G/SG/N/6/IDN/35/Suppl.1  
 
24 August  2023 
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION ON INITIATION OF INVESTIGATION  PURSUANT TO  
ARTICLE 7.2 AND ARTICLE 12.1 (A) REGARDING THE  
EXTENSION OF SAFEGUARD MEASURES  
INDONESIA  
Carpets and other textile floor coverings  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 2 4 August  2023, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Indonesia . 
 
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Pursuant to Article 7.2 and Article 12.1 (a) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Republic of 
Indone sia 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 Safegua rd Measures on 
importation of Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings.  
 
 
1  THE DATE OF INITIATION OF SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION  
The investigation regarding the extension of the safeguard measures was initiated on 
18 August  2023. 
 
2  PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION  
Carpets and other textile floor coverings under HS Codes Chapter 57 consists of 64 8 -digit 
HS numbers under Indonesia Customs Tariff Book  (BTKI) 2022.  
 
3  REFERENCE TO THE WTO DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE MOST RECENT ARTICLE 12.1 (C) 
NOTIFICATION  
The WTO Document containing the most recent Article 12.1 (c) notification is 
G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/10/ID N/27/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/11/IDN/24 , dated 
17 February  2021. 
 
4  REASONS FOR INITIATION OF INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE  
(i) The Investigating Authority initiated an investigation on the extension of safeguard measures 
follow ing an evaluation of the application documents filed by the Applicant, which constitutes 
a major proportion of the total domestic production of the subject goods in Indonesia.  
 
(ii) The non -confidential summary of the application can be found at the intern et address below, 
following the link:  
 
 https://bit.ly/DokumenPenyelidikanKPPI   G/SG/N/6/IDN/35/Suppl.1  
 
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  5  POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE INVESTIGATION  
The contact information of the Investigating Aut hority for correspondence is:  
THE INDONESIAN SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE  
(Komite Pengamanan Perdagangan Indonesia /KPPI)  
M.I. Ridwan Rais Street No. 5, Building I, 5th Floor, Jakarta 10110  
Telephone / Facsimile: (62 -21) 385 7758  
E-mail: mailto: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 a written request within a period of 15 days from the date of 
initiation to the Investigating Authority. All submissions and requests made by intere sted 
parties must be sent both in a written letter and in electronic format, and must indicate the 
name, address, e -mail address, telephone, and fax number of the interested parties.  
 
(ii) In accordance with Article 3.1 WTO Agreement on Safeguard, the Inve stigating Authority will 
conduct a hearing in 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 Tuesday, 12 September 2023 from 10.00 – 12.00 am (GMT+7). All interested parties, who 
wish to participate in the hearing and all written evidence and views, submitted to the 
Investigating Authority no later than 8 September 2023. Registration on the day of the hearing 
(12 September 2023) will start at 09 .00 am (GMT+7) and only authorized representatives will 
have access to the hearing.  
 
 
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