G/SG/N/6/IDN/30  
 
14 June 2019  
(19-4075) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(A) OF TH E AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARD S ON INITIATION OF AN  INVESTIGATION AND  
THE REASONS FOR IT  
INDONESIA  
(Evaporators)  
The following communication, dated 13 June  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Indonesia . 
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(a) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Republic of Indonesia hereby 
wishes to notify the Committee on Safeguards that the Indonesian Safeguards Committee (Komite 
Pengamanan Perdagangan Indonesia/KP PI), hereinafter referred as “the Investigating Authority“, 
has initiated a safeguard investigation on the imports of the product under investigation.  
 
On 15 May 2019, an application for a safeguard measure was received by the Investigating Authority 
from PT. Fujisei Metal Indonesia, hereinafter referred as  ”the Applicant“, against importation of the 
product under investigation. After examining the properly documented application, the Investigating 
Authority concluded that there was sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of a safeguard 
investigation.  
 
1  THE DATE OF INITIATI ON OF SAFEGUARD INVE STIGATION  
The investigation was initiated on 12 June 2019.  
2  PRODUCT UNDER INVEST IGATION  
Evaporator in a type of plate (e.g. roll -bond evaporator) and fin (e.g. fin -cross evaporator) that is 
used in the cooling system of refrigerators and freezers , under Indonesia HS code 8418.99.10.  
3  REASONS FOR INITIATI ON OF INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE  
a. The Investigating Authority initiated a safeguard investigation following an evaluati on of 
the application documents filed by the Applicant, which constitutes a major proportion of 
the total domestic production of the subject goods in Indonesia.  
b. The non -confidential summary of the application can be found at the link address below: 
http://kppi.kemendag.go.id/asset/direktori/produk/Bukti%20Awal%20Permohonan%20T
idak%20Rahasia%20%20Produk%20Evaporator.PDF   
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  4  POINT OF CONTACT FOR  THE INVESTIGATION  
The contact information of the Investigating Authority for correspondence is:  
THE INDONESIAN SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE  
(Komite Pengamanan Perdagangan Indonesia/KPPI)  
Jl. M.I. Ridwan Rais  No.5, Building I, 5th floor, Jakarta 10110  
Phone / Facsimile: +62 21 385 7758  
E-mail: kppi@kemendag.go.id  
 
5  DEADLINES AND PROCED URES TO PRESENT EVID ENCE AND VIEWS BY IN TERESTED 
PARTIES  
a. Those having substantial int erest and wishing to be considered as interested parties in this 
investigation should submit written request within a period of 15 days in Indonesia from 
the date of initiation to the Investigating Authority. All submissions and request made by 
interested parties must be sent both in written letter and in electronic format, and must 
indicate the name, address, e -mail address, telephone number and fax number of the 
interested parties.  
b. In accordance with article 3.1 WTO Agreement on Safeguard s, the Government  of the 
Republic of Indonesia will conduct a hearing in order to provide opportunities for those 
Members who having a substantial interest to present their evidence and views, Hearing 
is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 3 July 2019 at 10.00 - 12.00 am. A ll interested 
parties, who wish to participate in the hearing and all written evidence and views, 
submitted to the Investigating Authority not later than 27 June 2019. Registration on the 
day of the hearing (3 July 2019) will start at 09.30 am and only aut horized representatives 
will have access to the hearing.  
 
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