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Indonesia. Coconut coir fiber for nonwovens applications. Also, needlepunched sheets, and coir ropes and peat. Link to product specifications.

Information resource about hemp for medical, agricultural and industrial applications. List of trade events. Links to related sites. Multi-lingual site.

USA. Home of the cotton industry. News, magazines and editorials. Information on research, production and uses of cotton fiber. Listings of companies and organizations.

Introduction to the cultivation, processing, consumption and trade in jute, kenaf and related fibers in East Asia and Latin America. From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations.

Information portal for global cotton growers, merchants and traders, and the cotton yarn spinning and textile manufacturing industry. Industry news and business reports. Calendar of events. Links to related sites.

Portal and information resource for the Chinese cotton growing, processing and trading industry. Market and business information. List of publications. Calendar of events. Links to related sites. English and Chinese.

Provides a central contact for supply and distribution of raw cotton. Includes contact information for staff and board members, news, photos, and a directory of manufacturers.

UK. International cotton trade organization and arbitral authority. Global sale, purchase and movement services between producers, traders and consumers. Also, laboratory testing services. List of events. Links to related sites.

Roof organization of national cotton associations and individual companies, dedicated to the principal of good trading practices and the sanctity of contracts. List of member associations. Company directory, downloadable on PDF files.

Czech Republic. World wide traders in raw cotton. Also, licensing of the Struto nonwovens technology and Sanfor logo. English and Czech.

UK. International merchants in raw cotton from Africa and Central Asia. Links to related sites.

USA. International merchants of raw cotton. Also, risk management consulting, cotton market information services, and futures and options brokerage.

India. Importers and international merchants of raw cotton, specialised in Egyptian and East African cotton. On-line bidding facility.

Germany. International traders in short, long and extra long staple cotton fiber. Links to related sites. English and German.

Switzerland. Merchants of raw cotton from Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Pakistan and Brazil. Also, market and financial consulting services.

UK. International raw cotton merchants. Links to related sites.

Memphis (USA) cotton traders. Includes business history and information about services offered.

Switzerland. Denominationally and politically independent association, focused on development cooperation programs world wide. Programs for the cultivation and processing of organically grown cotton. Links to projects and information.

Production and marketing organization for Israeli growers and processors of long staple Pima cotton, focused on research and development, production financing, and bulk supply of pesticides and herbicides. English and Hebrew.

India. Governmental marketing organization for the local cotton industry. Research and development activities. Price support, commercial and export services to growers, processors and textile manufacturers.

Extensive paper about the history, cultivation, processing and applications of kenaf as a source for natural industrial fiber, oils and feedstock. From Trends in New Crops and New Uses. Authors: Charles L. Webber III and Venita K. Bledsoe.

Report of research conducted in order to determine whether the mechanical and material properties of kenaf fiber are changing with growing time and maturing of the plant. Authors: Roger M. Rowell and James S. Han.