TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.19/Add.1/Suppl.1  
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.19/Add.1/Suppl.1  
 
14 November  2023 
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Committee on Agriculture  
Special Session  
Sub-Committee on Cotton    
 
  
COTTON  
BACKGROUND PAPER BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Supplement  
This document contain s one additional  reply from Togo  to the questionnaire 
on recent  policy  developments for cotton , circulat ed by the Secretariat on 25 August  2023, 
which  should be incorporated in Annex 4 of document TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.1 9/Add.1  - 
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.1 9/Add.1 . 
 
Therefore, the table in paragraph 2 of Annex 4 (page 11) should read as follows:  
 
Memb ers who replied to the previous questionnaires  
circulated on 4  February  2015, 17  September  2015, 
22 February  2016, 13  September  2016, 28  March  2017, 
10 October  2017, 24  January  2018, 11  February  2019, 
10 September  2019, 22  January  2020, 21  September  2020, 
1 February  2021, 3  September  2021, 2  March  2022, 
31 August  2022 and 9  February  2023  Members who replied to the 
questionnaire circulated on 
25 August  2023 
Argentina; Australia ; Benin; Brazil ; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Chad; 
China ; Cambodia; Colombia ; Costa Rica; Egypt ; Ecuador; El 
Salvador ; European  Union ; Hong Kong, China ; Japan ; Israel; 
Macao, China; Mali; Mauritius ; Montenegro; Morocco ; Mozambique; 
New Zealand ; Pakistan ; Peru; Russian Federation ; South Africa ; 
Switzerland; Chinese Taipei ; Thailand ; Togo; Türkiye ; Ukraine; 
the United  States; and Uruguay  Brazil ; Burundi; Hong Kong, 
China ; Macao, China; Morocco ; 
Togo  and Ukraine   
 
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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 a uthoritative or official legal interpretation of the provisions 
of the WTO Agreements in general or in relation to any measure listed in this document.    
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.19/Add.1/Suppl.1 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.19/Add.1/Suppl.1  
 
- 2 - Reply from Togo  
TABLE OF INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENTS IN TOGO'S COTTON -RELATED POLICIES  
ORDER  AREA OF 
INFORMATION  ELEMENTS OF RESPONSES  
01 Market access  The Togolese State is putting in place a policy of domestic processing of agricultural products, and specifically of cotton, through the 
establishment of textile industries. The ultimate expression of this commitment has been:  
- the adoption of a 2020 -2030 textile and clothing industry policy for Togo. This policy focuses on strengthening spin ning, weaving, 
knitting and garment -making activities, and includes incentives and innovative measures for attracting investors and ensuring 
the sustainable development of the textile and clothing industry;  
- the adoption of the Law on industrial free zone s tatus in Togo, which seeks to further improve the business climate and provide 
benefits to investors and enterprises operating in the field of textiles;  
- the creation of the Adétikopé Industrial Platform (PIA) and the installation and operationalization of the textile factory, the first 
results of which are already visible.  
 
The long -term objective is to improve production, process the cotton produced in Togo and guarantee a remunerative and sustainable 
market for cotton growers.  
02 Domestic support  Given the continuous increase in fertilizer prices on the international market due to the twin effects of the COVID -19-related health 
crisis and the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the Togolese State has supported, for the production y ear 2023 -
2024, the fertilizer transfer price for cotton producers. This support measure has made it possible to stabilize the prices o f cotton 
inputs at the national level in order to mitigate the fluctuation and inflation of input prices seen worldwide.  
 
Discussions are under way between the State (the Ministries of Economy and Finance, and Agriculture) and the New Cotton Compa ny 
of Togo for the establishment of the cotton sector stabilization fund (FSSC). This fund could make it possible to set up a me chanism 
within the sector to mobilize resources for structural investments to improve competitiveness and performance in general.  
03 Export competition  Export competition is mainly linked to subsidies that some countries give their cotton producers, allowing  them to endure the market 
price even if it is very low. This practice creates market distortion.  
 
Togolese cotton is primarily in competition with products from India, insofar as Asia is the main market for domestic product ion. 
Certain countries have a significant advantage in terms of distance for transactions.  
 
The Togolese cotton sector does not receive export support.  
 
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