INTERNATIONAL COTTON MERCHANTS
19, rue Eugene Jacquet 59800 LILLE - FRANCE
FAX: (33) 3 20 06 38 80 - Phone: (33) 3 20 15 40 70
DEVCOT sells cotton worldwilde: directly in France, Belgium, Ireland, Tunisia and, through its network of agents, to other countries.
DEVCOT buys cotton worldwilde: and particulary from Central Asia, Middle-East, West Africa, North and South America, Pakistan and Australia.
DEVCOT is member of the following trade associations:
- Association Francaise Cotonnière (AFCOT)(Paris France)
- Association Cotonnière de Belgique (Gand Belgium)
- Liverpool Cotton Association (Liverpool GB)
- Association of Cotton Merchants in Europe (ACME) (Geneva SWITZERLAND)
- World Cotton Exporters Association (WCEA) (Menphis USA)
OFFICES: LILLE (Headquarter in France) - MOUSCRON (Belgium) - COTONOU (Benin) - RIGA (Latvia) - TASHKENT (Uzbekistan)
DEVCOT is a family-owned business located in Lille, FRANCE, important center of Northern Europe, in the heart of the Belgian and French textile areas.
DEVCOT is a limited company made up of two divisions:
- the most important one dealing with raw cotton trade
- the second, trading as
The cotton tradition of the family goes back to 1931 when Maurice DEVILDER, founder of the company, started his cotton selling experience, activity which has been carried on ever since by his sons and grand-sons..
DEVCOT RAW COTTON has two main objectives:
To provide its suppliers with a regular and long term outlet for their cotton, cash payment and, if possible, a maximum price depending on the market value, sending them a weekly report on the world situation and currency variation.In return, DEVCOT expects ist suppliers to respect the terms of the sales contracts, to carry out quality control befor shipment or on arrival of the goods and to deliver on time.
To guarantee its customers quality control either at origin or on arrival, a competitive price with credit facilities if necessary, on-time deliveries ans a weekly market report to give them the opportunity to make up their own mind on the market situation.In short, to supply directly and at low cost the consumer countries, this being carried out by a highly experienced team of traders ans classors, backed up by an office staff well trained in raw cotton trade administrative duties.