Cotton Day 2022 China Online Activity Held By Cotton International Association

Beijing, 8 June 2022—— CCI International Cotton Association It's a success COTTON DAY 2022 CHINA Online activities The total number of viewers reached 350. This year's activities include "Cultivate the future, create and win together" The theme is to introduce the commitment and practice of American cotton to quality innovation, ecological protection and sustainable development to guests from textile enterprises, brands and retailers, industry associations and media, and hope to work together with Chinese partners to promote the prosperity and development of cotton flower industry.

Carlos, President of the International Cotton Association In his welcome speech, Mr. Garcia said: "the outbreak of new crown pneumonia has brought challenges to the global cotton industry supply chain. The cotton industry in the United States is very grateful for the partnership with Chinese textile enterprises." In this online event, the audience learned how American cotton farmers are committed to sustainable cotton cultivation, reducing irrigation water, greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, improving land use, reducing soil erosion and increasing soil carbon content, and bringing quantifiable and measurable sustainable goals to brands and retailers.

In her opening speech, Ms. Xiao Meiling, director of the Agricultural Trade Department of the US embassy in China, said: "China and the United States have a long and important cotton trade relationship. As the main supplier of cotton in China's market, the United States exported more than 1.3 billion US dollars of cotton to China last year, which is an important achievement of bilateral cotton trade between the two countries." At the same time, she fully praised the important role played by the cotton International Association of America in promoting the promotion of American cotton in the Chinese market and building an exchange platform for the cotton industry between China and the United States.

Bruce, executive director of cotton International In his speech, Mr. atherley introduced three new trends in the American cotton industry. First of all, the industry is concerned about the reduction of foreign fibers and cotton packaging. The U.S. cotton industry, in collaboration with researchers from the U.S. Department of agriculture, has developed new standards for round bale mulch to ensure its integrity during storage, transportation to the ginning plant, and unpacking at the ginning plant. At the same time, the color of woven polypropylene cotton packaging will be converted to blue. This year, it is estimated that about 80% of the woven polypropylene cotton packaging will be converted to blue. The U.S. cotton industry also launched a pilot project this year to study the feasibility of using cotton bags to reduce foreign fibers.

The second is cotton (cotton) trust U.S TM The latest development of. In the second year of its introduction, the number of cotton farmers in the United States doubled, covering about 1.1 million acres of cotton. 748 mills and manufacturers from more than 20 countries and 40 brands and retailers also joined the code of trust. At the same time, Bruce also introduced cotton USA SOLUTIONS TM To help cotton USA certified enterprises or members of the code of trust effectively improve the profitability of the business.

2022 is a year full of challenges and changes. The global cotton market and the whole cotton industry are also ushering in new trends and opportunities. Jody, vice president of economic and policy analysis, NCC In his speech, Dr. campiche predicted that the planting cost and input of cotton in 2022 will become the key factors to determine the planting area of crops, especially the increase of planting costs and the disruption of supply chain. U.S. Department of agriculture survey data show that the United States cotton planting area of about 12.2 million acres, an increase of 9% over 2021. Among them, upland cotton was 12.1 million acres, an increase of 8.7% over 2021, and the planting area of super long staple cotton (ELS) increased by 38.6%, due to the record high price of horse cotton in the United States. However, the increase of planting area does not necessarily lead to higher yield. Weather is one of the reasons. On the demand side, in the context of high cotton prices, slowing global economic activities and increasing political tensions, demand may decline, which will also bring downward pressure on cotton prices in 2022.

The impact of textile industry on climate change is self-evident. In order to keep the global temperature rise within 1.5 ° C, the textile industry must reduce emissions by 45% by 2030. South Melinda, pole agricultural value chain consultant In her speech, Ms. Shou shared her views and suggestions on what actions textile enterprises should take to maintain "consistency of words and deeds" in environmental sustainability, and said that brands and enterprises should focus on emission reduction, formulate and implement strategies, especially in reducing carbon footprint of enterprises themselves and outside the industrial chain, And regularly and openly demonstrate the effectiveness of emission reduction.

Looking at the global market, American cotton has a verifiable lead over other cotton producing areas. Roger, special advisor, cotton International Association, USA Mr. Gilmartin introduced a number of case studies commissioned by the international cotton association of the United States. Finally, the use of cotton in the production process of these fabrics and other cotton production costs can also be reduced. In addition, through innovative life cycle analysis method, cotton International Association of America has confirmed that American cotton has less damage to the environment in its whole life cycle.

Cotton day 2022 sponsored by cotton International Association China online activities present the unremitting efforts and continuous exploration made by the American cotton industry to promote the sustainable development of the overall cotton industry. The U.S. cotton industry is looking forward to establishing closer cooperation with its partners in China to promote the continuous improvement of sustainable cotton and jointly create a win-win situation.