G/L/143 1/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/12/IND/3/Suppl.1  
 
28 September  2022 
(22-7283) Page: 1/3 
Council for Trade in Goods  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
  
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.5 OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS OF PROPOSED  
SUSPENSION OF CONCESSIONS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS  
REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF ARTICLE 8  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
COMMUNICATION FROM INDIA  
Certain steel products  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 27 September  2022, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of India.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and in accordance with the agreed format 
for notifications (G/SG/1,1 July 1996; amended on 19 October 2009, G/SG/1/Rev.1  - 
G/SG/N/6/Rev.1  - G/SG/89) the Government of India provides the immediate notification to the 
Council for Tra de in Goods of proposed suspension of concessions and other obligations referred to 
in paragraph 2 of Article 8.  
The present document is without prejudice of India 's right to suspend substantially equivalent 
concessions to the trade of the United Kingdom, pursuant to Article 8.2 of the Agreement on 
Safeguards, reserved by India by means of the notification G/L/143 – G/SG/273 – 
G/SG/N/12/IND/3.  
1. Which Member is propos ing suspension of concessions and other obligations 
referred to in Article 8.2 . 
India.  
2. Specify the measure, the product subject to the measure, the WTO document that 
notified the safeguard measure, and the Member imposing the measure in relation 
to which t he Member is proposing suspension of concessions and other obligations 
referred to in Article 8.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  
The measures at issue are the definitive safeguard measures adopted by the United Kingdom (UK) 
on certain steel products. The measures imposed by the UK consist of tariff -rate quotas imposed on 
15 steel product categories with an out -of-quota duty of 25%.  
India and the UK held consultations on 5 August 2022 virtually to discuss the extensions by the UK, 
of the safeguard on certa in steel products originally applied by the European Union. The extensions 
were notified by the means of the document G/SG/N/6/GBR/1 (dated 8 October 2020), 
G/SG/N/8/GBR/1 (dated 21 May 2021), G/SG/N/8/GBR/Suppl.1 – G/SG/N/10/GBR/1 – G/L/143 1/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/12/IND/3/Suppl.1  
 
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  G/SG/N/11/GBR/1 (dated  11 June 2021), G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.3 - G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.1 - 
G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.1 and the document G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.7 - 
G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.8 - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.8.  
On 1 September, 2022, the WTO Secretariat circulated India 's communicati on dated 31  August 2022  
(G/L/1431  - G/SG/273  - G/SG/N/12/IND/3 ) whereby India reserved its right to suspend concessions 
or other obligations substantially equivalent to the adverse effects of the measures under Article 8.2 
of the Agreement on Safeguards, on the UK's trade, and any other right available under GATT 1994 
and Agre ement on Safeguards. India also reserved the right to withdraw, modify, supplement or 
replace that notification, and/or make a further notification or notifications, should it deem 
appropriate, including in light of any subsequent developments.  
3. Describe t he proposed suspension of concessions and other obligations referred to 
in Article 8.2, and the proposed date from which it will come into effect.  
India provides this written notification to safeguard its rights to suspend the application of 
substantially equivalent concessions or other obligations pursuant to Article 8 of the Agreement on 
Safeguards. India also reserves the right to withdraw, modify, supplement or replace this 
notification, and/or make a further notification or notifications, should it dee m appropriate, including 
in light of any subsequent developments.  
India hereby notifies the Council for Trade in Goods of its decision to suspend concessions or other 
obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) and the Agr eement 
on Safeguards that are substantially equivalent to the amount of trade affected by the measures of 
the UK.  
The substantially equivalent level of concessions or other obligations under the GATT 1994 were 
calculated by assessing the impact of the safe guard measure on India's exports of the products 
concerned between 2017 (the year before the measures were applied as part of EU) and 2021. 
India estimated that the safeguard measures have resulted in the decline of exports to the tune of 
219 thousand metr ic tonnes on which the duty collection would be 247.7 USD million. Accordingly, 
India's proposed suspension of concessions would result in an equivalent amount of duty collected 
from products originating in the UK  
The proposed suspension of substantially e quivalent concessions and other obligations under the 
GATT 1994 to the trade of the UK would be in the form of an increase in duty on the selected 
products as at Annexure, originating in the UK.  
The suspension of concessions and other obligations will cont inue to apply until the safeguard 
measures of the UK are lifted.  
India wishes to clarify that suspension of concessions shall be equivalent to the amount of trade 
affected by the United Kingdoms ' measures.  To this end, India reserves the right to adjust th e 
specific products for which suspension of concessions is effectuated, and its right to adjust the 
additional rate of duty imposed on such products.  
 
 
  G/L/143 1/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/12/IND/3/Suppl.1  
 
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  ANNEXURE  
The Goods covered are determined, within the Annexure, by HS codes  
S.No.  HS Codes  Product Description  Additional  
Duty  India's Import 
from UK 
(Average of 
2020 -21 and 
2021 -22) 
(in USD 
million)  Duty 
collected  
(in USD 
million)  
1.  04063000  PROCESSED CHEESE NOT 
GRATED/POWDERED  15% 0.425  0.064  
2.  22083012  SCOTCH IN CONTAINERS HOLDING 2 
LTR OR LESS 15% 17.2 2.58 
3.  22083013  BLENDED WHISKEY IN CONTAINERS 
HOLDING 2 LITRE OR LESS  15% 51.03  7.654  
4.  22085011  GIN IN CONTAINERS HOLDING 2 LTR OR 
LESS 15% 3.52 0.528  
5.  23099020  CONCENTRATED FOR COMPOUND 
ANIMAL FEED  15% 2.255  0.338  
6.  27111200  LIQUIFIED PROPANE  15% 59.325  8.898  
7.  27111300  LIQUIFIED BUTANES  15% 56.76  8.514  
8.  33019060  AQUEOUS DISTILLATES OF ESSENTIAL 
OILS, NES  15% 21.905  3.285  
9.  33049990  BEAUTY OR MAKE UP PREPARATIONS 
AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE CARE OF 
SKIN  15% 47.2 7.08 
10.  33079090  OTHER COSMETIC AND TOILT PRPN  
N E S  15% 1.725  0.258  
11.  71021000  UNSORTED DIAMONDS W/N WORKED, 
NOT MOUNTED  15% 64.14  9.621  
12.  71023100  NON-INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS 
UNWORKED/SIMPLY SAWN CLEAVED OR 
BRUTED  15% 29.5 4.425  
13.  71069220  SILVER  (INCLUDING SILVER PLATED 
WITH GOLD OR PLATINUM) OTHER: 
SEMI MANUFACTURED  15% 275.225  41.283  
14.  71069290  ALL OTHER SEMI MANUFACTURED 
FORMS OF SLVR  15% 412.68  61.902  
15.  71081200  OTHER NON -MONETARY UNWROUGHT 
FORMS OF GOLD  15% 294.915  44.237  
16.  71101900  PLATINUM IN OTHER FORMS  15% 43.56  6.534  
17.  84099990  OTHER PARTS OF SEMI DIESEL 
ENGINES  15% 22.735  3.410  
18.  84111200  TURBO -JETS OF A THRUST>25 KN  15% 143.135  21.470  
19.  84212900  OTHR FLTRNG/PURFYNG MCHNRY AND 
APPRTS FR LQD  15% 15.725  2.358  
20.  84219900  OTHR PARTS OF FLTRNG/PURFYNG 
MCHNRY  15% 37 5.55 
21.  85311090  OTHR ALARM  15% 4.165  0.624  
22.  85444290  OTHR ELCTRC CNDCTRS FITTED WTH 
CONNCTRS FR <=1000V EXCL PAPR 
PLSCTIC AND RUBBER INSULATED  15% 47.45  7.117  
Total 247.73  
 
 
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