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TN/AG/SCC/GEN/18  
 
11 October 2017  
(17-5388) Page: 1/12 
Committee on Agriculture  
Special Session  
Sub-Committee on Cotton  Original: French /English  
 
  
WTO NEGOTIATIONS ON AGRICULTURE  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE CO -SPONSORS OF THE  
SECTORAL INITIATIVE IN FAVOUR OF COTTON1 
The following communication, dated 6 October 2017, is being  circulated at the request of Mali on 
behalf of the four co -sponsors of the Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton (C -4). 
 
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DRAFT MINISTERIAL DE CISION ON COTTON OF 13 DECEMBER 2017  
The Ministers , 
 
Stressing  the vital importance of cotton to the economies of African cotton -producing countries in 
general and those of the least developed countries (LDCs) in particular, and noting that over the 
past few years cotton has been one of the most contentious issues at the WTO, both in the trade 
negotiations and in the framework of the dispute settlement process;  
 
Recalling  that domestic support for cotton by some WTO Members distorts prices and disrupts the 
international cotton market, with severe consequences for the economy and social life in Afric an 
cotton -producing countries, especially LDCs;  
 
Recalling  that the C -4 has several times stressed the need for progress as regards the 
commitment of WTO Trade Ministers and has shown its good will in seeking to build a credible 
consensus through negotiati on; 
 
Taking account  of Article 20 of the Agreement on Agriculture, which recognizes the importance of 
fundamental reform of the agriculture sector;  
 
Recalling and reaffirming  the mandate and principles set out in paragraph 13 of the Doha 
Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1);  
 
Expressing their concern  at the lack of progress in the negotiations on this third pillar of cotton  
due to the absence of political will and genuine commitment on the part of certain players in the 
trade component of this vital issue since 2003, when the Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton 
was submitted to the World Trade Organization;  
 
Referring to  the Decisions adopted on Cotton and cont ained, respe ctively, in the Package of 
July 2004 (WT/L/579 of 2 August 2004), which aimed to address  cotton ambitiously, expeditiously, 
and specifically; the Hong Kong Ministerial De claration (WT/MIN(05)/DEC of 22  December 2005), 
in particular paragraphs 1 1 and 12 on cotton; the Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture 
(TN/AG/W/4/Rev.4 of 6 December 2008); and the Bali Decision (WT/MIN(13)/41 -WT/L/916 of 
11 December 2013);  
 
Recalling  the Decision on Cotton adopted at  the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in N airobi 
(WT/MIN(15)/46 -WT/L/981) , which emphasizes, inter alia , the efforts to be made by Members in 
                                                
1 Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad.  TN/AG/GEN/46 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/18  
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  order to achieve the objectives of eventual total elimination of all forms of support for cotton with 
market distorting effects ; 
 
Recognizing the incrementa l progress  achieved on issues relating to market access, export 
competition and the development component  at the  10th WTO Ministerial Conferenc e held in 
Nairobi in December 2015; 
 
Confirming  that Members genuinely recognize that the problem of reducing support and 
protecting cotton producers has not yet been effectively addressed and that it is necessary to 
obtain concrete, substantial and measurable results in respect of domestic support ; and 
 
Without prejudice to the overall conclusion of the negotiations on agriculture in the 
framework of the Doha Development Agenda;  
 
Decide as follows:  
 
1  TRADE COMPONENT  
1.1  Limit on overall trade -distorting support (OTDS) for cotton : AMS, Blue Box and 
de minimi s 
1.  Trade -distorting domestic support for cotton  (AMS, Blue Box, de minimis ) shall be limited as 
follows : 
a. Developed country Members:  
i. Where the final bound total Aggregate Measurement of Support  (AMS) is greater 
than US$40 billion, or the equivalent in the monetary terms in which the binding is 
expressed, the reduction shall be 90%;  
ii. where the final bound total AMS is greater than US $15 billion and less than or equal 
to US$40 billion, or the equivalent in the monetary terms in which the binding is 
expressed, the reduction shall be 80%;  
iii. where the final bound total AMS is less t han or equal to US$15 billion , or the 
equivalen t in the monetary terms in which the binding is expressed, the rate of 
reduction shall be 70%.  
b. The reduction in AMS support for cotton appli cable to developing country Members with 
final bound total AMS commitments shall be two thirds (2/3) of the reduction applicable 
for developed country Members , in accordance with paragraph (a) above.  
c. The reduction percentages provided for in paragraphs (a ) and (b) are applied to the base 
value of support calculated as the arithmetic average of the amounts notified by 
Members for cotton in supporting tables DS:3 and DS:4 from 2009 to 2013 .  
d. Developed country Members and developing country Members shall refrain from granting 
cotton producers a cumulative amount of AMS support and support falling within the 
scope of Article 6.5 of the Agreement on Agriculture that exceed s the monetary limit tha t 
would result from the application of the de minimis  entitlements  under  Article 6.4 of the 
Agreement on Agriculture.  
2.  Further to Article 6 .5 of the Agreement on Agriculture, any direct payment made, where 
appropriate , under production -limiting programmes in favour of cotton producers , shall be included 
in the limit for cotton as specified in paragraph 1 above.  
1.1.1   Green Box support  
3.  Further to Article 20 and Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture, WTO Members shall not 
provide support in favour of cotton prod ucers that meets the criteria set forth in paragraphs 5 to 
13 of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture.  TN/AG/GEN/46 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/18  
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  1.1.2   Other provisions  
4.  The AMS  and de minimis  commitments  and those relating to Blue Box and Green Box support  
for cotton referred to in the preceding para graphs form an integral part of the GATT 1994.  
5.  Least developed country (LDC) Members shall not be required to enter into reduction 
commitments.  
1.1.3 Implementation period  
6.  Commitments undertaken with regard to AMS, de minimis  and Blue Box support for cotto n shall 
apply at the date of adoption of this Decision for developed country Members and within 
five (5) years from the date of adoption of this Decision for developing country Members.  
7.  Commitments undertaken with regard to Green Box support for cotton sha ll apply within a 
period of two  (2) years from the date of adoption of this Decision  for developed country Members 
and within a period of five (5) years from the date of adoption of this Decision  for developing 
country Members.  
1.1.4 Transparency of Green Box support  
8.  During the transition period  defined in paragraph 7 above , when a Member with final bound 
total AMS commitments prepares, proposes to adopt or maintains a measure that it declares or 
will declare to be consistent with paragraphs 5 to 13 of Anne x 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture, 
and which will entail support in favour of cotton producers, the Member concerned:  
a. shall publish promptly all information relating to the measure, if possible by electronic 
means, in a non -discriminato ry and easily accessible manner;  
b. shall promptly notify the Committee on Agriculture of any measure applied or envisaged. 
The notification to the Committee on Agriculture shall indicate how the information 
concerning a proposed measure may be obtained so that the interes ted parties may take 
cognizance of them. The notification shall include the procedures to publicize the 
proposed measures, for com ments by the interested parties;  
c. shall provide Members with the possibility, without discrimination, to submit their written 
comments on a proposed measure and shall take those comments into accoun t; 
d. shall publish, in paper form or by electronic means, any comment made or a meaningful 
summary of the comments made in writing by Members wi th regard to a proposed 
measure;  
e. shall publ ish, in paper form or by electronic means, its replies to the important  
comments received;  
f. shall notify the proposed measures to the Committee on Agriculture for them to be 
examined at least twice at the official meetings , prior to their implementation;  
g. at the request of another Member, shall furnish information to show that it has taken or 
proposes to take into account the basic requirement that the planned measure will have 
no, or at most minimal trade -distorting effects or effects on production and that it has 
taken or proposes to take into account the obligation whereby the support in question 
shall not have the effect of provi ding price support to producers;  
h. further to Article 18, paragraph 3 of the Agreement on Agriculture, shall supply the 
following i nformation:  
 a summary of the measure;  
 the base periods and yields;  TN/AG/GEN/46 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/18  
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   the sources where full details may be found;  
 the expected budgetary outlay under each  Uruguay Round reform  programme;  
 a description of any measures aimed at mini mizing the production - or 
trade -distorting effects of the reform programme;  
 a description of any measures aimed at ensuring that the support in question will not 
have the effect of providing price support to cotton producers;  
 a practical description of how the reform programme oper ates, including: the 
admissibility criteria, the definition of admissibility criteria, the type of cotton covered 
by the measure (including, where necessary, the corresponding tariff lines), the 
expected budgetary outlay by product;  
 statistical information  concerning: number of admissible producers, average income 
per producer, average level of production per producer, average yield, average 
domestic price, domestic consumption, stocks at the beginning and end of the year, 
value and quantity of imports, and  value and quantity of exports, where possible by 
port of export and country of destination;  
 any other information which the Committee on Agri culture might decide to include.  
i. provide, in its notifications submitted in the DS:1 table series, information on every 
support measure, including the details of the calculation of support for each measure, 
the monetary value, by cotton product, of such support, the value of production by 
product, the total value of agricultural production, the number of producers ben efiting 
from the measure in question, and the sources for the information and data included in 
the notification.  
9.  Failure by the developed and developing Members concerned to observe the transparency 
measures and other provisions prescribed above shall trig ger the application of the dispute 
settlement mechanism.  
1.2  Market access  
10.  Without prejudice to such revisions as  Members may adopt  by consensus , the question of 
market access for cotton and cotton -related products shall be addressed in conformity with 
paragra ph 11 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN (05)/DEC) and paragraphs 1 to 6 
of the Nairobi Ministerial De cision  (WT/MIN(15)/46 -WT/L/981).  
1.3  Export competition  
11.  Without prejudice to such revisions as Members may adopt by consensus , export competition  
in relation to cotton shall be addressed as provided for in paragraph 11 of the Hong  Kong 
Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN(05)/DEC) and paragraph 9 of the Nairobi Ministerial Dec ision 
(WT/MIN(15)/46 -WT/L/981).  
2  DEVELOPMENT COMPONEN T 
12.  Without prejudice to such revisions as Members may adopt by consensus , the development 
aspects of cotton shall be addressed as provided for in paragraph 12 of the Hong  Kong Ministerial 
Declaration (WT/MIN(05)/DEC) and paragraphs 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Nairobi Ministerial 
Decision (WT/MIN(15)/46 -WT/L/981) . 
3  IMPLEMENTATION AND F OLLOW UP  
13.  Without prejudice to such revisions as Members may adopt by consensus , the implementation 
and follow up of the decisions on cotton shall be addressed as provided for in paragraph s 14, 15 
and 16  of the Nairobi Ministerial D ecision  (WT/MIN(15)/46 -WT/L/981).  
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ANNEX ES 
STATISTICS ON DOMEST IC SUPPORT  
Table 1  - Cotton, share of world exports ( %) 
 1986 -1990  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  
United States  24.2 37.4 37.9 37.4 37.5 36.1 44.5 36.6 36.7 32.5 27.0 27.3 
India 2.4 2.4 1.0 6.6 12.1 16.9 6.6 19.1 19.5 22.1 19.1 23.7 
Australia  4.8 6.3 5.7 6.5 6.0 3.6 3.3 4.5 5.8 9.2 11.7 11.3 
Brazil  2.0 2.4 4.3 4.3 3.2 4.7 8.0 7.4 6.2 8.8 10.1 5.5 
Uzbekistan  - 9.2 11.0 11.1 10.3 10.3 5.5 3.3 5.8 2.9 3.4 3.1 
Mali 1.5 2.4 3.0 2.8 2.4 1.6 2.1 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.5 3.0 
European Union  1.4 3.9 3.8 2.6 3.7 2.0 3.3 4.4 3.1 2.0 3.4 2.9 
Burkina Faso  1.0 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.8 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.6 
Pakistan  11.5 2.0 1.7 2.3 1.7 1.5 1.9 1.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.0 
Turkmenistan  - 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.8 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.6 1.6 
Benin  0.7 2.3 1.7 1.8 0.9 1.7 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.6 1.0 1.5 
Côte d'Ivoire  1.6 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.4 
Turkey  2.0 1.9 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 
Hong Kong , China  1.5 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.3 0.7 0.7 1.1 
Malaysia  0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.3 2.3 1.0 
Source: G/AG/W/32/Rev.15 of 5  February  2016, Table 21 (b) – Cotton, share of world exports (%).  
    
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Table 2  - Total cotton -specific AMS and Blue Box (millions of dollars)  
WTO Member  Average 2006 -2010  Average 2008 -20131 Limit 
according to 
Rev.4 
(millions of 
dollars)2 Number of 
cotton 
producers  AMS 
applied, by 
product  Blue Box  Total 
trade -distorting 
support  AMS applied, 
by product  Blue Box  Total 
trade -distorting 
support  
Brazil  204 0 204 99 0 99 10.1 15,900  
China  444 0 444 524 0 524 d.m. 100,000  
Colombia  22 0 22 21 0 21 0.4 n.r. 
European Union  0 322 322 0 321 321 126 n.r. 
India 50  50 83 0 83 d.m. 4 million  
Israel  0 0 0 - 0 - 0.22 n.r. 
Mexico  7 0 7 4 0 4 0.64 n.r. 
Peru 4 0 4 4 0 4 d.m. n.r. 
South Africa  0 0 0 0 0 0 0.91 n.r. 
United States  587 0 587 441 0 441 143.54  18,600  
Viet Nam  0 0 0 0 0 0 - n.r. 
Total number of notifying WTO Members  1,317  322 1,640  1,176  321 1,497    
Source:  Notifications  to the WTO, calculations by author (number of cotton producers).  
1 The data for the European Union for 201 3, and China and India for 2011 -2013, are not available.  
2 d.m.: The de minimis  limit equivalent to 10% of the production value (or 8.5% of the production value for China) is applicable. No limit has been calculated for Viet Nam 
owing to problems in applying the calculation formula set out in document Rev.4.  
   
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Table  3 – Applied cotto n-specific AMS (+ Blue Box for the EU) for Members  with AMS entitlements  (millions of dollars ) 
Memb er 1995 -2000  1995 -2004  2006 -2010  2007 -2011  2008 -2012  2008 -2013  2009 -2013  2010 -2014  Based on the 
last 3 available 
notifications  
Brazil  36 34 204 187 119 99 54 54 0 
Colombia  1 3 22 20 21 21 22 21 19 
Israel  1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Mexico  2 3 7 6 4 4 4 2 2 
South Africa  3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
United States  807 1,151  587 328 414 441 303 464 722 
Viet Nam  n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a 0 
EU/AMS  861 814 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
EU/Blue Box  0 0 322 327 321 321 322 327 327 
EU/AMS + Blue Box  861 814 322 327 321 321 322 327 327 
Source : Notifications  to the WTO, calculations by author (number of cotton producers).  
 
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  Chart  1 – Notified cotton -specific AMS and Blue Box, as  % of production value  
 
Source: Notifications to the WTO, FAO (production value), calculations by author . 
Chart  2 – Applied cotton -specific AMS and Blue Box, per tonne of cotton produced  
 
Source: Notifications to the WTO, ICAC (production  volume), calculations by author . 
Chart  3 – Applied AMS, per cotton producer (average for 2006 -2010)  
 
Sources:  ICAC Cotton Fact Sheet – Brazil, https://www.icac.org/econ_stats/country_facts/e_brazil.pdf , 
ICAC Cotton Fact Sheet – India, https://www.icac.org/econ_stats/country_facts/e_india.pdf , 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Cotton_Association , http://www.cotton.org/edu/faq . 42%  
15%  
4% 
1% 0% 0% 0% 34%  
11%  
5% 
1% 0% 0% 0% 
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
Colombia United
States of
AmericaChina,
mainlandIndia Israel South
AfricaViet NamNotified cotton -specific AMS and Blue 
Box as % of Value of Production (FAO)  
Average 2006-2010 Average 2008-2013
649 640 
164 
61 135 55 70 10 0 0 0 759 
641 
146 75 67 31 28 17 0 0 0 
0100200300400500600700800
Colombia EU
(Greece,
Spain,
Bulgaria)United
StatesChina Brazil Mexico Peru India Israel South
AfricaViet Nam
Moyenne 2006-2010 Moyenne 2008-2013
 31,527  
 12,818  
 4,440  
 13  
 - 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000
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Chart  4 – EU: Distribution of domestic support between Green Box/  
Blue Box/AMS ab ove the de minimis  level/ AMS below the de minimis  level 
(based  on notifications submitted to the WTO)  
 
 
Table 4 – Domestic support in the European Union (based on notifications to the WTO),  
millions of euros  
Year Green Box  Blue Box  AMS De minimis  OTDS (Blue Box, 
AMS, de minimis ) Total notified 
domestic 
support  
1995/1996  18,779  20,846  50,181  825 71,852  90,631  
1996/1997  22,130  21,521  51,163  761 73,445  95,576  
1997/1998  18,167  20,443  50,346  733 71,521  89,688  
1998/1999  19,168  20,504  46,947  525 67,975  87,143  
1999/2000  21,916  19,792  48,157  554 68,502  90,419  
2000/2001  21,848  22,223  43,909  745 66,876  88,724  
2001/2002  20,661  23,726  39,391  1,012  64,128  84,790  
2002/2003  20,404  24,727  28,598  1,942  55,266  75,670  
2003/2004  22,074  24,782  30,891  1,954  57,626  79,700  
2004/2005  24,391  27,237  31,214  2,042  60,493  84,884  
2005/2006  40,280  13,445  28,427  1,251  43,123  83,404  
2006/2007  56,530  5,697  26,632  1,975  34,304  90,833  
2007/2008  62,610  5,166  12,354  2,389  19,909  82,519  
2008/2009  62,825  5,348  11,796  1,083  18,226  81,051  
2009/2010  63,798  5,324  10,883  1,393  17,600  81,398  
2010/2011  68,052  3,142  6,502  1,393  11,037  79,088  
2011/2012  70,977  2,981  6,859  1,003  10,843  81,820  
2012/2013  71,140  2,754  5,899  1,781  10,434  81,574  0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%Notified domestic support (% of total)  
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  Chart  5 – United States:  Distribution of domestic sup port between 
Green  Box/Blue  Box/AMS above the de minimis  level/ AMS below the de minimis  level 
(based  on notifications submitted to the WTO)  
 
 
Table 5 – Domestic support in United States (based on notifications to  the WTO),  
millions  of euros  
Year Green Box  Blue Box  AMS De 
minimis  OTDS (Blue Box, Amber 
Box, de minimis ) Total notified 
domestic 
support  
1995 46,041  7,030  6,214  1,643   14,887  60,928  
1996 51,825  - 5,898  1,175   7,072  58,897  
1997 51,252  - 6,238  812  7,050  58,302  
1998 49,820  - 10,392  4,750   15,142  64,962  
1999 49,749  - 16,862  7,435   24,297  74,046  
2000 50,057  - 16,843  7,341   24,184  74,241  
2001 50,672  - 14,482  7,054   21,536  72,208  
2002 58,322  - 9,637  6,690   16,328  74,650  
2003 64,062  - 6,950  3,237   10,187  74,249  
2004 67,425  - 11,629  6,458   18,087  85,512  
2005 72,328  - 12,943  5,980   18,923  91,251  
2006 76,035  - 7,742  3,601   11,343  87,378  
2007 76,162  - 6,260  2,260   8,520  84,682  
2008 86,218  - 6,255  9,971   16,226  102,444  
2009 103,214  - 4,267  7,258   11,525  114,739  
2010 120,531  - 4,119  5,665   9,784  130,315  
2011 125,117  - 4,654  9,714   14,368  139,485  
2012 127,441  - 6,863  5,272   12,135  139,576  
2013 132,511  - 6,892  7,376   14,268  146,779  
2014 124,483  - 3,810  4,249   8,059  132,542  
 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%Notified domestic support (% of total)  
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  Table 6 – EU: AMS and Blue Box by product (millions of dollars)  
Year AMS by product  
 (millions of dollars)  Blue Box by products  
(millions of dollars)  Subtotal  
(millions of dollars)  
1999  664  0  664 
2000  732  0  732 
2001  515  0  515 
2002  688  0  688 
2003  868  0  868 
2004  901  0  901 
2005  920  0  920 
2006  0  319  319 
2007  0  339  339 
2008  0  318  318 
2009  0  308  308 
2010  0  328  328 
2011  0  342  342 
2012  0  311  311 
Source: Notifications to the WTO, calculations by author.  
 
Member  Applied AMS  
2008 -2013 
(US$ million) Cut (based on AMS 
cut percentage 
of Rev.4)  C4 proposed Cotton 
limit (simplified 
formula)  Rev.4 limit  
Brazil  99 30% 69.3 10.1 
Colombia  21 30% 14.7 0.4 
Israel  0 30% 0 0.2 
Mexico  4 30% 2.7 0.6 
South  Africa  0 30% 0 0.9 
United States  441 60% 176.3  143.6  
Viet Nam  0 30% 0 0 
EU AMS  0 70% 0 135.2  
EU Blue Box  321 70% 96.4x  0 
EU AMS + Blue Box  321 70% 96.4x  135.2  
Notes:  EU does not provide Cotton AMS anymore, most cotton support is currently notified under Blue Box. 
Here the figures for EU show the situation if C -4 would propose to count Blue Box payment under 
the limit of paragraph 2. Other Members with AMS entitlements not listed here would have to bind 
Cotton AMS (+Blue Box) at zero, as they did not provide cotton support d uring the reference period.  
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  Applied Cotton AMS (+Blue Box for EU) for Members with AMS entitlements  
Member  1995 -
2000  1995 -
2004  2006 -
2010  2007 -
2011  2008 -
2012  2008 -
2013  2009 -
2013  2010 -
2014  Based on last 
3 available 
notifications  
Brazil  36 34 204 187 119 99 54 54 0 
Colombia  1 3 22 20 21 21 22 21 19 
Israel  1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Mexico  2 3 7 6 4 4 4 2 2 
South Africa  3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
United States  807 1,151  587 328 414 441 303 464 722 
Viet Nam  n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a 0 
EU AMS  861 814 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
EU Blue Box  0 0 322 327 321 321 322 327 327 
EU AMS + 
Blue Box  861 814 322 327 321 321 322 327 327 
 
Cotton AMS limits based on different reference periods maintaining the percentage cut 
of Rev.4 (paragraph 54 and 57) – i.e. 71.85% cut for developing countries, 82.2% cut 
for US and 84.3% cut for EU  
Member  1995 -
2000  1995 -
2004  2006 -
2010  2007 -
2011  2008 -
2012  2008 -
2013  2009 -
2013  2010 -
2014  Last 3 years 
where is data 
available  
Brazil  10.1 9.6 57.4 52.7 33.5 27.9 15.1 15.1 0 
Colombia  0.4 0.9 6.3 5.6 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.4 
Israel  0.2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 
Mexico  0.6 0.8 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.5 
South Africa  0.9 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
United States  143.6  204.7  104.3  58.4 73.6 78.4 53.8 82.6 128.4  
Viet Nam  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 
EU AMS  135.2  127.8  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
EU Blue Box  0 0 50.6 51.3 50.5 50.5 50.6 51.3 51.3 
EU AMS + 
Blue Box  135.2  127.8  50.6 51.3 50.5 50.5 50.6 51.3 51.3 
 
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