G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.5  
G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.5  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/15/Suppl.2  
 
19 December 2022  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT  ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Supplement  
(I and H Sections of Other Alloy Steel  
under HS Codes 7228.70.10 and 7228.70.90)  
The following communication, dated and received on 1 9 December  2022, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Indonesia.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 7.2 and Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Repub lic of 
Indonesia hereby notifies to extend the imposition of a safeguard measure in the form of ad valorem  
safeguard duty on the importation of Subject Good, for a period of 2 (two) years by the issuance of 
Minister of Finance 's Decree Number 169/PMK.010/20 22 dated 18 November  2022, promulgated in 
the Official Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Year 20 22 Number 1186 on 2 December  2022. 
A. GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 13 May 2022 the Republic of Indonesia notified the findings of investigation in which it was 
concluded that the relevant safeguard measure needs to be extended, in particular to  prevent or 
remedy serious injury suffered by the Applicants. The extension of such safeguar d measures will 
also give the Applicants opportunity to continue their adjustment program in order to improve the 
competitiveness of domestic industry ( G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.4  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.4 ). 
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia, to extend the imposition of a safeguard measure duty on 
the importation of the Subject Good s in a form of ad valorem  duty. 
B. SUBJECT GOOD  
1. I Section with a height of 100 mm up to 600 mm, and H Section with a height of 100  mm up 
to 350 mm, of other alloy steel, not further worked than hot -rolled, hot -drawn, or extruded, 
under HS. Code ex. 7228.70.10; and  
2. I Section with a height o f 100 mm up to 600 mm, and H Section with a height of 100  mm up 
to 350 mm, of other alloy steel, hot -rolled, hot -drawn, or extruded, and further worked, under 
HS. Code ex. 7228.70.90 . G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.5 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.5 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/15/Suppl.2  
 
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  C. DESCRIPTION OF THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
1. With reference to the proposal f rom the Investigating Authority, and taking into account the 
need to effectuate the safeguard measure as proposed and the relevant requirements 
stipulated in the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia 
has decided to impose  the following safeguard duty:  
Timetable of the Safeguard Duty  
Period  Safeguard  Duty  
22 December  2022 – 21 December  2023 17,00% 
22 December  2023 – 21 December  2024 16,75% 
2. Below  is the list of developing  countries excluded from the said safeguard measure, and the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia reserves the right to modify this list in light of 
changing import volumes.  
List of Developing Countries Excluded from the Measure  
No. Country  No. Country  
1 Afghanistan  39 Georgia  
2 Albania  40 Ghana   
3 Angola  41 Grenada  
4 Antigua and Barbuda   42 Guatemala  
5 Argentina  43 Guinea   
6 Armenia  44 Guinea -Bissau  
7 Kingdom of Bahrain  45 Guyana   
8 Bangladesh  46 Haiti  
9 Barbados  47 Honduras  
10 Belize  48 Hong Kong, China  
11 Benin   49 India 
12 Plurinational State of Bolivia  50 Jamaica  
13 Botswana  51 Jordan   
14 Brazil  52 Kazakhstan  
15 Brunei Darussalam  53 Kenya  
16 Burkina Faso  54 Republic of Korea  
17 Burundi  55 The State of  Kuwait  
18 Cabo Verd  56 Kyrgyz Republic  
19 Cambodia  57 Lao People 's Democratic Republic  
20 Cameroon  58 Lesotho  
21 Central African Republic   59 Liberia  
22 Chad 60 Macao, China  
23 Chile 61 Madagascar  
24 Colombia  62 Malawi  
25 Congo   63 Malaysia   
26 Costa Rica  64 Maldives  
27 Cote d'Ivoire  65 Mali  
28 Cuba  66 Mauritania  
29 Democratic Republic of the Congo  67 Mauritius  
30 Djibouti  68 Mexico  G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.5 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.5 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/15/Suppl.2  
 
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  No. Country  No. Country  
31 Dominica  69 Republic of  Moldova  
32 Dominican Republic  70 Mongolia  
33 Ecuador  71 Montenegro  
34 Egypt  72 Morocco  
35 El Salvador  73 Mozambique  
36 Fiji  74 Myanmar  
37 Gabon  75 Namibia  
38 Gambia  76 Nepal   
77 Nicaragua  101 Sri Lanka   
78 Niger   102 Suriname  
79 Nigeria  103 Swaziland/Eswatini  
80 Oman   104 Chinese Taipei  
81 Pakistan  105 Tajikistan  
82 Panama   106 Tanzania  
83 Papua New Guinea   107 Thailand  
84 Paraguay  108 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM )/ 
North Macedonia  
85 Peru 109 Togo 
86 Philippines  110 Tonga  
87 Qatar  111 Trinidad and Tobago   
88 Russian Federation  112 Tunisia  
89 Rwanda  113 Turkey/ Türkiye  
90 Saint Kitts and Nevis  114 Uganda  
91 Saint Lucia   115 Ukraine  
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  116 United Arab Emirates  
93 Samoa   117 Uruguay  
94 Kingdom of  Saudi Arabia  118 Vanuatu  
95 Senegal  119 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  
96 Seychelles  120 Vietnam  
97 Sierra Leone   121 Yemen  
98 Singapore  122 Zambia  
99 Solomon Islands  123 Zimbabwe  
100 South Africa    
It is requested that this notification under Article 12.1(c) of the Agreement on Safeguards be brought 
to the notice of Members . 
THE INDONESIAN SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE  
(Komite Pengamanan Perdagangan Indonesia /KPPI)  
Jl. M.I. Ridwan Rais No.5, Building I, 5th floor, Jakarta 10110  
Telephone/Facsimile: (62 -21) 385 -7758 
E-mail: kppi@kemendag.go.id  
 
 
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