G/L/1242/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/12/TUR/6/Suppl.2  
 
23 May 2019 
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Council for Trade in Goods  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATI ON UNDE R ARTICLE 12.5 OF TH E AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS TO TH E COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS OF  
PROPOSED SUSP ENSION OF CONCESSION S AND OTHER  
OBLIGATIONS  REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2  
OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS  
TURKEY 
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 22 May 2019, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of Turkey . 
 
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Republic of Turkey hereby submits a revision of Ann ex-I of the notification dated 21 May 2018 
(G/L/1242 -G/SG/N/12/TUR/6) and the level of suspension of concessions mentioned in the 
notification dated 15 August 2018 (G/L/1242/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/12/TUR/6/Suppl.1) in which Turkey 
notified the Council for Trade in  Goods of its decisions to suspend concessions and other obligations 
in accordance with Articles 8.2 and 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  
 
On 16 May 2019, the measures applied by the United States on imports of steel from Turkey were 
reduced from 50% to 25% with the Presidential Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Steel into the 
United States  with the effective date of 21 May 2019.  
 
In this regard, Turkey has decided to decrease the additional duties on certain products originated 
from the US subject to the suspension of concessions and other obligations under GATT 1994.  
 
The revised table covering HS codes and new tariff rates with the effective date of 21 May 2019 is 
in Annex -I appended to this notification.  
 
 
ANNEX -I 
  HS CODES  ARTICLE DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL DUTY  
1 08.02  Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled  10% 
2 10.06  Rice  25% 
3 2106.90  Food preparations, n.e.s.  10% 
4 22.08  Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80%; 
spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages  70% 
5 24.01  Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse  30% 
6 27.01  Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured 
from coal  5% 
7 2704.00  Coke and semi -coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or 
not agglomerated; retort carbon  5% G/L/1242/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/12/TUR/6/Suppl.2  
 
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    HS CODES  ARTICLE DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL DUTY  
8 2713.11  Petroleum coke, non -calcined  4% 
9 33.04  Beauty or make -up preparations and preparations for the care 
of the skin, incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. 
medicaments); manicure or pedicure preparations  30% 
10 3904.10  Poly "vinyl chloride", in primary forms, not mixed with any 
other subst ances  25% 
11 3908.10  Polyamides -6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10 or -6,12, in primary 
forms  5% 
12 39.26  Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 
3901 to 3914, n.e.s.  30% 
13 44.01  Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood 
in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, 
whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or 
similar forms  5% 
14 48.02  Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, 
printing or other graphic purposes, and non -perforated 
punchcards and punch -tape paper, in rolls or in square or 
rectangular sheets, of any size, and handmade paper and 
paperboard  10% 
15 48.04  Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard  10% 
16 48.11  Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose 
fibres, coated, impregnated, covered, surface -coloured, 
surface -decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or 
rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4803, 
4809 and 4810)  25% 
17 5502.10  Artificial filament tow of cellulose acetate  30% 
18 7308.90  Structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s.  (excl. 
bridges and bridge -sections, towers and lattice masts, doors 
and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and 
similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit -
propping)  30% 
19 8413.70  Centrifugal pumps  10% 
20 8479.89  Machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s.  10% 
21 87.03  Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for 
the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars  60% 
22 9022.19  Apparatus based on the use of x -rays (other than for medical, 
surgical, dental or veterinary uses)  5% 
 
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