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We are a universal supplier of cotton to the world’s textile markets.

We source from the 4 major growing regions - Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia - supported by significant investments in gins and logistics infrastructure. This control over the raw cotton supply chain, enables us to assure quality.

Using the latest technology, our world-class ginning systems help improve fibre quality, benefitting both the grower and spinning mill. Through our standards, highly trained operators and stringent maintenance programmes, we have been able to enhance farmer and customer confidence to produce superior and consistent quality cotton safely. We are one of the largest private ginner in the world.

Our close relationships with suppliers provide first-hand information on emerging supply and demand dynamics. We offer affordable risk management solutions to all customers and suppliers, and can customise product offerings according to pricing terms, currencies and tenors.

Our central marketing office in South Africa, has geographic proximity to the world’s major consuming markets. We also have marketing offices in China, India and Turkey, and cotton stocking points in China, Malaysia and Turkey to meet any just-in-time customer requirements.

We operate warehousing facilities in Australia, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique and Tanzania, to offer our customers a variety of flexible shipping arrangements, up-to-date information and shipment tracking.

Our Global Cotton Sourcing Footprint

Africa

Africa accounts for about 18% of world production. We run extensive ginning operations in Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Chad, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. We have nurtured long-standing relationships as the preferred partner to various cotton marketing boards and ginners.

We believe Africa’s high agronomic potential for growth can be harnessed thorough deeper farmer engagement. Through our integrated ginning model in Côte d’Ivoire, Chad and Mozambique, and in close partnership with development agencies including IDH, USAID and BMF, we support farmers to improve crop yields and product quality, provide seeds, training services, access to agri-inputs and social investment which in turn improves livelihoods. Our operations in Côte d’Ivoire provided much experience and learnings for the development of the Onat Livelihood Charter. Today the OLC embraces over 22,100 cotton farmers (15% women) in Côte d’Ivoire and Mozambique.

Asia

We are one of the top leading suppliers of medium and extra-long staple cotton from Central Asia. We transport cotton from the region’s land-locked countries to major markets worldwide. In India, we have used our long-term presence in other agricultural products to set up infrastructure across the country’s major growing regions. With over a decade of supplying imported and domestic cotton, we are now a major participant in the regional trade flow and have a strong franchise with domestic spinning mills.

Australia

Through our subsidiary Queensland Cotton, we have built strong relationships with growers in Australia for whom we provide marketing, ginning, classing, warehousing, logistics and seed marketing. We are recognised as an industry leader, a trusted supplier of premium quality cotton, and a preferred partner for many of the major textile mills worldwide.

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