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.21‑TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.21. 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.21-TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.21

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: Australia; Bangladesh; Bahrain, Kingdom of; Brazil; Canada; China; European Union; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kenya; Korea, Republic of; Malaysia; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; New Zealand; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; United Kingdom and the United States;

·_              In Section 3 - TARIFF RATE QUOTAS, updated for Iceland and Morocco'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:         26 SPS measures by Egypt, Japan, European Union, Russian Federation, Morocco, and the United States, respectively; one import licensing procedure measures by Switzerland; and 7 TBT measures by Australia, Brazil, Peru, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States, respectively.

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table of CONTENTS

1   TARIFFS. 2

2   SPECIAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS. 29

3   TARIFF RATE QUOTAS. 30

4   OTHER NON-TARIFF MEASURES. 42