# Cotton Inspection Services | Baltic Control (BD) Ltd.

> Raw cotton inspection in alliance with Transglobal Inspections LLC (Texas, USA) — bale-by-bale inspection, HVI testing, damage surveys and ICA procedures.

- Canonical: https://balticcontrolbd.com/cotton.html
- Organization: Baltic Control (BD) Ltd. — ISO 9001:2015 certified, est. 1981
- Last updated: 2026-08-02

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# Cotton Inspection Services

Quality & Quantity Verified  — Destination Weight Confirmed

Cotton controlling at destination, in alliance with Transglobal Inspections LLC (Texas, USA) — bale-by-bale inspection, HVI testing and ICA-compliant damage surveys.

## The alliance

BCBD controls cotton at destination in alliance with **Transglobal Inspections LLC (TGI)**
of Texas, USA — a specialist raw-cotton controller and a member of:

* International Cotton Association (ICA)
* American Cotton Shippers Association
* Texas Cotton Shippers Association
* Atlantic Cotton Shippers Association
* Southern Cotton Shippers Association
* Western Cotton Shippers Association

Nominate TGI / BCBD in your contract for pre-shipment or post-landing inspection, and your consignment
is inspected to ICA bye-laws and rules — with findings documented well enough to put in front of a tribunal,
should it ever come to that.

## Inspection & sampling

* Bale by bale
* By truckload
* By container
* Container unsealing, unloading and tally
* Supervision of sampling
* Actual drawing of samples
* Quality testing (HVI)

Inspections are carried out on containers, trucks and vessels.

## Damage survey documentation

* Post-landed country damage survey
* Pre-shipment visual survey for external country damage
* Foreign matter survey
* Water damage survey
* Fire damage survey

## Stock verification

* Warehouse inspections
* Pre-shipment inspections

## Inspection procedure

Methods and procedures follow **ICA bye-laws & rules** and/or your specific guidelines.

### At a glance

* Bale-by-bale, truckload & container inspection
* HVI quality testing & supervision of sampling
* Country damage, water, fire & foreign matter surveys
* ICA bye-laws & rules compliant

Standards: ICA bye-laws & rules

[Request this inspection](contact.html)
+880 1713-004214 · 24/7/365

We reply within one business day.

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## Frequently asked

### Where in Bangladesh does Baltic Control provide cotton inspection services?

BCBD attends across Chattogram, Mongla, Payra, Benapole, Khulna and ICD Kamalapur — every seaport, land port and inland container depot in Bangladesh. Surveyors are based at our Dhaka head office and at branch offices in Chattogram, Khulna, Mongla, Benapole and ICD Kamalapur, so attendance is arranged locally rather than dispatched from the capital.

### Which standards does BCBD apply for cotton inspection services?

Method, procedure and standards follow ICA bye-laws & rules, and/or your own specific guidelines where a contract, policy wording or letter of credit requires it.

### How quickly can BCBD attend and report?

Nominations are accepted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and a surveyor is deployed to the site or vessel on instruction. Written enquiries receive a reply within one business day. Baltic Control (BD) Ltd. has operated as an independent inspection company since 1981 and is ISO 9001:2015 certified.