WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/6/CZE/9
2 September 2002
(02-4656)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
AND THE REASONS FOR IT
CZECH REPUBLIC
The following communication, dated 29 August 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Czech Republic.
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(a) of the Agreement on Safeguards and using the format adopted by
the Committee on Safeguards (G/SG/N/6), the Czech Republic has the honour to transmit herewith
the notification of initiation of an investigation.
1. Date of initiation of the investigation
28 August 2002.
2. Product subject to investigation
Certain steel products as specified in Annex I.
3. Reasons for initiating the investigation
The investigation was initiated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade having sufficient
evidence of the substantially increased imports of certain steel product, absolute and relative to
domestic production and consumption, under such conditions as to cause and threaten to cause serious
injury to the domestic industry concerned (see Annex II).
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic found the evidence of substantial
increase in imports concerned causing or threatening to cause serious injury to the domestic industry
sufficient and accordingly decided to initiate the investigation.
A notice of the initiation of the investigation was published in the Commercial Bulletin dated
28 August 2002.G/SG/N/6/CZE/9
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ANNEX I
PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION
Product HS code
1. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of
a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad,
plated or coated;Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a
width of 600 mm or more7208 40 10, 7208 51 30, 7208 51 50, 7208 51 91,
7208 51 99, 7208 52 91, 7208 52 99, 7208 53 90,
7208 90 10, 7208 90 90;7225 40 20, 7225 40 50
2. 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 coated7209 15 00, 7209 16 90, 7209 17 90, 7209 18 91,
7209 18 99, 7209 25 00, 7209 26 90, 7209 27 90,
7209 28 90
3. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of
a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated or
coated7211 14 10, 7211 14 90, 7211 19 20, 7211 19 90
4. Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel,
not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-
drawn or hot-extruded, but including thosetwisted after rolling7214 91 10, 7214 99 31, 7214 99 39, 7214 99 69,
7214 99 90
5. Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy
steel7216 10 00, 7216 21 00, 7216 31 19, 7216 31 99,
7216 32 11, 7216 32 19, 7216 32 91, 7216 32 99,
7216 33 10, 7216 40 10, 7216 50 99
6. Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of
iron (other than cast iron) or steel7304 10 10, 7304 10 30, 7304 10 90, 7304 29 11,
7304 39 59, 7304 39 91, 7304 39 93, 7304 39 99
7. Other tubes and pipes and hollow profiles (for
example, open seam or welded, riveted or
similarly closed), of iron or steel7306 10 90, 7306 30 51, 7306 30 90G/SG/N/6/CZE/9
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ANNEX II
DATA CONCERNING IMPORTS AND DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF
PRODUCTS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN THE PERIOD OF 1998 – 2001
1998 1999 2000 2001
Import total of products concerned (tonnes) 696,173 719,503 863,426 886,964
Domestic production (tonnes) 2,357,360 1,989,495 2,326,320 2,270,314
Domestic sales of the domestic industry
(tonnes)1,326,603 986,079 1,138,134 995,226
Share of imports in the domestic consumption
(%)34.42 42.19 43.14 47.12
Share of imports in domestic production (%) 29.53 36.17 37.12 39.07
Share of domestic sales in the domestic
consumption (%)65.58 57.81 56.86 52.88
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