G/SG/N/11/JOR/4/Suppl.3
6 February 2015
(15-0812)  Page: 1/2
 Committee on Safeguards  Original: English
 
 NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
JORDAN  
(Bars and Rods of Iron and Steel) 
Supplement 
The following communication, dated 28 January 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Jordan. 
 
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In accordance with Article 9.1, footnote 2 of th e Agreement on Safeguards, Jordan hereby submits 
its notification by providing the amended list of developing countries excluded from the imposition 
of the safeguard measure on Bars and Rods of Iron and Steel: 
 
i. The reference to the WTO document that notified the Members about the 
initial action under footnote 2 to Article 9.1; 
- G/SG/N/11/JOR/4/Suppl.2 
- (G/SG/N/8/JOR/8-G/SG/N/10/JOR/8-G/SG/N/11/JOR/4) dated 13 February 2013. 
- (G/SG/N/8/JOR/8/Suppl.1-G/SG/N/10/JOR /8/Suppl.1-G/SG/N/11/JOR/4/Suppl.1) 
1 July 2013 
- (G/SG/N/8/JOR/8/Suppl.1/Corr.1-G/SG/N/10/JOR/8/Suppl.1/Corr.1-
G/SG/N/11/JOR/4/Suppl.1/Corr.1) dated 8 July 2013. 
 
ii. if applicable, names of the countries  which are dropped from the list of 
developing countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply 
pursuant to Article 9.1, the list of the countries remaining on the list, the 
individual and collective import sh ares of the developing countries 
remaining on the list, and the date on which the safeguard measure applies to the countries dropped from the list; 
The National Production Protection Directorate (NPPD) - the competent authority at the Ministry of 
Industry, Trade and Supply - analysed the volume  of imports of the products concerned. The 
analysis shows an increase of imports share originated from China beyond 3% of the total imports 
of the products concerned. 
 Pursuant to Article 9.1, footnote 2 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and Article 38 of the 
Jordanian Regulation on Safeguard of National Pr oduction No. (55) of the year 2000, the list of 
developing countries will be amended by dropping China from the list starting from 27 January 2015.  
The amended list of developing countries to which the measure does not apply is attached to this 
notification.  G/SG/N/11/JOR/4/Suppl.3 
 
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  List of Developing Countries 
Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa 
Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina 
Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Bahamas 
Bahrain, Kingdom of Bangladesh Barbados Belarus 
Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam 
Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon 
Cabo Verde Central Africa n Republic Chad Chile 
Congo Chinese Taipei Colombia Comoros 
Croatia Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire 
Dominica Cuba Democratic Republic of 
Congo Djibouti 
El Salvador Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador 
Fiji Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia 
Gibraltar Gabon Georgia Ghana 
Guatemala Greenland Grenada Guam 
Haiti Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana 
Indonesia Honduras Hong Kong, China India 
Jamaica Iran Iraq Israel 
Korea, Republic of Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati 
Latvia Kuwait, the State of Kyrgyz Republic Laos PDR 
Libya Lebanon Lesotho Liberia 
Malawi Lithuania Macao, China Madagascar 
Marshall Islands Malaysia Maldives Mali 
Mayotte Martinique Mauritania Mauritius 
Moldova, Republic of Mexico Micronesia, Fed Sts Midway Is. 
Mozambique Mongolia Montserrat Morocco 
Nepal Myanmar Namibia Nauru 
Niger Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia Nicaragua 
Northern Mariana 
Islands Nigeria Niue Island Norfolk Island 
Palestine Oman Pakistan Palau 
Peru Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay 
Reunion Philippines Pitcairn Qatar 
Sao Tomé and Principe Rwanda Saint Lucia Samoa 
Seychelles Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia & Montenegro 
Slovenia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia 
Sri Lanka Solomon Island s Somalia South Africa 
St Vincent St Helena and 
dependencies St Kitts and Nevis St Pierre and Miquelon 
Syrian Arab Republic Sudan Suriname Swaziland 
The Gambia Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand 
Trinidad and Tobago Togo Tokelau Tonga 
Tuvalu Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands 
Vanuatu Uganda Uruguay Uzbekistan 
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of Viet Nam Yemen 
Zambia    
 
 
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