldwide and is the premier source of international data on the world
cotton industry. It forecasts cotton supply, use and prices, estimates cotton
supply by type, and tracks exports by destination and imports by origin. It
also measures and forecasts cotton consumption and cotton's share of
fiber demand in the world and by region and is the primary source in the world
for statistics on fiber demand.
The Secretariat draws upon coordinating agencies in member
countries as well as other official and private sources in both member and
non-member countries to compile statistical data.
Staff
Armelle Gruère, Statistician
Andrei Guitchounts, Economist
Alejandro S. Plastina, Economist
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