G/L/1528  
G/SG/N/12/TUR/10  
 
17 April 2024 
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Council for Trade in Goods  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDE R ARTICLE 12.5 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS TO TH E COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS OF  
PROPOSED SUSP ENSION OF CONCESSIONS AND OTHER  
OBLIGATIONS  REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2  
OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS  
TÜRKIYE 
The following communication, dated  and received on  16 April 2024, is being circulated at the reque st 
of the delegation of T ürkiye. 
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Pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and in accordance with the agre ed 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 Türkiye provides the immediate notification to the 
Council for Trade in Goods of proposed suspension of concessions and o ther obligations referred to 
in paragraph 2 of Article 8.  
1. Which Member is proposing suspension of concessions and other obligations 
referred to in Article 8.2  
Türkiye.  
 
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 the 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  Indonesia on carpets and 
other textile floor coverings under HS Codes Chapter 57 consists of 64 8 -digit HS numbers under 
Indonesia Customs Tariff Book (BTKI) 2022, in the form of a specific duty. The definitive  measures 
were imposed on 17 February 2021 through Minister of Finance's Regulation 
Number  10/PMK.010/2021.  
Indonesia notified the imposition of the definitive measure to the WTO in  documents 
G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.1 , G/SG/N/10/IDN/27/Suppl.1  and G/SG/N/11/IDN/24  dated 
17 February  2021. Indonesia notified the recommendation to extend the measure for three years 
until 16 February 2027, to the WTO in document G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.2  dated 9 November 2023.  
3.  Describe the proposed suspension of concessions and other obligations referred to 
in Article 8.2, and the proposed date from which it will come into effect.  
Taking into account the extension of the measures notified by Indonesia and without prejudice to 
the effective exercise of its right to suspend substantially equivalent concessions or other obligations 
referred to in Article 8.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Türkiye reserves its right to apply the 
proposed suspensi on of concessions as of 17 May 2024.  G/L/1528 • G/SG/N/12/TUR/10  
 
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  The proposed suspension of substantially equivalent concessions and other obligations under the 
GATT 1994 to the trade of Indonesia takes the form of an increase in duty on the selected products 
originating in Indonesia . Information with regard to the list of products and the duty rates will be 
notified accordingly.  
The substantially equivalent level of concessions or other obligations under the GATT 1994 are 
calculated as follows.  
According to figures of 2019, which is  the most representative year before the application of the 
safeguard measure, the effect of the safeguard measure on Türkiye 's exports of the products 
concerned to Indonesia is as shown below:  
2019  
Türkiye 's Exports to Indonesia  
(Million US Dollars)  Duty Calculated  
(Million US Dollars)  
8,95 24,17  
In 2019, 8,95 million US Dollars of Turkish exports to Indonesia of the products concerned were 
realized. Hence, duty collected from these exports amounts to 24,17 million US Dollars. Accordingly,  
Türkiye 's proposed suspension of concessions would result in an equivalent amount of duty collected 
from products originating in Indonesia.  
Türkiye reserves its right to modify, supplement, or replace the suspension of concessions or other 
obligations should Indonesia make adjustments to the safeguard measures which would render the 
measures more restrictive towards products originating in Türkiye.  
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