Cotton Classing, Testing and Standards

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
COTTON AND TOBACCO PROGRAMS

Standardization & Engineering Branch
3275 Appling Road
Memphis, TN 38133
Telephone: (901) 384-3030
Fax: (901) 384-3039
E-Mail: [email protected]

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USDA International HVI Level Assessment Program
The USDA, AMS, Cotton Program, International HVI Level Assessment Program was initiated in 1994 in response
to the worldwide proliferation in the use of HVI measurements in trading cotton in the world markets. The program
is designed to ensure a standard level of HVI testing on an international level. The USDA International HVI Level
Assessment Program provides for participating organizations to send selected check samples tested on their
instruments to the USDA for comparison at no cost. The only cost incurred by participants is the cost of shipping
the samples to the USDA’s Quality Assurance Branch in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The only restriction will be to
limit the number of submitted samples to ten per month per participant during the months of January through
August. During the months of September through December, submitted samples will be limited to two per
month.The samples are tested in the Quality Assurance Lab and the comparison results are returned to the
participant.

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6

2

7

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8

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9

5

10

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