G/SG/N/10/ARE/2/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/11/ARE/3/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/10/BHR/2/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/11/BHR/3/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/10/KWT/2/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/11/KWT/3/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/10/OMN/2/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/11/OMN/3/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/10/QAT/2/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/11/QAT/3/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/10/SAU/2/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/11/SAU/3/Suppl.1  
 
14 June 2019  
(19-4055) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C ) OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUA RDS 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
COOPERATION  COUNCIL  FOR  THE ARAB  STATES  OF THE GULF  "GCC"  
(Chemical Plasticizers ) 
Supplement  
The following communication, 12 June 2019, is being circulated at the request of the Sultanate of 
Oman as President of the GCC on behalf of the GCC member States.  
 
 
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Referring to the WTO document dated on 5 April 2019, and the WTO document G/SG/N/10/ARE/2 -
G/SG/N/11/ARE/3 -G/SG/N/10/BHR/2 -G/SG/N/11/BHR/3 -G/SG/N/10/KWT/2 -G/SG/N/11/KWT/3 -
G/SG/N/10/OMN/2 -G/SG/N/11/OMN/3 -G/SG/N/10/QAT/2 -G/SG/N/11/QAT/3 -G/SG/N/10/SAU/2 -
G/SG/N/11/SAU/3 . 
 
1  DESCRIPTION OF THE P RODUCT INVOLVED  
Prepared Additives for cements, mortars or concretes (chemical plasticizers) known as 
superplasticizers or hyper plasticizers in liquid or powder form and take different commercial names 
like SNF/NSF/PNS, SMF or PCE. The se products are used for all types of concrete like ready -mix 
concrete, precast and pre -stressed concrete, in areas of congested reinforcement, where higher 
workability is of benefit, in reducing water concrete for the sake of improving impermeability and 
durability; marine concrete, unite concrete, architectural concrete, special concrete.  
The product concerned is classified under the following GCC -Unified Tariff Code (38244000) . 
2  DESCRIPTION OF THE S AFEGUARD MEASURES IM POSED  
The GCC -Ministerial Committee h as approved to impose safeguard Measures for three years at the 
form of tariff increase and quantitative restriction. The measure will consist of an additional specific G/SG/N/10/ARE/2/Suppl.1  • G/SG/N/11/ARE/3/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/BHR/2/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/11/BHR/3/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/KWT/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/KWT/3/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/10/OMN/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/OMN/3/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/QAT/2/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/11/QAT/3/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/SAU/2/Suppl.1  • G/SG/N/11/SAU/3/Suppl.1  
 
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  duty of the order of 221 USD/Ton applicable to imports exceeding the quota of 250,354 t on. duty 
which will be progressively liberalized according to the following table1: 
Duration  Specific Duty Value (USD/Ton)  
First year  221 
Second year  199 
Third year  177 
 
3  DATE OF INTRODUCTION  OF THE MEASURE  
The definitive safeguard duties will enter into force from the date of 21 June 2019.  
 
4  DURATION OF THE MEAS URE 
The safeguard measure will remain in force for 3 years as specified at 2 above.  
 
5  SPECIFY THE DEVELOPI NG COUNTRIES TO WHIC H THE MEASURE IS NOT  APPLIED 
UNDER ARTICLE 9.1 OF  THE AGREEMENT ON S AFEGUARDS, AND THE I MPORT SHARES OF 
THESE COUNTRIES INDI VIDUALLY AND COLLECT IVELY  
The following developing countries are excluded from the measure as they export less than 
3% individually and less than 9% collectively to GCC countries:  
 
Afghanistan ; Albania ; Indonesia ; Angola ; Antigua and Barbuda ; Argentina ; Armenia ; Bangladesh ; 
Barbados ; Belize ; Pakistan ; Panama ; Papua New Guinea ; Paragua y, Peru, Benin, Bolivia,  
Plurinational State of;  Botswana ; Brunei Darussalam ; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Tanzania ; Thailand ; 
Togo; Tonga ; Chad; Chile; Trinidad and Tobago ; Tunisia ; Turkey ; Cambodia ; Cameroon ; 
Cabo Verde ; Central African Republic ; Colombia ; Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Congo ; 
Costa  Rica; Croatia ; Djibouti ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; Fiji; Gabon; The Gambia ; 
Georgia ; Ghana ; Grenada ; Guatemala ; Guinea ; Guinea -Bissau ; Guyana ; Haiti; Honduras ; Hungary ; 
Jamaica ; Jordan ; Kenya ; Kyrgyz Republic;  Laos; Lesotho ; North Macedonia ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; 
Malaysia ; Maldives ; Mali; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Macao, China;  Mexico ; Republic of Moldova ; 
Mongolia ; Montenegro ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; Myanmar ; Namibia ; Nepal ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; 
Nigeria ; Rwanda ; Saint Kitts and Nevis ; Saint Lucia ; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ; Samoa ; 
Senegal ; El Salvador ; Sierra Leone and the Solomon Islands ; South Africa ; Côte d'Ivoire ; Sri Lanka ; 
Suriname ; Eswatini;  Chinese Taipei;  Tajikistan ; Philippines ; Vanuatu ; Venezuela , Bolivarian Republic 
of; Viet Nam; Uganda ; Ukraine ; Uruguay ; Yemen ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe ; Cuba; Hong Kong, China.  
 
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1 Official Gazettes are available on the official website http://www.gcc -sg.org/ar -
sa/GeneralSecretariat/SectorsSites/TSAD/Pages/Releases.aspx .