The Members of the Bremer Baumwollbörse are either Ordinary or Associated Members.
Ordinary Members may be:
any firm registered in a commercial or comparable registry in an EU or EEA-country carrying on business in the cotton trade (Member Firms);
any firm registered in an EU or EEA-country and engaged in the first stage of processing cotton, cotton waste, and linters (Member Firms);
any legal representative of a firm which is an Ordinary Member of the Bremer Baumwollbörse (Personal Members). A Personal Member may remain a Personal Member even if he has retired as a legal representative from the firm which is an Ordinary Member; this holds true also in the case that this firm ceases to be an Ordinary Member of the Bremer Baumwollbörse.
Associated Members may be:
any registered non-German firm carrying on business in the cotton trade;
any registered non-German firm engaged in the first stage of processing cotton, cotton waste, and linters.
Non-German firms from EU or EEA-countries may chose between Ordinary and Associate Membership.