This election is, according to Francisco Ferreira dos Santos, “a very important moment for the country and for the cotton sub-sector in particular.
“Although our size is insignificant in the global scale of cotton production and consumption, this election is a tacit recognition of our capacity and work, and also a good opportunity for us to contribute, in an even more effective way, to the global development of the cotton value chain, and to raise the Mozambican brand,” stressed the president of AAM.
The main mission of ICAC’s Private Sector Consultative Council is to promote communication between the private sector and ICAC members, and to convey to them the concerns of the cotton industry throughout its value chain, from fiber production to its transformation by the textile industry.
ICAC, based in Washington, USA, is an international and intergovernmental association of cotton producing and consuming countries, created in 1939 with the objective of establishing international cooperation in cotton issues.
That international organization, recognized as a partner by the United Nations, currently brings together 24 countries, including Mozambique since 2010, which represent the overwhelming majority of cotton produced and traded worldwide.
