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Vol 44 No 19

Published 26th September 2003

Losses to West and Central African cotton producers

PREVIEW

Losses to West and Central African cotton producers resulting from US subsidies (2001-2002 season US$ million)
  Export income Losses from US subsidies
Benin 124   33
Burkina Faso 105   28
Cameroon  81    21
Central African Rep.    9    2
Chad   63   16
Côte d'Ivoire 121   32
Mali 161   43
Togo   61   16
Total 725 191


Source: Oxfam

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