The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe, is a large

cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

processing and marketing organization in

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. The company, known as "COTTCO", works with individual cotton

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, providing agronomic and financial support. Cottco is listed on the

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, or ZSE, is the official stock exchange of Zimbabwe. Its history dates back to 1896 but has only been open to foreign investment since 1993. The exchange has about a dozen members, and currently lists 63 equities. The ...

and its

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, the

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. Its

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s are located in

Harare Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...

. Cotton, export internationally via COTTCO, is one of the larger generators of foreign currency for Zimbabwe.

External links

The Cotton Company of ZimbabweCOTTCO's stock data at LiquidAfrica

References

Companies listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Companies in the Zimbabwe Industrial Index Agriculture companies of Zimbabwe Cotton organizations 1994 establishments in Zimbabwe Companies based in Harare Zimbabwean companies established in 1994 {{Zimbabwe-company-stub