G/SG/N/11/IDN/24/Suppl.1  
 
4 September 2023  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 4  September 2023, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Indonesia.  
 
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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. 3 – G/SG/N/6/Rev.3  – G/SG/89/Rev.2  dated 
4 May 2021).  
 
On 14 August  2023, The Ministry of Finance issued the Minister of Finance Regulation No. 74/2023  
on the amendment of the Minister of Finance Regulation No. 10/PMK.010/202 1, dated 
2 February  2021, which was promulgated in the Official G azette of the Republic of Indonesia 
Number  88 on 3  February 2021. This regulation comes into effect on 5 September 2023 with regard 
to changing the list of developing countries exempted from the safeguard measure.  
 
1. Specify the measure  
 
Tariff on imports of Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings product.  
 
Further details regarding the measure are set out in the notification on definitive measures: 
G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/11/IDN/24 , dated 
17 February  2021.  
 
2. Specify the product subject to the measure  
 
Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings  (the subject products) imported into Indonesia.  
 
Further details regarding the measure are set out in the notification on definitive measures: 
G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/11/IDN/24 , dated 
17 February  2021.  
 
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 and collectively  
 
As per the Appendix on the list of developing countries excluded from the  measure in documents 
G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/11/IDN/24 , dated 
17 February  2021.  
 G/SG/N/11/IDN/24/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 . 
 
i. The reference to the WTO document that notified the Members about initial action under 
Article 9.1 footnote 2:  
 
G/SG/N/8/IDN/2 7/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/11/IDN/24 , dated 
17 February 2021.  
 
ii. If applicable, names of the countries which are dropped from the list of developing countries 
to which t he 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 developing 
countries remaining on the list, and the date on which the safeguard measure appl ies to the 
countries dropped from the list;  
 
Viet Nam, Malaysia , and Thailand  are dropped from the list of developing countries to which 
the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1. According to import data from 
the Indonesian Statistics (BPS ), from October 2021  to September 202 2, Viet Nam account ed 
for 35,34 %, Malaysia accounted for 15,19 %, and Thailand accounted for 3,40%  of the 
imports of Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings  into Indonesia . 
 
iii. if applicable, names of the countries which are added to the list of developing countries to 
which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, the list of all the 
countries on the list, the individual and collective import shares of the developing countries 
on the l ist, and the date from which the safeguard measure does not apply to the countries 
which are added to the list;  
 
Korea, Republic of is added to the list of developing countries to which the safeguard 
measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1 , Accordin g to import data from the 
Indonesian Statistics (BPS) , from October 2021  to September 202 2, Korea, Republic of 
accounted for 0,69% of the imports of Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings  into 
Indonesia . 
 
iv. The date on which safeguard measure applies for the countries dropped from the list is  
5 September  2023 (the effe ctive date).  
 
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