Cotton Council International (CCI) — the Washington-based export promotion arm of The National
Cotton Council, Memphis, Tenn. — has announced it will promote U.S. cotton at four upcoming shows
in South America and Asia.
At PeruModa — which features apparel, shoes, accessories, machinery and services; and is
scheduled to be held April 26-28, 2012, in Lima, Peru — CCI’s Cotton USA Sourcing Program will have
a booth in the full-package pavilion to promote U.S. cotton yarns and fabrics.
At Colombiamoda — which focuses on finished apparel and is scheduled to be held July 24-26,
2012, in Medellín, Colombia — the Cotton USA Sourcing Program will have a booth at which it will
present 13 Sourcing Program members’ mills and provide information about the U.S. cotton textile
industry and apparel manufacturing companies throughout the Western Hemisphere. The program also
will help build business relationships by arranging meetings between U.S. mills and notable textile
companies in the Andean Region.
At Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles — the China International Trade Fair for Home Textiles
and Accessories, scheduled to be held Aug. 28-30, 2012, in Shanghai — CCI will join with Cotton USA
licensees Shanghai Imagine Home Textile Co. Ltd., Shanghai, and Ibena Textilwerke Beckmann GmbH,
Germany, to present quality U.S. cotton home textile products.
At Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics — the China International Trade Fair for Apparel
Fabrics and Accessories, to be held Oct. 22-25, 2012, in Shanghai — CCI and Cary, N.C.-based Cotton
Incorporated will co-exhibit with Cotton USA licensees Central Fabrics Ltd., Hong Kong, and Sanyang
Textile Co. Ltd., China, to present cotton fabrics and apparel as well as Cotton Incorporated’s
latest cotton fabric technologies.
March 27, 2012
