G/SG/N/6/PER/3  
17 November  2020 
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Committee on Safeguards  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICA TION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1( A) OF THE AGREEMENT  ON SAFEGUARDS  
ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGA TION AND THE REASONS FOR IT  
PERU 
Clothing  
The following  communica tion, dated 17 November  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Peru.1 
 
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Pursuant  to Article 12.1( a) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (Safeguards Agreement ), Peru 
notifies that a safeguard investigation has been initiated as follows : 
 
1. SPECIFY THE DATE WHEN THE INVESTIGATION WAS INITIATED  
 
The Commission on Dumping, Subsidies and the Elimination of Non -Tariff Trade Barriers  of the 
National Institute for the Defence of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property 
(INDECOPI)  decide d, on 23 October  2020 by means of Resolu tion No. 146-2020/CDB -INDECOPI, to 
initiate ex officio  a safeguard investigation into imports of  clothing . 
 
Pursuant to  Article 7 of this Resolution , the initiation of this procedure shall be calculated from the 
date of publication of th e Resolution in the Official Journal El Peruano , which was 1 November  2020. 
 
The text of Resolu tion No. 146-2020/CD B-INDECOPI  may be viewed (in Spanish) at:  
https://busquedas.elperuano.pe/normaslegales/disponen -iniciar -de-oficio-un-procedimiento -de-
investigacion -resolucion -no-146-2020cdb -indecopi -1898775 -1. 
 
2. SPECIFY THE PRODUCT SUBJECT TO THE INVESTIGATION  
 
The products covered by this investigation are imports  of clothing  under Chapters 61, 62 and 63 of 
the National Customs Tariff, which include a total of 284 tariff subheadings . 
 
3. PROVIDE REASONS FOR THE INITIATION OF THE INVESTIGATION  
 
(i) Was the investigation initiated pursuant to a petition from the domestic industry ? 
 
No, the investiga tion was initiated ex officio . 
 
(ii) Evidence on the basis of which the investigation was initiated . 
 
A decision was made to initiat e ex officio  a safeguard  investigation into imports of clothing after it 
was confirmed  that there is a reasonable indication of a threat of serious injury to the domestic 
clothing industry  as a result of the significant increase in imports of this product in absolute terms 
and relative to domestic productio n, pursuant to Article 2.1 of the WT O Safeguards  Agreement  and 
 
1 A copy of Resolution No. 146 -2020/CDB -INDECOPI has been submitted  electronically . To consult this 
document, please contact Ms Anne Richards ( anne.richards@wto.org ) or Ms Delphine 
Naville  (delphine.naville@wto.org ) of the Rules Division . G/SG/N/6/PER/3  
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  Article 3 of the National Regulations approved by Supreme Decree No. 020-98-ITINCI, as amended 
by Supreme Decree No. 017-2004-MINCETUR.  
 
The Commission has gathered  information on the evolution  of Peruvian imports  of clothing , as well 
as on the structure and economic performance of the domestic clothing industry. This information 
has been obtained from government entities such as  the Ministry of Production ( PRODUCE ), the 
National Supervisory Aut hority for Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT), the National Institute 
of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion  (MINTRA) 
and the  Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).  
 
(iii) Evidence, if any, of critical circumstances where delay would cause damage which it would be 
difficult to repair . 
 
The request did not allege critical circumstances . 
 
4. PROVIDE A POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND IDENTIFY THE 
PREFERRED MEANS FOR CORRESPONDING  
 
Any communication s from interested parties should be submitted via INDECOPI's online reception 
desk, which can be accessed  through the  institution's website  at 
https://www.indecopi.gob.pe/en/mesadepartes . 
 
Alternatively , communications  may be sent to INDECOPI at the following address : 
 
Comisión de Dumping, Subsidios y Eliminación de Barreras Comerciales No  Arancelarias , INDECOPI  
(Commission on Dumping, Subsidies and the Elimination of Non -Tariff Trade Barriers ) 
Calle De La Prosa N°104, San Borja  
Lima 41, Per u 
Tel.: (511) 2247800 – Ext. 3001 
Email : dumping@indecopi.gob.pe  
 
5. PROVIDE THE DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES FOR IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS AND 
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO PRESENT EVIDENCE AND THEIR VIEWS, 
INCLUDING (I) DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES FOR MEMBERS AND EXPORTERS TO 
IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS INTERESTED PARTIES, IF SO REQUIRED, TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTIGATION, AND (II) THE DATE OF AN INTENDED PUBLIC 
HEARING AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3.1.  
 
Parties interested in expressing their position with r egard to the product subject to the investigation  
are invited to make their views known or provide information and evidence to the Commission on 
Dumping, Subsidies and the Elimination of Non -Tariff Trade Barriers  within thirty  (30) working days 
of the day following publication of this Resolution.2 Within the same timeframe, the Commission on 
Dumping, Subsidies and the Elimination of Non -Tariff Trade Barriers  shall determine the date for the 
public hearing for this procedure .3 
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2 Resolution No. 146-2020/CDB -INDECOPI  of 23 October  2020, publi shed on  1 November  2020.  
3 For fu rther information on the procedure : Supreme Decree No. 020-98-ITINCI, as amended by 
Supreme Decree No. 017-2004-MINCETUR.