WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/8/BRA/3/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/11/BRA/2/Suppl.2
26 May 2003
(03-2803)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English/
Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(b) OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING
A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT THEREOF
CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS
NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(c) AND ARTICLE 9,
FOOTNOTE 2, OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
BRAZIL
Supplement
The following communication, dated 23 April 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Brazil.
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The Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies
in Geneva presents its compliments to the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization and, in
exercise of the pro-tempore Presidency of the States Parties to Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
and Uruguay), has the honour to notify to the Committee on Safeguards an amendment to
documents G/SG/N/8/BRA/3, G/SG /N/10/BRA/3, G/SG/N/11/BRA/2 a nd Suppl.1, on the imposition
by Mercosur, on behalf of the Federative Republic of Brazil, of a safeguard measure on imports ofdried coconuts, shelled and shredded, classified as tariff item 0801.11.10.  The measure has effect in
the customs territory of Brazil.
This notification is made pursuant to the rules on the application of safeguard measures to
imports from non-member countries of Mercosur.G/SG/N/8/BRA/3/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/11/BRA/2/Suppl.2
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This notification supplements the informatio n contained in document G/SG/N/8/BRA/3-
G/SG/N/10/BRA/3-G/SG/N/ 11/BRA/2 and Suppls.1, which, pursuant to Article 12.1(c) and to
Article 9, footnote 2, of the Agreement on Safeguards, notified the imposition by Mercosul, on behalfof Brazil, of a safeguard measure on the imports of coconuts, classified under the Mercosul Common
Nomenclature – NCM/HS tariff line 0801.11.10.
According to Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards, safeguard measures shall not apply
to the developing country Members whose individual shares in the total imports are lower than
3 per cent.  The developing countries are indicated in Annex I of the aforementioned documents.
For the period December 2002-February 2003, Malaysia, exempted from the measure during
that period, had a share of 3.7 per cent of the total imports.  As this share is higher than 3 per cent,
Malaysia was, therefore excluded from the list of developing country Members to which the safeguard
measure does not apply.  This modification was effected through Resolution CAMEX number 9,
which entered into force on 1 April 2003.
The modified list of developing countries exempted from the measure is provided as an annex
to this notification.G/SG/N/8/BRA/3/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/11/BRA/2/Suppl.2
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ANNEX I
List of Developing Countries  Exempted from the Measure
ANGOLA MALAWI
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA MALDIVES
BAHRAIN MALI
BANGLADESH MALTA
BARBADOS MAURITANIA
BELIZE MAURITIUS
BENIN MOLDOVA
BOLIVIA MONGOLIA
BOTSWANA MOROCCO
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM MOZAMBIQUE
BURKINA FASO MYANMAR
BURUNDI NAMIBIA
CAMEROON NICARAGUA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC NIGER
CHAD NIGERIA
CHILE OMAN
CHINESE TAIPEI PAKISTAN
COLOMBIA PANAMA
CONGO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
COSTA RICA PERU
CUBA PHILIPPINES
CYPRUS QATAR
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO RWANDA
DJIBOUTI SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
DOMINICA SAINT LUCIA
ECUADOR SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
EGYPT SENEGAL
EL SALVADOR SIERRA LEONE
FIJI SOLOMON ISLANDS
GABON SOUTH AFRICA
THE GAMBIA SURINAME
GRENADA SWAZILAND
GUATEMALA TANZANIA
GUINEA BISSAU THAILAND
GUINEA TOGO
GUYANA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
HAITI TUNISIA
HONDURAS TURKEY
JAMAICA UGANDA
JORDAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
KENYA VENEZUELA
KUWAIT ZAMBIA
LESOTHO ZIMBABWE
MADAGASCAR
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