TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12  
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
17 July 2020  
(20-4905) Page: 1/77 
Committee on Agriculture  
Special Session  
Sub-Committee on Cotton    
 
  
COTTON  
BACKGROUND PAPER BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision  
1. The Ministerial Decision on Cotton of 7  December  2013 (document WT/MIN(13)/41 
and WT/L/916) adopted by Ministers at the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali state s, 
inter alia that: 
"5. In this context, we therefore undertake to enhance transparency and monitoring in 
relation to the trade -related aspects of cotton . To this end, we agree to hold a dedicated 
discussion on a bi -annual basis in the context of the Committee on Agriculture in Special 
Session to examine relevant trade -related developments across the three pillars of Market 
Access, Domestic Support and Export Competition in relation to cotton.  
 
6. The dedicated discu ssions shall be undertaken on the basis of factual information and 
data compiled by the WTO Secretariat from Members' notifications, complemented, as 
appropriate, by relevant information provided by Members to the WTO Secretariat.  
 
7. The dedicated discuss ions shall in particular consider all forms of export subsidies for 
cotton and all export measures with equivalent effect, domestic support for cotton and tariff 
measures and non -tariff measures applied to cotton exports from LDCs in markets of interest 
to them. " 
2. As a result, four dedicated discussions on cotton were held  in 2014 and 2015 .2 
3. The Min isterial Decision on Cotton of 1 9 December  2015 (document WT/MIN(15)/46 
and WT/L/981) adopted by Ministers at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi  states, 
inter alia that: 
"14. We undertake to continue holding Dedicated Discussions on cotton on a bi -annual basis, 
as indicated in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of the Bali Ministerial Decision on Cotton 
(WT/MIN(13)/41 and WT/L/916), including in particu lar to examine relevant trade -related 
developments across the three pillars of Market Access, Domestic Support, and Export 
Competition in relation to cotton.  
 
15. We undertake to regularly monitor the implementation by Members of paragraphs 2 to 
4 during t hese Dedicated Discussions on cotton,  based on relevant Members' notifications to 
the WTO, complemented as necessary by Members' replies to specific requests for information 
from the WTO Secretariat. " 
 
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO. It has been prepared for 
information only and is not intended to provide any authoritative or official legal interpretation of the provisions 
of the WTO Agreements in general on in relation to any measure listed in this document.  
2 June 2014, November  2014, July  2015 and November  2015.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  4. The Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton also states that:  
"6. The Dedicated Discussions on cotton referred to in paragraph 14  of this Decision shall 
continue to address the following specific  elements, based on factual information and data 
compiled by the WTO Secretariat from Members' notifications, complemented, as appropriate, 
by relevant information provided by Members to the WTO Secretariat:  
 
(a) identification and examination of market access barriers, including tariff and non -tariff 
barriers for the entry of cotton produced and exported by cotto n-producing LDCs;  
 
(b) reviews of market access improvements and of any market access measures undertaken 
by Members, including the identification of  access barriers to cotton produced and 
exported by cotton -producing LDCs in markets of  interest to them; and 
 
(c) examination of possible additional measures for progressive and predictable 
improvements in market access, in particular the elimination of tariff and non -tariff 
barriers to cotton produced a nd exported by cotton -producing  LDCs."  
 
5. The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth , ninth, tenth , eleventh  and twelfth dedicated discussion s 
on cotton w ere held on 1  July 2016, 23 November  2016, 2 4 July 2017,  17 November  2017, 
19 June 2018, 28 November 2018 , 4 June 2019  and 20 November 2019 , respectively . 
6. As requested by the Nairobi  Ministerial Decision  and based on the approach resulting from  the 
Bali Ministerial Decision , the WTO Secretariat has  prepared , in advance of the twelfth  dedicated 
discussion on cotton , a revised compil ation of factual  information and data available from 
Members' notifications and other submissions , on Market Access, Domestic Support and Export 
Competition in relation to cotton , received up to 3 July 2020. 
7. Further to Members' requests at the second dedicated disc ussion, this revised background paper 
also includes : (i) Members' responses to the questionnaire on cotton policy developments 
circulated on 22 January  2020; and (ii)  relevant information on cotton markets and policies  from 
Trade Policy Review  reports  circulated up to  3 July 2020 , for the 3 2 Members identified i n 
paragraph s 12 and 13 of this paper.3 
8. The paper is organized in three parts, namely:  
• Export Subsidies4; 
• Domestic Support ; and 
• Market Access . 
9. The factual information and data contained in this paper have been compiled from : 
• Members ' schedules and notification s in the Market Access (MA), Domestic Support  (DS) 
and Export Subsidies (ES) series  under the Committee on Agriculture ; 
• Tariff data available in  the WTO Integrated Data base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff 
Schedules Data base (CTS) ; as well as  
• Non-tariff measures available  in the WTO Integrated Trade Intelligence Portal  (I-TIP) 
Goods Database.  
10. The specific sources of information for  each of the areas covered are de scribed under the relevant  
parts of the paper.  
 
3 This information is presented in Annexes 4 and 5.   
4 With regards to the disciplines and commitments contained in the Ministerial Decision on Export 
Competition (WT/MIN(15)/45 -WT/L/980 adopted on 19  December  2015), referred to in paragraph  9 of the 
Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton, Members can also refer to the Secretariat background paper on export 
subsidies, export credits and export credit guarantees or insurance programmes, international fo od aid, and 
agricultural exporting STEs (document  G/AG/W/125/Rev.11, G/AG/W/125/Rev.11/Add.1, 
G/AG/W/125/Rev.11/Add.2, G/AG/W/125/Rev.11/Add.3 and G/AG/W/125/Rev.11/Add.4 dated 
18 September  2019).  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Re v.12 
 
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  11. With regards to Export Subsidies  and Domestic Support  (Part one and two of the paper) , factual  
information and data were collected for all WTO Members with relevant commitments  or who 
have reported measures benefitting  cotton in their relevant notifications . 
12. With regards to  Market Access  (Part three of the paper) , and based  on previous practice, the  list 
of markets of interest to LDCs  was established by collecting market access data for 
WTO Members that  are either : (i) classified  as developed economies for the purpose of the 
WTO Secretariat note on the " Participation of Developing Economies in the Global Trading 
System"5; (ii) amongst  the top 20 cotton  importing countries in quantity for the period 
2010-2012; or (iii) amongst  the top 20 cotton importing countries in quantity from LDCs for  the 
period  2010-2012.6 
13. As a result, market access data are provided , in accordance with the Bali and Nairobi Ministerial 
Decisions on Cotton, for the following 3 2 Members :7 Australia ; Bahrain, Kingdom of ; 
Bangladesh ; Brazil; Canada ; China; Colombia ; Egypt; the European Union ; Hong Kong , China ; 
Iceland ; India; Indonesia ; Japan; Kenya; Korea, Republic of ; Malaysia ; Mauritius ; Mexico; 
Morocco ; New Zealand ; Norway ; Pakistan ; Peru; Russian Federation ; South Africa ; Switzerland ; 
Chinese Taipei ; Thailand ; Turkey ; the United States and Viet  Nam. 
14. Unless otherwise indicated, the term "cotton " in this paper  refers to the products covered by the 
Harmonized System nomenclature  (HS) h eadings 52.01, 52.02 and 52.03.  
15. The Annexes to this document, including Members' replies to the questionnaire on 
cotton -related policy developments (Annex 4) and information on cotton markets and 
policies  from the trade policy review mechanism (Annex 5) , are contained in an addendum 
(TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev. 11/Add.1 – TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev. 11/Add.1).  
TABLE OF CONTENT S 
1   EXPORT SUBSIDIES ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 5 
1.1   EXPORT SUBSIDY COMMITMENTS  ................................ ................................ ...............  5 
1.1.1   Bound export subsidy commitments for cotton  ................................ ...........................  6 
1.2   NOTIFIED EXPORT SUBSIDIES  ................................ ................................ ...................  7 
1.2.1   Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Table ES:1)  ................................ . 8 
1.2.2   Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Supporting Table ES:2)  ...............  10 
2   DOMESTIC SUPPORT  ................................ ................................ ................................  14 
2.1   PRODUCT SPECIF IC AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT  ................................ ..... 14 
2.1.1   Product -specific AMS notified for cotton  ................................ ................................ .. 15 
2.1.2   Direct Payments in Accordance with Article 6.5  ................................ ........................  28 
3   MARKET ACCESS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 30 
3.1   TARIFFS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................  34 
3.2   SPECIAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS  ................................ ................................ ...........  46 
3.2.1   Scheduled SSG provisions for cotton  ................................ ................................ ....... 47 
3.2.2   Notified trigger prices for cotton  ................................ ................................ .............  47 
 
5 Document WT/COMTD/W/251, Appendix 8 with the European Uni on counted as one and Switzerland 
and Liechtenstein also counted as one.  
6 The top 20 cotton importing countries were identified using COMTRADE data processed by the 
WTO Secretariat, and supplemented by data from the International Cotton Advisory Committee  (ICAC).  
7 In the absence of significant change in the list of Members when using the period 2016 -2018, the list 
used in document TN/AG/GEN/34 has been kept unchanged for the sake of comparability. The United Kingdom 
withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union and the United Kingdom have 
communicated that, during the transition period, which ends on 31  December 2020, Union law, with a few 
limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in the United  Kingdom.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  3.2.3   Invoked price -based SSG for cotton ................................ ................................ ........  48 
3.3   TARIFF RATE QUOTAS  ................................ ................................ .............................  48 
3.3.1   Tariff rate quota commitments for cotton  ................................ ................................  48 
3.3.2   Most recent Tariff Rate Quota administration method notified for cotton  .......................  50 
3.3.3   TRQ quantities and in -quota imports for cotton  ................................ ........................  52 
3.4   OTHER NON -TARIFF MEASURES ................................ ................................ ................  60 
TABLE OF CHARTS  
Chart 1.1 : Brazil  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  11 
Chart 1.2: Colombia  ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 11 
Chart 1.3: Israel  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  12 
Chart 1.4: South Africa  ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 12 
Chart 1.5: United States  ................................ ................................ ................................ . 13 
Chart 1.6: India  ................................ ................................ ................................ .............  13 
Chart 2.1: Argentina  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 21 
Chart 2.2: Brazil  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  21 
Chart 2.3: China  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  22 
Chart 2.4: Colombia  ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 22 
Chart 2.5: European Union  ................................ ................................ ..............................  23 
Chart 2.6: India  ................................ ................................ ................................ .............  23 
Chart 2.7: Israel  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  24 
Chart 2.8: Mexico  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..........  24 
Chart 2.9: Peru  ................................ ................................ ................................ .............  25 
Chart 2.10: Russian Federation  ................................ ................................ ........................  25 
Chart 2.11: South Africa  ................................ ................................ ................................ . 26 
Chart 2.12: Turkey  ................................ ................................ ................................ ........  26 
Chart 2.13: United States  ................................ ................................ ...............................  27 
Chart 2.14: Viet Nam  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 27 
Chart 2.15: European Union  ................................ ................................ ............................  29 
Chart 2.16: United States  ................................ ................................ ...............................  29 
Chart 3.1: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2008 -2018, value  ............................  30 
Chart 3.2: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2008 -2018, quantity  ........................  30 
Chart 3.3: Number of scheduled TRQs for cotton by Member  ................................ ................  50 
Chart 3.4: China (CHNQ010)  ................................ ................................ ...........................  56 
Chart 3.5: Colombia (COLQ067)  ................................ ................................ .......................  56 
Chart 3.6: South Africa (ZAFQ053)  ................................ ................................ ...................  57 
Chart 3.7: United States (USAQ049)  ................................ ................................ .................  57 
Chart 3.8: United States (USAQ050)  ................................ ................................ .................  58 
Chart 3.9: United States (USAQ051)  ................................ ................................ .................  58 
Chart 3.10: United States (USAQ052)  ................................ ................................ ...............  59 
Chart 3.11: United States (USAQ053)  ................................ ................................ ...............  59 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Re v.12 
 
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  Chart 3.12: United States (USAQ054)  ................................ ................................ ...............  60 
Chart 3.13: Number of other non -tariff measures applicable to cotton, per type of measure 
(1 January  2012 to 3 July 2020)  ................................ ................................ ......................  61 
1  EXPORT SUBSIDIES  
1.1.  Part One provides information on the use of export subsidies for cotton by Members . It is 
divided into t wo sections:  
• Section 1.1  provides  information on export subsidy reduction commitments, both in terms 
of budgetary outlay and quantit y; and 
• Section  1.2 provides  information on notified export subsidy budgetary outlays and 
quantities . 
1.2.  As noted earlier, with regards to  the disciplines and commitments conta ined in the Nairobi 
Ministerial Decision on Export Competition (WT/MIN(15)/45 -WT/L/980 adopted on 
19 December  2015)  referred to in paragraph  9 of the Nairobi Ministerial Decision  on Cotton , 
Members can also refer to the Secretariat background paper on export subsidies, 
export  credits  and export credit guarantees or insurance programmes, international food 
aid, and agricultural  exporting STEs ( document  G/AG/W/125/Rev.11, G/AG/W/125/Rev.11/Add.1, 
G/AG/W/125/Rev.11/Add.2, G/AG/W/125/Rev.11/Add.3 and G/AG/W /125/Rev.11/Add.4 dated 
18 September  2019). It can be noted in th at regard that : (i) China confirmed  in its latest notification 
to the Working Party on STEs (G/STR/N/17CHN) the existence of four agricultural exporting State 
Trading Enterprises for cotton ; and (ii) the United States , Russia  and Japan respectively identified 
in their  latest replies cotton and HS  5202-5203 in the list of products covered by their export 
financing programmes.  
1.1  EXPORT SUBSIDY COMMITMENT S 
1.3.  This section lists export subsidy reduction commitments for cotton by Member and by 
implementation year8, as specified in Members' schedules . The tables show, for each Member 
concerned, the annual and final bound export subsidy budgetary outlay and quantity commitments . 
The following colum n headings are used:  
XSID The number identifying export subsidy commitment s for each Member in the CTS, 
in the same sequential order as scheduled . The seven -character code is 
comprised of the three -letter WTO Member code, followed by "X" for "export 
subsid y", followed by the three -digit sequential identifier;  
 
Product  The product or group of products as specified in the Member's schedule9; 
 
Tariff Line(s)  The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in 
the CTS using  the HS 2002 nomenclature ; and 
 
1995…  Budgetary outlay  and quantity commitment s for each implementation year . 
 
1.4.  For each Member, the currency/quantity unit and the type of  year (i.e. calendar, financial, fiscal 
or marketing year) are indicated  as specified in that Member's schedule . 
 
 
8 Throughout this paper, the term "implementation year" refers to the relevant calendar, financial, fiscal 
or marketing year as specified by individual Members.  
9 In original language only.    
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BRAZIL  
Budgetary outlays commitments in USD 
XSID  Product  Tariff Line(s)  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
BRAX013  Cotton  520100  208,534.1  203,406.2  198,278.3  193,150.4  188,022.6  182,894.7  177,766.8  172,638.9  167,511.0  162,383.1  
Quantity commitments in t onnes  
XSID Product  Tariff Line(s)  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
BRAX013  Cotton  520100  3,670.9  3,618.8  3,566.6  3,514.5  3,462.4  3,410.3  3,358.1  3,306.0  3,253.9  3,201.8  
COLOMBIA  
Budgetary outlays commitments in USD 
XSID Product  Tariff Line(s)  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
COLX018  ALGODON  5201, 5202, 5203  71,394,099  71,394,099  69,438,096  67,482,094  65,526,091  63,570,088  61,614,085  59,658,083  57,702,080  55,746,077  
Quantity commitments in t onnes  
XSID Product  Tariff Line(s)  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
COLX018  ALGODON  5201, 5202, 5203  38,588  38,588  37,978  37,368  36,759  36,149  35,539  34,929  34,320  33,710  
ISRAEL  
Budgetary outlays commitments in  thousand  USD 
XSID Product  Tariff Line(s)  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
ISRX006  Cotton   
9,410  9,179  8,948  8,716  8,485  8,253  8,022  7,791  7,559  7,328  
Quantity commitments in  thousand  tonnes  
XSID Product  Tariff Line(s)  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
ISRX006  Cotton   
47.1 46.4 45.8 45.1 44.4 43.8 43.1 42.4 41.8 41.1 
  
 
10 Further to the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Export Competition  of 19 December  2015 (document WT/MIN(15)/45 and  WT/L/980), the situation of the four Members with 
export subsidy reduction commitments for cotton regarding certification of Export Competition schedule is as follows (as of 3 July 2020):  
• Israel had its revi sed export subsidies schedule certified as of 11 March 2018;  
• Colombia had its revised export subsidies schedule certified as of 22 September 2018;  
• South Africa had its revised export subsidies schedule certified as of 10 October 2018;  
• Brazil is still carry ing out necessary internal steps prior to the circulation of its revised draft schedule.    
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Budgetary outlays commitments in rand  (calendar year) 
XSID  Product  Tariff Line(s)  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  
ZAFX062  Cotton  5201, 5202, 5203  4,157,081  3,891,736  3,626,390  3,361,045  3,095,699  2,830,353  
Quantity commitments in t onne equivalent ( calendar year ) 
XSID  Product  Tariff Line(s)  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  
ZAFX062  Cotton  5201, 5202, 5203  4,600  4,433  4,266  4,100  3,933  3,766  
1.2  NOTIFIED EXPORT SUBSIDIES  
1.5.  This section lists export subsidies for cotton notified by Members in Table ES:1 as well as export subsidies for cotton notif ied in Supporting Tables ES:2 by 
developing country Members who have taken recourse to Article 9.4 of the Agreement on Agriculture.  This section includes notifications circulated by the 
Secretariat up to 3 July 2020. 
1.6.  The following column headings are used:  
XSID  The number identifying export subsidy commitments for each Member in the CTS, in the same sequential order as scheduled. The seven -character code 
is comprised of the three -letter WTO Member code, followed by "X" for "export subsidy", and by the three -digit sequential identifier. A blank indicates 
that no export subsidy reduction commitments are scheduled for the p roduct in question ; 
 
Product  The product or group of products as specified in the Member's schedule11 or in the Member's notification; and  
 
1995…  The notified budgetary outlay or quantity for each implementation year from 1995 up to the latest implementation year as indi cated in the Member's 
most recent Table  ES:1 notification or the last year for which the Member had an export subsidy reduction com mitment for cotton in its schedule.  A 
blank indicates that no notification has been received for the year in question or that, for Members without scheduled export  subsidy commitments for 
cotton, the notification does not mention cotton.  
 
1.7.  For each Member, the currency/quantity unit and the type of year (i.e. calendar, financial, fiscal or marketing year) are indicated as specifi ed in that 
Member's schedule or in the Member's notification . 
 
 
11 In original language only.    
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BRAZIL  
Notified budgetary outlays in USD (calendar year ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
BRAX013  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
XSID  Product  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
BRAX013  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Notified quantities in tonnes  (calendar year)  
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
BRAX013  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
XSID  Product  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
BRAX013  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
COLOMBIA  
Notified budgetary outlays in  thousand  USD (calendar year)  
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
COLX018  ALGODON  0.211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
XSID  Product  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
COLX018  ALGODON  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Notified quantities in tonnes (calendar year)  
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
COLX018  ALGODON  0.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
XSID  Product  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
COLX018  ALGODON  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
    
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Notified budgetary outlays in  thousand  USD (marketing year, 1 October -30 September ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
ISRX006  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8862 0 0 0 0 
 
XSID  Product  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
ISRX006  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Notified quantities in  thousand  tonnes (marketing year, 1 October -30 September ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
ISRX006  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 
 
XSID  Product  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
ISRX006  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
SOUTH AFRICA  
Notified budgetary outlays in rand  (calendar year ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  
ZAFX062  Cotton  5,6541 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Notified quantities in tonnes (calendar year ) 
XSID  Product  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
ZAFX062  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
UNITED  STATES  
Notified budgetary outlays in  thousand  USD (fiscal year beginning 1 October -30 September ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005   
Upland Cotton3         
203,595.41 276,500.01 266,943.51 
 
XSID  Product  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017   
Upland Cotton3 9,353.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
    
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Notified quantiti es in  thousand  tonnes (1 July-30 June ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006   
Upland Cotton3         2,357.4  2,412.6  3,641.5  1,291.8  
 
XSID  Product  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017   
Upland Cotton3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
1 Direct export subsidies (as indicated in Supporting Table ES:1).  
2 Producer financed subsidies (as indicated in Supporting Table ES:1).  
3 For US notifications covering the implementation years 2003 -2005, the following footnote was included : "The panel and Appellate Body reports in the dispute 
United  States  – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton Domestic Marketing Certificate Program 
constituted export subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture . On 8 February  2006, the United States  enacted legislation to repeal the programme at 
the end of  the 2005 marketing year (i .e., 31 July 2006). Quantity and budgetary data are based on when payments were made ." For US notifications covering the 
implementation year s 2006-2013, the following footnote was included : "The panel and Appellate Body reports in the dispute United States  – Subsidies on Upland Cotton 
(DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton Domestic Marketing Certificate Program constituted e xport subsidies within the meaning of  
the Agreement on Agriculture . On 8 February  2006, the United St ates enacted legislation to repeal the program at the end of the 2005 marketing year (i.e., 
31 July 2006) . All cotton under the program was shipped by 31  July 2006; quantity and budgetary data are based on when payments were made."  
1.2.2   Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Supporting Table ES:2)  
INDIA  
Notified budgetary outlays in  million  USD (marketing year)  
XSID Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009   
Raw cotton (Full pressed bales)           
0.0891 1.211     
Notified quantities in tonnes  (marketing year)  
XSID Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009   
Raw cotton (Full pressed bales)           
2,542  40,392      
1 International Air Freight Assistance in terms of Article 9.1(d) (as indicated in the footnote in India's Supporting Table ES: 2 for implementation years 2004 and 2005) . TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Charts on  scheduled and notified export subsidy budgetary outlays and quantities12 
1.8.  Based on the information presented in sections 1.1 and 1.2 above, the charts in this section 
show, by Member and by year, the export subsidy budgetary outlays and quantities notified in 
Table  ES:1 and Supporting Tables  ES:2, and the corresponding commitmen t levels  where they exist.  
1.9.  In all charts, export subsidy budgetary outlays notified and budgetary outlay commitments are 
plotted on the left axis and export subsidy quantities notified and quantity commitments are plotted 
on the right axis.  
Chart 1.1: Brazil 
 
Chart 1.2: Colombia  
 
 
12 Chart 34 of the Secretariat background document G/AG/W/125/Rev.6 shows the sum of the export 
subsidy budgetary outlays notified (Table E S:1) and scheduled by all Members for cotton, for the 
period  1995-2015.  
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08001600240032004000
025,00050,00075,000100,000125,000150,000175,000200,000225,000250,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
TonnesUS$
Notified Budgetary outlay Notified quantity Budgetary outlay  commitment Quantity commitment
0.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.7200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,000
TonnesThousand US$
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  Chart 1.3: Israel  
 
 
Chart 1.4: South Africa  
 
 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0886
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01020304050
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Thousand TonnesThousand US$
Notified Budgetary outlay Notified quantity Budgetary outlay  commitment Quantity commitment00 0
5,6540 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06001,2001,8002,4003,0003,6004,2004,8005,400
0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,0004,000,0004,500,000
Tonne equivalentRand 
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  Chart 1.5: United States  
 
 
Chart 1.6: India 
 
 
 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0203,595276,500
266,944
9,353
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02,3572,4133,642
1,292
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07001,4002,1002,8003,5004,200
050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000
Thousand TonnesThousand US$
Notified Budgetary outlay Notified quantity
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0891,210
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02,54240,392
0 0 0 0
06,00012,00018,00024,00030,00036,00042,000
02004006008001,0001,2001,400
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
TonnesThousand US$
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  2  DOMESTIC SUPPORT  
2.1.  Part Two provides information on the use of domestic support measures in favour of cotton  
based on Table DS:1 notifications circ ulated by the Secretariat up to 3 July 2020. It is divided into 
two sections : 
• Section 2.1 provides  information on  product -specific A ggregate Measurement of Support13 
as notified in Supporting Tables DS:4 to DS:8 . The section also includes, further to 
Members' requests at the third dedicated discussion, a table which provides , for each 
Member listed in Section 2.1, the level of product -specific AMS for cotton, together with 
the current Total AMS and the value of production for cotton (if available) for the most 
recent available year of notification ; and 
• Section 2.2 provides  information on  direct paym ents in accordance with Article  6.5 as 
notified in Supporting Table  DS:3. 
2.1  PRODUCT SPECIFIC AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT  
2.2.  This section details the level of product -specific AMS for cotton by Member and by 
implementation year.  
2.3.  The levels  of the various domestic support categorie s that compose the product -specific 
support for cotton used in the AMS calculation  are also listed . The different categories  are the 
following:  
• market price support (Supporting Table DS:5);  
• non-exempt direct payments (Supporting Table DS:6);  
• other product -specific support (Supporting Table DS:7) ; and 
• product -specific support calculated using the Equivalent Measurement of Support  (EMS) 
methodology (Supporting Table DS:8).  
2.4.  For each Member, the implementation years  are those indicated in the Member's T able DS:1 
notifications , and the notified currency unit is indicated in brackets . 
Symbols used  
 
Product -specific AMS  figures in italic and underlined  represent support notified  as de minimis . 
 
A blank indicates the absence of  a notification  for the year in question.  
 
"0" indicates that the Member notified zero support or th at the Member has not notified any support 
for the support category concerned.  
 
Figures in brackets represent negative support.  
 
 
 
 
13 Also referred to as product -specific AMS. Throughout this paper, this term also includes the 
product -specific Equivalent Measurement of Support calculated according to Annex 4 of the  Agreement on 
Agriculture.    
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- 15 - 2.1.1   Product -specific AMS notified for cotton14 
Argentina15  
(1992 Pesos)   
2015 2016 2017 
Market price support   0  0  0 
Non-exempt direct payments   0  0  0 
Other product -specific support  16,869,511  10,419,078 9,590,300 
Product -specific EMS   0  0  0 
Product -specific AMS  16,869,511  10,419,078 9,590,300 
Brazil  
(Thousand USD)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
Market price support  33,860.69  40.9 6.1 9,893.1  (4,873.8)  (4,884.1)  (20,445.5)  (350.5)  0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  12,585.78  12,710.4  10,278.2  45,531.0  35,080.3  55,307.7  52,105.9  27,731.4  18,073.9  27,427.5  
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  46,446.47  12,751.3  10,284.3  55,424.1  35,080.3  55,307.7  52,105.9  27,731.4  18,073.9  27,427.5  
  
2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011 -2013  20141 20151 20161 20171 20181 
Market price support  0 315.8  186.0  259.8  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 39,108.4  341,621.9  324,868.2  0 269,018.9  0 0 62,716.8  0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  44,324.6  43,287.5  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  44,324.6  82,711.7  341,807.9  325,128.0  0 269,018.9  0 0 62,716.8  0 0 0 
1 In Bra zil's notification for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018,  the following note was included in Supporting Table 7  - Other Product -Specific Support and Total 
Product -Specific AMS : "The following products may be supported by non -exempt support programmes, according to the available funds and the market price : barley, 
Brazilian wax, canola, cashew nut, cassava, cassava flour, cassava starch, castor beans, coffee, cotton, cottonseed, edible b eans, ethanol, garlic, grapes, guarana, jute, 
maize, mal va, milk, oat, orange, peanuts, rice, silk cocoon, sisal, sorghum, soybeans, sugar cane, sunflower, triticale and wheat . If the product is not listed in this table, 
it means the product received no support during the crop -year. Some products have the right  to be supported only on specific States or Regions."  
  
 
14 For implementation years 1995 -1999, Pakistan maintained a positive applied administered price for "seed cotton", but Market Price Support was calculated as  zero 
because there was no eligible production.  
15 Argentina did not noti fy any cotton -specific support in Supporting Tables 4 -9 prior to implementation year 2015 (agricultural year 1 December 2014 to 
30 November  2015).     
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- 16 - China  
(Million RMB)   
1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  2,8541 3,5031 1,7901 1,205.62 1,0342 973.912 1,100.393 880.353 4,099.453 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  2,854  3,503  1,790  1,205.6  1,034  973.91  1,100.39  880.35  4,099.45  
  
2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
Market price support  0 0 0 16,8484 38,5024 38,2694 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 28,735  28,064  15,421  
Other product -specific support  2,766.733 5,0073 2,9773 1,9725 2,1075 2,1715 2,4775 2,4645 1,4235 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  2,766.73  5,007  2,977  18,8206 40,6096 40,4406 31,2126 30,5286 16,8446 
1 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 1999 -2001: "From the year 1999, cotton purchase in China became market 
oriented and the State Procurement Pricing for Cotton did not work any longer. Therefore, there was no price support in this reporting period. The product -specific 
de minimis  supports to cotton were primarily provided through interest subsidies for national cotton stockholdings."  
2 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2002 -2004: "Support to cotton include interest subsidy for national stock 
cotton".  
3 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2005 -2010: "Support to cotton includes subsidy for improved crop strains and 
seeds, subsidy for reserve cost, cost subsidy for transporting cotton out of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region".  
4 The following footnote  was included in China's notification covering implementation years 20 11-2014: " Temporary Reserve programme for cotton was terminated in 
2014. " 
5 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2011 -2016: "Subsidy for improved crop strains and seeds, and cost subsidy for 
transporting cotton out of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region."  
6 The following footnote relevant to cotton was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2011 -2016: "Supp ort measures for cotton were terminated".  
Colombia  
(Thousand USD)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  2,980  289.2  1,002.6  757 2,306.5  1,115  2,899  8,983.5  20.5 10,445.4  30,595  
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  2,980  289.2  1,002.6  757 2,306.5  1,115  2,899  8,983.5  20.5 10,445.4  30,595  
  
2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  18,091  24,775  17,755  25,261  25,592  5,354  31,731  20,210  19,993  11,488  2,924  
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  18,091  24,775  17,755  25,261  25,592  5,354  31,731  20,210  19,993  11,488  2,924    
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- 17 - European Union  
(Million EUR)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  22.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  777.7  772.7  809.4  715.2  623.7  795 575.1  731.3  769.4  725.4  739.5  0 
Product -specific AMS  800.4  772.7  809.4  715.2  623.7  795 575.1  731.3  769.4  725.4  739.5  0 
  
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
India  
(Million USD) 
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
Market price support  (2,106)  0 0 (64.79)  (72.45)  (91.46)  (147.3)  (94.01)  (140.62)  (150.28)1 (68.99)1 (49.39)1 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  (2,106)  0 0 (64.79)  (72.45)  (91.46)  (147.3)  (94.01)  (140.62)  (150.28)  (68.99)  (49.39)  
 
  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
Market price support  (6.64)1 243.141 6.951 0 0.271 143.761 1.411 305.091 17.971 0 14.831 261.411 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  (6.64)  243.14  6.95 0 0.27 143.76  1.41 305.09  17.97  0 14.83  261.41  
1 The following footnote was included in India's notification coverin g implementation years 2004 -2015 and 2017 -2018: "Applied administered price is procurement price 
for lint cotton . A co-efficient of 2.35 has been used for conversion from seed cotton".  
Israel  
(Thousand USD)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 4,713  0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0 0 0 4,713  0 0 0 0 0 0   
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- 18 - Israel (cont'd)  
(Thousand USD)   
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 
Mexico  
(Million 1991 MXN)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  71.01  0 0 0 0 0 0 42.1 0.6 71.1 127.8  59.4 
Other product -specific support  0 2.2 3.4 9 5.8 2.1 1.4 23 23.5 7.9 7.4 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  71.01  2.2 3.4 9 5.8 2.1 1.4 65.2 24.1 79 135.2  59.4 
  
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  104.8  42.114  102.597  0.01 0 0 0 0 15.83  0.27 0 0 
Other product -specific support  31 0 24.608  34.95  50.13  25.31  19.6 20.87  14.33  20.34  6.85 23.53  
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  135.8  42.114  127.205  34.96  50.13  25.31  19.6 20.87  30.16  20.6 6.85 23.53  
Peru  
(Million USD)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
Market price support  0 0 0  
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0  
0 0 0 6.2 5.4 7 7.9 6.9 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0  
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0  
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0  
0 0 0 6.2 5.4 7 7.9 6.9 
  
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
Market price support  0 0 0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Non-exempt direct payments  6.2 5.8 0 0 5.9 6.9 5.3 0.006  0.0001  0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Product -specific AMS  6.2 5.8 0 0 5.9 6.9 5.3 0.006  0.0001  0 0 0   
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- 19 - Russian Federation  
(USD Billion)   
2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0.0007  
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0 0 0 0.0007  
South Africa  
(Million ZAR)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
Market price support  0 46.66  33.74  (4.81)  (42.95)  0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  4.2 46.66  33.74  (4.81)  (42.95)  0 0 0 0 0 
  
2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Turkey  
(USD)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85,725,917  107,867,259  145,642,951  
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85,725,917  107,867,259  145,642,951  
  
2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  248,260,719  303,045,398  484,910,000  275,683,031  225,792,753  225,139,422  354,094,577  46,5646,252  376,734,789  
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  248,260,719  303,045,398  484,910,000  275,683,031  225,792,753  225,139,422  354,094,577  46,5646,252  376,734,789    
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- 20 - United States  
(Million USD)  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  34.962  6.401  444.942  824.027  2,136.897  987.003  2,723.039  921.055  185.501  1,790.501  1,283.707  
Other product -specific support  (3.0) (3.0) 20.678  110.653  216.238  62.75  87.073  265.738  249.413  447.914  336.992  
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  31.962  3.401  465.62  934.68  2,353.135  1,049.753  2,810.112  1,186.793  434.914  2,238.415  1,620.699  
  
2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  1,080.050  0.831  953.161  33.119  0 0.001  0 65.937  371.704  327.879  328 
Other product -specific support  285.127  207.079  430.316  335.320  400.846  894.430  636.125  507.597  584.704  525.218  505.667  
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  1,365.177  207.91  1,383.477  368.439  400.846  894.431  636.125  573.534  956.408  853.098  833.667  
 
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  Viet Nam 
(Billion VN D) 
  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0.074  0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0.074  0 0 0 0 0 0 
Charts on  product -specific AMS notified for cotton by category of support  
Based on the information presented in section 2.1.1 above, the charts in this section show, by 
Member and by year, (i) the various levels for the domestic support categories that were included 
in the calculation of  the product -specific AMS notified for cotton  and (ii) the overall cotton  AMS figure 
(italic and underlined figures represent support notified as de minimis ; figures in brackets represent 
support notified as negative ). 
Chart 2.1: Argentina  
 
Chart 2.2: Brazil  
 
16,869,511
10,419,0789,590,300
02,000,0004,000,0006,000,0008,000,00010,000,00012,000,00014,000,00016,000,00018,000,000
2015 2016 20171992 Pesos
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
46,446.47
12,75110,28455,424
35,08055,308
52,106
27,731
18,07427,42844,32582,712341,808
325,128
0269,019
0 0 0 062,716.80
0 0 0
-50,000050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000350,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Thousand US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 2.3: China  
 
Chart 2.4: Colombia  
 
 
2,8543,503
1,7901,205.6 1,034 973.911,100.39
880.354,099.45
2,766.735,007
2,97718,82040,60940,440
31,21230,528
16,844
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Million RMB
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
2,980
289.21,002.6 7572,306.51,1152,8998,983.5
20.510,445.430,595
18,09124,775
17,75525,26125,592
5,35431,731
20,210
19,993
11,488
2,924
04,0008,00012,00016,00020,00024,00028,00032,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Thousand US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 2.5: European Union  
 
 
Chart 2.6: India  
 
 
800.4
772.7809.4
715.2
623.7795
575.1731.3769.4
725.4739.5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0100200300400500600700800900
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Million EUR
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
(2,106)0 0
(64.79)(72.45)
(91.46)(147.3)
(94.01)(140.62)
(150.28)(68.99)
(49.39) (6.64)243.14
6.95 00.27143.76
1.41305.09
17.97 014.83261.41
-2,400-2,150-1,900-1,650-1,400-1,150-900-650-400-150100350
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Million US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 2.7: Israel  
 
 
Chart 2.8: Mexico  
 
0 0 0 0 04,713
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0
05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Thousand US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
71.01
2.2 3.495.82.1 1.465.2
24.179135.2
59.4135.8
42.114127.205
34.9650.13
25.31
19.620.8730.16
20.6
6.8523.53
020406080100120140160
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Million 1991 Mex$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 2.9: Peru 
 
 
Chart 2.10: Russian Federation  
 
0 0 0 0 0 06.2
5.477.9
6.9
6.2
5.8
0 05.96.9
5.3
0.0060.0001 0 0 0
0123456789
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Million US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
0.0007
00.00010.00020.00030.00040.00050.00060.00070.0008
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017USD billions
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS0 0 0 0 0TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 2.11: South Africa  
 
 
Chart 2.12: Turkey  
 
 
4.246.66
33.74
(4.81)
(42.95)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-50-40-30-20-100102030405060
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Million Rand
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
0 0 0 0 0 085,725,917107,867,259145,642,951248,260,719303,045,398484,910,000
275,683,031
225,792,753
225,139,422354,094,577465,646,252
376,734,789
0100,000,000200,000,000300,000,000400,000,000500,000,000600,000,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013USD
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS0TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 2.13: United States  
 
Chart 2.14: Viet Nam  
 
Overview of cotton product -specific support, current total AMS and value of production 
for cotton  
2.5.  Further to Members' requests at the third dedicated discussion, the following table shows , for 
each Member listed in Section 2.1  and for the most recent year of notification , the level of 
product -specific AMS for cotton, together with the current Total AMS and the value of production for 
cotton  (if available) . For ease of comparison, p roduct -specif ic AMS for cotton are further expressed 
in US dollars . The following column headings are used:  
Member  Name of  Member ha ving notified product -specific support for cotton, 
as shown  in Section 2.1.1;  
Latest year  notified  The most recent year for which a domestic support notification is 
available for  the Member concerned;  
Notified Currency  The currency used in the Member's notification;  
31.962
3.401465.62934.682,353.135
1,049.7532,810.112
1,186.793
434.9142,238.415
1,620.699
1,365.177
207.911,383.477
368.439400.846894.431
636.125
573.534956.408
853.098833.667
-30003006009001,2001,5001,8002,1002,4002,7003,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Million US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
0.074
0 0 0 0 0 000.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.08
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Billion VND
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Cotton -specific AMS  Product -specific support notified for cotton . Italic and underlined  
figures  represent support notified  as de minimis ; 
Current Total AMS  Sum of all product -specific and non -product -specific AMS as notified 
in Table  DS:1 or Supporting Table DS:4 . "De minimis" represents 
cases  where all product -specific and non -product speci fic support are 
notified  as de minimis . "0" indicates that the Member has not notified 
any product -specific or non-product specific support;  
VoP-cotton  Value of production data notified for cotton, if available;  
Cotton -specific AMS in Product -specific support notified for cotton expressed in US dollars . 
USD Where data were provided in a currency  other than USD, the 
 conver sion to  USD was made using the exchange rates from the 
 IMF's "International Financial Statistics" . The IMF exchange rates 
 are year averages for the relevant year  of notification  of each 
 Member . Italic and underlined figures represent support notified  as 
 de minimis . 
Member  Latest 
year 
notified  Notified  
currency  Cotton -specific  
AMS Current 
Total  
AMS VoP-cotton  Cotton -specific 
AMS 
(Million USD) 
Argentina  2017 1992 pesos  de minimis  
9,590,300  72,483,719  285,105,160  de minimis 
0.14 
Brazil  2018 Thousand US D 0 0  
0 
China  2016 Million RMB  16,844  81,357  79,010  2,610.38  
Colombia  2016 Thousand US D de minimis 
2,924 0 82,596  2.92 
European 
Union  2017 Million EUR 0 6,932.8   0 
India 2018 Million US D de minimis  
261.41 5,004.97    0 
Israel  2018 Thousand US D 0 631,001  32,555  0 
Mexico  2018 Million 1991 
MXN de minimis  
23.53  120.27  1,525.87  de minimis  
1.24 
Peru 2018 Million US D 0 de minimis    0 
Russian  
Federation  2017 Billion US D 0.0007  0.055  0.0001  0.0007  
South Africa  2014 Million rand  0 0   0 
Turkey  2013 USD 376,734,789  400,721,589  2,677,144,737  376.73 
United States  2016 Million US D 833.667  3,829.98  6,869.698  833.6 7 
Viet Nam  2013 Billion VND 0 de minimis   
0 
2.1.2   Direct Payments in Accordance  with Article  6.5 
2.6.  This section details  the levels  of direct payments for cotton in  accordance with Article  6.5 as 
notified in Supporting Table  DS:3. Since 1995, two Members16 have notified this type of support for 
cotton : the Eur opean Union  from implementation year 2006 onwards and the United States  for 1995  
only.  
2.7.  The notified currency unit is indicated i n brackets in the title for both Members . 
2.8.  The information presented in each table is also presented as a chart  showing  the level of the 
direct  payment notified by the  Member  concerned . 
European Union  
(Million EUR) 
Description of 
Measure  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
Payments based 
on fixed area 
and yields: 
Cotton (Title  IV, 
Chapter  10a of 
R 1782/2003)1 254.5  247.5  216.9  221.7  247.3  245.8  242.3  231.8  244 243.9  233.8  243.7  
1 As of 2009, the reference for the payment also includes Title IV, Chapter 1 of Regulation 73/2009.  
 
16 China notified in its Table DS:2 notification (G/AG/N/CHN/48, circulated on 14 December 2018) that a 
new m easure titled "Deepening the Target Price Policy Reform of Cotton" meeting the criteria of paragraph 5(b), 
Article 6 will be applied during 2017 -2019.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  United States  
(Million USD) 
Description of Measure  1995  
Payments based on 85% or less of base level of production : Deficiency payments for marketing 
year 1995 were only made on 85 % of base acreage and program yields have been held constant . 901.022  
Charts on direct payments for cotton in accordance with Article 6.5  
Chart 2.15: European Union  
 
Chart 2.16: United States  
 
254.5
247.5
216.9221.7247.3245.8
242.3
231.8244 243.9
233.8243.7
190200210220230240250260
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Million EUR
01002003004005006007008009001,000
1995Million US$TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  3  MARKET ACCESS  
3.1.  By way of an introduction to this Part on tariffs and  non-tariff measures relevant to market 
access for cotton , the following overview charts show the evolution of total imports of cotton with a 
breakdown between imports from LDCs  and from the rest of the world , in value and quantity , over 
the period 200 7-2017. 
Charts on market access (overview)1 
Chart 3.1: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 200 8-2018, value  
 
Chart 3.2: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 200 8-2018, quantity  
 
1 Sum of available reporters – Source UN Comtrade  – HS codes 5201, 5202 and 5203 . 
0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%8.0%10.0%12.0%
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018USD Millions
From LDCs (Left axis)
From World minus LDCs (Left axis)
Imports from LDC as % of total imports (Right axis)
0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%8.0%10.0%12.0%
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Thousand Tonnes
From World minus LDCs (Left axis) From LDCs (Left axis) Imports from LDC as % of total imports (Right axis)TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  3.2.  The following overview  tables show total imports  of cotton and imports from LDCs, in value 
and quantity , for the 3 2 Members17 identified in paragraphs 12 and 13  of this paper . The last column 
shows  the percentag e of imports  originating from LDCs.  
Table 3.1: Imports of cotton18 from  World and LDC s, 201819 in value  (USD Million)  
 World  LDC Percentage of imports from 
LDCs (%)  
Australia  0 0 0.0%  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  32 7 20.4%  
Bangladesh1 2254 167 7.4%  
Brazil  43 0 0.7%  
Canada  6 0 0.1%  
China  3172 162 5.1%  
Colombia  51 0 0.0%  
Egypt  257 115 44.5%  
European Union2 492 56 11.3%  
Hong Kong, China  1 0 0.0%  
Iceland  0 0 0.0%  
India 630 56 8.8%  
Indonesia  1446 74 5.1%  
Japan  135 0 0.0%  
Kenya  5 5 96.7%  
Korea, Republic of  399 0 0.0%  
Malaysia  342 2 0.7%  
Mauritius  46 18 39.8%  
Mexico  392 0 0.0%  
Morocco  17 1 8.3%  
New Zealand  2 0 0.0%  
Norway  1 0 1.1%  
Pakistan  1053 66 6.3%  
Peru 117 0 0.0%  
Russian Federation  87 0 0.3%  
South Africa  28 17 58.6%  
Switzerland -Liechtenstein  10 0 0.0%  
Chinese Taipei  317 3 0.9%  
Thailand  538 38 7.0%  
Turkey  1408 71 5.1%  
United States  23 0 0.4%  
Viet Nam  2770 19 0.7%  
1 Imports of 201 5. 
2 Sum of EU member States (as reported to Comtrade), extra -trade , including  the United Kingdom . 
Source:  UN Comtrade database.  
Table 3.2: Imports of cotton20 from  World an d LDCs,  201721 in quantity  (metric tonnes)  
 World  LDC Percentage of imports from 
LDCs (%)  
Australia  8 0 0.0%  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  16,094  3,363  20.9%  
Bangladesh  1,329,924  100,680  7.6%  
Brazil  20,030  812 4.1%  
Canada  7,858  0 0.0%  
China  1,574,812  86,520  5.5%  
Colombia1 34,597  1,552  4.5%  
Egypt  403 34,205  8477.9%  
European Union2 253,595  32,319  12.7%  
 
17 The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union 
and the U nited Kingdom have communicated that, during the transition period, which ends on 
31 December  2020, Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in the 
United  Kingdom.  
18 HS codes 5201, 5202, 5203.  
19 For those Members whose import statistics are not available for 2018, imports  in previous years are 
listed.  
20 HS codes 5201, 5202, 5203.  
21 For those Members whose import statistics are not available for 2017, imports in previous years are 
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   World  LDC Percentage of imports from 
LDCs (%)  
Hong Kong, China3 18,694  608 3.3%  
Iceland  4 0 0.0%  
India 289,870  43,864  15.1%  
Indonesia  768,313  39,202  5.1%  
Japan  68,797  127 0.2%  
Kenya1 3,347  3,118  93.2%  
Korea, Republic of  234,822  997 0.4%  
Malaysia  183,798  2,184  1.2%  
Mauritius  23,909  9,172  38.4%  
Mexico  1,115  0 0.0%  
Morocco  8,185  722 8.8%  
New Zealand  122 0 0.0%  
Norway  20 1 4.9%  
Pakistan  615,315  49,907  8.1%  
Peru 51,829  0 0.0%  
Russian Federation  46,174  124 0.3%  
South Africa  15,183  8,812  58.0%  
Switzerland -Liechtenstein  4,750  0 0.0%  
Chinese Taipei  198,642  1,611  0.8%  
Thailand  274,525  18,940  6.9%  
Turkey  766,947  40,529  5.3%  
United States  16,197  98 0.6%  
Viet Nam  1,418,319  9,579  0.7%  
1 Imports of 2016.  
2 Sum of EU member States (as reported to Comtrade), extra -trade, including the United Kingdom . 
3 Imports of 2017 . 
Source:  UN Comtrade database.  
3.3.  The following overview table22 show, for major cotton  exporters, data on shares of export 
volumes in world exports . The statistics cover the period 200 8 to 201 8 and shows the world market 
shares of the leading exporters for cotton .23 Exporters are ranked in descending order based on their 
exports in the most recent year for which data are available (i.e. 201 8). 
 
22 Reprod uced from the most recent revision of the Secretariat note on "Members' Participation in the 
Normal Growth of World Trade in Agricultural Products – Article 18.5 of the Agreement on Agriculture", 
G/AG/W/32/Rev.18, dated 16  October  2019.  
23 The statistics of  the Uruguay Round base period for export subs idy reduction commitments, 
i.e. 1986-90, are included in the previous revisions of the G/AG/W/32 series.   
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2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
World (thousand tonnes)  8,004  6,754  9,301  8,646  10,633  10,379  8,359  7,804  7,454  8,376  7,668  
World (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
United States  38.3 38.5 32.4 32.5 26.3 27.3 26.5 31.3 33.6 39.2 47.1 
India 17.1 11.1 23.8 22.2 18.6 23.7 18.9 16.6 12.6 12.4 15.9 
Brazil  6.9 7.8 5.5 8.8 9.9 5.5 9.0 10.7 10.8 10.0 12.0 
Australia  2.8 4.7 5.1 9.9 11.5 11.3 10.8 5.8 9.6 10.4 6.7 
European Union  2.9 4.6 2.8 2.1 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.3 3.2 
Burkina Faso  1.2 2.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.6 3.7 3.3 4.4 2.9 - 
Benin  1.0 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.5 2.2 3.0 1.7 2.8 - 
Côte d'Ivoire  0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.4 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.7 2.2 
Turkey  1.4 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.4 2.0 
Cameroon  0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2 - 
Mali 1.8 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.3 2.7 1.1 - 
Argentina  0.0 0.3 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.4 
Mexico  0.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.1 
Egypt  1.2 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 
Turkmenistan  1.2 1.1 1.5 0.7 1.1 1.9 2.7 2.8 2.1 1.5 0.8 
Pakistan  1.9 2.9 3.6 2.8 2.8 2.0 2.0 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.7 
Azerbaijan  0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 
Malaysia  0.3 0.4 0.3 1.3 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.7 
Kazakhstan  1.2 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 
China  0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.6 
Zimbabwe  0.9 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 
Zambia  0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 
Uganda  0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 
Indonesia  0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 
Kyrgyz Republic  0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 
Notes:  
1 The data are sourced from UN Comtrade (reported data, complemented by mirror data), Trade Data Monitor (TDM) and, in some cas es, WTO estimates. Other sources 
may produce different results in terms of absolute volumes and values as well as year -to-year changes of shares in world export volumes/values. This may be due to a 
variety of reasons, including differences with respect to product definition, reporting period (e.g. calendar yea r versus marketing year), conversion factors or the revision 
of data.  
2 The trade data of the European Union (EU) as well as the aggregate exports (referred to as "world totals" in the tables) excl ude intra -EU trade. The data for the EU refers  
to the EU -27 (2008 -2013) and EU -28 (2014 -2018). The country -specific and commodity -specific explanatory notes which are contained in the source data are not 
reproduced in this note.  
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  3.4.  As explained at the beginning of this background paper, this Part on Market Access pr ovides 
information on the cotton tariff levels and the use of various non -tariff measures for the 32  Members 
identified as per  paragraphs 12 and 13. Part Three is divided into four sections:  
• Section 3.1 lists bound and applied tariffs for cotton based on : (i) Members' schedules as 
reflected in the CTS database, and (ii) data on applied tariffs conta ined in the 
IDB database;  
• Section 3. 2 provides information  on the special safeguard provisions for cotton  based on 
Members' schedules and Table MA:3, MA:4 and MA:5 notifications;  
• Section 3.3 provides information on cotton tariff rate quotas based on Members' schedules 
and Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications ; and 
• Section 3.4 lists various other non -tariff measures, based on data contained in the 
WTO I-TIP Goods  database  and notifications under the Agreement on Import Licensing 
procedures . 
3.5.  Market access data for the relevant cotton -related products (other than cotton) included in the 
list annexed to the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton24 are available in the Addendum to  this 
document  (TN/AG/GEN/34/ Rev.11/Add.1) , using the same methodology and presentation as in this 
Part. 
3.1  TARIFFS  
3.6.  This section lists bound and applied duties for cotton for the 3 2 Members25 identified in 
paragraphs  12 and 13 of this paper . 
3.7.  The following first table shows the average and maximum bound and applied duties for the 
cotton product group26, as they appear in  the World Tariff Profile 201 9.27 The methodology used to 
calculate these average and maximum duties, in particular  the averagin g and the ad valorem  
equivalent calculation, can be found in the World Tariff Profile  2019. 
Table 3.4: Bound and Applied Tariff from World T ariff Profile 2019 for Cotton Product 
Group  
Member  Average Duty (%)  Maximum Duty (%)  
Bound  Applied (2018)  Bound  Applied (2018)  
Australia  1.2 0 2 0 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  35 5 35 5 
Bangladesh  200 3.5 200 5 
Brazil  55 6.4 55 8 
Canada  0.8 0 8 0 
China  22 18 40 40 
Colombia  75.8 5 99 5 
Egypt  5 4 5 5 
European Union  0 0 0 0 
Hong Kong, China  0 0 0 0 
Iceland  2.2 0 11 0 
India 110 26 150 30 
Indonesia  37.4 4 40 5 
Japan  0 0 0 0 
Kenya  100 0 100 0 
Korea, Republic of  2 0 2 0 
Malaysia*  4 0 5 0 
Mauritius  122 0 122 0 
Mexico  39.4 0 45 0 
Morocco*  22 2.5 34 2.5 
New Zealand  0 0 0 0 
Norway  0 0 0 0 
Pakistan  13 7.8 25 11 
Peru 30 2.4 30 6 
 
24 Paragraph 4 of WT/MIN/(15)/46 and WT/L/981.  
25 The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of  1 February 2020. The European Union 
and the United Kingdom have communicated that during the transition period, which ends on 
31 December  2020, EU law, with a few limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in the 
United  Kingdom. During that tra nsition period, the EU most -favoured nation (MFN) applied and preferential 
tariffs continue to be applicable in the United Kingdom. See WT/Let/1462 and WT/GC/206.  
26 Corresponding to the Harmonized System nomenclature 2012 (HS 2012) headings 52.01 to 52.03.  
27 https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/tariff_profiles19_e.pdf . TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Member  Average Duty (%)  Maximum Duty (%)  
Bound  Applied (2018)  Bound  Applied (2018)  
Russian Federation  0 0 0 0 
South Africa  60 4.6 60 15 
Switzerland  0 0 0 0 
Chinese Taipei  0 0 0 0 
Thailand*  4.5 0 4.5 0 
Turkey  10.9 0 12.6 0 
United States  5 5 18.8 18.8 
Viet Nam  14 6 20 10 
* Applied tariff data are from 201 7. 
Bound and Applied Cotton Tariff s (most recent year available)  
3.8.  The series of tables below show, f or each Member, scheduled bound cotton tariffs as  reflected  
in the CTS database and the  applied  cotton  tariffs as reported  in the IDB database . The following 
column headings  are used : 
BOUND DUTIES : Bound duties presente d according to the following column sub headings:  
 
Tariff line (HS year)  The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's schedule 
reproduced in the CTS file, using  the HS nomenclature  indicated in 
brackets ; 
 
Designation : The product description for the corresponding tariff heading, 
subheading or line,  as specified in  the Member's schedule 
reproduced in the CTS file  (in original language only) ; 
 
Bound Duty : The level of duty for the corresponding tariff line, as specified in the 
Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS file ; and 
 
Other Duty and Charges : The level of other duties and charges (and related information) for 
the corresponding tariff line, as and when specified in the Member's 
schedule reproduced in the CTS file.  
 
APPLIED DUTIES : Applied duties (for the most recent year available as indicated in brackets), 
presented acc ording to the following column sub headings:  
 
Tariff line (HS year)  The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's IDB file, using  the HS 
nomenclature indicated in brackets;  
 
MFN The level of applied MFN duty for the corresponding tariff line, as specified 
in the Member's IDB file ; and 
 
LDC Preferential  The level of duty for the corresponding tariff line, as specified in the 
Member's IDB file, applied in the context of a preferential regime for 
LDC imports . The absence of data in th e column reflect s either the absence 
of such a regime for that Member or the absence of information on such a 
regime within the IDB.  
Australia  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%   52010000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock):       
    
520210  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  2%   52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:       
    
520291  -- Garnetted stock  2%   52029100  0% 0% 
520299  -- Other  2%   52029900  0% 0% 
520300  Cotton, carded or combed  0%   52030000  0% 0% TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Bahrain , Kingdom of  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 8) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  35%  
52010000  5%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  35%  
52021000  5%  
52029  - Other:       
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  35%  
52029100  5%  
52029900  -- Other  35%  
52029900  5%  
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  35%  
52030000  5%  
Bangladesh  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 8) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or combed  200%  2.5%  52010000  0%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
520210  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  200%  2.5%  52021000  5%  
52029  - Other:       
520291  -- Garnetted stock  200%  2.5%  52029100  5%  
520299  -- Other  200%  2.5%     
      
52029910¹  0%  
      
52029990²  5%  
520300  Cotton, carded or combed  200%  2.5%  52030000  5%  
1 Cotton waste . 
2 Cotton waste, n .e.s. 
Brazil  
Bound Duties  Applie d Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Algodón sin cardar ni peinar       
52010010  Sin desmotar  55%  
52010010  6%  
52010020  Simplemente desmotado  55%  
52010020  6%  
52010090  Los demás  55%  
52010090  6%  
5202 Desperdicios de algodón (incluidos los 
desperdicios de hilados y las hilachas)       
52021000  Desperdicios de hilados  55%  
52021000  6%  
52029  - Los demás:       
52029100  Hilachas  55%  
52029100  6%  
52029900  Los demás  55%  
52029900  6%  
52030000  Algodón cardado o peinado  55%  
52030000  8%  
Canada  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%   52010000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)            
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  0%   52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:            
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  0%   52029100  0% 0% 
52029900  -- Other  0%   52029900  0% 0% 
520300  Cotton, carded or combed      52030000  0% 0% 
52030010  --- Slivers  0%         
52030090  --- Other  8%         TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  China  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 1996)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
       
5201 Cotton, not carded or combed            
52010000  - Cotton, not carded or combed  40%   52010000  40%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)            
52021000  -Yarn waste (including thread waste)  10%   52021000  10%  
52029  - Other:            
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  10%   52029100  10%  
52029900  -- Other  10%   52029900  10%  
5203 Cotton, carded or combed            
52030000  - Cotton, carded or combed  40%   52030000  40%  
Colombia  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201000000  Algodón sin cardar ni peinar  99%    
    
        5201001000¹  5%   
        5201002000²  5%   
        5201003000³  5%   
        5201009000⁴  5%   
5202 Desperdicios de algodón (incluidos los 
desperdicios de hilados y las hilachas)            
5202100000  - Desperdicios de hilados  70%   5202100000  5%   
52029  - Los demás:            
5202910000  -- Hilachas  70%   5202910000  5%   
5202990000  -- Los demás  70%   5202990000  5%   
5203000000  Algodón cardado o peinado  70%   5203000000  5%   
1 De longitud de fibra superior a 34.92 mm (1 3/8 pulgada) . 
2 De longitud de fibra superior a 28.57 mm (1 1/8 pulgada) pero inf erior o igual a 34.92 mm 
(1 3/8 pulgada) . 
3 De longitud de fibra superior a 22.22 mm (7/8 pulgada) pero inf erior o igual a 28.57 mm 
(1 1/8 pulgada) . 
4 De longitud de fibra inferior o igual a 22.22 mm (7/8 pulgada) . 
Egypt  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 9) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  5%  5201000010¹  0%  
   
 5201000030²  0%  
   
 5201000033 ³ 0%  
   
 5201000034⁴  0%  
   
 5201000035⁵  0%  
   
 5201000036⁶  0%  
   
 5201000037⁷  0%  
   
 5201000038⁸  0%  
   
 5201000039⁹  0%  
   
 520100004110 0%  
   
 520100004211 0%  
   
 520100004312 0%  
   
 520100004413 0%  
   
 520100004514 0%  
   
 520100004615 0%  
   
 520100004716 0%  
   
 520100004817 0%  
   
 520100005018 0%  
   
 520100009019 0%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste 
and garnetted stock)   
       TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 9) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  5%  5202100000  5%  
52029  - Other:   
   
  
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  5%  5202910000  5%  
52029900  -- Other  5%  5202990000  5%  
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  5%  5203000000  5%  
1 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 45 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
2 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 31 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
3 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 66 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
4 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 67 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
5 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 68 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
6 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 69 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
7 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 83 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
8 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 84 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
9 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 85 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
10 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 76 not carded or com bed, not ginned.  
11 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 77 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
12 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 80 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
13 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 81 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
14 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 82 not carde d or combed, not ginned.  
15 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 70 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
16 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 72 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
17 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 75 not carded or combed, not ginned.  
18 Other cotton not carded or com bed, not ginned.  
19 Other cotton not carded or combed, ginned.  
European Union  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201 Cotton, not carded or combed:    
    
52010010  - Rendered absorbent or bleached  0%  
52010010  0% 0% 
52010090  - Other  0%  
52010090  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock):       
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  0%  
52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:       
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  0%  
52029100  0% 0% 
52029900  -- Other  0%  
52029900  0% 0% 
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  0%  
52030000  0% 0% 
Hong Kong, China  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%   52010000  0%   
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock).           
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  0%   52021000  0%   
52029  - Other:           
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  0%   52029100  0%   
52029900  -- Other  0%   52029900  0%   
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  0%   52030000  0%   
Iceland  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201 Cotton, not carded or combed       
52010000  - Cotton, not carded or combed  0%  
52010000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)    
   
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  11%  
52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:    
   TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  0%  
52029100  0% 0% 
52029900  -- Other  0%  
52029900  0% 0% 
5203 Cotton, carded or combed    
   
52030000  - Cotton, carded or combed  0%  
52030000  0% 0% 
India  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 9) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  100%     
    
        52010011¹  25%  
        52010012²  25%  
        52010013 ³ 25%  
        52010014⁴  25%  
        52010015⁵  25%  
        52010019 ⁶ 25%  
        52010020⁷  25%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
   
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  100%    52021000  25%  
52029  - Other:       
   
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  100%    52029100  25%  
52029900  -- Other  100%    52029900  25%  
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  150%    52030000  30%  
1 Bengal deshi . 
2 Indian cotton of staple lengths 20.5 mm (25/32") and below (e g. oomras, yellow picking, Assam 
Comillas) . 
3 Indian cotton of staple length exceeding 20.5mm (26/32") and but not exceeding 24.5mm (30/32") . 
4 Indian cotton of staple length over 24.5 mm (31/32 ") to 28 mm . 
5 Indian cotton of staple length 28.5 mm (1 4/32 ") and above but below 34.5 mm . 
6 Indian  cotton of all staple length 34. 5 mm and above (1 12/32 "). 
7 Cotton, other than Indian, of all staple lengths . 
Indonesia  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 8) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201 Cotton, not carded or combed            
520100000  - Cotton, not carded or combed  27%   52010000  0%   
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
    
520210000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  40%   52021000  5%   
52029  - Other:       
    
520291000  -- Garnetted stock  40%   52029100  5%   
520299000  -- Other:  40%   52029900  5%   
5203 Cotton, carded or combed       
    
520300000  - Cotton, carded or combed  40%   52030000  5%   
Japan  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 9) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  - Cotton, not carded or combed  0%  
520100000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
520210  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  0%  
520210000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:       
520291  -- Garnetted stock  0%  
520291000  0% 0% 
520299  -- Other  0%  
520299000  0% 0% 
520300  - Cotton, carded or combed  0%  
520300000  0% 0% 
 
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Kenya  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 9) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed.  100%   
52010000  0%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)     
   
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  100%   
52021000  0%  
52029  - Other:     
   
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  100%   
52029100  0%   
52029900  -- Other  100%   
52029900  0%   
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  100%   
52030000  0%   
Korea , Republic of  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or combed       
5201001000  --- Seed cotton  2%  
5201001000  0% 0% 
52010090  --- Other      
    
5201009010  ----- Less than 232 mm (7/8 inch) of 
fibre-length  2%  
5201009010  0% 0% 
5201009020  ----- Not less than 232 mm (7/8 inch), 
but less than 254 mm (1 inch) of 
fibre-length  2%  
5201009020  0% 0% 
5201009030  ----- Not less than 254 mm (1 
inch),but less than 285 mm (11/8 
inch) of fibre -length  2%  
5201009030  0% 0% 
5201009050  ----- Not less than 285 mm (1 -1/8 
inch), but less than 349 mm (1 -3/8 
inch) of fibre length  2%  
5201009050  0% 0% 
5201009060  ----- Not less than 349 mm (1 -3/8 
inch) of fibre -length  2%  
5201009060  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste 
and garnetted stock)       
5202100000  --- 1. Yarn waste (including thread 
waste)  2%  
5202100000  0% 0% 
52029  - 2. Other:       
5202910000  --- A. Garnetted stock  2%  
5202910000  0% 0% 
5202990000  --- B. Other  2%  
5202990000  0% 0% 
5203000000  --- Cotton, carded or combed  2%  
5203000000  0% 0% 
Malaysia  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%  
520100000  0%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
520210000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  5%  
520210000  0%  
52029  - Other:     
   
520291000  -- Garnetted stock  5%  
520291000  0%  
520299000  -- Other  5%  
520299000  0%  
520300000  Cotton, carded or combed  5%  
520300000  0%  
Mauritius  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  122%  17% 52010000  0%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  122%  17% 52021000  0%  
52029  - Other:     
   
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  122%  17% 52029100  0%  
52029900  -- Other  122%  17% 52029900  0%  
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  122%  17% 52030000  0%  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Mexico  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2 020) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Algodón sin cardar ni peinar  45%    
    
 52010001¹  0%     
 52010002²  0%     
 52010099³  0%  
5202 Desperdicios de algodón (incluidos los 
desperdicios de hilados y las hilachas)   
  
   
520210  - Desperdicios de hilados  37%  52021001  0%  
52029  - Los demás:   
  
   
520291  -- Hilachas  37%  52029101  0%  
520299  -- Los demás   
  
   
52029901  -- Borra  37%  52029901  0%  
52029999  -- Demás  45%  52029999  0%  
520300  Algodón cardado o peinado  37%  52030001  0%  
1 Con pepita . 
2 Sin pepita, de fibra con más de 29 mm de longitud.  
3 Los demás . 
Morocco  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201 Coton, non -cardé ni peigné       
5201000010  ––– non-égrené  19% 15% 5201000010  2.5%  2.5%  
5201000091  ––– égrené:       
5201000091  –––– écru 19% 15% 5201000091  2.5%  0% 
5201000099  –––– autres  19% 15% 5201000099  2.5%  0% 
5202 Déchets de coton (y compris les déchets 
de fils et les effilochés).     
  
520210  – Déchets de fils     
  
5202100010  ––– déchets de fils pour essuyages 
industriels  19% 15% 5202100010  2.5%  2.5%  
5202100090  ––– autres  19% 15% 5202100090  2.5%  2.5%  
52029  – Autres:     
    
5202910000  –– Effilochés  19% 15% 5202910000  2.5%  2.5%  
5202990000  –– Autres  19% 15% 5202990000  2.5%  2.5%  
5203 Coton, cardé ou peigné    
   
52030010  ––– écru, décrué ou blanchi:    
   
5203001010  –––– écru 34% 15% 5203001010  2.5%  2.5%  
5203001020  –––– décrué  34% 15% 5203001020  2.5%  2.5%  
5203001090  –––– blanchi  34% 15% 5203001090  2.5%  2.5%  
5203009000  ––– autres  34% 15% 5203009000  2.5%  2.5%  
New Zealand  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%  52010000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock):       
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  0%  52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:        
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  0%  52029100  0% 0% 
52029900  -- Other  0%  52029900  0% 0% 
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  0%  52030000  0% 0% 
 
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Norway  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%   52010000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock).       
    
5202100  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  0%   52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:       
    
5202910  -- Garnetted stock  0%   52029100  0% 0% 
5202990  -- Other  0%   52029900  0% 0% 
5203000  Cotton, carded or combed  0%   52030000  0% 0% 
Pakistan  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 8) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties  
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or combed       
    
52010010  --- American  5%     
  
52010020  --- Egyptian  5%     
  
    520100301 3%  
    520100402 3%  
    520100503 3%  
    520100604 3%  
    520100705 3%  
    520100806 3%  
52010090  --- Other  5%   52010090  3%   
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock).       
    
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  25%   52021000  11%   
52029  - Other:       
    
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  15%   52029100  11%   
52029900  -- Other  15%   52029900  11%   
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  5%   52030000  3%   
1 Length not exceeding 20.5 mm . 
2 Length exceeding 20.5 mm but not exceeding 24.5 mm . 
3 Length exceeding 24.5 mm but not exceeding 28.5 mm . 
4 Length exceeding 28.5 mm but not exceeding 31 mm . 
5 Length exceeding 31 mm but not exceeding 34.5 mm . 
6 Length exceeding  34.5 mm . 
Peru  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201000000  ---Algodón sin cardar ni peinar.  30%     
    5201001000¹  6%  
    5201002000²  6%  
    5201003000³  6%  
    5201009000⁴  6%  
5202 Desperdicios de algodón (incluidos los 
desperdicios de hilados y las hilachas)     
   
5202100000  - Desperdicios de hilados  30%  5202100000  0%  
52029  - Los demás:      
   
5202910000  -- Hilachas  30%  5202910000  0%  
5202990000  -- Los demás  30%  5202990000  0%  
5203000000  --- Algodón cardado o peinado  30%   5203000000  6%   
1 De longitud de fibra superior a 34.92 mm (1 3/8 pulgada) . 
2 De longitud de fibra superior a 28.57 mm (1 1/8 pulgada) pero  inferior o igual a 34.92 mm 
(1 3/8 pulgada) . 
3 De longitud de fibra superior a 22.22 mm (7/8 pulgada) pero inf erior o igual a 28.57 mm 
(1 1/8 pulgada) . 
4 De longitud de fibra inferior o igual a 22.22 mm (7/8 pulgada) . 
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Russian  Federation  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or combed:            
5201001000  - rendered absorbent or bleached  0%   5201001000  0% 0% 
5201009000  - other  0%   5201009000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock):            
5202100000  - yarn waste (including thread waste)  0%   5202100000  0% 0% 
52029  - other:            
5202910000  -- garnetted stock  0%   5202910000  0% 0% 
5202990000  -- other  0%   5202990000  0% 0% 
5203000000  Cotton, carded or combed  0%   5203000000  0% 0% 
South  Africa  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties & 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or combed            
52010010  --- Not ginned  60% 4.4c/kg cotton fibre 
(Normal 
levy)+3.3c/kg 
cotton fibre 
(Special levy)  52010010  0%   
52010020  --- Ginned but not further 
processed  60% 4.4c/kg cotton fibre 
(Normal 
levy)+3.3c/kg 
cotton fibre 
(Special levy)  52010020  160c/kg1  
52010090  --- Other  60% 4.4c/kg cotton fibre 
(Normal 
levy)+3.3c/kg 
cotton fibre 
(Special levy)  52010090  15%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn 
waste and garnetted stock):       
    
520210  - Yarn waste (including thread 
waste)      52021000  0%   
52021010  -- Unprocessed  60%    
    
52021090  -- Other  60%    
    
52029  - Other:       
    
520291  -- Garnetted stock          
52029110  --- Unprocessed  60%   52029100  0%   
52029190  --- Other  60%    
    
520299  -- Other      52029900  0%   
52029910  --- Unprocessed  60%    
    
52029990  --- Other  60%    
    
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  60%   52030000  15%  
1 "c/kg" stands for rand cent per kilo.  
Switzerland  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Coton, non -cardé ni peigné       
    
52010010  --- blanchi et dégraissé (hydrophile)  0%   52010010  0% 0% 
52010090  --- autres  0%   52010090  0% 0% 
5202 Déchets de coton (y compris les 
déchets de fils et les effilochés)       
    
52021000  - déchets de fils  0%   52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Autres:       
    
52029100  -- effilochés  0%   52029100  0% 0% 
52029900  -- autres  0%   52029900  0% 0% 
52030000  - Coton, cardé ou peigné  0%   52030000  0% 0% 
 
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  Chinese  Taipei  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 
2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%   52010000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
    
52021000  Yarn waste (including thread waste)  0%   52021000  0% 0% 
52029  Other:       
    
52029100  Garnetted cotton stock  0%   52029100  0% 0% 
52029900  Other cotton waste  0%   52029900  0% 0% 
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  0%   52030000  0% 0% 
Thailand  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or combed  4.5%    52010000  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
   
520210  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  4.5%    52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:       
    
520291  -- Garnetted stock  4.5%    52029100  0% 0% 
520299  -- Other  4.5%    52029900  0% 0% 
520300  Cotton, carded or combed  4.5%    52030000  0% 0% 
Turkey  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 9) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties & Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or 
combed    
      
5201001000  - Rendered absorbent 
or bleached  6% - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) or 
4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of  the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  5201001000  0%  
5201009000  - Other  6% - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) or 
4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  5201009000  0%  
5202 Cotton waste 
(including yarn waste 
and garnetted stock)            
5202100000  - Yarn waste 
(including thread 
waste)  12% - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) or 
4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  5202100000  0%  
52029  - Other:            
5202910000  -- Garnetted stock  12% - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) or 
4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  5202910000  0%  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 9) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties & Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5202990000  -- Other  12% - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) or 
4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charge s mentioned above.  5202990000  0%  
5203000000  Cotton, carded or 
combed  12.6%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) or 
4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  5203000000  0%  
United  States  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100  Cotton, not carded or combed:        
- Having a staple length under 
28.575 mm (1 -1/8 inches):       
52010005  -- Harsh or rough, having a staple 
length under 19.05 mm (3/4 inch)  0%  52010005  0% 0% 
 
-- Other:      
    
52010012  --- Described in general note 4 of 
the tariff schedule and entered 
pursuant to its provisions  0%  52010012  0% 0% 
52010014¹  --- Described in US  Tariff-Rate 
Quota Notifications, TRQID USA035  0%  52010014  0% 0% 
52010018  --- Other  31.4¢/kg   52010018  31.4¢/kg  0%  
- Having a staple length of 28.575 
mm (1 -1/8 inches) or more but 
under 34.925 mm (1 -3/8 inches):           
52010022  -- Described in general note 4 of 
the tariff schedule and entered 
pursuant to its provisions  4.4¢/kg   52010022  4.4¢/kg  0% 
 
-- Other, harsh or rough, having a 
staple length of 29.36875 mm 
(1-5/32 inches) or more and white 
in colour (except cotton of perished 
staple, grabbots and cotton 
pickings):           
52010024¹  --- Described in US  Tariff-Rate 
Quota Notifications, TRQID USA036  4.4¢/kg    52010024  4.4¢/kg  0% 
52010028  --- Other  31.4¢/kg    52010028  31.4¢/kg  0% 
  -- Other:            
52010034¹  --- Described in US  Tariff-Rate 
Quota Notifications, TRQID USA037  4.4¢/kg    52010034  4.4¢/kg  0% 
52010038  --- Other  31.4¢/kg    52010038  31.4¢/kg  0% 
  - Having a staple length of 34.925 
mm (1 -3/8 inches) or more:            
52010055  -- Described in general note 4 of 
the tariff schedule and entered 
pursuant to its provisions  1.5¢/kg    52010055  1.5¢/kg  1.5¢/kg  
52010060¹  -- Described in US  Tariff-Rate 
Quota Notifications, TRQID USA038  1.5¢/kg    52010060  1.5¢/kg  1.5¢/kg  
52010080  -- Other  31.4¢/kg    52010080  31.4¢/kg  31.4¢/kg  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste 
and garnetted stock):            
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread 
waste)  0%   52021000  0% 0% 
  - Other:            
52029100  -- Garnetted stock      52029100  4.3%  0% 
5202910001  --- Having a staple length under 
28.575 mm (1 -1/8 inches)  4.3%          
5202910002  --- Having a staple length 28.575 
mm (1 -1/8 inches) or more  4.3%          TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 20) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520299  -- Other:            
  --- Card strips made from cotton 
having a staple length under 
30.1625 mm (1 -3/16 inches) and 
lap waste, sliver waste and roving 
waste:            
52029905  ---- Described in general note 4 of 
the tariff schedule and entered 
pursuant to its provisions  0%   52029905  0% 0% 
52029910¹  ---- Described in US  Tariff-Rate 
Quota Notifications, TRQID USA039  0%   52029910  0% 0% 
52029930  ---- Other  7.8¢/kg    52029930  7.8¢/kg  0% 
52029950  --- Other  0%   52029950  0% 0% 
520300  Cotton, carded or combed:            
  - Fibres of cotton processed but not 
spun:            
52030005  -- Described in general note 4 of 
the tariff schedule and entered 
pursuant to its provisions  5%   52030005  5% 0% 
52030010¹  -- Described in US  Tariff-Rate 
Quota Notifications, TRQID USA040  5%   52030010  5% 0% 
52030030  -- Other  31.4¢/kg    52030030  31.4¢/kg  0% 
52030050  - Other  4.3%    52030050  4.3%  0% 
1 Tariff rate quotas were reserved for these tariff lines.  
Note:  "¢/kg" stands for USD cent per kilo.  
Viet Nam 
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 8) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
& Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%   5201000000  0%   
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)   
     
  
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  20%   5202100000  10%  
52029  - Other:   
      
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  20%   5202910000  10%  
52029900  -- Other  20%   5202990000  10%  
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  10%   5203000000  0%   
 
3.2  SPECIAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS  
3.9.  This section pr ovides information on  scheduled special safeguard (SSG) pr ovisions for cotton 
and on the use of th ose provisions by Member.  
3.10.  Of the 32  Members  covered by th is Market Access Part , three have scheduled SSG provision s 
for cotton, namely, Colombia, South Africa, and the United States . 
3.11.  The following  table lists the cotton tariff lines  for which SSG provisions are specified in each 
of those three  Member s' schedule s. The following column headings are used:  
Member  The n ame of the Member who has reserved SSG provisions for cotton ; and 
 
Tariff Line  The tariff item number for which the SSG provision was reserved (through the 
inclusion of the symbol "SSG") as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in 
the CTS file  using  the HS 2002 nomenclature.  
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  3.2.1   Scheduled SSG provisions for cotton  
Member  Tariff Line  
Colombia  5201000000  
South Africa  52010010  
  52010020  
  52010090  
  52021010  
  52021090  
  52029110  
  52029190  
  52029910  
  52029990  
  52030000  
United States  52010018  
  52010028  
  52010038  
  52010080  
  52029930  
  52030030  
 
3.12.  Based on  Table MA:3 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up to 3 July 2020, none of 
those three Members ha s notified trigger levels for the volume -based SSG concerning cotton . 
3.13.  Regarding the  price-based SSG, based on Table MA:4 notifications  circulated by the 
Secretariat up to 3 July 2020, the United States  have notified trigger price s for all  the tariff lines for 
which  SSG provisions  were reserved . These trigger prices are presented by tariff item number  in the 
table below . The following column headings are used:  
Tariff Line  The tariff item number for which the SSG provision was reserved (through the 
inclusion o f the symbol "SSG") as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced 
in the CTS using  the HS 2002 nomenclature;  
 
Trigger Price  The trigger price for the tariff item number  as notified in the Table MA:4 
notific ation.  
3.2.2   Notified trigger prices for cotton  
United States (G/AG/N/USA/1)  
Tariff Line  Trigger price  
52010018  USD 1.60/kg  
52010028  USD 1.12/kg  
52010038  USD 1.20/kg  
52010080  USD 2.75/kg  
52029930  USD 8.15/kg  
52030030  USD 0.64/kg  
3.14.  The table below provides , based on MA:5 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up  to 
3 July 2020, information regarding  price-based SSG actions invoked on cotton by the United  States . 
The following column headings are used:  
Product  Product  description  as specified in the Table MA:5 notification;  
Tariff Line  The tariff item number for  which  the SSG provision was reserved 
(through the inclusion of the symbol "SSG") as specified in the Member's 
schedule reproduced in the CTS using  the HS 2002 nomenclature ; 
Implementation year  The implementation year during which SSG action was invoked ; 
Affected quantity (kg)  The quantity in kilograms of the tariff item number  affected by the SSG 
action as notified in the Table MA:5 notification ; and 
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  3.2.3   Invoked price -based SSG for cotton  
United States (Table MA:5)  
Product  Tariff Line  Implementation 
year Affected 
quantity 
(kg) Notification 
Reference  
Short staple cotton, over -quota  52010018  Calendar year, 1996  150 G/AG/N/USA/24  
Short staple cotton, over -quota  52010018  Calendar year , 2006 54 G/AG/N/USA/61  
Extra long staple cotton, over -quota  52010080  Calendar year, 2003  118,807  G/AG/N/USA/61  
Extra long staple cotton, over -quota  52010080  Calendar year, 2007  539 G/AG/N/USA/67  
Note: The following paragraph is quoted in  all of the above -mentioned US notifications : "United States 
price-based safeguards are invoked automatically on a shipment -by-shipment basis . Importers who 
enter goods in an over -quota tariff line are required to declare which pre -established price range is 
applicable to their product . If there is a safeguard duty associated with that price range, the 
additional charge is assessed . Entries where the safeguard  duties were assessed during the reporting 
period are summarized in this notification . Information on affected quantities, while not required by 
the format, is provided for illustrative purposes . Multiple transactions involving the same product 
have been a ggregated for the purposes of this notification. " 
3.3  TARIFF RATE QUOTAS  
3.15.  Of the 32  Members  covered by the Market Access Part  of this background paper , only China, 
Colombia, South Africa and the United States  have scheduled tariff rate quotas28 for cotton.  
3.16.  This section is organized as follows : Sub-section 3.3.1  provides  information regarding the  
tariff rate quota commitments for cotton as specified in those four  Members' schedules ; Sub-section 
3.3.2 presents the most recent  TRQ administration methods notified by those four  Members in Table 
MA:1 notifications ; and Sub-section 3.3.3 provides, for each of those four Members,  the TRQ 
quantities and the notified in-quota imports  from Table MA:2 notifications and the corresponding  fill 
rates further to the request made at  the third dedicated discussion . 
3.3.1   Tariff rate quota commitments  for cotton  
3.17.  This sub -section lists , by Member , the initial and final bound tariff rate quota quantities and 
in-quota tariff rates for cotton as specifie d in the Member's schedule . The following column headings 
are used:  
TQID  The number identifying the bound tariff quota for eac h Member  in the CTS , 
in the same sequential order as scheduled . The seven -character code is 
comprised of the three -letter WTO Member code, followed by "Q" for "TRQ", 
and by the three -digit sequential identifier . 
 
Product  The product or group of products as specified in the Member's schedule29; 
 
Tariff Line(s)  The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's schedule repr oduced 
in the CTS using  the HS 2002 nomenclature;  
 
Unit The unit for initial and final bound tariff rate quota quantities;  
 
Initial quota  The initial bound tariff rate quota quantity as specified in the Member's 
schedule;  
 
Final quota  The final bound tariff rate quota quantity as specified in the Member's 
schedule ; and 
 
In-quota tariff rate  The in-quota tariff rate  as specified in the Member's schedule.  
 
28 Also referred to as TRQ or tariff quota.  
29 In original language only.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  China1 
TQID  Product  Tariff line(s)  Unit Initial quota  Final quota  In-quota 
tariff ra te 
CHNQ010  Cotton2 52010000, 
52030000  Metric tonnes  780,750  894,000  1% 
1 Annex 1 contains the notes from China's schedule concerning tariff rate quota commitments.  
2 The following information is taken from the column "other terms and conditions" in China's schedule 
for its cotton TRQ commitment ( refer to Annex 1 , "Note 1")  
(1) STE share = 33 % (see Note 1) . 
(2) Staging for cotton : 
Year TRQ quantity  
2002 818,500 mt . 
2003 856,250 mt . 
2004 894,000 mt . 
Colombia  
TQID  Product  Tariff 
line(s)  Unit Initial quota  Final quota  In-quota 
tariff rate  
COLQ057  Algodon sin 
cardar ni peinar  5201 Metric tonnes  222 222 99% 
COLQ067  Algodon  5201 Metric tonnes  1510 2664 80% 
South Africa1 
TQID  Product  Tariff line(s)  Unit Initial quota  Final quota  In-quota 
tariff rate  
ZAFQ053  Cotton  5201 Metric tonnes  17,101  17,101  12% 
1 The following note is included in South Africa's schedule for its TRQ commitments : "South Africa 
commits itself to fill the quotas as indicated at tariff rates at a maximum of 20% of the bound rates 
for both the initial and final quantities."  
United States1 
TQID  Product  Tariff line(s)  Unit Initial quota  Final quota  In-quota tariff rate  
USAQ048   
52010014  Metric tonnes  10,000  10,000  0% 
52010024  USD 0.044 per kilogram  
52010034  USD 0.044 per kilogram  
52010060  USD 0.015 per kilogram  
52029910  0% 
52030010  5% 
USAQ049   
52010014  Metric tonnes  8,495  20,207  0% 
USAQ050   
52010024  Metric tonnes  900 1,400  USD 0.044 per kilogram  
USAQ051   
52010034  Metric tonnes  5,200  11,500  USD 0.044 per kilogram  
USAQ052   
52010060  Metric tonnes  25,500  40,100  USD 0.015 per kilogram  
USAQ053   
52029910  Kilograms  1,835,427  3,335,427  0% 
USAQ054   
52030010  Kilograms  1,000  2,500  5% 
1 Annex 2 contains the chapter notes from the US schedule concerning TRQ commitments for cotton.  
3.18.  The following chart summarizes the total number of scheduled TRQs for cotton , by Member , 
based on  the number of TQIDs  identified in the CTS . TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 3.3: Number of scheduled TRQs for cotton  by Member  
 
3.3.2   Most recent Tariff Rate Quota administration method  notified for cotton  
3.19.  This sub -section describes, for each  Member  and for each cotton TRQ, the most recent  import 
arrangements notified in  Table MA:1 notifications up to 3 July 2020. 
3.20.  The reference number of the relevant notification  is indicated in the title  for each Member, 
with the reporting period  covered by the notification specified  in brackets.  
China 
G/AG/N/CHN/2  (calendar year 2003)  
CHNQ010  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) (i) Import tariff quota of agricultural products shall be applicable to global trade.  
 (ii) The tariff quota for the year 2003 is open from the date of issuance to 31 December . 
(b) (i) The former State Development Planning Commission was responsible for tariff quota 
allocation of agricultural products . National Development Reform Commission and Ministry 
of Commerce are responsible for reallocations.  
 (ii) Requirements and conditions for applicants applying for import tariff quota are : having 
registered with Administration of Industry and Commerce (presenting the duplicate of 
business licences) prior to 1 October  2002; being under sound financial conditions and 
having good tax payment records (presenting relevant data for 2001 and 2002) ; having no 
records of unlawful acts at the Customs, Administration of Industry and Commerce, 
Inspection and Quarantine authorities and Taxation Administration within the perio d of 
2000-2002; having passed the annual enterprise review of the year 2001 conducted by 
Administration of Industry and Commerce and Inspection and Quarantine authorities.  
 (iii) Import tariff quota for general trade shall be allocated with reference to th e volumes 
for which applicants have applied, previous import performance and production capacity or 
other applicable commercial standards, or under the principle of "first -come, first -served".  
 (iv) Licence shall remain valid from the date of issuance to 3 1 December  of the same year.  
12
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  Colombia  
G/AG/N/COL/35  (calendar year 2005)  
COLQ067  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries : none. 
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers : the import quota is allocated on 
a competitive basis amongst participants registered with the Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural Development . Quota allocation is by means of public auctions in which importers take 
part through the bid registration system.  
(c) Details of other arrangements : not applicable.  
(d) Any other information : Decree No. 430 of 2004 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development  
South Africa  
G/AG/N/ZAF/35  (calendar year 2001)  
ZAFQ053  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) Country Allocations : Global 
(b) Import Allocations:  
 (i) Department of Agriculture will allocate and issue permits annually;  
 (ii) historical and new importers who are processors of cotton will be eligible for permits;  
 (iii) permits will be issued pro rata;  
 (iv) permits will be valid for twelve months.  
United States30 
G/AG/N/USA/2/Add.3 and G/AG/N/USA/34/Add.1  (calendar year)  
USAQ049  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS : See Additional US Note 5 to Chapter 52 of the HTSUS (Annex 1, 
36/). 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS : First-come, first -served, implemented by US Customs Service  
 (http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo.htm ). 
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS : None. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION : This provision is included in Additio nal US Note 5 to chapter 52 of 
the HTSUS  (Annex 1, note 36/) and in Additional US Note 6 to Chapter 52 of Schedule XX.  
USAQ050  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS : None. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS : First-come, first -served, implemented by US Customs Service 
(http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm).  
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS : None. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION : This provision is included in Additional US Note 6 to chapter  52 of 
the HTSUS (Annex 1, note 37/) and in Addition al US Note 7 to Chapter 52 of Schedule XX.  
 
30 Annex 3 contains the excerpt  of notes from the harmonized tariff system of the United States that 
concern cotton (from Annex 1 in G/AG/N/USA/2/Add.3 and G/AG/N/USA/34/Add.1).  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  USAQ051  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS : None. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS : First-come, first -served, implemented by US Customs Service 
(http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm).  
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS : None. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION : This provision is included in Additional US Note 7 to chapter  52 of 
the HTSUS (Annex 1, note 38/) and in Additional US Note 8 to Chapter 52 of Schedule XX.  
USAQ052  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS : None. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS : First-come, first -served, implemented by US Customs Service 
(http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm).  
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS : None. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION : This provision is included in Additional US Note 8 to chapter 52 of 
the HTSUS (Annex 1, note 39/) and in Additional US Note 9 to Chapter 52 of Schedule XX.  
USAQ053  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS : See Additional US Note 9 to Chapter 52 of the HTSUS 
(Annex  1, 40/). 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS : First-come, first -served, implemented by US Customs Service 
(http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm).  
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS : None. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION : This provision is included in Additional US Note 9 to chapter  52 of 
the HTSUS (Annex 1, note 40/) and in Additional US Note 10 to Chapter 52 of Schedule  XX. 
USAQ054  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS : See Additional US Note 10 to Chapter 52 of the HTSUS 
(Annex  1, 41/). 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS : First-come, first -served, implemented by US Customs Service 
(http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm).  
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS : None. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION : This provision is included in Additional US Note 10 to chapter 52 of 
the HTSUS (Annex 1, note 41/) and in Additional US Note 11 to Chapter  52 of Schedule  XX. 
 
3.3.3   TRQ quantities and in -quota imports  for cotton  
3.21.  This sub -section provides  yearly TRQ quantities , notified in-quota imports for cotton , and the 
corresponding  fill rates  based on Members' Table MA:2 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up 
to 3 July 2020. 
3.22.  Fill rates are calculated based on the  data provided in Table MA:2 notifications as the ratio of 
in-quota imports to notified TRQ quantit ies. In cases where notifi ed in-quota imports are greater 
than TRQ quantities, the fill rates are adjusted by setting a maximum of 100 % fill rate. The 
implementation years covered in the tables below are those indicated in the Member's Table MA:2 
notifications . The title of the ind ividual tables indicates the TQID of the TRQ , while  the quantity unit 
used in the notification is indicated in  brackets . 
 
   
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CHNQ010 ( metric tonnes)   
2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  
TRQ Quantity  818,500  856,250  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  
In-quota Imports  177,000  870,000  1,910,000  2,570,000  894,000  1,165,000  2,111,000  894,000  894,000  
Fill rates (%)  22 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
  
2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
TRQ Quantity  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  
In-quota Imports  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
Colombia31 
COLQ067 ( metric tonnes)   
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
TRQ Quantity  1,510  1,847  1,963  2,117  2,245  2,373  2,501  2,630  2,758  2,886  2,886  2,886  
In-quota Imports  37,747  25,676  47,284  42,661  37,846  58,636  53,583  64,345  64,556  33,490  39,525  61,904  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
  
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
TRQ Quantity  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  
In-quota Imports  53,307  50,563  60,328  50,315  43,957  26,265  33,040  30,615  30,228  28,147  25,275  36,052  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 
South Africa  
ZAFQ053 ( metric tonnes)   
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  
TRQ Quantity  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  
In-quota Imports  44,114  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
  
2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
TRQ Quantity  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  
In-quota Imports  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  15,743  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 92 
 
 
31 Colombia noted in its MA:2 notifications of 2011 -2018 that "Colombia's bound tariff quotas were not activat ed during the reporting period, as the bound intra -quota tariff 
is higher than the most -favoured -nation tariff applied". The data included in the line of "In -quota imports" for 2011 -2018 correspond to the total imports as reported by Colombia 
in the releva nt MA:2 notifications. Fill rates are not applicable in those cases.     
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USAQ049 ( metric tonnes)  
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  
TRQ Quantity    8,495  10,837  13,180  15,522  17,865  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  
In-quota Imports    198 1 45 12,098  452 229 351 0 45 2 259 1,346  
Fill rates (%)   2 0.009  0.3 78 3 1 2 0 0.2 0.01 1 7 
 
  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
TRQ Quantity  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  20,207  
In-quota Imports  73 0 0 0 3,969  1,140  1,172  264 6,037  61 
Fill rates (%)  0.4 0 0 0 20 5.6 5.8 1 30 0.3 
USAQ050 ( metric tonnes)   
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
TRQ Quantity    900 1,000  1,100  1,200  1,300  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  
In-quota Imports    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Fill rates (%)   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
  
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
TRQ Quantity  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  
In-quota Imports  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 
Fill rates (%)  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 
USAQ051 ( metric tonnes)   
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
TRQ Quantity    5,200  6,460  7,720  8,980  10,240  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  
In-quota Imports    0 0 23 1,471  190 116 855 195 1,525  2,608  1,294  
Fill rates (%)   0 0 0.3 16 2 1 7 2 13 23 11 
  
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
TRQ Quantity  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  
In-quota Imports  235 123 0 0 545 117 0 0 0 20 0 
Fill rates (%)  2 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 
USAQ052 ( metric tonnes)   
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
TRQ Quantity    25,500  28,420  31,340  34,260  37,180  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  
In-quota Imports    0 13 62 3,483  9,611  2,657  5,089  13,813  9,270  4,244  3,934  
Fill rates (%)   0 0.05 0.2 10 26 7 13 34 23 11 10 
  
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
TRQ Quantity  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  
In-quota Imports  2,423  2,418  0 0 1,518  1,214  852 1,547  0 731 318 
Fill rates (%)  6 6 0 0 4 3 2.1 3.9 0 2 0.8 
 
32 According to the US notification for implementation year 1995, Uruguay Round commitments for cotton products in headings 5201 , 5202 and 5203 became effective only 
in the fall of 1995, and imports under these commitments were reported along with calendar year  1996 imports in early  1997.    
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1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
TRQ Quantity    1,835,427  2,135,427  2,435,427  2,735,427  3,035,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  
In-quota Imports    15,000  17,584  0 0 0 0 0 0 128,198  0 0 
Fill rates (%)   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 
 
 2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
TRQ Quantity  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  3,335,427  
In-quota Imports  169,844  791,441  87,332  561,492  729,436  558,590  234,364  1,224,637  291,066  945,807  730,566  
Fill rates (%)  5 24 3 17 22 17 7 36.7 9 28 22 
USAQ054 ( kilograms )  
1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  
TRQ Quantity    1,000  1,300  1,600  1,900  2,200  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  
In-quota Imports    800 120 0 1,796  1,307  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,300  157 0 
Fill rates (%)   80 9 0 95 59 100 100 100 92 6 0 
  
2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  
TRQ Quantity  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  
In-quota Imports  0 0 2,500  0 20 0 52 70 0 0 2,500  
Fill rates (%)  0 0 100 0 1 0 2.1 2.8 0 0 100 
 
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  3.23.  Based on the information presented in section 3.3.3 above, the following charts  show, by 
Member and by year, notified in -quota imports compared to the scheduled quantity, as well as the 
corresponding fill rates, under each TRQ.  
Charts on notified in -quota imports compared to the scheduled quantity  
Chart 3.4: China (CHNQ0 10) 
 
Chart 3.5: Colombia ( COLQ067 ) 
 
22%100%100%100%
100%100%100%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%100%
0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rate
100%
100%100%
100%
100%100%
100%100% 100%
100%100%100%
100%
100%100%
100%
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,000metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 3.6: South Africa ( ZAFQ053 ) 
 
Chart 3.7: United States ( USAQ049 ) 
 
 
100%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
92%
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rate100%
2%0.009% 0.3%78%
3% 1% 2% 0% 0.2% 0.01% 1%7%
0.4% 0% 0% 0%20%
5.6% 5.8%1%30%
0.3%
03,0006,0009,00012,00015,00018,00021,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 3.8: United States (USAQ050 ) 
 
Chart 3.9: United Stat es (USAQ051 ) 
 
 
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%6%
0%
02004006008001,0001,2001,400
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rate
0% 0%0.3%16%
2% 1%7%
2%13%23%
11%
2% 1% 0% 0%5%1% 0% 0% 0%0.2% 0%
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,000metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill ratesTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 3.10: United States (USAQ052 ) 
 
Chart 3.11: United States (USAQ053 ) 
 
0%0.05% 0.2%10%26%
7%13%34%
23%
11% 10%
6% 6%
0% 0%4%3%2.1% 3.9% 0%1.8% 0.8%
06,00012,00018,00024,00030,00036,00042,000metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rate
1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%4%0% 0%5%24%
3%17%22%
17%
7.0%37.0%
9%28%
22%
0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,000kilograms
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 3.12: United States (USAQ054 ) 
 
3.4  OTHER NON -TARIFF MEASURES  
3.24.  This section contains  information on other non-tariff measures applicable to cotton . The 
information presented is sourced from  the WTO I-TIP Goods database33, which  compiles  data about 
non-tariff measures notified by Members  as well as information on "specific trade concerns" raised 
by Members during WTO Committee meetings . 
3.25.  The non-tariff measures  listed below result from a query in the I -TIP Go ods database , using  
the following criteria:  
a. Member imposing the measure : The 32 Members34 selected for this Market Access p art; 
b. Type of measure covered : Sanitary and Phytosanitary  measures (as notified under the 
Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures ); measures notified under the 
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ; Anti-Dumping  measures (as notified under the 
Anti-Dumping agreement ); Countervailing duties (as notified under the Agreement on 
Subsidies and Countervailing Meas ures); Safeguard measures (as notified under the 
Agreement on Safeguards ); State Trading Enterprises (as notified to the Working Party on 
State Trading Enterprises, pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and Paragraph 
1 of the Understanding on the interpre tation of Article XVII ); Quantitative restrictions  
notified to the Committee on Market Access as per the CTG  Decision contained in 
G/L/59/Rev.1 ; and import licensing procedures (as notified under the Agreement on 
Import Licensing procedures).  
c. Measures initiated or notified from 1 January  2012 to 3 July  2020 and which have not been 
withdrawn to date ; and 
d. Measures with a reference to "cotton" and with a product description encompassing  
explicitly or poten tially HS headings 52.01, 52. 02 or 52.03 .35 
 
33 http://i -tip.wto.org/goods/default.aspx?language=en . 
34 The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union 
and the United Kingdom have communicated that, during the transition period, which ends on 
31 December  2020, Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continues t o be applicable to and in the 
United  Kingdom.  
35 It should be noted that, in the absence of specific or further indication by Members, listed measures 
making reference to "cotton", may in fact not apply to the trade of "cotton" as defined in this paper, i.e . 
products covered by the Harmonized System nomenclature headings 52.01, 52.02 and 52.03.  
80%
9%0%95%
59%100%100%100%
92%
6%
0% 0% 0%100%
0% 1% 0%2.1% 2.8% 0% 0%100%
05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000kilograms
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.12 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.12  
 
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  3.26.  It should be noted that , to date, only one  specific trade concern has been rais ed in the relevant 
WTO Committees with respect to  the non-tariff measures identified in this Section  and listed in the 
table below.36 
3.27.  The following column headings are used  for the table s below : 
Member  Member notif ying the measure . 
Partner affected   Member(s) affected by the measure if  identified in the  relevant notification, 
or otherwise  "All Members" . 
Notif. req.  Type of measure  notified , using the following coding : "SPS" for Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary measures ; "TBT" for measures notified under the 
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ; "AD" for Anti -Dumping 
measures ; "CV" for countervailing duties ; "SG" for Safeguard measures ; 
"STE" for State Tr ading Enterprises ; "QR" for Quantitative Restrictions ; and 
"LIC" for import licensing procedures.  
Initiation / 
notification   Date of initiation  or notification of the measure.  
In force   Date of entry into force  of the measure (if any) as it appears in the  relevant 
notificat ion. 
Measure description  Summarized  description of the measure  based on the information in  the 
relevant  notification . 
Product description  Summarized description of the product covered by the measure based on 
the information in the relevant notification . 
Source   Document  number of the relevant  notification (s). 
Chart 3.13: Number of other non -tariff measures applicable to cotton, per type of 
measure ( 1 January  2012 to 3 July 2020 ) 
 
 
36 Members raised concern regarding the TBT measure applied by China as notified in 
G/TBT/N/CHN/1211 at the TBT Committee meeting of 8 -9 November  2017. Refer to TBT IM S ID 545 and 
paragraphs 2.7 -2.14 in G/TBT/M/73 for more details.  
964
110
12
010203040506070
TBT SPS QR LIC CV AD  
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affected  Notif. 
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 22/10/2019   Draft resolution number 728, 14 October  2019, regarding 
the active ingredient A18 - ABAMECTINA of the Monograph 
List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household 
Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by 
Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29 August  2003, on the Brazilian 
Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 
2 September 2003 HS Code(s): 52, 071010, 200830, 
08011, 0603, 07133, 080420, 080810, 
080720, 0804, 08071, 081010, 200840, 
080930, 070960, 1201, 0806, 071140, 
070810, 0702, 09, 28099910; 
ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1580  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 13/12/2019   Draft resolution number 732, 22 October  2019, regarding 
the active ingredient C36 - 
CIPROCONAZOL  (cyproconazole) of the Monograph List of 
Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning 
Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - 
RE n° 16 5 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official 
Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 
2 September  2003 HS Code(s): 100700, 52, 1006; 
ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1585  
Mexico  Greece  SPS 20/12/2019   Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación a México de 
semilla de algodón (Gossypium hirsutum L.) originaria y 
procedente de Grecia (Phytosanitary requirements 
governing the importation into Mexico of cotton 
(Gossypium hirsutum L.) seeds originating in and coming 
from Greece)  Cotton (Go ssypium hirsutum L.) seeds 
originating in and coming from Greece  G/SPS/N/MEX/376  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 07/01/2020   Draft resolution number 754, 16 December  2019, 
regarding the active ingredient F32 - FENOXAPROPE -P 
(fenoxaprop -P) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients 
for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood 
Preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 
29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - 
Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003  HS Code(s): 52, 1001; ICS Co de(s): 13, 
65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1604  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 07/01/2020   Draft resolution number 756, 16 December  2019, 
regarding the active ingredient F47 - FLUAZINAM 
(fluazinam) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for 
Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood 
Preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 
29 August  2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - 
Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003  HS Code(s): 52, 071220; ICS 
Code(s):  13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1606  
Brazil  All 
Members SPS 09/04/2020   Draft resolution number 800, 26 March 2020, regarding 
the active ingredient T48 - TIAMETOXAM (thiamethoxam) 
of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, 
Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, 
published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, 
on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da 
União) of 2 September 2003  HS Code(s): 52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1651 
G/SPS/N/BRA/1651/Add.1  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 09/04/2020   Draft resolution number 801, 26 March 2020, regarding 
the active ingredient L05 - LUFENUROM (lufenuron) of the 
Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, 
Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, 
published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August  2003, 
on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da 
União) of 2 September 2003  HS Code(s): 52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1652 
G/SPS/N/BRA/1652/Add.1    
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affected  Notif. 
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Peru Mexico  SPS 19/06/2020   The notified draft Directorial Resolution sets out 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into 
Peru of uncarded and uncombed cotton fibre ( Gossypium  
spp.) originating in and coming from Mexico, following the 
completion of the relevant pest risk analysis.  Cotton fibre, not carded or combed (< o 
= 22.22 mm); 5201.00.30.00 Cotton 
fibre, not carded or combed (>22.22 mm 
= o < 28.57 mm); 5201.00.20.00 Cotton 
fibre, not carded or combed (>28.57 mm 
= o < 34.92 mm); 5201.00.10.00 Cotton 
fibre, not carded or combed 
(>34.92  mm) G/SPS/N/PER/879  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 05/06/2019   Draft resolution number 645, 21 May  2019, regarding the 
active ingredient F72 – FLUOPIRAM of the Monograph List 
of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning 
Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - 
RE n° 165 of 29  August  2003, on the Brazilian Official 
Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 
2 September  2003 HS Code(s): 070820, 071010, 0901, 
1005, 120100, 120720, 1507, 170111, 
52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1519  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 27/08/2019   Fluoxastrobin; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule  Cotton, gin by -products; Cotton, 
undelinted seed  G/SPS/N/USA/3098  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 17/09/2019   Draft resolution number 696, 23 August  2019, regarding 
the active ingredient C18 - CLOROTALONIL (chlorothalonil) 
of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, 
Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, 
published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29 August 2003, 
on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da 
União) of 2 September 2003  HS Code(s): 52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1559  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 25/09/2019   Draft resolution number 721, 16 September  2019, 
regarding the active ingredient P46 – PIRACLOSTROBINA 
(pyraclostrobin) of the Monograph List of Active 
Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products 
and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 
of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - 
Diário Oficial da União) of 2 Sept ember 2003  HS Code(s): 0706, 071320, 071340, 
08011, 120710, 52, 071010, 071410, 
080450, 06, 0603, 0604, 081090, 
08105000, 08109090, 17029040000, 
07143000, 0714900011, 07133500, 
08026000, 08028000, 0810909050, 
08109090, acai, cupuacu, guarana; ICS 
Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1577  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 23/01/2019   Draft resolution number 590, 21 January  2019, regarding 
the active ingredient  P46 - PIRACLOSTROBINA of the 
Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, 
Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, 
published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29  August 2003, 
on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da 
União) of 2  September 2003  HS Code(s): 080430, 081050, 080450, 
0801, 52, 100300; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1469  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 24/01/2019   Draft resolution number 589, 21 January  2019, regarding 
the active ingredient  F68 - FLUXAPIROXADE of the 
Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, 
Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, 
published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29  August 2003, 
on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da 
União) of 2  September 2003  HS Code(s): 071420, 080430, 081050, 
121291, 091010, 071410, 0706, 
071320, 071340, 060230, 0907, 
330121, 0801, 071010, 070610, 
080450, 52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1468    
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Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 13/03/2019   Draft resolution number 613, 28  February  2019, regarding 
the active ingredient G01 - GLYPHOSATE of the 
Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, 
Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, 
published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29  August 2003, 
on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da 
União) of 2  September 2003  HS Code(s): 52, 0809, 1006, 0803, 18, 
09, 1212, 0805, 08011, 24, 0 808, 
080720, 071040, 1201, 1001, 0806; ICS 
Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1487  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 26/03/2019   Draft resolution number 629, 14 March 2019, regarding 
the active ingredient F24 – FENPROPIMORFE 
(fenpropimorph) of the Monograph List of Active 
Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products 
and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 
of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - 
Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003  HS Code(s): 5201; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1495  
Peru Turkey  SPS 23/05/2018   Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para el establecimiento 
de requisitos fitosanitarios de necesario cumplimiento en 
la importación de algodón fibra sin peinar ni cardar 
(Gossypium spp.) origen y procedencia Turquía (Draft 
Directorial Resolution establishing the mandatory 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into 
Peru of uncarded and uncombed cotton fibre (Gossypium 
spp.) originating in and coming from Turkey)  HS code: 5201.00.90.00  Cotton fibre, 
not carded or combed (< or = 22.22 
mm); 5201.00.30.00 Cotton fibre, not 
carded or combed (>22.22 mm = or < 
28.57 mm);  
5201.00.20.00 Cotton fibre, not carded 
or combed (>28.57 mm = or < 34.92 
mm); 5201.00.10.00 Cotton fibre, not 
carded or com bed (>34.92 mm)  G/SPS/N/PER/767  
India All 
Members  TBT 20/08/2018   Cotton Bales (Quality Control) Order, 2018.  Cotton Bales ITC HS Sub heading 5201  G/TBT/N/IND/84  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 24/10/20 17  Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) number 402, 
3 October  2017, regarding the active 
ingredient  C70 - CHLORANTRANILIPROLE  of the 
monograph list of active ingredients for pesticides, 
household cleaning products and wood preservers, 
published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29  August  2003, 
on the Brazilian Off icial Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da 
União) of 2 September  2003 HS Code(s) : 52; 
ICS Code(s) : 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1307  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 24/11/20 17  Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) number 415,  
7 November  2017, regarding the active ingredient 
F70 - FLUENSULFONE of the monograph list of active 
ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products 
and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 
of 29 August  2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette 
(DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September  2003 HS Code(s) : 52, 07, 09, 12, 08;  
ICS Code(s) : 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1315  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 13/12/20 17  Tebufenozide ; Pesticide Tolerance Actions . Final Rule  Almond, hulls ; Apple, dry pomace ; 
Apple, wet pomace ; Bushberry, 
subgroup 13 -07B; Brassica, head and 
stem, subgroup 5A ; Brassica, leafy 
greens, subgroup 5B ; Canola, refined oil ; 
Canola, seed ; Caneberry, subgroup 
13-07A; Citrus, oil ; Cotton; Cotton, gin 
byproducts ; Cranberry ; Fruit, citrus, 
group 10 -10; Fruit, pome ; Fruit, pome, 
group 11 -10; Grape; Kiwifruit ; Leaf G/SPS/N/USA/2972    
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petioles subgroup 4B ; Leafy greens 
subgroup 4A ; Nut, tree, group 14 -12; 
Peppermint, tops ; Spearmint, tops ; 
Sugarcane, cane ; Sugarcane, molasses ; 
Turnip, greens ; Turnip, roots ; Vegetable, 
fruiting, group 8 -10; Vegetable, tuberous 
and corn, except potato, subgroup 1D  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 11/01/20 18  Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) 
number  436, 4 December  2017, regarding the active 
ingredient  H07 - HALOXYFOP -P of the monograph list of 
active ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning 
products and wood preservers, published by 
Resolution - RE n° 165 of 2 9 August  2003, on the Brazilian 
Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 
2 September  2003 HS Code(s) : 10, 08, 52, 12;  
ICS Code(s) : 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1341  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 28/02/20 18  Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) number 474, 
20 February  2018, regarding the active 
ingredient  F69 - FLUPYRADIFURONE of the monograph list 
of active ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning 
products and wood preservers, published by 
Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29  August  2003, on the B razilian 
Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 
2 September  2003 HS Code(s) : 07, 52, 12, 08;  
ICS Code(s) : 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1367  
China  All 
Members  TBT 18/07/20 17  According to the Special Actions of Strengthening the 
Supervision and Strictly Striking of Illegal "Foreign 
Garbage" by the General Administration of Customs of 
China,  Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, 
Ministry of Public Security of China and General 
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and 
Quaranti ne of China, as well as the Special Actions of 
Striking of the Illegal Actions of Imported Solid Waste 
Processing and Utilizing Sectors by Ministry of 
Environmental Protection of China, we found that large 
amounts of dirty wastes or even hazardous wastes a re 
mixed in the solid waste that can be used as raw 
materials . This polluted China's environment seriously . To 
protect China's environmental interests and people's 
health, we urgently adjust the imported solid wastes list, 
and forbid the import of solid wa stes that are highly 
polluted . Protection of human health or safety ; Protection 
of animal or plant life or health ; Protection of the 
environment  ...Waste textile materials : 5202100000 ; 
5202910000 ; 5202990000;  … G/TBT/N/CHN/1211  
Brazil  All 
Members  TBT 30/08/2017  Ordinance Nº. 221, 2 3 August  2017 (Portaria n.º 221, de 
23 de agosto de 2017)  Textiles & Textile Articles – HS: (Chapter 
50 - Silk, including yarns and woven 
fabric ; Chapter 51 - Wool & animal hair, 
including yarn & woven fabric ; Chapter 
52 - Cotton, including yarn and woven 
fabric ; Chapter 53 - Other vegetable 
textile fib res) G/TBT/N/BRA/740    
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Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 30/08/2017  Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) number  380, 
22 August  2017, regarding the active ingredient 
D11 - DICAMBA  of the monograph list of active ingredients 
for pesticides, household cleaning products and wood 
preservers, published by Resolution - RE n°  165 o f 
29 August  2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette 
(DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September  2003 
Inclusion of cotton culture with MRL of 0.04 mg/kg  and 
safety security period "not determined due to the mode of 
use", inclusion of Genetically Modified  Cotton with MRL of 
0.04 mg/kg an d safety security period of 113  days and 
inclusion of Genetically Modified Soybean with MRL of 4.0 
mg/kg and safety security period of 70 days, all for post 
emergency use (application) for the active ingredient 
D11 - DICAMBA in the Relation of Monographies of Active 
Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleani ng Products 
and Wood Preservers  HS codes 52, 12  G/SPS/N/BRA/1289  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 19/07/2017  Difenoconazole ; Pesticide Tolerances Final Rule Federal 
Register, Volume 82 Issue 134 (Friday, 1 4 July 2017) . 
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
difenoconazole in or on cottonseed subgroup 20C ; rice, 
grain; and rice, wild, grain . It also amends the existing 
tolerance for cotton, gin by-products, and removes the 
tolerance for cotton, undelinted seed . Syngenta Crop 
Protection, LLC requested these tolerances under the 
Federal Food,  Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)  Cotton, cottonseed subgroup 20C ; rice, 
grain; and rice, wild, grain  G/SPS/N/ USA/2939  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 17/05/2 017   Tioxazafen ; Pesticide Tolerances, Final Rule  Cotton, gin by -products  G/SPS/N/USA/2919  
Dominican 
Republic  All 
Members  SPS 16/05/2017   Resolución No. 34-2016, que regula uso de ciertas 
moléculas de plaguicidas en vegetales y frutas (Resolution 
No. 34-2016 regulating the use of certain pesticide 
molecules on vegetables and fruit) . The notified Resolution 
provides for the following : the insecticide acephate is 
declared to be of restricted use. it is permitted for 
cotton.. . The notified Resolution partially replaces 
Resolu tion No. 61-2011 Cotton  G/SPS/N/DOM/69  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 7/11/2016   Fluridone ; Pesticide Tolerances, Final Rule . This regulation 
establishes a tolerance for residues of fluridone in or on 
cotton gin by -products  Cotton, gin by -products  G/SPS/N/USA/2908  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 4/11/ 2016   Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of 
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities, Notice 
of Filing of Petition and Request for Comment . This 
document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial 
filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment 
of a tolerance for residues of the herbicid e 2,4-D in or on 
cotton, gin byproducts at 1.5 parts per  million  (ppm), and 
cotton, undelinted seed at 0.8  ppm Cotton, gin by -products  G/SPS/N/USA/2905    
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Russian 
Federation  All 
countries 
that are a 
party to 
the Basel 
Convention  LIC 5/10/2016   The Russian Federation manages its obligations for 
hazardous waste controlled by the Basel Convention for 
the Control of Trans -boundary Movements of Hazardous 
Waste and their Disposal (Basel Convention) through the 
Common List of Goods that are subject of impo rt/export 
prohibitions or restrictions in trade with third countries 
(Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic 
Commission No. 30 "About measures of non -tariff 
regulat ion" of 21.04.2015) (Annex  2.3) Hazardous waste (Ex 5202 10 000 0)  G/LIC/N/3/RUS/3  
Brazil   LIC 30/08/2016   Most import licensing is statutorily required . For most 
goods mentioned in the relevant legislative texts, legal 
coverage is defined within and is not subjected to 
administrative discretion . Statutorily required licensing 
cannot be abolished without legislative approval . Other 
products are left to administrative discretion . The list of 
products subject to licensing is available at the Ministry of 
Industry, Foreign Trade and Services 
website:  http://www.mdic.gov.br/comercio -
exterior/importacao/tratamento -administrativo -de-
importacao  Cotton  G/LIC/N/1/BRA/7  
& Corr.1  
Brazil   LIC 30/08/2016  The lists of products subject to import licensing are 
available at the SISCOMEX website 
http://www.portalsiscomex.gov.br/ ), and may be found as 
well on Brazil' s Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and 
Services (MDIC) website 
http://www.mdic.gov.br/comercio -
exterior/importacao/tratamento -administrativo -de-
importacao . Whenever an import license is requir ed, 
applications for both automatic and non -automatic import 
licensing are achieved using Brazil' s Foreign Trade 
Integrated System (SISCOMEX) . SISCOMEX is Brazil' s 
ongoing single window initiative, a work still in progress, 
to which all other online and of fline import -related 
procedures are converging  Cotton  G/LIC/N/2/BRA/7  
Brazil  All origins  LIC 25/08/2016   As a rule, the Brazilian import regime does not require 
licensing . For some products, automatic import licensing 
and non -automatic import licensing are managed through 
the Foreign Trade Integrated System (SISCOMEX) . All 
import licenses must be required through Portal Siscomex . 
The administrative procedures are electronic -based, so as 
to make the pr ocess more efficient and faster  Cotton  G/LIC/N/3/BRA/11  
Honduras  All 
countries  LIC 12/08/20 16  Import permits are required to ensure that plants, plant 
products and by -products, and products and inputs for 
agricultural use have been inspected via the proper 
procedures and do not constitute a potential risk a s 
carriers of pests or diseases  Cotton and cotton products  G/LIC/N/3/HND/10  
Brazil  All 
countries  TBT 27/07/20 16 1/03/20 17 Technical regulation establishing the quality requirements, 
sampling presentation, marking, labelling aspects relati ng 
to the cotton classification  HS: Chapter 52 - Cotton  G/TBT/N/BRA/683    
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Kazakhstan  All 
countries 
that are 
parties to 
the Basel 
Convention  LIC 29/06/2016   The Republic of Kazakhstan manages its obligations for 
hazardous waste contro lled by the Basel Convention for 
the Control of Trans -boundary Movements of Hazardous 
Waste and their Disposal (Basel Convention) through the 
Common List of Goods that are Subject to Non -tariff 
Measures in Trade with Third Countries (Decision of the 
Colleg ium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 30 
"On Measures of Non -tariff Regulatio n" of 21  April 2015, 
Annex 2.3)  Ex 5202 10 000 0 - Wastes in the form 
of spinning down  G/LIC/N/3/KAZ/1  
& Corr.1  
Malaysia  All 
countries, 
with the 
exception 
of 
countries 
in the 
American 
Tropics 
and 
countries 
endemic to 
disease of 
plants of 
the palmae 
family  LIC 18/02/2016   The Plant Quarantine Act 1976 amends and consolidates 
the laws relating to the control, prevention and eradication 
of agricultural pests, noxi ous plants and plant disease and 
to extend co -operation in the control of the movement of 
pests in international trade for matters connected 
therewith . The Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981 were 
made pursuant to Section 23 of the Plant Quarantine Act 
1976. It stipulates the requirement which must be met for 
the entry of plants, growing media, organic fertilizers, soil, 
living or dead organisms including micro -organism and 
any hosts of plant pest and/or carrier of plant pests into 
Malaysia, and at the same t ime for the prevention of entry 
of pests of quarant ine importance into the country  Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)  G/LIC/N/3/MYS/11  
China  All 
Members  TBT 28/10/20 15  National Standard of the P.R.C., Conventional Moisture 
Regains of Textiles  Textile materials (HS : 
50010010 -50079090, 
51011100 -51130000, 
52010000 -52122500, 
53011000 -53110090, 
54011010 -54083400, 
55011000 -55169400, 
56011000 -56090000, 
58011000 -58110090, 
59011010 -59119000, 
60011000 -60069000, 
61012000 -61179000, 
62011100 -62179000)  G/TBT/N/CHN/1151  
G/TBT/N/CHN/1151/Suppl.1  
Pakistan  India AD 20/08/20 15  Anti-dumping  Cotton yarn 55.5 and above  G/ADP/N/280/PAK  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 23/06/20 15  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient Q05.2 
QUIZALOFOP -P-TEFURYL of the monograph list of active 
ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products 
and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 
of 29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2 September  2003 Post-emergency application in cultures of 
cotton (0.1mg/kg safety security period 
of 30 days) (…)  G/SPS/N/BRA/1048    
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Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 23/06/20 15  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient I18 
ISOXAFLUTOLE of the monograph list of active ingredients 
for pesticides, household cleaning products and wood 
preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 
29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette  (DOU Diário 
Oficia l da União) of 2  September  2003 Post-emergency application in cultures of 
cotton (0.01mg/kg safety security period 
of 97 days) (…)  G/SPS/N/BRA/1049  
Peru United 
States  SPS 22/06/20 15  The draft phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation into Peru of cotton gin waste (linters) 
originating in and coming from the United States are being 
submitted for public consultation following the completion 
of the relevant technical report  HS tariff subheading 5202.99.00.00 : 
Cotton (Gossypium  spp.) gin waste 
(linters)  G/SPS/N/PER/613  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 22/05/20 15  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient G05 
GLUFOSINATE of the monograph list of active ingredients 
for pesticides, household cleaning products and wood 
preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 
29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2  September  2003  Post-emergency application in cultures of 
(…) cotton (0.5mg/kg safety security 
period of 28 days), cotton (0.5mg/kg 
safety security period to the culture of 
genetically modified cotton, which 
express resis tance to glufosinate, is of 
116 days, when the pesticide is applied 
in post -emergency of the culture and of 
the weeds), (…) Desiccant application in 
cultures of cotton (0.5mg/kg safety 
security period of 28 days), (…)  G/SPS/N/BRA/1044  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 12/05/20 15  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient C32 
CLETHODIM of the monograph list of active ingredients for 
pesticides, household cleaning products and wood 
preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 
29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (D OU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2  September  2003. 
Inclusion of cultures of sunflower (0.05mg/kg safety 
security period of 53 days), apple and grape (0.05mg/kg 
safety security period of 23 days), inclusion of cultures of 
sweet potato, yacon potato, beet, yam s, ginger, cocoyam, 
arracacha, turnip and radish (0.5mg/kg safety security 
period of 180 days) ; and inclusion of cultures of eggplant, 
scarlet eggplant, pepper, green pepper and okra 
(0.5mg/kg safety security period of 20 days), all in 
post-emergency appli cation  Post-emergency application in cultures of 
cotton (0.5mg/kg safety security period 
of 50 days), (…)  G/SPS/N/BRA/1031  
China  All 
Members  QR 8/04/2015 31/12/2014  Export quota,  licensing and state trading administration  Cotton (ex5201, ex5203)  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/3  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 13/03/20 15 20/02/20 15 This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
dimethenamid in or on cottonseed subgroup  20C and 
cotton, gin byproducts  Cotton, gin byproducts ; Cottonseed 
subgroup 20C  G/SPS/N/USA/2740  
Brazil  All 
Members  TBT 5/02/201 5  Draft technical regulation setting up official standard 
classification, quality, marking and labelling requirements, 
sampling procedures, method of presentation etc. related 
to the product (cotton) classi fication . It revises the 
Ordinance Nº  63, 5 December  2002 (Instrução Normativa 
SDA/MAPA/Nº 63 de 5 de Dezembro de 2002), notified 
under the document G/TBT/N/BRA/78, 2 1 January  2003 HS: Chapter 52 – Cotton  G/TBT/N/BRA/78/Rev.1    
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China  All 
Members  LIC 22/01/20 15  Import tariff -rate quotas  (…) Cotton (…)  G/LIC/N/3/CHN/13  
Brazil  Sudan  SPS 7/01/20 15 18/12/20 14 The notified document approves the phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation of threshed cotton fibre 
(Gossypium hirsutum ) (Category 2, Class 10) produced in 
Sudan, in accordance with the results of a pest risk 
analysis  Threshed cotton fibre ( Gossypium 
hirsutum ) (Category 2, Class 10)  G/SPS/N/BRA/1011  
Malaysia  All 
Members  LIC 6/11/20 14 1/01/20 15 The Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981 were made 
pursuant to Section 23 of the Plant Quarantine Act 1976 . 
It stipulates the requirement which must be met for the 
entry of plants, growing media, organic fertilizers, soil, 
living or dead organisms including micro -organ ism and 
any hosts of plant pest and/or carrier of plant pests into 
Malaysia, and at the same time for the prevention of entry 
of pests of quarantine importance into the country.  
Under the Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981, an import 
permit is imposed for t he importation of the following (…)  
- Importation of all commodities as listed below for 
processing or consumption from All Countries except from 
countries endemic to South American Leaf Blight, 
countries endemic to disease of plants of Palmae and 
countrie s endemic from Khapra Beetle (Trogoderma 
granarium) commencing 1  January  2015, (…) Cotton 
(Gossypium hirsutum) ( …) (…) Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) (…)  G/LIC/N/3/MYS/10  
Turkey  United 
States  AD 18/10/20 14  Original investigation   Cotton ; 5201 G/ADP/N/265/TUR  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 13/10/20 14  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient F23 
FLUAZIFOP -P of the monograph list of active ingredients 
for pesticides, household cleaning products and wood 
preservers, published by Resolution - RE N° 165 
of 29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2  September  2003 (…)  Post-emergency application in cultures of 
lettuce (0.05mg/kg, safety security 
period of 28 days), cotton (0.04mg/kg, 
safety security period of 60 days) (…)  G/SPS/N/BRA/989  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 13/10/20 14  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient 
G05 - GLUFOSINATE of the monograph list of active 
ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products 
and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE N° 165 
of 29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazett e (DOU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2  September  2003 (…)  Post-emergency application in cultures of 
(…) cotton (0.5mg/kg, safety security 
period of 28 days), cotton (0.5mg/kg, 
the safety security period to the culture 
of the genetically modified cotton, whic h 
manifests resistance to the glufosinate, 
is of 116 days, when the pesticide is 
applied in post -emergency of culture and 
weeds) (…) Desiccant application in 
cultures of cotton (0.5mg/kg, safety 
security period of 28 days) (…)  G/SPS/N/BRA/986  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 13/10/20 14  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient 
G01 - GLYPHOSATE of the monograph list of active 
ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products 
and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE N° 165 
of 29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2  September  2003 (…)  Post-emergency application in cultures of 
cotton (3.0mg/kg, safety security period 
to the culture of cotton is not determined 
when the pesticide is applied in 
post-emergency of the weeds and 
pre-emergency of the culture . The safety 
security period to the cultures of G/SPS/N/BRA/981    
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genetically modified cotton, which 
express resistance to the glyphosate, is 
of 130 days, when the pesticide is 
applied in post -emergency of the weeds 
and of the culture) (…) 
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 10/10/20 14  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient 
P01 - PARAQUAT of the monograph list of active 
ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products 
and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE N° 165 
of 29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette ( DOU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2  September  2003 (…)  Post-emergency application in cultures of 
(…) cotton (0.2mg/kg, safety security 
period of 7 days) (…) Desiccant 
application in cultures of cotton 
(0.2mg/kg, safety security period of 
7 days) (…)  G/SPS/N/ BRA/980  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 8/10/20 14  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient 
F42 - FLUROXYPYR of the monograph list of active 
ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products 
and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 
of 29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2  September  2003 (…)  Post-emergency application in cultures of 
cotton (0.01mg/kg safety security period 
not determined due to the mode of use) 
(…) G/SPS/N/BRA/973  
United 
States  All 
Members  LIC 3/10/20 14  Import permits are required for the importation of most 
plants and some plant products, to protect against the 
introduction of pests and diseases . Permits are also 
required for the import, export or re -export of terrestrial 
plants that are on the endangered species list  Cotton and cotton covers  G/LIC/N/3/USA/11  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 7/08/20 14  Amitraz, Carfentrazone -ethyl, Ethephon, Malathion, 
Mancozeb, et al.; Proposed Tolerance Actions EPA is 
proposing to revoke certain tolerances for the fungicides 
spiroxamine and triflumizole, the herbicides 
carfentrazone -ethyl and quizalofop ethyl ; the insecticides 
amitraz, oxamyl, propetamphos, and spinosad ; and the 
plant growth regulators ethephon and mepiquat . In 
addition, EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerance on rice 
straw for multiple active ingredients . Also, EPA is 
proposing to modify certain tolerances for the fungicides 
mancozeb, thiram, and triflumizole ; and the insecticide 
malathion . In addition, EPA is proposing to establish new 
tolerances for the fungicide mancozeb . Also, in accordance 
with current Agency pr actice, EPA is proposing to make 
minor revisions to the tolerance expression for malathion, 
mepiquat, and thiram  (…); Cotton, gin by -products ; Cotton, 
undelinted seed ; (…) G/SPS/N/USA/2688  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 4/08/20 14  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient 
S-METOLACHLOR of the monograph list of active 
ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products 
and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 
of 29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário 
Oficial  da União) of 2  September  2003 (…)  Pre-emergency application in cultures of 
cotton (0.2mg/kg safety security period 
not determined due to the mode of use) 
(…) G/SPS/N/BRA/966  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 4/08/20 14  Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient 
CARFENTRAZONE -ETHYL of the monograph list of active 
ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products 
and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 
of 29 August  2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2 September  2003 (…)  Post-emergency application in cultures of 
cotton (0.1mg/kg safety security period 
of 8 days) (…)  G/SPS/N/BRA/965    
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Mexico  All 
Members  SPS 12/06/20 14  
Proyecto de Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana 
NOM-026-FITO-1995, Por la que se establece el control de 
plagas del algodonero (Draft Amendment to Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -026-FITO-1995: Establishing cotton 
plant pest controls) The notified Standard establishes the 
mandatory regulations to control and prevent the spread 
of pest populations : pink bollworm (Pectinophora 
gossypiella Saunders) and cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus 
grandis Boheman), which affect cotton, okra and kenaf 
crops ; in addition to phytosanitary measures in order to 
prevent the spread of such pests to pest -free areas. (…)  Pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella 
Saunders) and cotton boll weevil 
(Anthonomus grandis Boheman), which 
affect cotton, okra and kenaf crops  G/SPS/N/MEX/260  
Malaysia  All 
Members  SPS 10/03/20 14 1/07/20 14 New Import Requirements for Impor tation of Plants, Plant 
Products and Regulated Articles into Malaysia 2014 
Malaysia proposes to revise and implement new import 
requirements of plants, plant products and regulated 
articles into Malaysia following the gazette of Malaysian 
Quarantine and In spection Services Act 2011 . This Act 
requires that the importation of any plant into Malaysia 
shall require an import license . The commodities would 
also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate 
with additional declarations stating that approp riate 
treatment/measures have be en applied prior to 
importation  Processed and dried for consumption soy 
bean ( Glycine  max), corn/maize grain 
(Zea mays ), dried for consumption cocoa 
bean ( Theobroma  cacao ), processed and 
dried for consumption coffee beans 
(Coffea Arabica , Robusta  coffee , Coffea  
liberica ), fresh/dried leaves tobacco 
(Nicotiana  tabacum ), fresh/raw dried 
cotton ( Gossypium  hirsutum ) (…) G/SPS/N/MYS/27  
Canada  All 
Members  SPS 21/11/20 13  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit : Chlorantraniliprole 
(PMRL2013 -106). The objective of the notified document 
PMRL2013 -106 is to consult on the listed domestic and 
import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 
chlorantraniliprole that have been proposed by the Health 
Canada's Pest Management Regu latory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or 
Processed  Commodity  
(…) 
0.3 Root and tuber vegetab les (Crop Group 1)b, Cotton
 (Crop Subgroup 20C)c 
(…) 
c The currently established MRL of 0.3 ppm for undelinted 
cottonseed will be extended to Crop Subgroup 20C.  
ppm = parts per  million MRLs are proposed for each 
commodity included in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups 
webpage http://www. hc-sc.gc.ca/cps -
spc/pest/part/protect -proteger/food -nourriture/rccg -
gcpcr -eng.php  in the Pesticides and Pest Management 
section of Health Canada's website  Pesticide chlorantraniliprole in or on 
various food commodities (ICS Codes : 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 6 7.080, 
67.100, 67.120, 67.200)  G/SPS/N/CAN/769  
G/SPS/N/CAN/769/Add.1  
Mexico  Peru SPS 21/10/20 13  
Pursuant to the Decision establishing the module 
of phytosanitary requirements for the importation of goods 
regulated by the Ministry  of Agriculture, Livestoc k, Rural 
Development, Fisheries and Food, in relation to  plant 
health ( Acuerdo por el que se establece el módulo de 
requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de mercancías Cotton fibre ( Gossypium barbadense ), 
not carded or combed, for  processing  G/SPS/N/MEX/241  
G/SPS/N/MEX/241/Add.1    
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reguladas por la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, 
Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y  Alimentación, en materia de 
sanidad vegetal ), published in the Mexican Official Journal 
on 7 February  2012, the phytosanitary requirements for 
the importation into Mexico of uncarded or uncombed 
cotton fibre ( Gossypium barbadense ) for processing, 
originat ing in and coming from Peru, established following 
the pest risk analysis or risk assessment, have be en 
submitted for public comment  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 12/07/20 13  
Draft Resolution no. 25 of 2 July 2013 Draft Resolution 
regarding the active ingredient Diflubenzuron to be 
included in the monograph list of active ingredients of 
pesticides, household cleaning pro ducts and wood 
preservers, including the use in the cultures of cotton 
(0.2mg/kg ; safety period of 28 days), rice (0.1mg/kg ; 
safety period of 70 days), citrus (0.2mg/kg ; safety period 
of 30 days), corn (0.2mg/kg ; safety period of 60  days), 
soybean (0.2mg/k g; safety period of 21  days), tomato 
(0.5mg/kg ; safety period of 4  days) and wheat 
(0.5mg/kg ; safety period of 30  days)  Active ingredient Diflubenzuron on 
cotton, rice, citrus, corn, soybean, 
tomato and wheat  G/SPS/N/BRA/883  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 11/04/20 13 27/03/20 13 Abamectin ; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation raises 
tolerances for residues of abamectin (also known as 
avermectin B1 a mixture of avermectins containing 
greater than or equal to 80% avermectin B1a 
(5-O-demethyl avermec tin A1) and less than or equal to 
20% avermectin delta -8,9-isomer) in or on cotton and 
strawberr ies Cotton and strawberries  G/SPS/N/USA/2530  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 5/03/20 13 27/02/20 13 Pyraflufen -ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation 
establishes tolerances for residues of pyraflufen -ethyl in or 
on multiple commodities which are identified and 
discussed later in this document . Nichino America, Inc. 
requested these tolerances under the Federal Food,  Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FFD CA) Almond, hulls ; Cattle, fat ; Cattle, meat ; 
Cattle, meat by -products ; Corn, field, 
forage ; Corn, field, grain ; Corn, field, 
stover ; Cotton, gin by -products ; Cotton, 
undelinted seed ; (…) G/SPS/N/USA/2523  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 29/10/20 12  
Draft Resolution n° 58 of 4 October  2012 Draft Resolution 
for the active ingredient Pymetrozine to be included in the 
monograph list of active ingredients of pesticides, 
household sanitizing products and wood preservers, 
including the use in the cultures o f lettuce (MRL of 0.1 
mg/kg and safety period of 7 days), cotton (MRL of 0.1 
mg/kg and safety period of 7  days) (…)  Active ingredient P52 - Pymetrozine  G/SPS/N/BRA/837  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 29/10/20 12  
Draft Resolution n° 59 of 4 October  2012 Draft Resol ution 
for the active ingredient Zeta -Cypermethrin to be included 
in the monograph list of active ingredients of pesticides, 
household sanitizing products and wood preservers, 
including the use in the cultures of cotton (MRL of 
0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 15 days) (…)  Active ingredient 
Z60 - Zeta-Cypermethrin  G/SPS/N/BRA/841    
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Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 29/10/20 12  
Draft Resolution n° 60 of 4 October  2012 Draft Resolution 
for the active ingredient Flumioxazin to be included in the 
monograph list of active ingredients of pesticides, 
household sanitizing products and wood preservers, 
including the use in the cultures of cotton (MRL of 0.05 
mg/kg and safety period of 100 days)(…)  Active ingredient F46 - Flumioxazin  G/SPS/N/BRA/845  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 8/10/20 12 28/09/20 12 Sulfoxaflor ; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency 
Exemptions This regulation establishes time -limited 
tolerances for residues of sulfoxaflor, N -methyloxido 
[1-[6-(trifluoromethyl) -3-pyridinyl]ethyl] 
[lambda] \4\-sulfanylidene] cyanamide, including its 
metabolites and degradates in or on cotton, undelinted 
seed; cotton, gin by -products ; and cotton, hulls Cotton  G/SPS/N/USA/2476  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 10/09/20 12 15/08/20 12 Flutriafol ; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions 
This regulation establishes time -limited tolerances for 
residues of flutriafol in or on cotton, undelinted seed ; 
cotton, meal ; cotton, refined oil ; and cotton gin 
by-products . This action is in response to EPA's granting  of 
an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 
authorizing use of the pesticide on cotton . This regulation 
establishes a maximum permissible level for residues of 
flutriafol in or on cotton co mmodities . The time -limited 
tolera nces expire on 31  December  2014 Cotton  G/SPS/N/USA/2451  
China  All 
Members  TBT 23/07/20 12  
Administrative Measures on Inspection and Supervision of 
Imported Cotton (9 pages, in Chinese) . These Measures 
specify the administrative measures of inspection and 
supervision on  the quality of imported cotton  Imported cotton HS  5201000010 , 
5201000090  G/TBT/N/CHN/925  
Peru India SPS 19/07/20 12 19/10/20 11 Resolución Directoral Nº 34 -2011-AG-SENASA -DSV 
(Directorial Resolution No.  34-2011-AG-SENASA -DSV). 
The notified Directorial Resolution lifts the phytosanitary 
measures suspending the issue of phytosanitary import 
permits for cotton (Gossypium spp.) fibre, not carded or 
combed, origi nating in  and coming from India  HS tariff subheadings 5201.00.90.00, 
5201.00.30.00, 5201.00.20.00 and 
5201.00.10.00 : Cotton fibre, not carded 
or combed  G/SPS/N/PER/422  
Peru India SPS 19/07/20 12 17/05/20 12 Resolución Directoral Nº 0012 -2012-AG-SENASA -DSV 
(Directorial Resolution No.  0012-2012-AG-SENASA -DSV). 
The notified Directorial Resolution establishes the 
mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the 
importation into Peru of cotton comber wa ste from India  HS tariff subheading 520 2.99.00.00 : 
Cotton comber waste  G/SPS/N/PER/428  
China  All 
Members  TBT 18/07/20 12  
National Standard of the P.R.C., Cotton Part  1: Saw 
Ginned Upland Cotton  (23 pages  in Chinese ). This 
standard specifies the quality requirements, classification 
criterions, test methods, inspection rules, inspection 
certificates, packages and marks, storage and 
transportation requirements etc. for saw ginned upland 
cotton . 
This standard applies to saw ginned upland cotton 
produced, purchased, processed, t raded, stored and use d 
in China  Cotton -upland cotton ICS : 59.060.10  G/TBT/N/CHN/921    
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China  All 
Members  TBT 18/07/2012  
National Standard of the P.R.C., Cotton Part 2 : Roller 
Ginned Upland Cotton  (18 pages  in Chinese ). This 
standard specifies the quality requirements, classification 
criterions, test methods, inspection rules, inspection 
certificates, packages and marks, storage and 
transportation requirements etc. for roller ginned upland 
cotton. This standard applies to roller ginned upland cotton 
produc ed, purchased, processed, t raded, stored and used 
in China  Cotton -upland cotton ICS : 59.060.10  G/TBT/N/CHN/922  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 15/06/20 12 6/08/20 12 Draft Resolution on Azadirachtin This draft sanitary 
regulation modifies Resolution RE nº 165, 2 9 August  2003, 
by including in it the use of azadirachtin in the cultures of 
cotton, corn, soy and grape (Leaf application, LMR and 
safety period without restrictions)  Azadirachtin  G/SPS/N/BRA/814  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 11/06/20 12  
Aldicarb ; Cancellation Order for Amendments To 
Terminate Uses This notice announces EPA's order for the 
amendment to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by 
the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products 
containing aldicarb, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of th e 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA), as amended . This cancellation order follows an 
7 October  2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of 
Request from the registrant, Bayer CropScience to 
voluntarily amend to terminate uses of the product, 
TEMIK[supreg] Brand 15G, containing aldicarb on citrus 
and potatoes effective immediately . The registrant also 
requested that EPA amend to terminate the remaining 
pesticide uses of this product on cotton, dry beans, 
peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets,  and sweet potatoes, 
effective as of 31  December  2014. These are not the last 
products containing aldicarb registered for use in the 
United States . (…) Multiple products  G/SPS/N/USA/2386  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 8/06/20 12 14/05/20 12 Penflufen ; Pesticide Tolerances  Tolerances are established 
for residues of the fungicide penflufen, including its 
metabolites and degradates, in or on the following 
commodities listed in the table . Compliance with the 
tolerance levels specified in the table is to be determined 
by mea suring only penflufen 
N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbuty l)phenyl] -5-fluoro -1,3-dimethyl -1
H-pyrazole -4-carboxamide, in or o n the following 
commodities.  
Commodity  Parts per  
 million  
Alfalfa, forage  0.01 
Alfalfa, hay  0.01 
Cotton, gin by -products  0.01 
(…) Multiple commodities  G/SPS/N/USA/2382    
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United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 8/06/20 12 14/05/20 12 Fluxapyroxad ; Pesticide Tolerances  Tolerances are 
established for residues of the fungicide fluxapyroxad, 
including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the 
commodities listed in the table below . Compliance with the 
tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by 
measuring on ly fluxapyroxad, 
3-(difluoromethyl) -1-methyl -N-(3',4',5' -trifluoro[1,1' -biph
enyl]-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole -4-carboxamide in or on the 
commodity.  
Commodity  Parts per  million  
Apple, wet pomace  2.0 
Beet, sugar  0.1 
Beet, sugar, dried pulp  0.1 
Beet, sugar, tops  7.0 
Cattle, fat  0.05 
Cattle, meat  0.01 
Cattle, meat by -products  0.03 
Corn, field, grain  0.01 
Corn, oil  0.03 
Corn, pop, grain  0.01 
Corn, sweet, kernels plus cobs with husks removed  0.15 
Cotton, gin by -products  0.01 
Cotton, unde linted seed  0.01 
(…) Multiple commodities  G/SPS/N/USA/2383  
Peru United 
States  CV 2/06/20 12  
Countervailing  Cotton  G/SCM/N/242/PER 
G/SCM/N/250/PER  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 10/05/20 12 2/03/20 12 Thiamethoxam ; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation 
establishes tolerances for residues of thiamethoxam in or 
on multiple commodities. (a) General . Tolerances are 
established for residues of the insecticide thiamethoxam, 
including its metabolites and degradates, in or o n the 
following commodities . Compliance with the tolerance 
levels specified below is to be determined by measuring 
only thiamethoxam 
3-[(2-chloro -5-thiazolyl)methyl]tetrahydro -5-methyl -N-nit
ro-4H-1,3,5-oxadiazin -4-imine and its metabolite 
CGA-322704 
N-[(2-chloro -thiazol -5-yl)methyl] -N'-methyl -N''-nitro-guan
idine, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of 
thiamethoxam, in or on the following commodities:  
Commodity  Parts per  
 million  
(…) 
Cotton, gin by -products  1.5 
Cotton, undelinted seed  0.10 
(…) Multiple  G/SPS/N/USA/2362    
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United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 2/05/20 12 6/08/20 12 Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete 
Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations EPA is issuing a 
notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants 
to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations for Buctril 
Herbicide (active ingre dient Bromoxynil) on BTX cotton  Cotton  G/SPS/N/USA/2359  
G/SPS/N/USA/2359/Corr.1  
United 
States  All 
Members  SPS 18/04/20 12 9/03/20 12 This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
penthiopyrad in or on multiple commodities. (a) General. 
(1) Tolerances are established for residues of 
penthiopyrad, including its etabolites and degradates, in or 
on the commodities in the table below . Compliance wi th 
the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by 
measuring only penthiopyrad 
(N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl) -3-thienyl] -1-methyl -3-(trifluoro
methyl)-1H-pyrazole -4-carboxamide)  
Commodity  Parts per  
 million  
(…) 
Cotton, seed   1.5 
Cotton, gin by-products   15 
(…) Multiple  G/SPS/N/USA/2347  
 
 
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