Bahian cotton farmers are part of the Brazilian mission in Asia

The Bahian Association of Cotton Producers (Abapa) is part of the delegation of Brazilian cotton farmers visiting mills in Indonesia and Thailand this week. This is the second international mission promoted by the Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers (Abrapa) this year, and Bahia, the second largest cotton producer in the country, was represented in all of them. The “Seller Missions” are part of the strategy to publicize and strengthen the image of the national product in the selling countries, concentrated on the Asian continent, within the scope of Abrapa’s Cotton Brazil project.

The official mission schedule began yesterday, Monday (06), in the capital Jakarta and the city of Bandung, where the group visited the Indorama industry, which imports 40% of the 4,5 thousand tons of cotton it consumes per month from Brazil . Today there will be at least two other factories visited. The Bahian delegation is made up of the president of Abapa, Luiz Carlos Bergamaschi, and cotton farmers Elisa Zancanaro Zanella, Isabela Tumelero Busato and Vanessa Pierozan.

For the president of Abapa, Luiz Carlos Bergamaschi, the results of the investments made by Brazil in international marketing, for the opening and maintenance of markets, are evident. “We still have a way to go, but the fact is that buyers, who previously opted for cotton from other sources, especially from the United States, today realize the parity of national feather in terms of quality with American cotton, and even the superiority of cotton Brazilian in relation to its main competitor”, he states.

Bergamaschi also highlights some of Brazil's competitive advantages as a fiber supplier, such as sustainability and the availability of areas for expansion. “We are working to make Brazil the first feather exporter in the world”, he concludes.