WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/11/BRA/1/Suppl.1
28October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4729)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TOARTICLE 12.1(C) AND ARTICLE 9,
FOOTNOTE 2,OFTHE AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS
BRAZIL
Supplement
Thefollowing communication, dated 20October 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofBrazil.
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With reference toArticles 9.1,footnote 2oftheAgreement onSafeguards andtodocument
G/SG/N/10/BRA/1 (alsoclassified asG/SG/N/11/BRA/1), which contains thenotification ofInter-
Ministerial Order No.21,dated 19December 1996, regarding thedecision oftheBrazilian authorities
toapply asafeguard measure onimports oftoys,asfrom1January 1997, Ihavethehonour tonotify
theCommittee onSafeguards ofthepublication ofInter-Ministerial Order No.10,dated 31July1997,
which modifies thelistofthedeveloping country Members towhich themeasure isnotapplied under
Article 9.1ofthesame Agreement.
Attached isanotification ofthechanges tothelistofdeveloping country Members oftheWTO,
exempt ofthesafeguard measure, according toArticle 9.1oftheAgreement onSafeguards.G/SG/N/11/BRA/1/Suppl.1
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NOTIFICATION TOTHE COMMITTEE ONSAFEGUARDS OFCHANGES TOTHE LIST
OFDEVELOPING COUNTRY MEMBERS TOWHICH THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE ON
IMPORTS OFTOYS ISNOT APPLIED UNDER ARTICLE 9.1
OFTHE AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS
(i) Thisnotification isinreference toArticles 9.1,footnote 2oftheAgreement onSafeguards
andtodocument G/SG/N/10/BRA/1 (alsoclassified asG/SG/N/11/BRA/1), which, pursuant
toArticle 12.1(c) andtoArticle 9,footnote 2ofthesameAgreement, notifies Inter-Ministerial
Order No.21,dated 19December 1996, regarding thedecision oftheBrazilian authorities
toapply asafeguard measure onimports oftoys, asfrom 1January 1997.
(ii) FortheperiodJanuary-March1997,importsoftoysfromColombiawerenegligible.Colombia,
adeveloping country Member oftheWTO, wasnotanexporter oftoystoBrazil in1995and,
consequently, wasnotevaluated during theinvestigation thatresulted inthesafeguard measure.
Since developing country Members withlessthan3%import share collectively accounted for
lessthan9%oftotalimports oftoys, themeasure hasnotbeenapplied toColombia since
3September 1997.
(iii) Fortheperiod January-March 1997, Thailand, acountry thenexempt fromthemeasure, had
ashare of25.72% oftotalimports. Therefore, since3September 1997, Thailand isnolonger
onthelistofdeveloping country Members towhich thesafeguard measure doesnotapply.
Asaresult oftheanalysis oftheimports oftoys, classified under theMercosul Common
Nomenclature -NCM -9501 to9501.10, bothfortheperiod oftheinvestigation andfortheperiod
ofJanuary-March 1997, thesafeguard measure established bytheInter-Ministerial Order No.21,dated
19December 1996, notified inWTO document G/SG/N/10/BRA/1 (also classified as
G/SG/N/11/BRA/1), willnotapply tothecountries listed below, whose individual shares oftotaltoy
imports arelower than3%,andarecollectively responsible for1.43% oftotaltoyimports, which
amounted toUS$11,348,973 intheperiod ofJanuary-March 1997.G/SG/N/11/BRA/1/Suppl.1
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Country US$(f.o.b.)
January-March 1997Share
Antigua andBarbuda - -
Bangladesh - -
Bolivia - -
Chile 12,686 0.11
Colombia 11,730 0.10
Ecuador 140 0.00
Guatemala 81,675 0.72
India - -
Indonesia - -
Korea - -
Macau 14,262 0.13
Malaysia - -
Mexico 5,049 0.04
Paraguay 4,722 0.04
Philippines - -
Singapore - -
SriLanka 11,208 0.10
Uruguay 21,265 0.19
Venezuela - -