Origin of Pima

The term Supima is derived fromthe word Pima, a generic term for ELS, the superior quality cotton grown in America. It denotes a licensed trademark of a group of the Pima cotton cultivators, foundedin 1954 in the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to promoteapparel and textile products made from Pima cotton. Pima, a type of ELS cotton grown inthe U.S., Peru, Israel and Australia, got its name as early as 1910. Though, initially it was better known as American-Egyptiancotton but later it was renamed in a gesture to acknowledge the importance ofthe local Indian growers in US. Egypt does produce and sell some of the bestELS cotton in the world, but it amounts to only about 7% of annual globalELS/LS cotton exports, and is approximately 25% of Egyptian cotton exports inlast season. Egypts Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics(CAPMAS) said in a report issued that around 517,000 thousand metric quintalsof Egyptian cotton valued at 7.315 million pounds have been exported fromDecember 2009 to February 2010 compared to 61,000 metric quintals and a valueof 1.43 million pounds for the same period last season.

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