G/SG/N/11/ZAF/3/Suppl.2  
 
15 April 2019  
(19-2475) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2,  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
SOUTH AFRICA 
(Other screws fully threaded with hexagon heads made of steel)  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 11 April 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of South Africa.  
 
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Pursuant to footnote 2 of Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of 
South  Africa hereby gives notification on amendment of developing country members excluded from 
the safeguard measure  by omission of Chinese Taipei from the list.  
 
Specify the measure  
 
The measure is as follows:  
Period  Rate of safeguard measure  
07 July 2017 - 06 July 2018  12% 
07 July 2018 - 06 July 2019  10% 
07 July 2019 - 06 July 2020  8% 
 
Specify the products subject  to the measure  
 
The subject product is described as certain flat -rolled products of iron, non -alloy steel or other alloy 
steel (not including stainless steel), whether or not in coils (including products cut -to-length and 
'narrow strip '), not further work ed than hot -rolled (hot -rolled flat), not clad, plated or coated, 
excluding grain -oriented silicon electrical steel, imported under tariff subheading 7208.10; 7208.25; 
7208.26; 7208.27; 7208.36; 7208.37; 7208.38; 7208.39; 7208.40; 7208.51; 7208.52; 7208.53 ; 
7208.54; 7208.90; 7211.14; 7211.19; 7225.30; 7225.40; 7225.99; 7226.91; and 7226.99.  
 
Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under article  9.1 of 
the Agreement on Safeguards  
 
The Commission considered that the imports of the  subject product from Chinese Taipei for the 
period 1 Jan 2018 – 21 Dec 2018 and 1 Jan 2018 – 31 Jul 2018 were higher than 3% of total imports 
of the full year and seven months period considered in the investigation initiated on 24  March  2016. 
Below is the  list of developing countries excluded from the safeguard duty for the remainder of 
period that the safeguard duties are in place.  
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  DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE DUTY  
Afghanistan  Guinea  Panama  
Albania  Guinea -Bissau  Papua New Guinea  
Algeria  Guyana  Paraguay  
American Samoa  Haiti Peru 
Angola  Honduras  Philippines  
Argentina  Indonesia  Romania  
Armenia  Iran, Islamic Rep. of  Russian Federation  
Azerbaijan  Iraq Rwanda  
Bangladesh  Jamaica  Samoa  
Belarus  Jordan  Sao Tome and Principe  
Belize  Kazakhstan  Senegal  
Benin  Kenya  Serbia  
Bhutan  Kiribati  Seychelles  
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)  Korea, Democ. P. Rep. of  Sierra Leone  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Kosovo  Solomon Islands  
Botswana  Kyrgyz Republic  Somalia  
Brazil  LaoPeople's Democ. Rep.  South Sudan  
Bulgaria  Latvia  Sri Lanka  
Burkina Faso  Lebanon  St. Kitts and Nevis  
Burundi  Lesotho  St. Lucia  
Cambodia  Liberia  St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines  
Cameroon  Libya Sudan  
Cape Verde  Lithuania  Suriname  
Central African Republic  Macedonia,the  F.Y.R. of  Swaziland  
Chad Madagascar  Syrian Arab Republic  
Chile Malawi  Tajikistan  
Colombia  Malaysia  Tanzania, United Republic of  
Comoros  Maldives  Thailand  
Congo, Democ. Republic of the  Mali Timor -Leste  
Congo, Rep.  Marshall Islands  Togo 
Costa Rica  Mauritania  Tonga  
Côte d'Ivoire  Mauritius  Tunisia  
Cuba Mexico  Turkey  
Djibouti  Micronesia,Fed. States of  Turkmenistan  
Dominica  Moldova  Tuvalu  
Dominican Republic  Mongolia  Uganda  
Ecuador  Montenegro  Ukraine  
Egypt, Arab Rep.  Morocco  Uruguay  
El Salvador  Mozambique  Uzbekistan  
Eritrea  Myanmar  Vanuatu  
Ethiopia  Namibia  Venezuela, (Bolivarian 
Republic of)  
Fiji Nepal  Vietnam  
Gabon  Nicaragua  West Bank and Gaza*)  
Gambia, The  Niger  Yemen  
Georgia  Nigeria  Zambia  
Ghana  Pakistan  Zimbabwe  
Grenada  Palau   
Guatemala    
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