Record number of foreign participants will attend the Eighth International Uzbek Cotton and Textile Fair, according to preliminary data of the organizers.

According to UzA, the delegations of the USA, China, Russian, European Union member states, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Republic of Korea, states of CIS, Middle East, Asian-Pacific region, and Africa will participate at the fair.

International Cotton Advisory Committee and Cotton Outlook will actively participate at the event, the organizers said.

Within the fair, the participants will receive a chance to sign direct contracts on supply of Uzbek cotton of this crop and future ones.

International conferences, roundtables, meetings with partners, visits to farms ad large terminals of Uzbekistan will be held within the fair.

The participants will be also presented hundreds of samples of cotton-fiber from various regions of Uzbekistan.

Last year, within the seventh International Uzbek Cotton and Textile Fair recorded deals on supply of 600,000 tonnes of cotton-fiber. The contracts on supply of textile products worth US$550 million were also inked. (Source: UzDaily.com)