COTTON

Background paper by the Secretariat[1]

Addendum

This addendum refers to and must be read in conjunction with document _TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.20‑TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.20. It provides information on market access data for relevant cotton-related products[2] as described in Part 3 (paragraph 3.5) of document _TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.20-_TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.20.

The main updates captured in this revised version compared to the previous one[3] are as follows:

·_          In Section 1 - TARIFFS, updated tariff tables for the following Members: Bahrain, Kingdom of; Colombia; European Union; Hong Kong, China; India; Kenya; Malaysia; Morocco; New Zealand; Pakistan; South Africa; Türkiye; United Kingdom; United States, and Viet Nam;

·_          In Section 3 - TARIFF RATE QUOTAS, updated Iceland's tables and charts in Section 3.3 TRQ quantities and in-quota imports for relevant cotton-related products; and

·_          In Section 4 - OTHER NON-TARIFF MEASURES, the following measures initiated/notified since the last revision of the background paper are added in this revision: 14 SPS measures by Brazil, Canada, Japan, European Union, Malaysia, and the United States, respectively; two import licensing procedure measures by Brazil and Switzerland and 10 TBT measures by Brazil, Canada, Kenya and New Zealand, respectively.

_______________

table of CONTENTS

1   TARIFFS. 2

2   SPECIAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS. 29

3   TARIFF RATE QUOTAS. 30

4   OTHER NON-TARIFF MEASURES. 42