AMERICAN COTTON SHIPPERS

AMERICAN COTTON SHIPPERS THE AMERICAN COTTON SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION WAS ORGANIZED ON JULY 8, 1924 TO PROVIDE A UNITED VOICE FOR THE COTTON MERCHANDISING TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. ACSA IS COMPRISED OF MERCHANTS, PRIMARY BUYERS AND MILL SERVICE AGENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF FOUR FEDERATED ASSOCIATIONS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COTTON BELT: ATLANTIC COTTON ASSOCIATION SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION TEXAS COTTON ASSOCIATION WESTERN COTTON SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION ACSA'S MEMBER FIRMS HANDLE OVER 80% OF THE U.S. COTTON SOLD IN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS. THE SIGNIFICANT MARKET INVOLVEMENT OF ACSA MEMBERS REQUIRES THAT THE ASSOCIATION TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN PROMOTING THE INCREASED USE OF COTTON IN THE U.S. AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; ESTABLISHING WITH OTHER COTTON TRADE ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR TRADE; COLLABORATING WITH PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COTTON BELT IN FORMULATING FARM PROGRAMS; AND COOPERATING WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH PROGRAMS. COTTON MERCHANTS AT EVE