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{{Infobox organization
|name         = International Cotton Advisory Committee <br/>Comité Consultatif International du Coton<br/>Comité Consultivo Internacional del Algodón
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|abbreviation = ICAC/CCIC/CCIA
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|formation    = September 1939
|type         = International commodity body
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|purpose      = Trade and production
|headquarters = {{flagicon|USA}} Washington, DC, {{wipe|United States of America}}
|location     = 1629 K Street NW, Suite 702, Washington, DC 20006 USA
|region_served = World cotton industry
|membership   = 29 members
|language     = English, French, Spanish, summaries in Arabic and Russian
|leader_title = Chair of the Standing Committee<!--(position title for the leader of the org)-->
|leader_name  = Mr Ali Tahir <!--(name of leader)-->
|main_organ   = Standing Committee (4-5 meetings per year), ICAC Secretariat<!--(gral. assembly, board of directors, etc)-->
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|num_staff    = Nine
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|budget       = About US$2 million
|website      = [http://www.icac.org/ www.icac.org]
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The '''International Cotton Advisory Committee''' ('''ICAC''') is an association of governments of [[Biology:Cotton|cotton]] producing, consuming and trading countries which acts as the international commodity body for cotton and cotton textiles.

==Structure and history==
Founded at the International Cotton Meeting in Washington, DC in 1939, the ICAC advocates for cotton producing nations, publishes studies and technical information on the cotton industry, and holds an annual Plenary Meeting of member states. While most of the world's cotton producing nations are members, two of the ten largest producers (The People's Republic of China and Turkmenistan) are not members of the ICAC.  All of the top five cotton exporting nations are members.

The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) along with private sector cotton organizations initiated the International Forum for Cotton Promotion (IFCP) in 2000. The IFCP serves as a forum and clearinghouse for the exchange of proven cotton promotion techniques. The IFCP facilitates domestically focused and domestically funded cotton promotion programs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=A.|first=A.A. Terhaar Allen|date=2003-12-01|title=The international forum for cotton promotion|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296236247|volume=34|issue=12}}</ref>

==Member states==
Member nations and date joining:<ref>[http://icac.org/general/facts/member_countries_september_2010.pdf member_countries_september_2010.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726164844/http://icac.org/general/facts/member_countries_september_2010.pdf |date=2011-07-26 }}, icac.org</ref>
# {{flag|Argentina}}     May 1946
# {{flag|Australia}}     May 1946
# {{flag|Bangladesh}}     February 1917
# {{flag|Brazil}}        September 1939
# {{flag|Burkina Faso}}  October 1997
# {{flag|Cameroon}}       August 1969
# {{flag|Chad}}           March 1967
# {{flag|Cote d'Ivoire}} August 1973
# {{flag|Egypt}}         September 1939
# {{flag|European Union}} May  2017
# {{flag|India}}        Sept 1939
# {{flag|Kazakhstan}}     Sept 2006
# {{flag|Kenya}}        July 2007
# {{flag|Korea}} (Republic of Korea)          Mar 1954
# {{flag|Mali}}           July 1996
# {{flag|Mozambique}}      Sept 2010
# {{flag|Nigeria}}         Sept 1972
# {{flag|Pakistan}}        Jul 1948
# {{flag|Russia}}		Feb 1962 (as USSR: Sept 1939)        
# {{flag|South Africa}}    July 1991
# {{flag|Sudan}}           Sept 1939
# {{flag|Switzerland}}     Jan 1951
# {{flag|Taiwan}}          Feb 1963
# {{flag|Togo}}            Sept 1999
# {{flag|Turkey}}          Nov 1947
# {{flag|Uganda}}          Nov 1962
# {{flag|United States}}  Sept 1939
# {{flag|Uzbekistan}}      Sept 1992
# {{flag|Zimbabwe}}        Apr 1991

==See also==
*[[Biology:Cotton#The international cotton trade|Cotton: The international cotton trade]]
*Textile manufacturing- Machine processing of cotton
*International Year of Natural Fibres

==References==
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*[http://www.icac.org/general/profile/english.html A Profile of the ICAC], icac.org


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