G/SG/N/8/MAR/7/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/10/MAR/7/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/MAR/7/Suppl.2  
23 November  2020 
(20-8444) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  French  
 
  
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 ARTI CLE 12 .1(C) OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTI CLE 9 , FOOTN OTE 2 , OF 
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
MOROCCO  
Hot-Rolled Sheets  
Suppl ement  
The following communication, dated 2 0 November 2 020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Morocco . 
 
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On 19 June 2020, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and the Green and Digital Economy  of Morocco 
applied a safeguard measure to imports of hot -rolled sheets . 
1  SPECIFY THE MEASURE  
The safeguard measure consists of an additional ad valorem  duty of 25 % applicable for a period of 
3 years . 
In orde r to satisfy the requirement for progressive liberalization , the additional duty will be reduced 
by 1 percentage point each year . 
2  SPECIFY THE PRODUCT SUBJECT TO THE MEASURE  
The products subject to the safeguard measure are hot -rolled steel sheets, whether or not in coils . 
These products are imported under the following Harmonized System (HS) tariff headings : 7208, 
7211.13, 7211.14, 7211 .19, 7225.30, 7225.40, 7226.20.00.11, 7226.20.00.21, 7226.20.00.30, 
7226.20.00.40, 7226.20.00.51, 7226.20.00.52, 72 26.20.00.59, 7226.91, 7226.99.90.91 and 
7226.99.90.99.  
3  SPECIFY THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE MEASURE IS NOT APPLIED 
UNDER ARTI CLE 9 .1 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS, AND THE IMPORT SHARES OF 
THESE COUNTRIES INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY  
See the lis t of countries excluded from the measure in document  
G/SG/N/8/MAR/7  - G/SG/N/10/MAR/7 - G/SG/N/ 11/MAR/7/Suppl.1 dat ed 13 May 2 020. G/SG/N/8/MAR/7/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/MAR/7/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/MAR/7/Suppl.2  
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  4  SUBSEQUENTLY, IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
EXEMPTED FROM THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE PURSUANT TO ARTI CLE 9.1, PLEASE NOTIFY:  
(i) the reference to the WTO document that notified the Members about the initial action 
under footnote 2 to Article 9.1 : 
‐ Document G/SG/N/8/MAR/7 - G/SG/N/10/MAR/7  - G/SG/N/11/MAR/7/Suppl.1 
dated 13 May 2 020. 
(ii) if applicable, names of the countries which are dropped from the list of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, 
the list of the countries remaining on the list, the individual and collective import 
shares of the developing coun tries remaining on the list, and the date on which the 
safeguard measure applies to the countries dropped from the list : 
‐ Thailand  has been  dropped from the list of developing countries to which the 
safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1 . According to recent 
data for the period January -July 2 020, Thailand  accounted for 10.39 % of imports 
of hot-rolled sheets . 
(iii) the date on which the safeguard measure applies to the countries dropped from the 
list: 
‐ The day immediately following the date of publ ication of the joint order in 
Morocco's Official Journal . 
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