Premier Cotton Trading Company

We are the Premier Cotton Trading Company, and we operate near the old check post on Nirmal -x Road. It is a good location for a trading business because it’s easy for the trucks to find us when they are coming into town. The office and the storage area are pretty basic. We spend most of our time on the phone or talking to farmers and buyers who stop by. There is usually a lot of cotton lint floating around in the air, so you end up sneezing quite a bit if you aren't used to it. The desks are covered in samples and bits of paper. We have a small crew here, and we’ve been doing this for a long time. The road outside can get quite dusty, especially when the wind picks up, so we spend a lot of time sweeping out the entrance. It’s not a glamorous job, but cotton is something people always need. We keep track of the prices and the quality of the loads coming in. Sometimes the market is slow and we just sit around drinking chai, and other times it is so frantic we don’t even have time to eat lunch. We don’t use any high-tech equipment, just scales and our own eyes to judge the quality of what we are buying and selling. It’s a very traditional way of doing business here on the road. We open early every morning when the first trucks arrive.