83rd Cotton Classification Course

On 14th January, 2013 the  stationary, 5-week, Polish and Russian speaking  – 83rd Cotton Classification Course started.

There are 3 participants from Poland and Uzbekistan.

The programme of the course includes:

1. Theory of cotton fibre
2. Cotton classification with

manual method – practical

training,

3. Laboratory methods of cotton

testing, especially on the HVI

line – theory and practice,

4. Theory of cotton standardisation according to the Universal Cotton Standards (USDA) on which the HVI

system was based; standardisation according to the Uzbek (and other Central Asian countries) O’z DSt

604-2001 standard,

5. Selected problems of world cotton market,
6. Selected issues regarding cotton marketing – trade, transport, and handling,
7. English terms and phrases used in the international cotton turnover.

From the left:  Mieczysława Raczyńska (I.B. w Gdyni),   Sanjar Gulyamow– Uzbekistan (POLCOTTON),    

                        Karol Sadowski (POLCOTTON),   Grzegorz Winiarek (POLCOTTON),   Andrzej Drożdż

(I.B. w Gdyni)