Facts

Location:

Washington, DC USA

Established:

September 1939

Created by:

An International Cotton Meeting in Washington, DC

Membership:

44 countries (14K PDF)

Mission:

To assist governments in fostering a healthy world cotton economy. The role of the ICAC is to raise awareness, to provide information and to serve as a catalyst for cooperative action on issues of international significance.

Functions:

Provide statistics on world cotton production, consumption, trade and stocks and to identify emerging changes in the structure of the world cotton market;
Serve as a clearing house for technical information about cotton and cotton textiles;
Serve as an objective forum for discussion of cotton matters of international significance;
Represent the international cotton industry before UN agencies and other international organizations.