G/SG/N/8/JOR/10/Suppl.4  
G/SG/N/10/JOR/10/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/11/JOR/6/Suppl.7  
 
16 September 2019  
(19-5923) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(B) OF TH E AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDIN G A SERIOUS INJURY O R THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED BY IN CREASED IMPORTS  
 
PROPOSAL TO EXTEND A MEASURE  
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
JORDAN  
(Aluminium Bars, Rods and Profiles ) 
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 13 September  2019, is being circulated at the re quest of the 
delegation of Jordan . 
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In accordance with Article 12.1(b) of the Agreement on Safeguards, Jordan hereby submits its  
notification of a proposal to extend of the safeguard measure on imports of Aluminium bars, rods 
and profiles.  
 
1. Provide a precise description of the product involved  
 
Products involved are those under the following Jor danian tariff headings: (7604) except which is 
imported as a production inputs under subheadings (7604.211, 7604.101, 7604.212, 7604.291).  
 
2. Provide a precise description of the final measure  
 
Imposing in addition to the applied tariff duty, a specific surcharge of JD 290 per Ton, subject to 
annual liberalization of JD 10 per Ton.  
 
3. Provide date of introduction of the measure  
 
In accordance with Article 25 of the "Regulation on Safeguards of National Production No.55 for the 
year 2000", the date of introduction of the measure is the date of publishing the decision of the 
Council of Ministers to impose the safeguard measure in two daily local newspapers.  
The date of introduction of the measure shall be notified to the committee on safeguards once t he 
decision is published in the two daily local newspapers  
 
4. Provide the expected duration of the measure  
 
NPPD plans to extend the safeguard measure for an additional three years.  
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  5. If the expected duration is over one year, provide the expected timetable f or 
progressive liberalization of the measure  
 
The measure is proposed to be liberalized as stated in the point related to the precise  description 
of the final measure.  
 
6. If the measure is being extended, also provide:  
 
(i) Evidence that the industry concerned is adjusting and that the safeguard 
measure continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury;  
 
The Aluminum bars, rods and profiles domestic industry has provided evidence showing that it has 
instituted a structural adjustment plan a imed at increasing its competitiveness, and carried out 
portions of its adjustment plan.  
 
In light of the above -mentioned evidence, NPPD concludes that the extension of the safeguard 
measure continues to be necessary to remedy or prevent serious injury to  the Aluminium bars, rods 
and profiles domestic industry, which is making adjustments to improve its competitiveness.  
 
In order to determine whether the safeguard measure continues to be necessary to remedy Serious 
injury, the NPPD examined the imports whi ch shows increase in 2018 compared with 2017 also the 
domestic industry's economic indicators, namely production, domestic sales, capacity utilization, 
Stocks, employment, Gross Profit, productivity, Market share. , on which it has revealed a decline 
in economic indicators.  
  
2015  2016  2017  2018  
Volume imports (in ton)  7,891  7,345  5,477  6,165  
Change in domestic production (%) 
(base  year)  - -11% -13% -22% 
Change in domestic sales (%) (base year)  - -7% 0.2%  10%  
Change in capacity utilization (%) (base year)  - -11% -13% -22% 
Change in stock (%) (base year)  - -11% -15% -14% 
 Employment (%) (base year)  - 1% -4% -6% 
Change in Gross Profit (%) (base year)  - -2% -14% -80% 
Change in Productivity (%) (base year)  - -7% 5% -1% 
 
(ii) reference to the WTO document that notified the initial application of the 
measure;  
 
G/SG/N/8/JOR/10/Suppl.3  - G/SG/N/10/JOR/10/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/11/JOR/6/Suppl.3 
dated 19 May 2017.  
 
(iii)  duration of the measure from initial application till the date at which it will be 
extended;  
 
Six years . 
 
(iv) Precise description of the measure in place prior to the date of extension .  
 
Imposing in addition  to the applied tariff duty, a specific surcharge of JD 300 per Ton . 
 
7. Offer of consultations  
 
Consistent with Article 12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Jordan is prepared to consult on the 
proposed safeguard measure with those members having a substantial interest of the subject 
product.  
Members intending to consult shall inform the NPPD within 5 days from the date of publication of 
the notification on the WTO website.  
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  8. Point of contact for correspondences  
 
Dr. Wael Kloub  
Director of the National Production Protection Directorate (NPPD)  
Fax: +962 6 5685116  
Tel: +962 6 5629030 ext. 101, 660  
E-mail: Wael.Kloub@mit.gov.jo  
         Tariq.Ahmed@mit.gov.jo  
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  NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 9.1 FOOTNTE 2  OF THE AGREEMENT ON  SAFEGUARDS 
ON NON -APPLICATION O F SAEGUARD MEASURE T AKEN BY JORDAN TO TH E IMPORTS 
ORIGINATING IN DEVEL OPING COUNTRIES  
1. Specify the measure  
 
The Safeguard measure is described in Jordan’s notification under Article 12.1(B) of the Safeguard 
Agreement.  
 
2. Specify the product subject to the measure  
Product subject to the measure is described in Jordan’s notification under Articl e 12.1(B) of the 
Safeguard Agreement.  
 
3. Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under 
Article  9.1 of the agreement on Safeguard  
 
The developing countries concerned are the following:  
List of Developing Countries  
Angola  Fiji Mauritania  Sri Lanka  
Antigua and 
Barbuda  Gabon  Mauritius  Suriname  
Argentina  The Gambia  Mexico  Swaziland  
Armenia    Georgia    Moldova, Republic of   Chinese Taipei  
Bangladesh  Ghana  Mongolia    Tajikistan   
Barbados  Grenada  Montenegro   Tanzania  
Belize  Guatemala  Morocco  Thailand  
Benin  Guinea  Mozambique  The former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia 
(FYROM)   
Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of Guinea -Bissau  Myanmar  Togo 
Botswana  Guyana  Namibia  Tonga    
Brazil  Haiti Nepal    Trinidad and Tobago  
Brunei Darussalam  Honduras  Nicaragua  Turkey  
Burkina Faso  Hong Kong, China  Niger  Tunisia  
Burundi  India Nigeria  Uganda  
Cabo Verde   Indonesia  Pakistan  Ukraine   
Cambodia   Israel  Panama   Uruguay  
Cameroon  Jamaica  Papua New Guinea  Vanuatu    
Central African 
Republic  Kazakhstan   Paraguay  Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  
Chad Kenya  Peru Viet Nam    
Chile Korea, Republic of  Philippines  Yemen    
Colombia  Kyrgyz Republic    Rwanda  Zambia  
Congo  Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Zimbabwe    
Costa Rica  Lesotho  Saint Lucia   
Côte d'Ivoire  Liberia   Saint Vincent & the 
Grenadines   
Cuba Lebanon  Samoa     
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo    Macao, China  Senegal  
  
Djibouti  Madagascar  Seychelles    
Dominica  Malawi  Sierra Leone   
Dominican Republic  Malaysia  Singapore   
Ecuador    Maldives  Solomon Islands   
El Salvador  Mali South Africa   
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