G/SG/N/6/IDN /33/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/14/IDN/4  
28 April 2022 
(22-3366) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION ON INITIATION OF A REVIEW PURSUANT TO  
ARTICLE 7.2 REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF  
A SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
INDONESIA  
Curtains (Including Drapes), Interior Blinds, Bed Valances, and Other Furnishing Articles  
The following communication, dated and received on 27 April 2022, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Indonesia . 
 
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Pursuant to Ar ticle 7.2 and 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/KPPI) hereinafter referred as  
"the Investigating Authority" has initiated an investigation on the extension of Safeguard Measures 
on importation of Curtains ( Including Drapes), Interior Blinds, Bed Valances, and Other Furnishing 
Articles  under HS . Codes 6303.12.00, 6303.19.90, 6303.91 .00, 6303.92.00, 6303.99.00, 
6304.19.90, 6304.91.90, and 6304.92.00 in accordance with Indonesian Tariff Book (BTKI) 2017.  
1  THE DATE OF INITIATION OF SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION  
The investigation regarding the extension of the safeguard measures was initiated on 2 5 April 2022. 
2  PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION  
Curtains ( Including Drapes), Interior Blinds, Bed Valances, and Other Furnishing Articles  under 
HS. Codes 6303.12.00, 6303.19.90, 6303.91.00, 6303.92.00, 6303.99.00, 6304.19.90, 
6304.91.90, and 6304.92.00 . 
3  REFERENCE TO THE WTO DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE MOST RECENT ARTI CLE 12.1 (C) 
NOTIFICATION  
The WTO Document containing the most recent Article 12.1 (c) notification is 
G/SG/N/10/IDN/24/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/11/IDN/20/Suppl.2, dated 3 June 2020. 
4   REASONS  FOR INITIATION OF INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE  
(i) The Investigating Authority initiated an investigation on the extension of 
safeguard  measures following an evaluation of the application documents filed by the 
Applicant, which constitutes a major proportion of th e total domestic production of the 
subject goods in Indonesia.  
(ii) The non -confidential summary of the application can be found at the internet address 
below, following the link:  
http://www.kppi.kemendag.go.id  G/SG/N/6/IDN/33/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/14/IDN/4  
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  5  POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE INVESTIGATION  
The contact information of the Investigating Authority for correspondence is:  
INDONESIAN SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE  
(KOMITE PENGAMANAN PERDAGANGAN INDONESIA/KPPI)  
M.I. Ridwan Rais Street No. 5, Building I, 5th Floor, Jakarta 10110  
Telephone / Facsimile : (6221) 385 7758  
Email : kppi@kemendag.go.id  
6  DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES TO PRESENT EVIDENCE AND VIEWS BY INTERESTED 
PARTIES  
(i) Those having substantial interest and wishing to  be considered as interested parties 
in this investigation should submit written request within 15 days from the date of 
initiation to the Investigating Authority . All submissions and requests made by 
interested parties must be sent both in a written letter and in electronic format, and 
must indicate the name, address, email  address, telephone and fax number of the 
interested parties.  
(ii) In accordance with article 3.1 WTO Agreement on Safeguard, the Investigating 
Authorit y will conduct a hearing i n order to provide opportunities for those WTO 
Members who have a substantial interest to present their evidence and views . The 
hearing is scheduled to be held on Monday, 3 0 May 2022 at 2.00 – 4.00 pm (GMT+7) 
via video conference . All interested parties, w ho wish to participate in the hearing and 
all written evidence and views, submitted to the Investigating Authority not later than 
23 May 2022. Registration on the day of the hearing (3 0 May 2022) will start at 1.00 
pm (GMT+7) and only authorized representa tives will have access to the hearing.  
 
 
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