Cotton Day observed in Dhaka

The Cotton USA organised a seminar and fashion show in Dhaka on Monday to celebrate the third edition of the Cotton Day.

More than 100 spinning mills, garment manufacturers, cotton merchants and traders attended the seminar at a local hotel, according to a statement.

The Cotton Council International (CCI), the export promotion arm of the National Cotton Council of America, introduced the Cotton Day in Bangladesh in 2016.

The non-profit trade association promotes US cotton fibre and manufactured cotton products around the globe with its Cotton USA trademark.

An eight-member delegation from the Cotton USA arrived in Dhaka on Sunday to meet Bangladeshi spinning and garment industry and promote the use of US cotton.

The team consisted of Raymond Faus, president of the American Cotton Shippers Association (ACSA); Tim North of the ACSA; Carlos Garcia of the America's Cotton Marketing Cooperatives; John Lindamood and Steve Wilbur, of the American Cotton Producers; Tim Barry, vice-president of the Intercontinental Commodity Exchange Futures; Marc Lewkowitz, president of the SUPIMA; and William Bettendorf, director of the CCI for South Asia.

Speaking at the event, Marcia Bernicat, US ambassador to Bangladesh, said the US is the number one consumer of Bangladesh's exports, especially from the country's dynamic readymade garment sector, according to the statement.  

She praised leading apparel and garment producers in Bangladesh for choosing top-quality US cotton to make products that are in demand throughout the world.