African Cotton Development Prospects for Chinese Spinners

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1 African Cotton Development Prospects for Chinese Spinners Matthias Knappe Programme Manager Cotton, Textiles & Clothing International Trade Center (ITC)

2 African Cotton Development Prospects for Chinese Spinners Matthias Knappe Senior Officer & Programme Manager, Cotton, Textiles & Clothing International Trade Centre (ITC) The International Trade Centre Our Work on African Cotton The trade development arm of both WTO and UNCTAD The development partner for small business export success Working in T&C since 40 years and in Cotton since 6 years ITC s Africa Cotton Development Initiative Understanding the value chain, and Asian spinners Promoting African cotton South-south cooperation 51

3 Cotton African Sourcing Cotton Potential Production in Centres Africa Malawi Cotton in West & Central Africa G H A N A NIGERIA CAMEROON C H A D Total lint production 2011/12 West Africa: 551,000 tons Benin: 77,000; Burkina Faso: 151,000; Cote d Ivoire: 95,000; Mali: 182,000; Senegal: 10,000; Togo: 36,000 Ghana: Nigeria: Central Africa 105,000 tons Cameroon: 77,000 Chad: 28,000 52

4 Cotton in East and Southern Africa Cotton Production in Sub Saharan Africa 100% rain-fed 100% hand-picked Roller-ginned mainly in Eastern and Southern Africa Saw-ginned mainly in West and Central Africa Advantages: Lower Neps Lower short fibre content Lower trash content Source: ICAC 53

5 Cotton Companies/Ginners in Africa Organisational Overview Monopol: Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Senegal, Togo Few ginneries only: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d Ivoire Many small ginners: Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Kenya Mainly foreign and multinational ginners: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe West African Cotton Standard Standards Boule* Bénin Burkina Faso Côte d'ivoire Mali Sénégal Togo Standards internationanx 01 KABA/S BOBY/ S MIKO SIGAL/S OTI Good Middling 02 SARAMA ALTO/S STANDARD 0 03 BOLA/S MANBO/ S JULI/ S Strict Middling 04 NERE 01 KABA TOMA SIGAL 02 BELA BOBY MANBO/ N JULI ALTO Middling STANDARD 1 03 MANBO/C Middling Light Spotted TOMA TAMA TANGO Strict Low Middling STANDARD 2 02 BELA/C VOTA BEMA/ N KATI SAVAL 03 RUDY KATI/ C MAKO OGOU S. Low Middling Light Spotted Strict Low Middling Spotted 04 GOTO 01 BELA/ T LIBA SEVE Low Middling STANDARD 3 02 ZANA VIVA/ RADA BEMA/C LIBA/ C TOLE 03 BUFA BILO KOLA Low Middling Spotted L. Middling Spotted/ Tinged 04 ZANA/ C BUTO Low Middling Tinged 01 ZANA/T BOBO/3 BATA Strict Good Ordinary STANDARD 4 02 KENE BABU CORE LAGO 03 Strict Good Ordinary Tinged 04 BATI BOBO/4 BUKA S. G. Ordinary Tinged/Brown 54

6 Efforts to improve cotton quality & reduce contamination Reducing cotton contamination is the No. 1 priority for all cotton companies and farmers in Africa Joint workplan of the African Cotton Association (ACA), i.e. ginners and the African Cotton Producers Association (AProCa), i.e. farmers Special projects are on-going in Burkina Faso, Côte d Ivoire, Mali and Senegal Development of Partnerships between African ginners and preferred interested Asian spinners Contamination reduction efforts at the farm level Farmers receive cotton picking backs with 2 compartments for A and B quality Cotton is being stored on special wooden devices above the soil Storage of cotton at village level in specially constructed sites with cotton coverage 55

7 Non contaminated cotton is being ginned & sold separately CN = Coton Non-Contaminé = Clean Cotton from CMDT, Mali Cotton from SOFITEX, Burkina Faso ITC s efforts to bring Asian spinners & Africa ginners closer Increasing value chain and market transparency

8 ITC s efforts to bring Asian spinners & Africa ginners closer Understanding cotton demand and supply Visit of cotton operations in Africa (farmers and ginneries) 57

9 ITC is organising a visit to Burkina Faso and Cote d Ivoire in December Chinese spinners are welcome to join Contact: Matthias Knappe, Programme Manager Cotton, Textiles, Clothing, International Trade Centre knappe@intracen.org, Tel.: ; Fax: THANK YOU Matthias Knappe