For instance in Argentina, a country where the government does not intervene in the cotton market, research and technical assistance is provided by the government through the National Institute of Agricultural Technology. Similarly, in Colombia, research and technical assistance is provided to growers through a government institution, the Agricultural Institute of Colombia, and a private institution, Corpoica. In India, the government provides research and technical assistance as well. India also has a minimum support price mechanism set by the government, but market prices have been well above minimum prices for more than a decade. However, the export assistance mechanism is in place and can be set at any time so that assistance is provided.
Some countries provide tax rebates as an incentive to export.
Zimbabwe, for instance reports that for fiscal year 1999, a tax rebate of 8 percent will be assessed to companies exporting over 50 percent of their production and ginning companies expect to qualify for this preferential treatment. In contrast to assistance, several countries tax cotton exports. Syria reports that exports of cotton are assessed a tax of 21.5 percent. Syria also taxes cotton production with a rate of 9 percent of value. Many other countries tax exports of cotton.