{"id":21232,"date":"2022-09-27T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/2022\/09\/27\/cotton-council-international-celebrates-its-third-cotton-day-in-mumbai\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T12:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:09:08","slug":"cotton-council-international-celebrates-its-third-cotton-day-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/2022\/09\/27\/cotton-council-international-celebrates-its-third-cotton-day-in-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton Council International celebrates its third Cotton Day in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Focus on partnerships for industry growth\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mumbai, September 27th, 2022<\/strong>: Cotton Council International (CCI), along with the leadership of the U.S. cotton industry, held its annual Cotton Day in Mumbai, India, educating over 120 attendees on how U.S. cotton adds value for its partners in the Indian textile industry. This year\u2019s\u00a0 event, held both virtual and in-person featured the theme \u201cYour Partner for Prosperity\u201d, bringing\u00a0 a fresh perspective from leading industry experts on how U.S. cotton connects the textile\u00a0 community and is a trusted partner in the textile supply chain.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccountability and transparency are integral to the U.S. cotton industry\u2019s values,\u201d William Bettendorf, Director, COTTON USA Supply Chain & South Asia, CCI, said. \u201cBoth brands and consumers today are increasingly becoming more responsible in their sourcing strategies.\u00a0 Sustainability and transparency are the top priorities in our industry, and with a collaborative approach, we aim to add value for our partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peush Narang, CCI Country Representative-India and Sri Lanka, added, \u201cThe Indian textile\u00a0 industry is one of the largest industries in the country and has witnessed phenomenal growth in the\u00a0 last two decades in terms of installed spindles and yarn production. Technology-wise, the Indian\u00a0spinning industry has been able to keep pace with the international technology trends. Cotton has been the growth engine for Indian textile industry, and India has become one of the largest consumers of cotton, with about 22% of the world\u2019s cotton consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cotton Day India 2022 featured eminent speakers and panelists from the U.S. Embassy, CCI, and cotton industry experts from the U.S. and UK, along with allied companies that support the industry with traceability solutions.<\/p>\n

The event included insightful sessions on what the industry can do together to encourage partnerships and collaborative approaches for growth and prosperity. The event had sessions about the recent global cotton scenario, an update on Indian cotton, risk management, the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol\u00ae and how sustainability and transparency are defining future global supply chains.\u00a0 It also included the latest CCI updates and industry guidelines on how Indian textile mills could adopt COTTON USA SOLUTIONS best practices to help increase profitability.<\/p>\n

Marc Lewkowitz, President & CEO of Supima, shared key updates on the Supima licensing program. Jane Singer, Managing Director of Inside Fashion also spoke about trends in the\u00a0global fashion industry.<\/p>\n

Cotton Council International (CCI), the export promotion arm of the National Cotton Council of America (NCC), is a non-profit trade association that promotes U.S. cotton fiber and produces\u00a0cotton products around the globe with our COTTON USA\"™\" trademark. CCI has years of experience promoting U.S. cotton fiber and products to trade and consumers. CCI works with\u00a0spinning mills, fabric and garment manufacturers, brands, retailers, textile associations, governments and the USDA to facilitate the use of U.S. cotton. Its reach extends to more than 50 countries through 20 offices around the world.<\/p>\n

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Focus on partnerships for industry growth\u00a0 Mumbai, September 27th, 2022: Cotton Council International (CCI), along with the leadership of the U.S. cotton industry, held its annual Cotton Day in Mumbai, India, educating over 120 attendees on how U.S. cotton adds value for its partners in the Indian textile industry. This year\u2019s\u00a0 event, held both virtual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-21232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}