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INTERNATIONAL COTTON ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ICAC)

Comité consultatif international du coton
Comité Consultivo Internacional del Algodón 


        
HEADQUARTERS

        

Suite 702                                               Telephone:   [1](202)463-6660
1629 K Street, NW                                       Facsimile:   [1](202)463-6950
Washington, DC 20006                                    E-Mail:      secretariat@icac.org
USA                                                     Internet:    www.icac.org

                                   Standing Committee

          Chairman (Acting):             ...     Luc DEVOLDER (Belgium)
          First Vice Chairman:           ...     Bakhtiyar IBRAGIMOV (Uzbekistan)
          Second Vice Chairman:          ...     (vacant)

                                     Secretariat

          Executive Director:            ...     Terry P. TOWNSEND
          Statistician:                  ...     Gerald ESTUR
          Technical Information Section: ...     M. Rafiq CHAUDHRY
          Economists:                    ...     Andrei GUITCHOUNTS
                                         ...     Carlos VALDERRAMA
          Administrative Officer:        ...     Federico ARRIOLA




        
LANGUAGES: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish

        
ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS

        
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
        was established in September 1939 in Washington, DC, in
        accordance with a resolution of the International Cotton
        Meeting of 12 principal cotton exporting countries. The
        first meeting was held in Washington, DC in October 1940.
        The Committee is an association of governments having an
        interest in the production, export, import, and
        consumption of cotton, designated to promote cooperation
        in the solution of cotton problems, particularly those of
        international scope and significance. Its functions are
        to observe and keep in close touch with developments
        affecting the world cotton situation; collect and
        disseminate complete, authentic, and timely statistics on
        world cotton production, trade, consumption, stocks and
        prices; suggest, as and when advisable, to member
        governments any measures considered suitable and
        practicable for the achievement of ultimate international
        collaboration. ICAC is a Designated International
        Commodity Body (ICB) under the terms of the Common Fund
        for Commodities. Membership is open to all members of the
        United Nations or the Food and Agriculture Organization
        and to other governments having a substantial interest in
        cotton. 

        
COMPOSITION

        
43 member countries: Argentina,
        Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso,
        Cameroon, Chad, China (Taiwan), Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire,
        Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Islamic
        Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mali,
        Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines,
        Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sudan,
        Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Togo,
        Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States,
        Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe. 

        
STRUCTURE

        
Annual plenary meetings are attended by
        representatives of member countries and observers from
        other governments, international organizations and
        private sector. There is a Standing Committee which meets
        in Washington, DC in the interim between plenary
        meetings. 

        
GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

        
COTTON--World Statistics (bi-annual bulletin); COTTON: Review of the World Situation (bi-monthly and monthly); Cotton This Month (monthly update by fax and e-mail); Cotton This Week (weekly update by e-mail); The Outlook for Cotton Supply (yearly); World Textile Demand (yearly); World Cotton Trade (yearly); Proceedings of Plenary Meetings; Surveys on Cost of Production and Cotton Production Research; ICAC Recorder (update on cotton production research - quarterly); Series of Review Articles on Cotton Production Research (every two years); reports on cotton biotechnology, organic cotton, ginning methods, government policies; CD-ROM with main publications (yearly).  
         Most publications are available by e-mail
        or on the ICAC web page (www.icac.org).
        

        
UPDATED:  December 2003

        
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