G/SG/N/10/IDN/30/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/26  
 
16 December 2021  
(21-9430) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON S AFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Expansible Polystyrene in the Form of Granule  
The following communication, dated and received on 16 December  2021, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Indonesia . 
 
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Pursuant to Articles 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  174/PMK.010/2021 dated 2 December 2021, promulgated in the Official Gazette  of the 
Republic of Indonesia Number 1321 on 3 December 2021, regarding the imposition of safeguard 
measures on the importation of expansible polystyrene (EPS) in the form of granule , for a period of 
3 years and will come into effect on 24 December 2021. T he Minister of Finance’s Regulation 
Number  174/PMK.010/2021 can be found on the website of the Indonesian Safeguard Committee: 
www.kppi.kemendag.go.id . 
 
1. GENERAL BACKGROUND  
 
On 8 April 2021, 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 
serious injury to the domestic industry concerned in this investigation 
(G/SG/N/8/IDN/30  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/30).  
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia the imposition of safeguard measures on the importation 
of the subject goods.  
 
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT GOODS  
 
The description of the subject goods are as follows:  
 
Expansible Polystyrene in the form of granule  under Harmonized System (HS.) code 3903.11.10 . 
 
3. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED MEASURE  
 
a. The Government  of the Republic of Ind onesia has decided to impose the following safeguard 
duty:  
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  TIMETABLE OF THE SAFEGUARD DUTY  
  
Period  Specific Duty (Rupiah/Ton)  
First Year     (24 December 2021 – 23 December 2022)  2,452,711  
Second Year (24 December 2022 – 23 December 2023)  2,428,184  
Third Year    (24 December 2023 – 23 December 2024)  2,403,902  
LIST OF MAJOR EXPORTING MEMBERS OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT INVOLVED  
The information of the major exporting members of the subject goods are the same as stated on 
document G/SG/N/8/IDN/30  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/30 . 
 
According to article 9.1 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, developing country Members with 
less than 3% import share collectively account for not more than 9% of total imports of the subject 
goods are excluded from the safeguard measures.  
 
Below is the list of developing countries excluded from the said safeguard measures. The 
Government of the Republic of I ndonesia reserves the right to amend the list in relation to changes 
in the volume of imports exceeding 3%.  
 
LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXCLUDED FROM THE MEASURES  
No. Countries  No. Countries  
1. Afghanistan  36. Eswatini  
2. Albania  37. Fiji 
3. Angola  38. Gabon  
4. Antigua and Barbuda  39. The Gambia  
5. Argentina  40. Georgia  
6. Armenia  41. Ghana  
7. Bahrain, Kingdom of  42. Grenada  
8. Bangladesh  43. Guatemala  
9. Barbados  44. Guinea  
10. Belize  45. Guinea -Bissau  
11. Benin  46. Guyana  
12. Bolivia, Plurinational State of  47. Haiti 
13. Botswana  48. Honduras  
14. Brazil  49. Hong Kong, China  
15. Brunei Darussalam  50. Israel  
16. Burkina Faso  51. Jamaica  
17. Burundi  52. Jordan  
18. Cabo Verde  53. Kazakhstan  
19. Cambodia  54. Kenya  
20. Cameroon  55. Kuwait, the State of  
21. Central African Republic  56. Kyrgyz Republic  
22. Chad 57. Lao People’s Democratic Republic  
23. Chile 58. Lesotho  
24. Colombia  59. Liberia  
25. Congo  60. Liechtenstein  
26. Costa Rica  61. Macao, China  
27. Cote d'Ivoire  62. Madagascar  
28. Cuba 63. Malawi  
29. Democratic Republic of the Congo  64. Malaysia  
30. Djibouti  65. Maldives  G/SG/N/10/IDN /30/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/26  
 
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  No. Countries  No. Countries  
31. Dominica  66. Mali 
32. Dominican Republic  67. Mauritania  
33. Ecuador  68. Mauritius  
34. Egypt  69. Mexico  
35. El Salvador  70. Moldova, Republic of  
71. Mongolia  96. Senegal  
72. Montenegro  97. Seychelles  
73. Morocco  98. Sierra Leone  
74. Mozambique  99. Singapore  
75. Myanmar  100. Solomon Islands  
76. Namibia  101. South Africa  
77. Nepal  102. Sri Lanka  
78. Nicaragua  103. Suriname  
79. Niger  104. Tajikistan  
80. Nigeria  105. Tanzania  
81. Oman  106. The Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia (FYROM) / North Macedonia  
82. Pakistan  107. Togo 
83. Panama  108. Tonga  
84. Papua New Guinea  109. Trinidad and Tobago  
85. Paraguay  110. Tunisia  
86. Peru 111. Turkey  
87. Philippines  112. Uganda  
88. Qatar  113. Ukraine  
89. Russian Federation  114. United Arab Emirates  
90. Rwanda  115. Uruguay  
91. Saint Kitts and Nevis  116. Vanuatu  
92. Saint Lucia  117. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
93. Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  118. Yemen  
94. Samoa  119. Zambia  
95. Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  120. Zimbabwe  
 
 
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