TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8  
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
 
8 June 2018 
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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 particular 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 these De dicated 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 obligation s 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.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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 cotton -producing L DCs; 
 
(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  and eighth dedicated discussion s on cotton w ere held on 1  July 2016, 
23 November  2016, 2 4 July 2017 and 1 7 November  2017, 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 ninth dedicated 
discussion on cotton , a revised compil ation of factual  information and data available from 
Members' notifications and other submissions , on Market Access, D omestic Support and Export 
Competition in relation to cotton , received up to 1 May 2018. 
7. Further to Members' requests at the second dedicated discussion, this revised background 
paper also includes  (i) Members' responses to the questionnaire on cotton policy developments 
circulated on 24 January  2018; and (ii)  relevant information on cotton markets and policies  
from T rade Policy Review  reports  circulated up to  1 May 2018, for the 32 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 S upport  (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 Tra de 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.  
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 . 
                                                
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 food aid, a nd 
agricultural exporting STEs (document  G/AG/W/125/Rev.8, G/AG/W/125/Rev.8/Add.1, 
G/AG/W/125/Rev.8/Add.2, G/AG/W/125/Rev.8/Add.3 and G/AG/W/125/Rev.8/Add.4 dated 24  April 2018).  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  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 32  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.8/Add.1 – TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8/Add.1).  
                                                
5 Document WT/COMTD/W/212, Appendix 7 with the European Union 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 2014 -2016, the list 
used in document TN/AG/GEN/34 has been kept unchanged for the sake of comparability.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  TABLE OF CONTENT S 
1   EXPORT SUBSIDIES ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 6 
1.1   EXPORT SUBSIDY COMMITMENTS  ................................ ................................ .................  6 
1.1.1    Bound export subsidy commitments for cotton  ................................ .............................  7 
1.2   NOTIFIED EXPORT SUBSIDIES  ................................ ................................ ......................  8 
1.2.1    Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton  (Table ES:1)  ................................ ... 9 
1.2.2    Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Supporting Table ES:2)  .................. 11 
2   DOMESTIC SUPPORT  ................................ ................................ ................................ . 16 
2.1   PRODUCT SPECIFIC AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT  ................................ ........ 16 
2.1.1    Product -specific AMS notified for cotton  ................................ ................................ ......17 
2.1.2    Direct Payments  in Accordance  with Article 6.5 ................................ ............................ 29 
3   MARKET ACCESS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ........  31 
3.1   TARIFFS  ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 36 
3.2   SPECIAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS  ................................ ................................ ............... 49 
3.2.1    Scheduled SSG provisions for cotton  ................................ ................................ .......... 50 
3.2.2    Notified trigger prices for cotton  ................................ ................................ ................ 50 
3.2.3    Invoked price -based SSG for cotton  ................................ ................................ ........... 51 
3.3   TARIFF RATE QUOTAS  ................................ ................................ ................................ .51 
3.3.1   Tariff rate quota commitments for cotton  ................................ ................................ ....51 
3.3.2    Most recent Tariff Rate Quota administration method notified for cotton  ......................... 53 
3.3.3    TRQ quantities and in -quota imports for cotton ................................ ............................ 55 
3.4   OTHER NON TARIFF MEASURES  ................................ ................................ ................... 62 
 
TABLE OF CHARTS  
Chart 1.1 : Brazil ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 12 
Chart 1.2 : Colombia  ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 13 
Chart 1. 3: Israel ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 13 
Chart 1.4 : South Africa  ................................ ................................ ................................ .......14 
Chart 1.5 : United States  ................................ ................................ ................................ .....14 
Chart 1.6: India ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 15 
Chart 2.1 : Brazil ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 22 
Chart 2.2 : China ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 23 
Chart 2.3 : Colombia  ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 23 
Chart 2.4 : European Union  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..24 
Chart 2.5 : India ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 24 
Chart 2.6 : Israel ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 25 
Chart 2.7 : Mexico ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 25 
Chart 2.8 : Peru ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 26 
Chart 2.9 : South Africa  ................................ ................................ ................................ .......26 
Chart 2.10 : Turkey ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 27 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 2.11 : United States  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...27 
Chart 2.12 : Viet Nam  ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 28 
Chart 2.13 : European Union  ................................ ................................ ................................ 30 
Chart 2.14 : United States  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...30 
Chart 3.1 : Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2006 -2016, value  .............................. 31 
Chart 3.2 : Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2006-2016, quantity  .......................... 31 
Chart 3.3 : Number of scheduled TRQs for cotton by Member  ................................ ................... 53 
Chart 3.4 : China (CHNQ010)  ................................ ................................ ............................... 58 
Chart 3.5 : Colombia (COLQ067)  ................................ ................................ .......................... 58 
Chart 3.6 : South Africa (ZAFQ053)  ................................ ................................ ...................... 59 
Chart 3.7 : United States (USAQ049)  ................................ ................................ .................... 59 
Chart 3.8 : United States (USAQ050)  ................................ ................................ .................... 60 
Chart 3.9 : United States (USAQ051)  ................................ ................................ .................... 60 
Chart 3.10 : United States (USAQ052)  ................................ ................................ .................. 61 
Chart 3.11 : United States (USAQ053)  ................................ ................................ .................. 61 
Chart 3.12 : United States (USAQ054)  ................................ ................................ .................. 62 
Chart 3.13 : Number of other non -tariff measures applicable to cotton, per type of measure 
(1 January  2012 to 1  May 2018) ................................ ................................ .......................... 64 
 
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  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 con tained 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 ex port subsidies, export credits 
and export credit guarantees or insurance programmes, international food aid, and agricultural 
exporting STEs (document s G/AG/W/125 /Rev. 8, G/AG/W/125/Rev. 8/Add.1, 
G/AG/W/125/Rev. 8/Add.2, G/AG/W/125/Rev. 8/Add.3,  G/AG/W/125/R ev.8/Add.4  dated 
24 April 2018). It can be noted in th at regard that : (i) China listed in its reply to the questionnaire 
on export competition circulated to WTO  Members on 31 October  2016, four agricultural exporting 
State Trading Enterprises for cotton ; and (ii) the United States and Japan respectively identified in 
their latest replies cotton and HS5202 -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 column 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 
subsidy", follow ed 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 th e relevant calendar, financial, fiscal 
or marketing year as specified by individual Members.  
9 In original language only.    
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1.1.1   Bound export subsidy commitments for cotton  
Brazil  
Budgetary outlays commitments in US$ 
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 US$ 
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  US$ 
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 
South Africa  
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  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  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 notified  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 1 May 2018. 
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 product in question ; 
 
Product  The product or group of products as specified in the Member's schedule10 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 indicated in  the Member's most recent Table  ES:1 
notification . A blank indicates that no notification has been re ceived for the year in  
question or that , for Members without scheduled export subsidy commitment s 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 spec ified in that Member's schedule  or in the Member's 
notification . 
 
 
 
                                                
10 In original language only.    
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1.2.1   Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Table ES:1)  
Brazil  
Notified budgetary outlays in US$ (calendar year ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
BRAX013  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
BRAX013  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
Colombia  
Notified budgetary outlays in  thousand  US$ (calendar year)  
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  
COLX018  ALGODON  0.211 0 0 0 0 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  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  
COLX018  ALGODON  0.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
Israel  
Notified budgetary outlays in  thousand  US$ (marketing year, 1 October -30 September ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
ISRX006  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8862 0 0 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  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
ISRX006  Cotton  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
   
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South Africa  
Notified budgetary outlays in rand (calendar year ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
ZAFX062  Cotton  5,6541 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
ZAFX062  Cotton  36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
United  States  
Notified budgetary outlays in  thousand  US$ (fiscal year beginning 1 October -30 September ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
 Upland Cotton3         203,595.41 276,500.01 266,943.51 9,353.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   
 
Notified quantiti es in  thousand  tonnes (1 July-30 June ) 
XSID  Product  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
 Upland Cotton3         2,357.4  2,412.6  3,641.5  1,291.8  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 Up land 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 export subsidies within the meaning of  the Agreement on Agriculture . On 8 February  2006, the 
United Stat es 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."  
   
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1.2.2   Notified budgetary outla ys and quantities for cotton (Supporting Table ES:2)  
India  
Notified budgetary outlays in  million  US$ (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) . 
 
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  Charts on  scheduled and notified export subsidy budgetary outlays and quantitie s11 
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 commit ment 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 
 
  
                                                
11 Chart 34 of the Secretariat background document G/AG/W/125/Rev.6 shows the sum of the export 
subsidy bu dgetary outlays notified (Table ES: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
08001600240032004000
025,00050,00075,000100,000125,000150,000175,000200,000225,000250,000
TonnesUS$
Notified Budgetary outlay Notified quantity Budgetary outlay  commitment Quantity commitmentTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 1.2: Colombia  
 
 
Chart 1.3: Israel  
 
 
  
0.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.720 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
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
TonnesThousand US$
Notified Budgetary outlay Notified quantity Budgetary outlay  commitment Quantity commitment
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 00.6 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 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
Thousand TonnesThousand US$
Notified Budgetary outlay Notified quantity Budgetary outlay  commitment Quantity commitment00 0TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 1.4: South Africa  
 
 
Chart 1.5: United States  
 
 
 
  
5,6540 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 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
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Tonne equivalentRand 
Notified Budgetary outlay Notified quantity Budgetary outlay  commitment Quantity commitment
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 02,3572,4133,642
1,292
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07001,4002,1002,8003,5004,200
050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Thousand TonnesThousand US$
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  Chart 1.6: India 
 
 
 
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$
Notified Budgetary outlay Notified quantityTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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 1 May 2018. It is divided into 
two sections : 
 Section 2.1 provides  information on  product -specific Aggregate Measurement of 
Support12 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 w ith 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 categories that compose the product -specific 
support for c otton 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 Table  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.  
 
 
                                                
12 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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2.1.1   Product -specific AMS notified for cotton13 
Brazil  
(Thousand  US$) 
 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  
(Thousand US $) 
 2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011 -2013  20141 20151 20161 
Market price support  0 315.8  186.0  259.8  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 
Other product -specific support  44,324.6  43,287.5  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  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 
1 In Bra zil's notification for 2014, 2015 and 2016 , 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, cas tor beans, coffee, cotton, cottonseed, edible beans, ethanol, garlic, grapes, guarana, jute, maize, malva, 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."  
                                                
13 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 eligibl e production.    
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China  
(Million RMB)  
 1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  
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 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 2,766.733 5,0073 2,9773 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 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  2,766.73  5,007  2,977  
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 s ubsidies 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 include d 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".  
 
Colombia  
(Thousand US$) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011 2012 2013 2014  2015  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  2,980  289.2  1,002.6  757 2,306.5  1,115  2,899  8,983.5  20.5 10,445.4  30,595  18,091  24,775  17,755  25,261  25,592  5,354  31,731  20,210  19,993  11,488  
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS 2,980  289.2  1,002.6  757 2,306.5  1,115  2,899  8,983.5  20.5 10,445.4  30,595  18,091  24,775  17,755  25,261  25,592  5,354  31,731  20,210  19,993  11,488  
European Union  
(Million €) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  22.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  777.7  772.7  809.4  715.2  623.7  795 575.1  731.3  769.4  725.4  739.5  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  800.4  772.7  809.4  715.2  623.7  795 575.1  731.3  769.4  725.4  739.5  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   
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India  
(Million US$) 
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  
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 (6.64)1 243.141 6.951 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 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)  (6.64)  243.14  6.95 0 
(Million US $) 
  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
Market price support  0.271 143.761 1.411 305.091 17.971 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0.27 143.76  1.41 305.09  17.97  
1 The following footnote was included in India's notification coverin g implementation years 2004 -2015: "Applied administered price is procurement price for lint cotton . A 
co-efficient of 2.35 has been used for conversion from seed cotton".  
Israel  
(Thousand US$) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 
Mexico  
(Million 1991 MXN) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  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 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  59.4 104.8  42.114  102.597  0.01 0 0 0 0 15.83  0.27 
Other product -specific support  0 2.2 3.4 9 5.8 2.1 1.4 23 23.5 7.9 7.4 0 31 0 24.608  34.95  50.13  25.31  19.6 20.87  14.33  20.34  
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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  59.4 135.8  42.114  127.205  34.96  50.13  25.31  19.6 20.87  30.16  20.6   
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Peru  
(Million US$) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  
Market price support  0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0  0 0 0 6.2 5.4 7 7.9 6.9 6.2 5.8 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0  0 0 0 6.2 5.4 7 7.9 6.9 6.2 5.8 0 0 
South Africa  
(Million ZAR) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
Market price support  0 46.66  33.74  (4.81)  (42.95)  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other product -specific support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific EMS  4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  4.2 46.66  33.74  (4.81)  (42.95)  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Turkey  
(US$) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2002  2003  2004  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  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 
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 85,725,917  107,867,259  145,642,951  
United States  
(Million US$) 
 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  34.962  6.401  444.942  824.027  2,136.897  987.003  2,723.039  921.055  185.501  1,790.501  
Other product -specific support  (3.0) (3.0) 20.678  110.653  216.238  62.75  87.073  265.738  249.413  447.914  
Product -specific EMS  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    
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United States (c ont'd)  
(Million US $) 
 2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
Market price support  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Non-exempt direct payments  1,283.707  1,080.050  0.831  953.161  33.119  0 0.001  0 65.937  371.704  327.879  
Other product -specific support  336.992  285.127  207.079  430.316  335.320  400.846  894.430  636.125  507.597  584.704  525.218  
Product -specific EMS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Product -specific AMS  1,620.699  1,365.177  207.91  1,383.477  368.439  400.846  894.431  636.125  573.534  956.408  853.098  
 
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  Viet Nam 
(Billion VN $) 
  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 cot ton 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: Brazil 
 
 
 
  
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
-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 2016Thousand US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 2.2: China 
 
 
Chart 2.3: Colombia  
 
 
  
2,8543,503
1,790
1,205.6
1,034973.911,100.39
880.354,099.45
2,766.735,007
2,977
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Million 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
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 2015Thousand US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 2.4: European Union  
 
 
Chart 2.5: 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
0100200300400500600700800900
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Million 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 0 0.27143.76
1.41305.09
17.97
-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 2015Million US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 2.6: Israel  
 
 
Chart 2.7: Mexico  
 
 
  
0 0 0 0 04,713
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 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 2016Thousand 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
020406080100120140160
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Million 1991 Mex$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 2.8: Peru 
 
 
Chart 2.9: South Africa  
 
  
0 0 0 0 0 06.2
5.477.9
6.9
6.2
5.8
0 0
0123456789
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Million US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
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 EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 2.10: Turkey  
 
 
Chart 2.11: United States  
 
 
  
0 0 0 0 0 085,725,917107,867,259145,642,951
020,000,00040,000,00060,000,00080,000,000100,000,000120,000,000140,000,000160,000,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004USD
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS
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
853.098
-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 2015Million US$
Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMSTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 2.12: 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 -specific  AMS for cotton a re 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;  
 
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 
specific 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 . 
US$ Where data were provided in a currency  other than US$, the 
 conver sion to  US$ was made using the exchange rates from the 
 IMF's "International Financial Statistics" . The IMF exchange rates 
 are year averages for the relevant ye ar of notification  of each 
 Member . Italic and underlined figures represent support notified  as 
 de minimis . 
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.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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Member  Latest year  
notified  Notified  
currency  Cotton -specific  
AMS Current Total  
AMS VoP-cotton  Cotton -specific 
AMS 
(Million US$) 
Brazil  2016 Thousand US $ 0 0 
 0 
China  2010 Million RMB  de minimis  2,977  de minimis  160,420  de minimis  446.55  
Colombia  2015 Thousand US $ 11,488  11,488  43,692  11.488  
European Union  2014 Million € 0 6,642.3    0 
India 2015 Million US $ de minimis  17.97 de minimis    de minimis  17.97  
Israel  2016 Thousand US $ 0 503,138  45,089  0 
Mexico  2016 Million 1991 M XN de minimis  20.6 174.5 755.0 8 de minimis  1.10 
Peru 2010 Million US $ 0 de minimis    0 
South Africa  2014 Million rand  0 0   0 
Turkey  2004 US$ de minimis  145,642,951  4,214,942  3,510,751,530  de minimis 145.643  
United States  2015 Million US $ 853.098  3,846.492  4,921.872  853.098  
Viet Nam  2013 Billion VN $ 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 Members 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 notifie d 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 €) 
Description of  Measure  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
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 
1 As of 2009, the reference for the payment also includes Title IV, Chapter 1 of Regulation 73/2009.  
 
United States  
(Million US$) 
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  
 
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  Charts on direct payments for cotton in accordance with Article 6.5  
Chart 2.13: European Union  
 
 
Chart 2.14: United States  
 254.5  
247.5  
216.9  221.7  247.3  245.8  
242.3  
231.8  244 
190200210220230240250260
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Million EUR  
01002003004005006007008009001,000
1995Million US$TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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 bre akdown between imports from LDCs  and from the rest of the world , in value and quantity , 
over the period 200 6-2016. 
Charts on market access (overview)1 
Chart 3.1: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2006 -2016 , value  
 
 
Chart 3.2: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2006 -2016 , 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
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016USD Millions
From LDCs (Left axis)
From World minus LDCs (Left axis)
Imports from LDC as % of total imports (Right axis)
0.0%1.0%2.0%3.0%4.0%5.0%6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%10.0%
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Thousand 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.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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 32 Members identified in paragraphs 12 and 13  of this paper . The last column 
shows  the percentag e of imports originating from LDCs.  
Imports of cotton14 from  World and LDC s, 201615 in value  (US$ Million)  
 World  LDC Percentage of imports from 
LDCs (%)  
Australia 0 0 0 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  24 10 42 
Bangladesh1 2,254 167 7 
Brazil  42 0 0 
Canada  7 0 0 
China  1671 52 3 
Colombia  54 2 4 
Egypt  141 49 35 
European Union2 351 42 12 
Hong Kong, China  12 0 0 
Iceland  0 0 0 
India 885 161 18 
Indonesia  1,088 129 12 
Japan  125 0 0 
Kenya3 5 4 80 
Korea, Republic of  380 1 0 
Malaysia  160 1 1 
Mauritius  34 27 80 
Mexico  357 0 0 
Morocco  16 3 21 
New Zealand  0 0 0 
Norway  1 0 1 
Pakistan  583 97 17 
Peru 68 0 0 
Russian Federation  97 0 0 
South Africa  28 20 73 
Switzerland -Liechtenstein  22 0 0 
Chinese Taipei  239 8 3 
Thailand1 551 102 19 
Turkey  1,247 66 5 
United States  29 0 0 
Viet Nam1 1,619 246 15 
1 Imports in 2015. 
2 Sum of EU member S tates (as reported to Comtrade), extra -trade.  
3 Imports in 2013 . 
Source:  UN Comtrade database.  
  
                                                
14 HS codes 5201, 5202, 5203.  
15 For those Members whose import statistics are not available for 2016, imports in previous years are 
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  Imports of cotton16 from  World an d LDCs,  201617 in quantity  (metric tonnes)  
 World  LDC Percentage of imports from 
LDCs (%)  
Australia  165 0 0 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  15,159  6,679  44 
Bangladesh1 1,329,924  100,680  8 
Brazil  30,584  620 2 
Canada  11,353  0 0 
China  1,008,666  36,309  4 
Colombia  34,597  1,552  4 
Egypt  89,203  31,325  35 
European Union2 255,274  30,383  12 
Hong Kong, China  19,918  608 3 
Iceland  5 0 0 
India 480,925  110,869  23 
Indonesia  678,936  85,122  13 
Japan  74,822  198 0 
Kenya3 2,323  2,208  95 
Korea, Republic of  234,822  997 0 
Malaysia  97,093  894 1 
Mauritius  20,962  16,743  80 
Mexico  229,307  0   
Morocco  9,879  2,054  21 
New Zealand  21 0   
Norway  176 1 1 
Pakistan  340,601  60,415  18 
Peru 37,421  0 0 
Russian Federation  67,999  0 0 
South Africa  18,581  13,805  74 
Switzerland -Liechtenstein  11,958  0 0 
Chinese Taipei  170,175  5,767  3 
Thailand1 526,654  66,019  13 
Turkey  832,133  46,640  6 
United States  22,132  40 0 
Viet Nam1 1,009,031  156,617  16 
1 Imports in 2015.  
2 Sum of EU member States (as reported to Comtrade), extra -trade.  
3 Imports in 2013.  
Source:  UN Comtrade database.  
 
3.3.  The following overview table18 show, for major cotton  exporters, data on shares of export 
volumes in world exports . The statistics cover the period 2007 to 2016 and shows the world 
market shares of the leading exporters for cotton .19 Exporters are ranked in descending order 
based on their exports in the most recent year for which data are available (i.e. 2016).  
                                                
16 HS codes 5201, 5202, 5203.  
17 For those Members whose import statistics are not available for 2016, im ports in previous years are 
listed.  
18 Reproduced 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.16  dated 9  February  2018.  
19 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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Cotton, share of world exports (%) 
 2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
World (thousand tonnes)  7,250  7,839  6,748  9,297  8,641  10,628  10,395  8,349  7,799  7,507  
World (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
United States  46.0 39.1 38.6 32.4 32.5 26.3 27.3 26.6 31.3 35.8 
India 17.3 15.4 11.1 23.8 22.2 18.7 23.7 18.9 16.6 12.5 
Brazil  2.5 7.0 7.8 5.5 8.8 9.9 5.5 9.0 10.7 10.7 
Australia  4.6 2.9 4.7 5.1 9.9 11.5 11.3 10.8 5.8 9.6 
Burkina Faso  2.1 1.3 2.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.6 3.7 3.3 4.4 
European Union  2.5 2.9 4.6 2.8 2.1 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.8 
Mali 0.8 1.8 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.3 2.6 
Turkmenistan  1.1 1.2 1.1 1.5 0.7 1.1 1.9 2.7 2.8 2.1 
Turkey  1.9 1.4 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.9 
Uzbekistan  6.1 9.6 6.5 6.2 3.6 4.6 4.4 2.5 4.5 1.7 
Benin  1.0 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.5 2.2 3.0 1.6 
Cameroon  0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 
Côte d'Ivoire  0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.4 2.2 2.3 1.0 
Pakistan  1.2 1.9 2.9 3.6 2.8 2.8 2.0 2.0 1.4 0.9 
Egypt  0.5 1.2 0.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.8 
Argentina  0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 
Kazakhstan  1.4 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 
Viet Nam  0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.7 
Mexico  0.6 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 
Indonesia  0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 
Malaysia  0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.3 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 
Zambia  0.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 
Togo 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 
Tanzania  0.2 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.5 
Uganda  0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3   
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 2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
Hong Kong, China  1.3 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.3 
Bangladesh  0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 
Israel  0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 
Korea, Republic of  0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 
Kyrgyzstan  0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 
Mozambique  0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 
Zimbabwe  0.9 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 
1 The data are sourced from UN Comtrade  (reported data, complemented by mirror data), Trade Data Monitor (TDM) and, in some cases, 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 year 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) exclude intra -EU trade . The data for the EU refer to the 
EU-28. The country -specific and commodity -specific explanatory notes which are contained in the source data are not rep roduced in this note . The symbol  "–" has been used to 
denote "not available" or "not applicable".  
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  3.4.  As explained at the beginning of this background paper, this Part on Market Access provides 
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 Agreeme nt 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 Cotton20 are available in the Addendum to  
this document  (TN/AG/GEN/34/ Rev.8/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 32 Members identified in 
paragraphs  12 and 13 of this paper . 
3.7.  The following first table shows the average and maxim um bound and applied duties for the 
cotton product group21, as they appear in  the World Tariff Profile 201 7.22 The methodology used to 
calculate these average and maximum duties, in particular  the averaging and the ad valorem  
equivalent calculation, can be found in the World Tariff Profile  2017. 
Bound and Applied Tariff from World T ariff Profile 2017  for Cotton Product Group  
Member  Average Duty  
(%) Maximum Duty  
(%) 
Bound  Applied (2016)  Bound  Applied (2016)  
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 6 150 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 
                                                
20 Paragraph 4 of WT/MIN/(15)/46 and WT/L/981.  
21 Corresponding to the Harmonized System nomenclature 2012 (HS 2012) headings 52.01 to 52.03.  
22 https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/tariff_profiles17_e.pdf.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Member  Average Duty  
(%) Maximum Duty  
(%) 
Bound  Applied (2016)  Bound  Applied (2016)  
Pakistan  13 7.8 25 11 
Peru*  30 2.4 30 6 
Russian Federation  0 0 0 0 
South Africa  60 4.4 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  4.57 4.6 16.16  16.2 
Viet Nam  14 6 20 10 
* Data for 2015 . 
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 according 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 reflects either the absence 
of such a regime for that Member or the absence of information on such a 
regime within the IDB.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Australia  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 7) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  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% 
Bahrain , Kingdom of  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  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 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 1996)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) 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  Applied Duties  
(Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  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%  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Canada  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 7) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
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%         
China  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 20 17) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 1996)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201 Cotton, not carded or combed            
52010000  - Cotton, not carded or combed  40%   52010000  40% 40% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste a nd 
garnetted stock)            
52021000  -Yarn waste (including thread waste)  10%   52021000  10% 0% 
52029  - Other :           
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  10%   52029100  10% 0% 
52029900  -- Other  10%   52029900  10% 10% 
5203 Cotton, carded or combed            
52030000  - Cotton, carded or combed  40%   52030000  40% 40% 
Colombia  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201000000  Algodón sin cardar ni peinar  99%        
        5201001000 ¹ 5%   
        5201002000 ² 5%   
        5201003000 ³ 5%   
        5201009000 ⁴ 5%   
5202 Desperdicios de algodón (incluidos los 
desperdi cios 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) . TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Egypt  
Bound Duties  Appli ed Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line (HS 
2012 ) MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  5%  5201000010 ¹ 0% 
 
    5201000030 ² 0% 
 
    5201000033 ³ 0% 
 
    5201000034 ⁴ 0% 
 
    5201000035 ⁵ 0% 
 
    5201000036 ⁶ 0% 
 
    5201000037 ⁷ 0% 
 
    5201000038 ⁸ 0% 
 
    5201000039 ⁹ 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)          
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 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
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% TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Hong Kong, China  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  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 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
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:       
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 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  100%         
        52010011¹  0% 0% 
        52010012²  0% 0% 
        52010013 ³ 0% 0% 
        52010014⁴  0% 0% 
        52010015⁵  0% 0% 
        52010019 ⁶ 0% 0% 
        52010020⁷  0% 0% 
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)           
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  100%    52021000  0% 0% 
52029  - Other:           
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  100%    52029100  0% 0% 
52029900  -- Other  100%    52029900  0% 0% 
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  150%    52030000  30% 0% 
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 . TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Indonesi a 
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201 Cotton, not carded or combed            
520100000  - Cotton, not carded or combed  27%   5201000000  0%   
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)           
520210000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  40%   5202100000  5%   
52029  - Other :          
520291000  -- Garnetted stock  40%   5202910000  5%   
520299000  -- Other : 40%   5202990000  5%   
5203 Cotton, carded or combed           
520300000  - Cotton, carded or combed  40%   5203000000  5%   
Japan  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  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% 
Kenya  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  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 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other  
Duties and 
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 fibr e length  2%  5201009050  0% 0% 
5201009060  ----- Not less than 349 mm (1 -3/8 inch) of 
fiber-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% TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Malaysia  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) MFN LDC 
Preferential  
520100000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%  52010000 0 0%  
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and 
garnetted stock)       
520210000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  5%  52021000 0 0%  
52029  - Other:        
520291000  -- Garnetted stock  5%  52029100 0 0%  
520299000  -- Other  5%  52029900 0 0%  
520300000  Cotton, carded or combed  5%  52030000 0 0%  
Mauritius  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 201 7) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
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%  
Mexico  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
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 . TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Morocco  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 201 7) 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 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
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% 
Norway  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
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% TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Pakistan  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) 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 2015 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
5201000000  ---Algodón sin cardar ni peinar.  30%     
    5201001000¹  6%  
    5201002000²  6%  
    5201003000³  6%  
    5201009000⁴  6%  
5202 Desperdicios de algodón (incluidos los 
desperdi cios 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) . 
Russian  Federation  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) 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% TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  South  Africa  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and 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 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and 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% 
 
Chinese  Taipei  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 201 7) 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% TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Thailand  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) 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 2015 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) 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 00 0% 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 00 0% 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.  520210000011  0% 0% 
    520210000019  0% 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.     
    520291000011  0% 0% 
    520291000012  0% 0% 
    520291000013  0% 0% 
    520291000019  0% 0% 
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 520299000011  0% 0% TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2015 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) MFN LDC 
Preferential  
maritime transport) of the 
sum of CIF value, customs 
duty and other charges 
mentioned above.  
    520299000012  0% 0% 
    520299000013  0% 0% 
    520299000018  0% 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% 0% 
United  States  
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
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%          
520299  -- Other:            TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
Preferential  
  --- 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:            
  - Fibers 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.  
2 "¢/kg" stands for US$ cent per kilo.  
Viet Nam 
Bound Duties  Applied Duties  
(Year 2017)  
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
Preferential  
52010000  Cotton, not carded or combed  0%   52010000 00 0%   
5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste 
and garnetted stock)          
52021000  - Yarn waste (including thread waste)  20%   52021000 00 10%  
52029  - Other:         
52029100  -- Garnetted stock  20%   52029100 00 10%  
52029900  -- Other  20%   52029900 00 10%  
52030000  Cotton, carded or combed  10%   52030000 00 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 
provisions 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 t he 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 1 May 2018, 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 1 May 2018, 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 of 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  US$1.60/kg  
52010028  US$1.12/kg  
52010038  US$1.20/kg  
52010080  US$2.75/kg  
52029930  US$$8.15/kg  
52030030  US$$0.64/kg  
 
3.14.   The table below provides , based on MA:5 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up  to 
1 May 2018, 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;  
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  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 
 
Notification reference   The reference of the relevant notification . 
 
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 
aggregated 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 quotas23 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 specified 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 schedule24; 
 
Tariff Line(s)  The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's schedule 
reproduced 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.  
                                                
23 Also referred to as TRQ or tariff quota.  
24 In original language only.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  China1 
TQID  Product  Tariff line(s)  Unit Initial quota  Final quota  In-quota tariff rate  
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  US$0.044 per kilogram  
52010034  US$0.044 per kilogram  
52010060  US$0.015 per kilogram  
52029910  0% 
52030010  5% 
USAQ049   52010014  Metric tonnes  8,495  20,207  0% 
USAQ050   52010024  Metric tonnes  900 1,400  US$0.044 per kilogram  
USAQ051   52010034  Metric tonnes  5,200  11,500  US$0.044 per kilogram  
USAQ052   52010060  Metric tonnes  25,500  40,100  US$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.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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 1 May 2018. 
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 y ear 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 3 1 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 app licants 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 period of 
2000-2002; having passed the a nnual 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 the 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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  Colom bia 
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 States25 
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 Additional US Note 5 to chapter 52 of 
the HTSUS  (Annex 1, no te 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 Additional US Note 7 to Chapter 52 of Schedule XX.  
 
  
                                                
25 Annex 3 contains the excerpt of no tes 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.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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 1 May 2018. 
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 notifie d 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 individual tables indicates the TQID of the TRQ , while  the quantity 
unit used in the notification is indicated in  brackets . 
 
   
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China  
CHNQ010 ( metric tonnes)  
 2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
TRQ Quantity  818,500  856,250  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  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  894,000  894,000  894,000  894,000  
Fill rates (%)  22 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
Colombia  
COLQ067 ( metric tonnes)  
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
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  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  2,886  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  53,307  50,563  60,328  50,315  43,957  26,265  33,040  30,615  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
South Africa  
ZAFQ053 ( metric tonnes)  
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
TRQ Quantity  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  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  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  17,101  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
United States26 
USAQ049 ( metric tonnes)  
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
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  20,207  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  73 0 0 0 3,969  1,140  1,172  264 
Fill rates (%)   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 
 
  
                                                
26 According to the US notification for implementation year 1995, Uruguay Round commitments for cotton products in h eadings 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.    
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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USAQ050 ( metric tonnes)  
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
TRQ Quantity    900 1,000  1,100  1,200  1,300  1,400  1,400  1,400  1,400  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Fill rates (%)   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
USAQ051 ( metric tonnes)  
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
TRQ Quantity    5,200  6,460  7,720  8,980  10,240  11,500  11,500  11,500  11,500  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    0 0 23 1,471  190 116 855 195 1,525  2,608  1,294  235 123 0 0 545 117 0 0 0 
Fill rates (%)   0 0 0.3 16 2 1 7 2 13 23 11 2 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 
USAQ052 ( metric tonnes)  
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
TRQ Quantity    25,500  28,420  31,340  34,260  37,180  40,100  40,100  40,100  40,100  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    0 13 62 3,483  9,611  2,657  5,089  13,813  9,270  4,244  3,934  2,423  2,418  0 0 1,518  1,214  852 1,547  0 
Fill rates (%)   0 0.05 0.2 10 26 7 13 34 23 11 10 6 6 0 0 4 3 2.1 3.9 0 
USAQ053 ( kilograms ) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  
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  
In-quota Imports    15,000  17,584  0 0 0 0 0 0 128,198  0 
Fill rates (%)   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 
 
 2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
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  
In-quota Imports  0 169,844  791,441  87,332  561,492  729,436  558,590  234,364  1,224,637  291,066  
Fill rates (%)  0 5 24 3 17 22 17 7 36.7 9 
USAQ054 ( kilograms ) 
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
TRQ Quantity    1,000  1,300  1,600  1,900  2,200  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,500  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    800 120 0 1,796  1,307  2,500  2,500  2,500  2,300  157 0 0 0 2,500  0 20 0 52 70 0 
Fill rates (%)   80 9 0 95 59 100 100 100 92 6 0 0 0 100 0 1 0 2.1 2.8 0 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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%
0500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rate
100%
100%100%
100%
100%100%
100%100% 100%
100%100%100%
100%
100%100%
100%
100%
100%100%
100%
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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%
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 2015metric 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% 
03,0006,0009,00012,00015,00018,00021,000metric tonnes  
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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% 
02004006008001,0001,2001,400metric 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% 
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,000metric tonnes  
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill ratesTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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% 
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% 
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.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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 database27, 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 Goods database , using  
the following criteria:  
a. Member imposing the measure : The 32 Members 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 Counte rvailing Measures ); 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 Licensi ng procedures).  
c. Measures initiated or notified from 1 January  2012 to 1 May 2018 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 .28 
                                                
27 http://i -tip.wto.org/goods/default.aspx?language=en . 
28 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% 
05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000kilograms  
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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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.29 
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 Trading 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 releva nt notification . 
Source   Document  number of the relevant  notification (s). 
  
                                                
29 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 IMS ID 545 and 
paragraphs 2.7 -2.14 in G/TBT/M/73 for more details.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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  Chart 3.13: Number of other non -tariff measures applicable to cotton, per type of 
measure ( 1 January  2012 to 1 May 2018) 
 
 
 
 8 47 
1 10 
1 2 
05101520253035404550
TBT SPS QR LIC CV AD  
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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Member  Partner 
affected  Notif. 
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
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 Official Ga zette 
(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 Septembe r 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 
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  G/SPS/N/USA/2972  
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 pes ticides, 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) : 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 prod ucts 
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) : 07, 52, 12, 08;  
ICS Code(s) : 13, 65  G/SPS/N/BRA/1367    
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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Member  Partner 
affected  Notif. 
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
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 o f China and General Administration of Quality 
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine 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 Protectio n of China, we found that 
large amounts of dirty wastes or even hazardous wastes are 
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 wastes 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 30/08/20 17  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 fibers)  G/TBT/N/BRA/740  
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 of 
29 August  2003, on the Brazilian Officia l 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 Activ e 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 P rotection, 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    
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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Member  Partner 
affected  Notif. 
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
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 partial ly 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 herbicide 2,4 -D in or on cotton, gin byproducts at 1.5 
parts per  million  (ppm), and cot ton, undelinted seed at 
0.8 ppm Cotton,  gin by -products  G/SPS/N/USA/2905  
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 import/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 t o 
licensing is available at the Ministry of Industry, Foreign 
Trade and Services 
website:  http://www.mdic.gov.br/comercio -
exterior/importacao/tratam ento-administrativo -de-
importacao  Cotton  G/LIC/N/1/BRA/7 and 
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 required, 
applications for both automatic and non -automatic import 
licensing are achieved using Brazil' s Foreign Trade Integrated 
System (SISCOM EX). SISCOMEX is Brazil' s ongoing single 
window initiative, a work still in progress, to which all other 
online and offline import -related procedures are converging  Cotton  G/LIC/N/2/BRA/7    
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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Member  Partner 
affected  Notif. 
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
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 
admin istrative 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  
Kazakhstan  All 
countries 
that are 
parties to 
the Basel 
Convention  LIC 29/06/2016    The Republic of Kazakhstan 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 tha t are Subject to Non -tariff Measures in Trade 
with Third Countries (Decision of the Collegium 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 d own G/LIC/N/3/KAZ/1 and 
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, noxious 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 Regu lations 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 hos ts of plant 
pest and/or carrier of plant pests into Malaysia, and at the 
same time 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 Sta ndard 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    
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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Member  Partner 
affected  Notif. 
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
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  
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 o f the relevant 
technical report  HS tariff subheading 5202.99.00.00 : Cotton 
(Gossypiu m 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 (DOU 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 swe et 
potato, yacon potato, beet, yams, 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 p ost-emergency application  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    
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.8 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.8  
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Member  Partner 
affected  Notif. 
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
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) classification . 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  
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 -organism 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 the importat ion 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 countries 
endemic f rom 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/98 9 
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 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, the safety 
security period to the culture of  the 
genetically modified cotton, which 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    
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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 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) (…) G/SPS/N/BRA/981  
Brazil  All 
Members  SPS 10/10/20 14  Draft resolution r egarding 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 
triflumi zole; and the insecticide malathion . In addition, EPA is 
proposing to establish new tolerances for the fungicide 
mancozeb . Also, in accordance with current Agency practice, 
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 securi ty period not 
determined due to the mode of use) (…)  G/SPS/N/BRA/966    
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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  
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 Importation of Plants, Plant 
Produc ts 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 Inspection 
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 appropriate treatment/measures have been 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 Regulatory 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 sec tion of Health Canada's website  Pesticide chlorantraniliprole in or on various 
food commodities (ICS Codes : 65.020, 
65.100, 67.040, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120, 
67.200)  G/SPS/N/CAN/769, 
G/SPS/N/CAN/769/  
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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 Agricultur e, Livestock, 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 reguladas 
por la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rur al, 
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 processin g, originating in and coming from 
Peru, established following the pest risk analysis or risk 
assessment, have be en submitted for public comment  Cotton fibre ( Gossypium barbadense ), not 
carded or combed, for  processing  G/SPS/N/MEX/241, 
G/SPS/N/MEX/241/  
Add.1 
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 products 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/kg ; safety perio d 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 
avermectin 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 
(FFDCA)  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 of 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 Resolution 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 saf ety 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 - Flumioxaz in 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 o n cotton 
commodities . 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F5201000010 A5201000090  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 Part1 : Saw Ginned 
Upland Cotton i23 pages Cin Chinese j 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 s aw ginned upland cotton produced, 
purchased, processed, t raded, stored and used 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 i18 pages Cin Chinese j 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 produced, 
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 safe ty 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 
measuring only penflufen 
N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbuty l)phenyl] -5-fluoro -1,3-dimethyl -1H-p
yrazole -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 only fluxapyroxad, 
3-(difluoromethyl) -1-methyl -N-(3',4',5' -trifluoro[1,1' -biphenyl
]-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, gra in 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, undelinted 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 on 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-nitro-
4H-1,3,5 -oxadiazin -4-imine and its metabolite CGA -322704 
N-[(2-chloro -thiazol -5-yl)methyl] -N'-methyl -N''-nitro-guanidi
ne, 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  
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/  
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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 belo w. Compliance with the 
tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by 
measuring only penthiopyrad 
(N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl) -3-thienyl] -1-methyl -3-(trifluorome
thyl)-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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