Part 1 - Summary Details
CRDC Project Number:
CTFT 13
Project Title: Travel Report: ACSA EMD Trip to Indonesiia June 2005
Project Commencement Date: June 2005 Project Completion Date: September 2005 CRDC Program: Capacity & Community
Part 2 – Contact Details
Administrator: Hayden Smith
Organisation: CSIRO Textile & Fibre Technology Postal Address: PO Box 21, Geelong
Ph: 03 5246 4000 Fax: E-mail: [email protected]
Principal Researcher: Stuart Gordon
Organisation: CSIRO Textile & Fibre Technology Postal Address: PO Box 21, Geelong
Ph: 03 5246 4000 Fax: E-mail: [email protected]
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Part 3 – Final Report Guide (due 31 October 2008)
Purpose of the travel
CSIRO were invited to be part of the Australian Cotton Shipper Association (ACSA) Export Market Development (EMD) delegation to Indonesia during June 2005. The theme of the seminar presented to Indonesian cotton merchants and spinners on June 17th 2005 was;
‘Australian cotton, clean and green’.
Invitations were extended to representatives from CTFT and CPI to give presentations at the seminar on the spinning ability of Australian cotton and on (CSD) cotton variety performance.
From CTFT’s perspective, the Australian CRC Mill Survey project is now complete and the trip to Indonesia allowed CTFT to report directly to the mills surveyed in late 2003 for this project. Thus, aside from supporting ACSA there was good opportunity to engage directly with spinners that were interviewed for the survey.
The trip was organized by ACSA with help from the Austrade Offices in Jakarta. It was the second trip to Indonesia by an ACSA delegation in three years.
As well as the seminar, CTFT also visited APAC INTI http://www.apacinti.com/ a spinning mill in Central Java to view their manual cotton de-contamination plant. CTFT first met with representatives of APAC INTI during the CRC Mill Survey in 2002. An invitation to utilize the data generated by APAC INTI on contamination found in cotton of all growths followed;
the de-contamination plant will now provide the CCC CRC Contamination project with real data on contamination levels in Australian cotton over the next two years.
Major Findings & Outcomes
The objective of the mission was to promote Australian cotton as being ‘clean and green’
following the BMP and EMS marketing initiatives amongst Indonesian traders and spinners.
The importance of this is reflected in Indonesia’s large cotton spinning capacity and the fact that it has several of the largest spinning mills in the world. Indonesia is also the largest customer of Australian cotton consuming around 36% of the 2004/05 crop [ACSA website 2005].
A highlight from a CTFT perspective was being able to meet spinners and merchants and listen to their observations with respect to processing Australian cotton.
Other highlights
A highlight was the formalization of relationships with APAC INTI with regards to the CCC CRC Contamination project.
Persons and institutions visited, and purpose of visit Visit duration – June 14th – 17th 2005
June 14th - arr. Jakarta pm
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June 16th – Visit APAC INTI – Semerang, Central Java to meet with Mr Vijay Shankar
June 17th – The schedule for the seminar held in Jakarta appears below. The seminar was well attended attracting over 60 participants from the cotton spinning and trading sectors – see Appendix 1 ‘List of Attendees’. Many participants travelled from neighbouring provinces to attend the seminars.
A member list of the ACSA delegation appears in Appendix 2.
1. Welcome by Australian Ambassador 2. Introduction by ACSA Chair (Hilton Lobb) 3. Presentations
a. Industry developments including supply issues – Bob Dall’alba b. Overview of Australian cotton research program – Greg Constable c. BMP along the supply chain – Arthur Spellson
d. Australian Cotton CRC Mill Survey – Stuart Gordon e. EMS and ‘clean & green’ Australian cotton – Pete Johnson f. Australian cotton video presentation
4. Indonesian Textile Industry (Ministry of Industry & Trade) – Putu Astawa 5. Q&A session
6. Indonesian Spinners Association (SEKBERTAL) – Hendra Husodo 7. Close
8. Reception
Are there any potential areas worth following up as a result of the travel?
Contamination in Australian cotton is very low. However according to ITMF surveys conducted every two years the level of contamination found in Australian cotton is rising.
APAC INTI extracts and weighs 300 grams of contamination in every 100 tonnes of Australian cotton. The major contaminants include jute, polypropylene, plastic and human hair. Close collaboration with APAC INTI will allow direct measurement of contamination in Australian cotton on a gin/valley basis. This will enable changes in contamination management practice at the farm and gin to be measured on a quantitative basis.
Relevance or impact on the Australian Cotton Industry?
A return visit was made to APAC INTI during October 2005 to discuss in more detail the measurement and timing issues associated with the Contamination project.
