G/SG/N/10/IDN/21/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/21  
6 November  2019 
(19-7552) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1( C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON  SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
(Aluminum Foil ) 
The following communication, dated 6 November  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Indonesia.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 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  
153/PMK.010/2019 dated 24  October  2019, promulgated in the Official Gazette of the Republic of 
Indonesia Number 1322 on24  October  2019 regarding the imposition of a safeguard measure on the 
importation of Aluminium Foil, for a period of 2 (two) years star ted on 6  November  2019.  
 
1  GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 5 February  2019 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 serious injury to the domestic industry concerned in this investigation 
(G/SG/N/8/IDN/21 -G/SG/N/10/IDN/21).  
 
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia the imposition of a safeguard measure on the importation 
of the subject goods.  
 
2  DESCRIPTION OF THE S UBJECT GOODS  
The description of the subject goods are as follows:  
 
"Aluminium foil (not printed or not backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backin g 
materials) with a thickness not exceeding 0.2 mm, rolled but not further worked, with aluminum 
content more than or equal to 97.5 % according to its weight", under Harmonized System (HS.) 
Code: Ex. 7607.11.00" . 
 
3  DESCRIPTION OF THE M EASURE  
a. The Government o f the Republic of Indonesia has decided to impose the following 
safeguard duty:  G/SG/N/10/IDN/21/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/21  
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  TIMETABLE OF THE SAF EGUARD DUTY  
Period  Safeguard  Duty 
First year (7  November  2019 – 6 November  2020)  6% 
Second year (7  November  2020 – 6 November  2021)  4% 
 
b. Below is the list of developing countries excluded from the said safeguard measure, and 
the Government of the Republic of Indonesia reserves the right to modify this list in 
light of changing import volumes.  
LIST OF DEVELOPING C OUNTRIES EXCLUDED FR OM THE M EASURES  
No. Countries  No. Countries  
1 Afghanistan  52 Jamaica  
2 Albania  53 Jordan  
3 Angola  54 Kazak hstan 
4 Antigua and Barbuda  55 Kenya  
5 Argentina  56 Kuwait, the State of  
6 Armenia  57 Kyrgyz Republic  
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of  58 Lao People's Democratic Republic  
8 Bangladesh  59 Lesotho  
9 Barbados  60 Liberia  
10 Belize  61 Liechtenstein  
11 Benin  62 Macao, China  
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of  63 Madagascar  
13 Botswana  64 Malawi  
14 Brazil  65 Malaysia  
15 Brunei Darussalam  66 Maldives  
16 Burkina Faso  67 Mali 
17 Burundi  68 Mauritania  
18 Cabo Verde  69 Mauritius  
19 Cambodia  70 Mexico  
20 Cameroon  71 Moldova, Republic of  
21 Central African Republic  72 Mongolia  
22 Chad 73 Montenegro  
23 Chile 74 Morocco  
24 Colombia  75 Mozambique  
25 Congo  76 Myanmar  
26 Costa Rica  77 Namibia  
27 Côte d'Ivoire  78 Nepal  
28 Cuba 79 Nicaragua  
29 Democratic Republic of the Congo  80 Niger  
30 Djibouti  81 Nigeria  
31 Dominica  82 Oman  
32 Dominican Republic  83 Pakistan  
33 Ecuador  84 Panama  
34 Egypt  85 Papua New Guinea  
35 El Salvador  86 Paraguay  
36 Eswatini  87 Peru 
37 Fiji 88 Philippines  
38 Gabon  89 Qatar  
39 Gambia  90 Russian Federation  
40 Georgia  91 Rwanda  
41 Ghana  92 Saint Kitts and Nevis  
42 Grenada  93 Saint Lucia  
43 Guatemala  94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  
44 Guinea  95 Samoa  
45 Guinea -Bissau  96 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
46 Guyana  97 Senegal  
47 Haiti 98 Seychelles  
48 Honduras  99 Sierra Leone  
49 Hong Kong, China  100 Singapore  
50 India 101 Solomon Islands  
51 Israel  102 South Africa  G/SG/N/10/IDN/21/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/21  
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  No. Countries  No. Countries  
103 Sri Lanka  114 Turkey  
104 Suriname  115 Uganda  
105 Chinese Taipei  116 Ukraine  
106 Tajikistan  117 United Arab Emirates  
107 Tanzania  118 Uruguay  
108 Thailand  119 Vanuatu  
109 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
(FYROM)  120 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
110 Togo 121 Viet Nam  
111 Tonga  122 Yemen  
112 Trinidad and Tobago  123 Zambia  
113 Tunisia  124 Zimbabwe  
 
It is requested that this notification under Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members.  
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