G/SG/N/8/IDN/29/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/10/IDN/29/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/27/Suppl.1  
 
19 January 2024  
(24-0439) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT THEREOF  
CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Cigarette Paper and Plug Wrap Paper Non -Porous  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 19 January 2024, 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 Republic of 
Indonesia hereby notifies to extend the imposition of a safeguard measures in the form of specific 
safeguard duty on the importation of Subject Good, for a period of 3 (three) years by the issuance 
of Minister of Finance's Decree Number 151 Year 2023 dated 27 December 2023, promulgated in 
the Official Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Year 2023 Number 1056 on 28 December 2023.  
 
GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 11 September 2023 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 Applicant. The extension of such safeguard measures will 
also give the Applicant the opportunity to continue their adjustment program in order to improve 
the competitiveness of domestic industry ( G/SG/N/8/IDN/29/Suppl.2  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/29/Suppl.2  
- G/SG/N/11/IDN/27 ) 
 
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 measures duty on 
the importation of the Subject Goods in the form of specific safeguard duty.  
 
SUBJECT GOOD  
"Cigarette Paper and Plug Wrap Paper Non -Porous ", under the Indonesia Harmonized System (HS.) 
Code: 4813.20.21, 4813.20.23, 4813.20.31, e x4813.20.32, 4813.90.11, ex4813.90.19, 4813.90.91 
and ex4813.90.99" in accordance with Indonesian Tariff Book (BTKI) 2022 . 
 G/SG/N/8/IDN/29/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/29/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/27/Suppl.1  
 
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  DESCRIPTION OF THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
1. With reference to the proposal from the Investigating Authority, and taking into account the 
need to effectuate the safeguard measure as proposed and the relevant requirement 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 (IDR/Ton)  
(3 January 2024 - 2 January 2025)  3.923.900  
(3 January 2025 - 2 January 2026)  3.885.850  
(3 January 2026 - 2 January 2027)  3.847.800  
 
2. Below is the list of developing countries excluded from the said safeguard measures 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  25 Congo  
2 Albania  26 Costa Rica  
3 Angola  27 Côte d 'Ivoire  
4 Antigua and Barbuda  28 Cuba 
5 Argentina  29 Democratic Republic of the Congo  
6 Armenia  30 Djibouti  
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of  31 Dominica  
8 Bangladesh  32 Dominican Republic  
9 Barbados  33 Ecuador  
10 Belize  34 Egypt  
11 Benin  35 El Salvador  
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of  36 Eswatini  
13 Botswana  37 Fiji 
14 Brazil  38 Gabon  
15 Brunei Darussalam  39 Gambia  
16 Burkina Faso  40 Georgia  
17 Burundi  41 Ghana  
18 Cabo Verde  42 Grenada  
19 Cambodia  43 Guatemala  
20 Cameroon  44 Guinea  
21 Central African Republic  45 Guinea -Bissau  
22 Chad 46 Guyana  
23 Chile 47 Haiti 
24 Colombia  48 Honduras  G/SG/N/8/IDN/29/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/29/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/27/Suppl.1  
 
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  No. Country  No. Country  
49 Hong Kong, China  76 Namibia  
50 India 77 Nepal  
51 Israel  78 Nicaragua  
52 Jamaica  79 Niger  
53 Jordan  80 Nigeria  
54 Kazakhstan  81 North Macedonia  
55 Kenya  82 Oman  
56 Kuwait, the State of  83 Pakistan  
57 Kyrgyz Republic  84 Panama  
58 Lao People 's Democratic Republic  85 Papua New Guinea  
59 Lesotho  86 Paraguay  
60 Liberia  87 Peru 
61 Macao, China  88 Philippines  
62 Madagascar  89 Qatar  
63 Malawi  90 Russian Federation  
64 Malaysia  91 Rwanda  
65 Maldives  92 Saint Kitts and Nevis  
66 Mali 93 Saint Lucia  
67 Mauritania  94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  
68 Mauritius  95 Samoa  
69 Mexico  96 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
70 Moldova, Republic of  97 Senegal  
71 Mongolia  98 Seychelles  
72 Montenegro  99 Sierra Leone  
73 Morocco  100 Singapore  
74 Mozambique  101 Solomon Islands  
75 Myanmar  102 South Africa  
103 Sri Lanka  113 Türkiye  
104 Suriname  114 Uganda  
105 Chinese Taipei  115 Ukraine  
106 Tajikistan  116 United Arab Emirates  
107 Tanzania  117 Uruguay  
108 Thailand  118 Vanuatu  
109 Togo 119 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
110 Tonga  120 Yemen  
111 Trinidad and Tobago  121 Zambia  
112 Tunisia  122 Zimbabwe  
 
 
 
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