Cotton Council International (CCI), a non-profit organization that promotes United States (US) cotton fiber and cotton products produced worldwide under the brand name Cotton USA ™, is preparing a number of programs to help the textile industry rise from the Covid-19 pandemic.

For information, this non-profit organization with more than 60 years of experience works with spinning mills, fabric and garment manufacturers, brands, retailers, textile organizations, governments and the USDA to facilitate the use of US cotton. CCI currently has reached more than 50 countries through 20 offices around the world, including Indonesia.

CCI provides solutions and services for global garment industry players and customers as part of Cotton USA Solutions® - five business development programs to enhance expertise are already provided to more than 1,500 factories in 50 factories in the country. "As a form of support for these textile industry players, the US cotton industry has launched Cotton USA Solutions® as an innovative idea that offers added value to how industry players do business and increases productivity." said Anh Dung (Andy) Do, CCI Representative.

Andy said that all these initiatives and programs aim to help and support local entrepreneurs in industries in Indonesia in developing their businesses, especially in the midst of a pandemic. In this program, garment industry players in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Turkey can participate in this program and share experiences and education.

One of the programs is the Mill Exchange Program which has been implemented in seven countries, namely Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey with 50-100 participants in each country. Research carried out by Yehia Elmogahzy and David Sasso for Cotton Council International illustrates that companies participating in the Mill Exchange Program experience 18.5% efficiency in terms of production and processing costs for US cotton fiber.

In the Mill Exchange Program, participants will be invited to take a tour of factory facilities that already have the capacity to carry out production so they can show their every process, from warehouse to spinning facility which can later be applied to their businesses in their respective countries.

The next program is the Mill Mastery Course is a CCI solution in partnership with so many factories around the world, CCI has gathered important knowledge that will be made into courses, textbooks, or both for industry players.

In the 1 to 1 Mill Consults program, the technical team from CCI can make virtual remote visits and make recommendations to help increase efficiency, lower costs. In addition to Technical Seminars - training on purchasing, spinning, handling and more, using the latest US cotton techniques - which have been routinely conducted in various countries including Indonesia, CCI also has a library for Mill Studies which has a lot of information and knowledge about Mill.

Five solutions from CCI are ready to deploy free of charge for Cotton USA ™ licensees and U.S. members Cotton Trust Protocol®. On the other hand, licensees can also use Cotton USA ™ licenses to promote US cotton products throughout the supply chain and in retail. To be eligible for the Cotton USA ™ license, the product must contain more than 50% US cotton.