WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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23 May 2002
(02-2858)
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
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT
ON SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL
SAFEGUARD MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
AND
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The following communication, dated 20 May 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of China.
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Upon instructions from my Government, I am pleased to forward you three notifications from
China under the Agreement on Safeguards.  The first one is made pursuant to Article 12.1(a) of theAgreement on Safeguards, on initiation of a safeguard investigation on some of the steel products.
The second one is made pursuant to Article 12.4 of the same Agreement, on a provisional safeguard
measure to be taken on some of the steel products.  The third one is made pursuant to Article 9 of the
same Agreement, on non-application of the proposed provisional safeguard measure on some
developing Members.
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
1. Date of initiation of the investigation
20 May 2002.
2. Products subject to the investigation
Certain steel products, specifically non alloy plates, non alloy sheets and coils, electrical
sheets, stainless steel plates and sheets, other non alloy steel strips, non alloy wires, non alloy bars and
rebars, non alloy sections, seamless pipes, welded pipes, slabs.
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3. Reasons for initiation of the investigation
The investigation was initiated pursuant to the application from China Steel Industry
Association, Shanghai Baoshan Steel and Iron Group Corporation, Anshan Steel and Iron Group
Corporation, Wuhan Steel and Iron Corporation (Gro up), Capital Steel and Iron Corporation, and
Handan Steel and Iron Company Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Applicants), submitted on
19 April 2002.
Information provided by the Applicants indicated a recent dramatic increase in imports of the
steel products under investigation, and that represse d sales, stagnant and declining utilization of
capacity, market prices, profitability and market share of the like and directly competitive products
are prevalent.  Therefore, critical circumstances do exist, and delay would cause damage which would
be difficult to repair.
4.  Further information
A copy of the Public Notice on Initiation of Safeguard Investigation will be submitted to the
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ANNEX 1
Tariff lines and descriptions of the products
subject to the safeguard investigation
No. Product description Tariff lines
1. Non alloy plates 72082500 72083700 72085200 72083600 72085100
2. Non alloy sheets and coils 72081000 72084000 72082600 72083800  72085300
72082700 72083900 72085400 72089000  72091500
72092500  72091600 72092600  72091700  72092700
72091800 72092800 72099000 72101100 72101200
72121000 72103000 72104100 72104900 72122000
72123000   72107000   72124000
3. Electrical sheets 72251100   72251900   72261100   72261900
4. Stainless steel plates and
sheets72191200 72191300 72192300 72201200 72191400
72192400 72193100 72193200 72193300  72193400
72193500  72202000  72199000   72209000
5. Other non alloy steel strips 72111300   72111400   72111900   72119000
6. Non alloy wires 72139100   72132000
7. Non alloy bars and rebars 72142000   72151000   72155000   72159000
8. Non alloy sections 72161010   72163100   72163300   72164010
72165090   72166100   72166900   72169100
72169900
9. Seamless pipes 73041000   73042100   73042900
10. Welded pipes 73051100 73051200 73051900 73061000 73052000
73062000   73063000
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NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
1. Product subject to the proposed provisional safeguard measure
Certain steel products, specifically non alloy plates, non alloy sheets and coils, electrical
sheets, stainless steel plates and sheets, non alloy wires, non alloy bars and rebars, non alloy sections,
seamless pipes, and slabs.
Tariff lines of the products and their descriptions are listed in Annex 1 of this notification.
2. The proposed provisional safeguard measure
Tariff quotas shall be applied as of 24 May 2002 to the above-mentioned 9 categories of steel
products.  The existing import tariff rates shall be applied to imports within the quotas, while an
additional duty of 7 per cent-26 per cent over the current import tariff rate shall be levied on imports
exceeding the quotas.  The tariff quotas shall be established on a global basis.  Detailed information of
the measure is found in Annex 2 of this notification.
3. Proposed date of introduction of the provisional safeguard measure
24 May 2002.
4. Expected duration of the provisional safeguard measure, if any decision on the duration
has been made
Duration of the provisional safeguard measure will be 180 days.
5. Reasons for taking the provisional safeguard measure
Basis for making preliminary determination that increased imports have caused or are threatening to
cause serious injury
(i) Unforeseen developments
The US ITC initiated a safeguard investigation on steel products in July 2001, and the US
proclaimed on 5 March 2002 the imposition of safeguard measure against steel imports which was to
be applied as of 20 March 2002.  The US measure further impeded the steel imports into the US
market.  The recent years witness that the US has been repeatedly taking trade measures against steel
imports resulting in a 33 per cent decrease of steel imports during the period from 1998-2001.
The European Union (EU) proclaimed, on 27 March 2002, that provisional safeguard
measures be imposed against steel imports as of 29 March 2002.
(ii) Import increaseStatistics submitted by the Applicants indicate that the import volume of the steel products
subject to investigation has kept increasing in absolute terms in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Statistics submitted by the applicants also indicate that import of the 9 categories of steel
products increased dramatically recently.  The 9 categories of products are non alloy plates, non alloy
sheets and coils, electrical sheets, stainless steel plates and sheets, non alloy wires, non alloy bars andG/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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rebars, non alloy sections, seamless pipes and slabs (hereinafter referred as the “9 investigated
products”).
The increase of import volume of the 9 investigated products is demonstrated in the table
below.
Year Total import of the nine investigated products
(in 10,000 tons)
1997 1,072.6
1998 1,072.32
1999 1,504.93
2000 1,876.37
2001 2,320.7
The total import volume of the 9 investigated steel products in 2000 grew by 24.68 per cent
compared with 1999, and it grew by 24.16 per cent in 2001 compared with 2000.  The import volume
of each of the 9 categories of products has been increased in absolute terms.
(iii) Serious injury or threat thereofEvidence provided by the Applicants shows that the increase of steel imports causes serious
injury or threat thereof to the domestic industry.
According to the relevant document submitted by the Applicants, all relevant factors of an
objective and quantifiable nature from 1997 to 2001 are evaluated, in particular, the import trend of
each product, the share of the domestic market taken by increased imports, changes in the level of
sales, production, productivity, capacity utilization, profit and losses, and employment.  The
evaluation shows:
1. During the period from 2000 to 2001, imports of the 9 investigated products showed an
increase in absolute terms.  Import increases of the investigated products vary from 10 thousand tons
to 3.49 million tons, with an increase rate of 0.24 per cent-89.36 per cent.  In comparison to the
increasing imports, the production of domestic like products grew slowly.
2. In terms of the capacity utilization, the non alloy bars and rebars sector showed a downturn in
the period from 2000 to 2001, and the other products remain roughly unchanged
3. Growth of the sales of the domestic like products was seriously suppressed by the dramatic
increase of the imports of the investigated products.  Sales of the domestic like products should have
been growing given the continuous increase of consumption of the products.  However, the fact is that
the growth rates of sales of the domestic like products have fallen below those of consumption (exceptslabs).
4. Domestic demand for steel products has been on the rise.  However, the market share of
domestic like products remains unchanged or even decreases slightly.  Market share for domestic
produced slabs experienced a most rapid decrease, from 81.49 per cent in 1998 to 51.67 per cent in2001.  In addition, market share of domestically produced stainless steel plates and sheets declined
from 26.02 per cent in 2000 to 22.57 per cent in 2001.
5. During the period from 2000 to 2001, import prices for 7 out of the 9 investigated products
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the downward price movement of the domestic like products during the same period.  The prices of
the domestic like products should have grown with the growth of consumption.  However, the surge
of low-price steel imports suppressed the prices of domestic like products and even led to the
decrease.
6. During the period from 2000 to 2001, except for seamless pipes (with a slight increase of
0.9 per cent), Chinese domestic industries producing the like products suffered from a substantial drop
of profitability rate.  In particular, the profitability rate of non alloy wires industry decreased from
4.18 per cent to 1.3 per cent, that of slabs from 6.1 per cent to 3.3 per cent.  More seriously was the
stainless steel plates and sheets industry where the profitability rate plummeted from 2.8 per cent in
2000 to -8.8 per cent in 2001, representing a negative growth rate of 11.6 per cent.  Prior to the period
(between 1997 and 1999), the profitability rates of domestic industries were extremely modest.  Somehad already suffered from losses.  For example, the profitability rate of electrical sheets plunged from
25.5 per cent in 1997 to -14.99 per cent in 1999.
7. Regarding the profits or losses per unit (RMB yuan/ton) of the 9 investigated products, profits
dropped sharply in recent years.  Particularly, the unit profit of stainless steel plates and sheetsplummeted from 338.27 yuan per ton in 2000 to -845 yuan per ton in 2001.  The decrease margin
reached 349.8 per cent.
8. In terms of the change in employment of the domestic industries of the like product, during
the period from 2000 to 2001, except for electrical sheets, employment of all the other 8 investigatedproducts experienced dramatic decrease.  For example, the number of employees for non alloy sheets
and coils industry decreased by 189,114, that of non alloy bars and rebars by 414,466, that of non
alloy plates by 8,097 and that of non alloy wires by 64,521.
9. Based on the above evaluation and analyses, it is preliminarily determined that Chinese
domestic industries manufacturing the 9 investigated products suffered from serious injury or threat
thereof, and that the threat is clearly imminent.
(iv) Causal link
Based on the information available, there is a reason to believe that there is a linkage between
the decrease of the US steel imports and the increase of the steel imports to China.
The import increase of the investigated products resulted in stagnant sales and lingering or
even shrinking market share of domestic like products.  Since imported products and domestic like
products have basically same physical characteristics, end-use and are interchangeable, they were
mainly competing by prices.  Import surge suppre ssed the domestic like products in terms of the
increase of  their sales level and market share.
With suppressed increase of the sales level and market share of the domestic like products,
sales income of the domestic industries decreased.  Low capacity utilization with added unit
production cost brought down profitability.
As a result, the import surge of the 9 investigated products has already caused and is still
leading to the decrease in sales volume, prices and sales income of the like products in China, which
in turn caused rapid decrease of profitability.  Import surge has already caused serious injury to
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(v) Other relevant factors
In order to find whether there are any factor(s) other than import increase causing serious
injury or threat thereof to domestic industries, preliminary evaluation was conducted on other factors
that may cause serious injury or threat thereof.  The factors include the general downturn of the worldeconomy, the short-term economic slowdown result ed from the 9·11 Event, and the reduced exports
of the domestic producers to the US market.
The preliminary analyses find that the import increase has been the substantial cause of the
serious injury or threat thereof to the domestic industry.
Basis for determining that there are critical circumstances where delay would cause damage which
would be difficult to repair
Critical circumstances
The critical circumstances refer to circumstances where delay would cause damage which
would be difficult to repair.  As analyzed above, the serious injury is clearly imminent.  As a result of
import increase of the 9 investigated products, the domestic industry is undergoing a very hard time.
The imposition of safeguard measure against steel imports by the US hampers the steel
products from entering the US market.  The EU fo llowed suit in adopting provisional safeguard
measures against steel imports.  With a preliminary evaluation on the possible destinations of the
large volume of steel trade diverted from the US market, it is determined that no other market can
absorb such a large volume of trade diversion.  As the world third largest steel market after the US
and the EU, the open Chinese market might become the main destination which the steel product kept
away from the US market may choose.
As a result, there are critical circumstances in domestic steel industries where delay would
cause damage which would be difficult to repair.
6. Other Information
A copy of the Public Notice on Provisional Sa feguard Measures on Certain Steel Products
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ANNEX 1
Tariff lines and descriptions of the products
subject to the proposed provisional safeguard measure
No. Product description Tariff lines
1. Non alloy plates 72082500 72083700 72085200 72083600 72085100
2. Non alloy sheets and coils 72081000 72084000 72082600 72083800  72085300
72082700 72083900 72085400 72089000  72091500
72092500  72091600 72092600  72091700  72092700
72091800 72092800 72099000 72101100 72101200
72121000 72103000 72104100 72104900 72122000
72123000   72107000   72124000
3. Electrical sheets 72251100   72251900   72261100   72261900
4. Stainless steel plates and
sheets72191200 72191300 72192300 72201200 72191400
72192400 72193100 72193200 72193300  72193400
72193500  72202000  72199000   72209000
5. Non alloy wires 72139100   72132000
6. Non alloy bars and rebars 72142000   72151000   72155000   72159000
7. Non alloy sections 72161010   72163100   72163300   72164010
72165090   72166100   72166900   72169100
72169900
8. Seamless pipes 73041000   73042100   73042900
9. Slabs 72071200   72071100   72071900  72072000G/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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Tariff Quotas and Additional Duty Rates
No. Tariff
ItemsProduct Descriptions Volume of
tariff quotas (kg)Additional
duty (%)
Non alloy plates 46,055,414 20
1 72083700     1.  Other, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled:  of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but
not exceeding 10 mm28,776,712
2 72085200     2.  Of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm 17,278,701
Non alloy sheets and coils 3,728,066,028
    1.  Non alloy hot rolled sheets and coils 853,492,238 26
3 72081000 1.1   In coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief 4,487,654
4 72084000 1.2   Not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief 516,490
5 72082600 1.3   Other, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, pickled: of a thickness of 3mm or more
but less than 4.75mm94,634,495
6 72083800 1.4   Other, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled: Of a thickness of 3mm or more but less
than 4.75mm117,946,831
7 72085300 1.5   Other, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled: Of a thickness of 3mm or more but
less than 4.75mm20,400,808
8 72082700 1.6   Other, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, pickled: of a thickness of less than 3mm 87,665,019
9 72083900 1.7   Other, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled:  of a thickness of less than 3mm 494,583,774
10 72085400 1.8   Other, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled:  of a thickness of less than 3mm 33,257,168
    2.  Non alloy cold rolled sheets and coils 1,535,414,825 26
11 72091500 2.1  In coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced):of a thickness of 3mm or more 29,262,596
12 72092600 2.2  Not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced):  of a thickness exceeding
1mm but less than 3mm62,636,221
13 72091700 2.3  In coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced):of a thickness of 0.5mm or
more but not exceeding 1mm625,903,789
14 72092700 2.4  Not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced): of a thickness of 0.5mm or
more but not exceeding 1mm137,088,334
15 72091800 2.5  In coils, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced): of a thickness of less than
0.5mm675,365,321G/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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No. Tariff
ItemsProduct Descriptions Volume of
tariff quotas (kg)Additional
duty (%)
16 72092800 2.5 Not in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled(cold-reduced): of a thickness of less than
0.5mm5,158,563
    3. Tin mill products 145,064,624 25
17 72101200 3.1 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of  600mm or more, clad, plated or
coated with tin:  of a thickness of less than 0.5mm137,320,411
18 72121000 3.2 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600mm, plated or
coated with tin7,744,213
    4.  Galvanized sheets 922,381,157 23
19 72103000 4.1 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width  of  600mm or more, clad, plated
or coated:  electrolytically plated or coated with zinc576,369,537
20 72104100 4.2 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width  of  600mm of more, clad, plated
or coated: otherwise plated or  coated with zinc: corrugated1,789,306
21 72104900 4.3 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width  of  600mm of more, clad, plated
or coated: otherwise plated or coated with zinc: other321,671,039
22 72123000 4.4 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width  of less than 600mm,clad, plated or
coated: otherwise plated or coated with zinc: otherwise plated or coated with zinc22,551,275
    5.  Organic coated sheets 271,713,185 18
23 72107000 5.1 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width  of  600mm or more, clad, plated
or coated: painted, varnished or coated with plastics271,713,185
Silicon-electrical steel 373,111,327 9
    1. Grain-oriented Silicon-electrical steel 76,545,275
24 72251100 1.1 Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more 76,545,275
   2.  Other Silicon -electrical steel 296,566,053
25 72251900  2.1 Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more: other 296,566,053
Stainless steel plates and sheets 356,770,754
    1. Stainless plates 52,874,571 17
26 72191200 1.1 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600mm or more:-Not further worked
than hot-rolled, in coils:--Of a thickness of 4,75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm52,874,571
    2.  Stainless hot rolled sheets and coils 179,562,120 18
27 72191300 2.1 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600mm or more:-Not further worked
than hot-rolled, in coils: of a thickness of 3mm or more but not exceeding 4.75mm179,562,120
    3.  Stainless cold rolled sheets and coils 124,334,063 18G/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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ItemsProduct Descriptions Volume of
tariff quotas (kg)Additional
duty (%)
28 72193200 3.1 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600mm or more:-Not further worked
than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)--of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm5,732,525
29 72193300 3.2 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600mm or more:-Not further worked
than cold-rolled(cold-red uced)--of a thickness exceeding 1mm but less than 3mm62,337,286
30 72193500 3.3 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600mm or more:-Not further worked
than cold-rolled(cold -reduced)--of a thickness of less than 0.5mm29,997,702
31 72202000 3.4 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600mm:-Not further worked
than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)26,266,550
Non alloy wire 102,887,042 15
32 72139100         Bars and rods,  hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils,  of iron or non-alloy steel:  of
circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter102,887,042
Non alloy bars and rebars 155,035,438
    1. Non alloy hot rolled bars and rebars 105,285,118 15
33 72142000 1.1 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: Containing indentations,
ribs, groves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling105,285,118
    2.  Non alloy cold rolled bars and rebars 49,750,320 7
34 72151000 2.1 Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel: of free-cutting steel, not further worked than
cold-formed or cold-finished12,337,989
35 72155000 2.2 Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel: other, not further worked than cold-formed or
cold-finished6,989,061
36 72159000 2.3 Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel: other 30,423,270
Non alloy sections 64,077,421
    1. Non alloy hot rolled sections 53,195,551 18
37 72163100 1.1 U,I or H sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn, or extruded of a height of
80mm or more: U sections4,422,098
38 72163300 1.2 U,I or H sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn, or extruded of a height of
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No. Tariff
ItemsProduct Descriptions Volume of
tariff quotas (kg)Additional
duty (%)
39 72164010 1.3 L or T sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of
80mm or more: L sections11,008,696
40 72165090 1.4 Other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or
extruded: Other13,765,343
    2. Non alloy cold rolled sections 10,881,870 7
41 72166100 2.1 Angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished: obtained
from flat-rolled products1,243,085
42 72166900 2.2 Angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished: other 1,162,952
43 72169100 2.3 Angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished: cold-
formed or cold-finished from flat-rolled products473,841
44 72169900 2.4 Angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished:  other 8,001,991
Seamless pipes 156,834,395 8
45 73041000     1. Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron (other than cast iron) or steel: -Line pipe of a
kind used for oil or gas pipelines6,504,743
    2. Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron (other than cast iron) or steel:-Casing, tubing
and drill pipe, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas150,329,652
46 73042100 2.1 Casing, tubing and drill pipe, of a kind us ed in drilling for oil or gas:  drill pipe 12,671,420
47 73042900 2.2 Casing, tubing and drill pipe, of a kind used in drilling for oil or  gas:  other 137,658,233
Slabs 317,087,953 13
48 72071200     1. Slabs 317,087,953
Total 5,299,925,774G/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
1. The safeguard measure concerned
The provisional safeguard measure introduced on 24 May 2002.
2. Product subject to the safeguard measure
Certain steel products, specifically non alloy plates, non alloy sheets and coils, electrical
sheets, stainless steel plates and sheets, non alloy wires, non alloy bars and rebars, non alloy sections,seamless pipes and slabs.
Tariff lines of the products and their descriptions are listed in Annex 1 of this notification.
3. Developing countries and regions to which the measure is not applied under Article 9.1
of the Agreement on Safeguards, and the import shares of these countries and regions
individually and collectively
Developing countries and regions to which the proposed provisional measure is not applied
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ANNEX 1
Tariff lines and descriptions of the products
subject to the proposed provisional safeguard measure
No. Product description Tariff lines
1. Non alloy plates 72082500 72083700 72085200 72083600 72085100
2. Non alloy sheets and coils 72081000 72084000 72082600 72083800  72085300
72082700 72083900 72085400 72089000  72091500
72092500  72091600 72092600  72091700  72092700
72091800 72092800 72099000 72101100 7210120072121000 72103000 72104100 72104900 72122000
72123000   72107000   72124000
3. Electrical sheets 72251100   72251900   72261100   72261900
4. Stainless steel plates and
sheets72191200 72191300 72192300 72201200 72191400
72192400 72193100 72193200 72193300  72193400
72193500  72202000  72199000   72209000
5. Non alloy wires 72139100   72132000
6. Non alloy bars and rebars 72142000   72151000   72155000   72159000
7. Non alloy sections 72161010   72163100   72163300   72164010
72165090   72166100   72166900   7216910072169900
8. Seamless pipes 73041000   73042100   73042900
9. Slabs 72071200   72071100   72071900  72072000G/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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List of products originating in developing countries and regions to which the provisional safeguard measures apply
Countries & reg ions Non-alloy
platesNon-alloy sheets
and coilsElectrical
sheetsStainless steel
platesNon-alloy
wiresNon-alloy bars
and rebarsNon-alloy
sectionsSeamless
pipesSlabs
Republic of Korea * * * * * * *
D.P.R. of Korea
Mongolia
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines
Vietnam
Myanmar
Cambodia
Brunei
Laos
India *
Pakistan
Bengal
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Maldives
Bhutan
Iran *
Turkey
Cyprus
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
The United Arab
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Oman
QatarG/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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Bahrain
Iraq
Jordan
Syria
Tunisia
Sudan
Morocco
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Chad
Sao Tome and
Principe
Senegal
Liberia
Gambia
Central Africa
Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea
Nigeria
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau
Congo (Kinshasa)
Congo (Brazzaville)
Benin
Mauritania
Togo
Côte d'Ivoire
Niger
Mali
Cape Verde
Kenya
Uganda
MadagascarG/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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Djibouti
The Comoros
Burundi
Rwanda
Seychelles
Mauritius
Mozambique
Angola
South Africa
Namibia
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Somalia
Malawi
Swaziland
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
Vanuatu
Micronesia
Tonga
Samoa
Kribati
the Cook Islands
Solomon Islands
Belau
Tuvalu
Nauru
The Republic of the
Marshall Islands
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Aruba
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Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Bonaire
Brazil
Cayman Islands
Chile
Columbia
Dominica
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico *
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saba
Saint Lucia
San MarinoG/SG/N/6/CHN/1
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St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
El Salvador
Surinam
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and CaicosIslands
Uruguay
Venezuela
British Virgin Islands
St. Kitts and Nevis
Moldova
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyz
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Georgia
Romania
Bulgaria
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Albania
Yugoslavia
Ukraine **
Note:  The measure is not applied, except in the case of those products originating in those countries against which an “*”appe ars in that annex.
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