G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/10/IDN/27/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/24  
 
17 February  2021 
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings  
The following communication, dated 1 5 February 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Indonesia.  
 
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Pursuant to Articles 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of the Republic 
of Indonesia hereby notifies the issuance of Minister of Finance 's Regulation 
Number  10/PMK.010/2021 dated  2 February 2021 , promulgated in the Official Gazette of the 
Republic of Indonesia Number 88-2021 on 3 February 2021  regarding the imposition of a safeguard 
measure on the importation of carpets and other textile floor coverings, for a period of 3 period 
started on 17 February  2021. Minister of Finance 's Regulation Number  10/PMK.010/2021 can be 
found in the website of the Indonesian Safeguard Committee: kppi.kemendag.go.id . 
1  GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 24 September 2020, the Republic of Indonesia notified the findings of safeguard investigation in 
which it was concluded that there was an evidence that the increased of volume of imports have 
caused a threat of serious injury to the domestic industry concerne d in this investigation 
(G/SG/N/8/IDN/27 - G/SG/N/10/IDN/27).  
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia the imposition of a safeguard measure on the importation 
of the subject goods.  
2  DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT GOODS  
The description of the subject goods are as follows:  
Carpets and other textile floor coverings, under Harmonized System (HS.) code  57. G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/27/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/24  
 
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  3  DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED MEASURE  
The Government of the Republic Of Indonesia has decided to impose the following safeguard duty:  
TIMETABLE OF THE SAFEGUARD DUTY  
Period  Safeguard Duty  
First year (17 February 2021 – 16 February 2022)  Rp. 85,679/meter2 
Second year (17 February 2022 – 16 February 2023)  Rp. 81,763/meter2 
Third year (17 February 2023 – 16 February 2024)  Rp. 78,027/meter2 
Below is the list major exporting members of imports of the product involved and the list of 
developing countries excluded from the said safeguard measure, and the Government  of the Republic 
of Indonesia reserves the right to modify this list in light of c hanging import volumes exceeded 3%.  
LIST OF MAJOR EXPORTING MEMBERS OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT INVOLVED  
Country  2019  
Volume ( meter2) % 
People 's Republic of China  13,795,446 63.43 
Turkey  4,167,254 19.16 
Repub lic of Korea  952,704 4.38 
Japan  807,595 3.71 
Other Countries  2,025,204 9.32 
Source:  Statistics Indonesia/ Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), processed . 
LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXCLUDED FROM THE MEASURES  
No. Countries  No. Countries  
1 Afghanistan  63 Madagascar  
2 Albania  64 Malawi  
3 Angola  65 Malaysia  
4 Antigua and Barbuda  66 Maldives  
5 Argentina  67 Mali 
6 Armenia  68 Mauritania  
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of  69 Mauritius  
8 Bangladesh  70 Mexico  
9 Barbados  71 Moldova, Republic of  
10 Belize  72 Mongolia  
11 Benin 73 Montenegro  
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of  74 Morocco  
13 Botswana  75 Mozambique  
14 Brazil  76 Myanmar  
15 Brunei Darussalam  77 Namibia  
16 Burkina Faso  78 Nepal  
17 Burundi  79 Nicaragua  
18 Cabo Verde  80 Niger  
19 Cambodia  81 Nigeria  
20 Cameroon  82 Oman  
21 Central African Republic  83 Pakistan  
22 Chad 84 Panama  
23 Chile 85 Papua New Guinea  
24 Colombia  86 Paraguay  
25 Congo  87 Peru 
26 Costa Rica  88 Philippines  
27 Côte d'Ivoire  89 Qatar  
28 Cuba 90 Russian Federation  
29 Democratic Republic of the Congo  91 Rwanda  
30 Djibouti  92 Saint Kitts and Nevis  
31 Dominica  93 Saint Lucia  
32 Dominican Republic  94 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  
33 Ecuador  95 Samoa  
34 Egypt  96 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
35 El Salvador  97 Senegal  G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/27/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/24  
 
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  No. Countries  No. Countries  
36 Eswatini  98 Seychelles  
37 Fiji 99 Sierra Leone  
38 Gabon  100 Singapore  
39 Gambia  101 Solomon Islands  
40 Georgia  102 South Africa  
41 Ghana  103 Sri Lanka  
42 Grenada  104 Suriname  
43 Guatemala  105 Chinese Taipei  
44 Guinea  106 Tajikistan  
45 Guinea -Bissau  107 Tanzania  
46 Guyana  108 Thailand  
47 Haiti 109 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)  
48 Honduras  110 Togo 
49 Hong Kong, China  111 Tonga  
50 India 112 Trinidad and Tobago  
51 Israel  113 Tunisia  
52 Jamaica  114 Uganda  
53 Jordan  115 Ukraine  
54 Kazakstan  116 United Arab Emirates  
55 Kenya  117 Uruguay  
56 Kuwait, the State of  118 Vanuatu  
57 Kyrgyz Republic  119 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
58 Lao People 's Democratic Republic  120 Vietnam  
59 Lesotho  121 Yemen  
60 Liberia  122 Zambia  
61 Liechtenstein  123 Zimbabwe  
62 Macao, China    
It is requested that this no tification under Article 12.1 (c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members.  
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