G/SG/N/7/TUR/13/Suppl.1  
 
13 May 2019  
(19-3285) Page: 1/3 
 Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.4 OF THE A GREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS BEFORE  TAKING A PROVISIONA L 
SAFEGUARD MEASURE RE FERRED TO IN ARTICLE  6 
(TERMINATION OF THE MEASURE)  
TURKEY 
(Certain Steel Products)  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 9 May 2019, is  being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Turkey.  
 
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Republic of Turkey hereby notifies the Committee on Safeguards that the safeguard investigation on 
imports of certain steel products has been terminated with no safeguard meas ure imposed.  
 
1. The product subject to the investigation  
 
The products subject to the investigation are certain steel products.  
 
The scope of the products is composed of (i) flat products, (ii) long products, (iii) tubes, pipes and 
hollow profiles, (iv) s tainless steel and (v) railway materials. The products subject to the 
investigation are listed in Annex -I. 
 
2. Notification of initiation  
 
The initiation of the investigation was notified to the Committee on Safeguards with the document 
G/SG/N/6/TUR/24 dat ed 3 May 2018.  
 
3. Date of termination of investigation  
 
The investigation was terminated on 7 May 2019.  
 
4. The reasons for the termination of investigation  
 
The Board on the Evaluation of Safeguard Measures, as the competent authority, decided not to 
recommend the application of a definitive safeguard measure on imports of the products concerned. 
The Board assessed that the necessary conditions for imposing of a definitive safeguard measure, 
such as increase in imports in absolute and relative terms an d serious injury or threat of serious 
injury to the domestic industry, were not fulfilled.  
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 5. Notice of termination  
 
The Communiqué Regarding Safeguard Measures on Imports (Communiqué No: 2019/1), which was 
published in the Official Gazette numbered 30767  on 7 May 2019, announced the notice of 
termination of the investigation.  
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   ANNEX I  
Products Categories  
 
N. Product Group  HS 
Codes  Description of Product  
1 Flat Products  72.08  Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm 
or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated:  
72.09  Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm 
or more, cold -rolled (cold -reduced), not clad, plated or coated:  
72.10  Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm 
or more, clad, plated or coated:  
72.11  Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of less than 
600 mm, not clad, plated or coated:  
72.12  Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of less than 
600 mm, clad, plated or coated:  
72.25  Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or 
more:  
72.26  Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 
mm: 
2 Bars, Rods and 
Sections  72.13  Bars and rods, hot -rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non - 
alloy steel:  
72.14  Other bars and rods of iron or non -alloy steel, not further worked 
than forged, hot -rolled, hot -drawn or hot -extruded, but including 
those twisted after rolling:  
72.15  Other bars and rods of  iron or non -alloy steel:  
72.16  Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non -alloy steel:  
72.17  Wire of iron or non -alloy steel:  
72.27  Bars and rods, hot -rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy 
steel:  
72.28  Other bars and rods of other  alloy steel; angles, shapes and 
sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or 
non-alloy steel:  
3 Railway 
Material  73.02  Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the 
following: rails, check -rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing 
frogs,  point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross -ties), 
fish- plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail 
clips, bedplates, ties and other material speciali zed for jointing or 
fixing rails:  
4 Tubes, pipes and 
hollow profiles  73.03  Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron:  
73.04  Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast 
iron) 
or steel:  
73.05  Other tubes and pipes (for example, welded, riveted or similarly 
closed),  
having circular cross -sections, the external diameter of which 
exceeds 406,4 mm, of iron or steel:  
73.06  Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or 
welded, riveted or similarly closed), of iron or steel:  
5 Stainless Steel 72.19  Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600 mm or 
more:  
72.20  Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600 
mm: 
 
 
 
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