G/SG/N/11/VNM/7/Suppl.1  
 
17 July 2019  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
VIET NAM 
(Diammonium Phosphate and Monoammonium Phosphate  fertilizers)  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 17 July 2019, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Viet Nam.  
 
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This notification is made pursuant to Article 9.1, footnote 2 of the Agreement on Safeguards (under 
the format established in document G/SG/1/Rev.1 dated 5 November 2009).  
 
On 2 March 2018, the Ministry of Industr y and Trade issued Decision No. 686 /QD -BCT on the 
application of a safeguard measure on certain DAP and MAP fertilisers product imported into Viet 
Nam 
 
On 5 July 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 2024/QD -BCT on the 
amendment and  supplementation of Decision No. 686/QD -BCT with regards to the change of the list 
of developing countries exempted from the safeguard measure.  
1. Specify the measure  
Tariff on imports  of certain DAP and MAP fertilisers product  
Further details regarding the measure are set out in the notification on definitive measures: 
G/SG/N/8/VNM/6 –G/SG/N/10/VNM/5 –G/SG/N/11/VNM/7 dated 13 March 2018 . 
2. Specify the product subject to the measure  
Certain Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Monoammon ium Phosphate (MAP) fertilizers (the subject 
products) imported into Viet Nam.  
3. Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under 
Article  9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and the import shares of these countries 
individually a nd collectively  
As per Appendix on List of countries excluded from the measure in documents G/SG/N/8/VNM/6 –
G/SG/N/10/VNM/5 –G/SG/N/11/VNM/7 dated 13 March 2018 . G/SG/N/11/VNM/7/Suppl.1  
 
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  4. Subsequently, if there is a change in the list of developing countries exempted from 
the safeguard measure pursuant to Article 9.1, please notify:  
i. the reference to the WTO document that notified the Members about the initial action 
under footnote 2 to Article 9.1:  
G/SG/N/8/VNM/6 –G/SG/N/10/VNM/5 –G/SG/N/11/VNM/7 dated 13 March 2018  
ii. if applicabl e, names of the countries which are dropped from the list of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, the 
list of the countries remaining on the list, the individual and collective import shares 
of the dev eloping countries remaining on the list, and the date on which the safeguard 
measure applies to the countries dropped from the list;  
- Jordan and Morocco are dropped from the list of developing countries to which the 
safeguard measure does not apply pursua nt to Article 9.1. According to imports data 
from the Customs of Viet Nam, in 2018, Jordan accounts for 8.06%, Morocco 
accounts for 7.23% of the imports of  Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) and 
Monoammonium Phosphate (MAP)  fertilizers  into Viet Nam.  
The date on w hich the safeguard measure applies to the countries dropped from the 
list is 19 August 2019 (the effective date).  
In addition, for purposes of this notification, during the duration of the measure, the 
list of developing countries exempted from the measure may be changed by the 
Ministry of Industry and Trade of Viet Nam subject to particular imports situation 
under Ar ticle 9.1.  
 
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