G/L/1359/Rev.1  
G/SG/N/12/TUR/9/Rev.1  
 
24 July 2020 
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Council for Trade in Goods  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDE R ARTICLE 12.5 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS TO TH E COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS OF  
PROPOSED SUSP ENSION OF CONCESSIONS AND OTHER  
OBLIGATIONS  REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2  
OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS  
TURKEY 
Revision  
The following communication, dated 23 July 2020, is being circulated at the reque st of the delegation 
of Turkey . 
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On 22 May 2020, pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Turkey submitted a 
notification ( G/L/1359  - G/SG/N/12/TUR/9)  of proposed suspension of co ncessions and other 
obligations referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 8 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  
Turkey hereby submits a revision of Annex II appended to its notification dated 22 May 2020, 
G/L/1359  - G/SG/N/12/TUR/9 , in which it  notified the Council of Trade in Goods of its decision to 
suspend concessions and other obligations in accordance with Articles 8.2 and 12.5 of the Agreement 
on Safeguards. This notification was made in connection with the definitive safeguard measures 
imposed by the European Union on certain steel products effective since 2 February 2019, as 
modified pursuant to the first review investigation carried out by the European Union.  
The European Union initiated a second review investigation of the safeguard mea sures and notified 
its proposed adjustments to the definitive safeguard measures following this second review 
investigation in document dated 29 May 2020, G/SG/N/10/EU/1/Suppl.7 . 
Turkey and the European Union conducted consultations on 10 June 2020, in accordance with  Article 
12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards. However, no agreement has been reached so far with respect 
to adequate means of trade compensation for the adverse effects of the adjustment of the definitive 
safeguard measures on Turkey 's trade.  
These adjustments caused significant adverse effects on Turkey 's exports to the European Union. 
Turkey conducted a new calculation of the effects of the definitive safeguard measures on Turkey 's 
trade. While conducting these calculations, Turkey found that the d ata for imports from Turkey in 
the European Union 's Eurostat database, which served as the basis for Turkey 's previous calculation 
demonstrated in Annex II of its notification dated 22 May 2020, G/L/1359  - G/SG/N/12/TUR/9 , had 
been updated with regard to the year 2018. Turkey 's previous calculations are hereby revised to  
take into account the updated Eurostat 's data. According to these calculations, based on updated 
2018 figures, on an annual basis, there are 1.680 Million US Dollars of imports from Turkey in excess 
of the tariff -rate quotas, corresponding to a levied dut y of 420 Million US Dollars.  
Taking into account the adjusted measures after the second review investigation and the updated 
Eurostat data, the effect of the safeguard measures on an annual basis, including the adjusted G/L/1359/Rev.1 • G/ SG/N/12/TUR/9/Rev.1  
 
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  measures after the second review inv estigation , on Turkey 's exports to the European Union of the 
products concerned is as shown below:  
2018  
EU's Imports from Turkey  
(Excess of Quotas)  
(Million Dollars)  Duty Calculation  
(Million US Dollars)  
1.810  452 
Turkey does not foresee any change in the magnitude of the rebalancing measures notified in Annex 
II of its notification dated 22 May 2020, G/L/1359  - G/SG/N/12/TUR/9 . However, Turkey reserves 
its rights to modify, supplement, or replace the suspension of concessions or other obligations.  
 
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