G/SG/N/10/IDN/22/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/22  
 
24 January 2020  
(20-0617) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)   
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Evaporators  
The following communication, dated 24 January 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Indonesia.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of the Republic 
of Indonesia hereby notifies the issuance of Minister of Finance's Regulation 
Number  1/PMK.010/2020 * dated 6 January 2020 , promulgated in the Official Gazette of the Republic 
of Indonesia Number 3 on 6 January 2020  regarding the imposition of a safeguard measure on the 
importation of evaporators , for a period of 3 years started on 11 January 2020 .* 
1  GENERAL  BACKGROUND  
On 17 October  2019 the Republic of Indonesia notified the findings of safeguard investigation in 
which it was concluded that there was an evidence that the increased of volume of imports have 
caused a threat of serious injury to the domestic industry concerned in this investi gation 
(G/SG/N/8/IDN/22  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/22).  
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia the imposition of a safeguard measure on the importation 
of the subject goo ds. 
2  DESCRIPTION OF THE S UBJECT GOODS  
The description of the subject goods are as follows:  
"Evaporator in a type of roll -bond and fin that is part of refrigerators, freezers, and other refrigerating 
or freezing equipment ", under  Indonesia  Harmonized System (HS.) Code: Ex. 8418.99.10 . 
3  DESCRIPTION OF THE P ROPOSED MEASURE  
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has decided to impose the following safeguard duty:  
 
* To consult this document, please contact Ms Richards ( anne.richards@wto.org ) or Ms Naville 
(delphine.naville@wto.org ) of the Rules Division.  G/SG/N/10/IDN/22/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/22  
 
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  TIMETABLE OF THE SAFEGUARD DUTY  
Period  Safeguard  Duty 
First year    (11  January  2020 – 10 January  2021) 17% 
Second year (11 January  2021 – 10 January  2022) 15,5% 
Third year   (11 January  2022 – 10 January  2023) 14% 
Below is the list of developing countries excluded from the said safeguard measure, and the 
Government of the Republic of Indone sia reserves the right to modify this list in light of changing 
import volumes.  
LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXCLUDED FROM THE MEASURES  
No. Countries  No. Countries  
1 Afghanistan  52 Jordan  
2 Albania  53 Kazak hstan 
3 Angola  54 Kenya  
4 Antigua and Barbuda  55 Korea, Republic of  
5 Argentina  56 Kuwait, the State of  
6 Armenia  57 Kyrgyz Republic  
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of  58 Lao People's Democratic Republic  
8 Bangladesh  59 Lesotho  
9 Barbados  60 Liberia  
10 Belize  61 Liechtenstein  
11 Benin  62 Macao, China  
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of  63 Madagascar  
13 Botswana  64 Malawi  
14 Brazil  65 Malaysia  
15 Brunei Darussalam  66 Maldives  
16 Burkina Faso  67 Mali  
17 Burundi  68 Mauritania  
18 Cabo Verde  69 Mauritius  
19 Cambodia  70 Mexico  
20 Cameroon  71 Moldova, Republic of  
21 Central African Republic  72 Mongolia  
22 Chad  73 Montenegro  
23 Chile  74 Morocco  
24 Colombia  75 Mozambique  
25 Congo  76 Myanmar  
26 Costa Rica  77 Namibia  
27 Côte d'Ivoire  78 Nepal  
28 Cuba  79 Nicaragua  
29 Democratic Republic of the Congo  80 Niger  
30 Djibouti  81 Nigeria  
31 Dominica  82 Oman  
32 Dominican Republic  83 Pakistan  
33 Ecuador  84 Panama  
34 Egypt  85 Papua New Guinea  
35 El Salvador  86 Paraguay  
36 Fiji  87 Peru  
37 Gabon  88 Philippines  
38 Gambia   89 Qatar  
39 Georgia  90 Russian Federation  
40 Ghana  91 Rwanda  
41 Grenada  92 Saint Kitts and Nevis  
42 Guatemala  93 Saint Lucia  
43 Guinea  94 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  
44 Guinea -Bissau  95 Samoa  
45 Guyana  96 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
46 Haiti 97 Senegal  
47 Honduras  98 Seychelles  
48 Hong Kong, China  99 Sierra Leone  
49 India 100 Singapore  
50 Israel  101 Solomon Islands  
51 Jamaica  102 South Africa  G/SG/N/10/IDN/22/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/22  
 
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  LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXCLUDED FROM THE MEASURES  (cont.)  
No. Countries  
103 Sri Lanka  
104 Suriname  
105 Swaziland  
106 Chinese Taipei  
107 Tajikistan  
108 Tanzania  
109 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)  
110 Togo  
111 Tonga  
112 Trinidad and Tobago  
113 Tunisia  
114 Turkey  
115 Uganda  
116 Ukraine  
117 United Arab Emirates  
118 Uruguay  
119 Vanuatu  
120 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
121 Viet Nam  
122 Yemen  
123 Zambia  
124 Zimbabwe  
It is requested that this notification under Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members.  
 
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