G/SG/N/11/MAR/4/Suppl.4  
14 January  2020 
(20-0391) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2,  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
MOROCCO  
(Cold-Rolled Sheet and Plated or Coated Sheet) 
Suppl ement 
The following communication, dated 13 January 2 020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Morocco . 
 
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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 2 009).  
On 28 December 2 018, the Moroccan Ministry  of Industry, Investment, Trade and the Digital 
Economy extended the safeguard measure applied to imports of cold -rolled sheet and plated or 
coated sheet.  
1  SPECIFY THE MEASURE  
The safeguard measure consists of an additional ad valorem duty of 16 % applicable  to imports of 
cold-rolled steel sheet and plated or coated sheet exceeding a fixed quota of 36,000 tonnes, in 
accordance with the following timetable : 
Year Additional ad valorem  duty 
From 1 January 2 019 to 3 1 December 2 019 16% 
From 1 January 2 020 to 3 1 December 2 020 15.5% 
From 1 January 2 021 to 3 1 December 2 021 15% 
From 1 January 2 022 0% 
Further details on this  measure are set out in the notification on the safeguard measure : 
G/SG/N/8/MAR/4/Suppl.3  - G/SG/N/10/MAR/4/Suppl.3  - G/SG/N/11/MAR/4/Suppl.3  dated  
18 January 2 019. 
2  SPECIFY THE PRODUCT SUBJECT TO THE MEASURE  
The products subject to the safeguard measure are cold -rolled sheet , in coils or cut, n ot plated or 
coated, and plated or coated sheet, all of which belong to the fam ily of flat steel products . These 
products are imported under the following headings of the Harmonized System (HS) : 
- Cold-rolled sheet : 7209 ( with the exception of : 7209.16.00.20 ; 7209.17.00.20 ; 7209.18.00.20 ; 
7209.26.00.20 ; 7209.27.00.20 and 7209.28.00.2 0); 7211 (with the exception of : 7211.13 ; 7211.14 
and 7211.19 ; 7211.23.00.10 ; 7211.23.00.40 ; 7211.29.00.20 and 7211.29.00.50) ; 7225.50.10.00 ; 
7225.50.90.00 ; and 7226 ( with the exception of : 7226.11.00 and 7226.19.00);  G/SG/N/11/MAR/4/Suppl.4  
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  - Plated or coated sheet : 7210 ( with the exception of : 7210.11 ; 7210.12 ; 7210.30.00 ; 7210.50 ; 
7210.90.21.00 ; 7210.90.22.00 ; 7210.90.23.00 and 7210.90.29.91) ; 7212 ( with the exception of : 
7212.10 ; 7212.20.00 ; 7212.40.20.00 ; 7212.40.39.10 ; 7212.50.20.00 ; 7212.50.63.00 and 
7212.50.64.00) ; 7225 ( with the exception of : 7225.11.00 ; 7225.19.00 ; 7225.30 ; 7225.40 and 
7225.91) and 7226 ( with the exception of : 7226.20.00.11 ; 7226.20.00.21 ; 7226.20.00.51 ; 
7226.20.00.52 ; 7226.20.00.59 ; 7226.91.00 and 7226.99.10.00).  
3   SPECIFY THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES T O 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  
See list of countries excluded from the investigation in document G/SG/N/8/MAR/4/Suppl.3  - 
G/SG/N/10 /MAR/4/Suppl.3  - G/SG/N/11/MAR/4/Suppl.3 dated  18 January 2 019. 
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 : 
- Document G/SG/N/8/MAR/4/Suppl.3  - G/SG/N/10/MAR/4/Suppl.3  - 
G/SG/N/11/MAR/4/Suppl.3 dated  18 January 2 019. 
(ii) if applicable, names of the countries which are dropped from the lis t of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, 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 s afeguard 
measure applies to the countries dropped from the list : 
- The Republic of Korea and Tunisia are dropped from the list of developing countries to 
which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1 . According to recent 
data for the p eriod January -October 2 019, the Republic of Korea and Tunisia accounted 
for 4.13 % and 6.77 %, respectively,  of imports of cold -rolled sheet and plated or coated 
sheet.  
(iii) the date on which the safeguard measure applies to the countries dropped from the list : 
- The day immediately following the  date of  publication of the joint order in Morocco's 
Official Journal . 
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