<h1>Export subsidies eliminated for cotton, creating a level playing field and reducing subsidized dumping into domestic markets.</h1> Export subsidies on cotton are permitted only where a Member used them during the specified base period; India lacked such base-period export subsidies and thus is limited to marketing cost subsidies for transport, handling and processing, so long as they do not circumvent reduction commitments. A ministerial decision eliminated export subsidies for cotton, constraining use by Members, which is expected to improve competitive parity for Indian growers and reduce subsidized dumping, alongside domestic procurement at Minimum Support Prices.