TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.17/Add.1/Suppl.1  
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.17/Add.1/Suppl.1  
 
12 December  2022 
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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 Ukraine  to the questionnaire on 
recent  policy  developments for cotton , circulat ed by the Secretariat on 31 August  2022, which 
should be incorporated in Annex 4 of document TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.17/Add.1 - 
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.17/Add.1.  
 
Therefore, the table in paragraph 2 of Annex 4 (page 11) should read as follows:  
 
Members who replied to the previous questionnaires  
circulate d 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 and 2 March 2022  Members who replied to the 
questionnaire circulated on 
31 August 2022 
Argentina;  Australia ; Benin;  Brazil ; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Chad;  
China ; 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 ; Togo; Türkiye ; Ukraine; 
United  States and Uruguay  Australia ; Brazil ; Cambodia; 
Costa Rica; European Union ; 
Hong  Kong, China ; 
Macao, China; New Zealand ; 
Pakistan ; Thailand ; Ukraine and 
the United States   
 
 
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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.17/Add.1/Suppl.1 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.17/Add.1/Suppl.1  
 
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  Reply from Ukraine  
With regard to the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton (document WT/MIN(15)/46, WT/L/981 as 
of 21 December 2015)  Ukraine would like to provide the following . 
 
Information on Cotton  
(April – September 2022) 
 
1. Market  access  
 
In April – September 2022, there were  no changes in cotton policy in terms of market access.  
 
UKTZED  
(Ukrainian Foreign 
Economic Activity 
Commodity Classification, 
based on Harmonized 
System 201 7) Description  April – September 2022  
Bound import 
duty rate 
within the MFN  Applied import 
duty rate 
within the MFN  
5201 00  Cotton, not carded or combed    
5201 00 10 00  - Rendered absorbent or bleached  0 0 
5201 00 90 00  - Other  0 0 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stocks)    
5202 10 00 00  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  1 1 
 - Other    
5202 91 00 00  -- Garnetted stock  0 0 
5202 99 00 00  -- Other  1 1 
5203 00 00 00  Cotton, carded or combed  5 5 
 
2. Domestic support  
 
In April – September 2022, no state  support for cotton was provided.  
 
3. Export  competition  
 
According  to Ukraine 's WTO obligations , no export  subsidies  for agricultural  products , including  
cotton , were provided .  
 
In respect to cotton , no Export Credit, Export Credit Guarantees or Insurance Programs (Export 
financing) and Food aid were granted, as well as no  Agriculture Exporting State Trading Enterprises 
were functioning or established.  
 
 
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