Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

                Director-General                                      

27 October 2021

Dear Ambassadors/Permanent Representatives,

I am enclosing the latest version of the Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance (WT/CFMC/6/Rev.31) for review by Members in advance of the next Round of the Director‑General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton (DGCFMC). 

The enclosed Evolving Table (ET) contains updates by Brazil and Switzerland. In addition, the document contains updates on projects implemented by the following international organizations: UNIDO and OACPS.

The total number of active projects under Part I "Cotton-specific development assistance" currently stands at 27. As regards Part II "Agriculture and Infrastructure-Related Development Assistance", there are 47 active projects.

Part IV of the ET compiles cotton-related development assistance requests submitted by developing country Members. A total of ten projects have been submitted by Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Mali, and the C-4 as a group.

The 36^th Round of the DGCFMC will be held in the afternoon of 3 November 2021. The sixteenth Dedicated Discussion of the Relevant Trade-related Developments on Cotton will take place in the afternoon of 4 November 2021.

The enclosed documents will form the basis for the 36^th Round of Consultations of the DGCFMC.

Yours sincerely,

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala