Executives from 12 leading Bangladesh companies will be travelling to the United States ‘cotton belt’ to learn more about why US cotton is the world’s preferred fiber?. The tour set for April 30-May 6 will allow the group to participate in multiple meetings with US cotton exporters and help facilitate export of US cotton to these manufacturers. Bangladesh is US cotton’s 9th largest market, with US export commitments there at more than 500,000 bales to date in the 2016-17 marketing year ending July 31.

The individual companies participating in this trade mission are expected to consume about 705,000 bales in 2016-17 – about 11 per cent of Bangladesh’s total cotton consumption. The Bangladeshi delegation will begin its tour in New York with a CCI briefing and an ICE Futures seminar. During their tour, they will also see cotton research in North Carolina, tour the USDA cotton classing office in Bartlett, TN, and visit a cotton farm and gin in West Texas.

<> The group also will meet exporters in the cotton belt’s four major regions and with key industry organizations like: AMCOT, American Cotton Producers, American Cotton Shippers Association, Cotton Incorporated, Lubbock Cotton Exchange, National Cotton Council, Plains Cotton Growers, among others