G/SG/N/10/IDN/25/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/19/Suppl.2  
 
3 June 2020 
(20-3915) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER AR TICLE 12.1(C )  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2   
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Yarn (Other Than Sewing Thread) of Synthetic and Artificial Staple Fibres  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 29 May 2020, 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 Governme nt of the Republic 
of Indonesia he reby notifies the issuance of Minister of Finance's Regulation Number 
56/PMK.010/2020 dated 27 May 2020, promulgated in the Official Gazette of the Republic of 
Indonesia Number 531 -2020 on 27 May 2020 regarding the imposition of a safeguard measure on 
the importation of Yarn (Other Than Sewing Thread) of Synthetic and Artificial Staple Fibres , for 
3 periods started on 27 May 2020.  
A. GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 3 March 2020, 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 
threat of serious injury to the domestic industry concerned in this investigation (G/SG/N/8/IDN/25  - 
G/SG/N/10/IDN/25).  
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.  
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE S UBJECT GOODS  
The description of the subject goods are as follo ws: 
"Yarn (Other Than Sewing Thread) of Synthetic and Artificial Staple Fibres ", under Harmonized 
System  (HS.) code s 5509.22.00, 5509.32.00, 550 9.51.00, 5509.53.00, 5510.12.00, and  
5510.90.00.  G/SG/N/10/IDN/25/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/19/Suppl.2  
 
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  C. DESCRIPTION OF THE P ROPOSED MEASURE  
The Government of the Repub lic of Indonesia has decided to impose the following safeguard duty:  
TIMETABLE OF THE SAFEGUARD DUTY  
Period  Measure  
Period I  
(27 May 2020 - 8 November 2020)  Rp. 1,405 /Kg  
Period II  
(9 November 2020 - 8 November 2021)  Rp. 1,192 /Kg  
Period III  
(9 November 2021 - 8 November 2022)  Rp. 979 /Kg  
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 exceeded 3% . 
LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXCLUDED FROM THE MEASURES  
No. Countries  No. Countries  
1 Afghanistan  62 Guatemala  
2 Albania  63 Guinea  
3 Angola  64 Guinea -Bissau  
4 Antigua and Barbuda  65 Guyana  
5 Argentina  66 Haiti 
6 Armenia  67 Honduras  
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of  68 Hong Kong, China  
8 Bangladesh  69 Israel  
9 Barbados  70 Jamaica  
10 Belize  71 Jordan  
11 Benin  72 Kazakhstan  
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of  73 Kenya  
13 Botswana  74 Korea, Republic of  
14 Brazil  75 Kuwait, the State of  
15 Brunei Darussalam  76 Kyrgyz Republic  
16 Burkina Faso  77 Lao People's Democratic Republic  
17 Burundi  78 Lesotho  
18 Cabo Verde  79 Liberia  
19 Cambodia  80 Liechtenstein  
20 Cameroon  81 Macao, China  
21 Central African Republic  82 Madagascar  
22 Chad 83 Malawi  
23 Chile 84 Malaysia  
24 Colombia  85 Maldives  
25 Congo  86 Mali 
26 Costa Rica  87 Mauritania  
27 Côte d'Ivoire  88 Mauritius  
28 Cuba 89 Mexico  
29 Democratic Republic of the Congo  90 Moldova, Republic of  
30 Djibouti  91 Mongolia  G/SG/N/10/IDN/25/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/19/Suppl.2  
 
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  No. Countries  No. Countries  
31 Dominica  92 Montenegro  
32 Dominican Republic  93 Morocco  
33 Ecuador  94 Mozambique  
34 Egypt  95 Myanmar  
35 El Salvador  96 Namibia  
36 Eswatini  97 Nepal  
37 Fiji 98 Nicaragua  
38 Gabon  99 Niger  
39 Gambia  100 Nigeria  
40 Georgia  101 Oman  
41 Ghana  102 Pakistan  
42 Grenada  103 Panama  
43 Papua New Guinea  104 Suriname  
44 Paraguay  105 Chinese Taipei  
45 Peru 106 Tajikistan  
46 Philippines  107 Tanzania  
47 Qatar  108 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
(FYROM)  
48 Russian Federation  109 Togo  
49 Rwanda  110 Tonga  
50 Saint Kitts and Nevis  111 Trinidad and Tobago  
51 Saint Lucia  112 Tunisia  
52 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  113 Uganda  
53 Samoa  114 Ukraine  
54 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  115 United Arab Emirates  
55 Senegal  116 Uruguay  
56 Seychelles  117 Vanuatu  
57 Sierra Leone  118 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
58 Singapore  119 Yemen  
59 Solomon Islands  120 Zambia  
60 South Africa  121 Zimbabwe  
61 Sri Lanka    
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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