Mozambique will represent private sector in the global cotton industry

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Mozambique will represent private sector in the global cotton industry

4:55 CAT | 17 Oct 2022

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Sociedade Algodoeira do Niassa]

Mozambique’s Cotton Association elected to chair the Standing Committee of Producers of the Private Sector Consultative Council of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).

Up to December 2023, Mozambique will represent the world’s largest private cotton producers’ part of the ICAC – International Cotton Advisory Committee, the association of members of cotton producing, consuming and trading countries. The leading role of the country comes with the election of Francisco Ferreira dos Santos, businessman and president of Mozambique’s Cotton Association, for the Presidency of the Standing Committee of Producers of the Consultative Council of the Private Sector of ICAC.

According to Francisco Ferreira, being elected to lead the ICAC Private Committee is “a very important moment for the country and for our cotton sub-sector in particular”. According to Ferreira, “Although our dimension is insignificant within the global scale of cotton production and consumption, this election is a tacit recognition of our capability and work, and also a good opportunity for us to contribute even more effectively to the global development of the cotton value chain, and to elevate Mozambique’s imprint.”

ICAC’s Private Sector Advisory Board’s main mission is to promote communication between the private sector and ICAC members and convey to them the concerns of the cotton industry in its entire value chain, from fibre production to its processing by the textile industry. Based in Washington, USA, the ICAC is an international and intergovernmental association of cotton-producing and consuming countries, created in 1939, with the aim of establishing international cooperation on cotton issues. Recognized as a partner by the United Nations, the international organization currently brings together 24 countries including Mozambique since 2010. The member countries represent the vast majority of cotton produced and traded in the world.

ICAC’s main duty is to closely monitor events that affect the global cotton context, compile and disseminate information on production, consumption, trade and prices, as well as suggest measures that promote economic benefits for the cotton industry and be a privileged forum for the debate on topics relevant to the sector. Its activities also include technical advice and development of projects related to the cotton industry.

Mozambique’s Cotton Association was created in 1998 with the aim of promoting the interests of the sub-sector and its members – companies holding concession contracts with the State for the promotion of cotton cultivation and processing factories – thus becoming one of the associations with the greatest relevance and intervention at a national scale.

For more information on Mozambique’s Cotton Association visit: https://aam.org.mz/pt

Source: Associação Algodoeira de Moçambique / Press Release