G/SG/N/8/USA/10/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/10/USA/8  
G/SG/N/11/USA/7  
 
26 January 2018 
(18-0640) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(B) OF TH E AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDIN G A SERIOUS INJURY O R THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED BY IN CREASED IMPORTS  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(C) UPON TAKING A DECISION  
TO APPLY OR EXTEND A  SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
UNITED STATES 
Large Residential Washers  
The following communication dated 26 January 2018, is being circulated at the req uest of the 
Delegation of the United States.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (Safeguards Agreement), the 
United States is notifying its decision to apply a safeguard measure.  In addition, the United States 
is notifying the non -application of the safeguard measure to developing countries under Article 9.1 
of the Safeguards Agreement.  
There are no changes to paragraphs 1 -4 from G/SG/N/8/USA/10 (dated 13 October 2017) and  
G/SG/N/8/USA/10/Suppl.2 (dated 11 Decem ber 2017).  
5. Provide precise description of the proposed measure.  
On 23 January  2018, the President signed a proclamation detailing the proposed measure to be 
applied on imports of large residential washers.  The Presidential Proclamation is attached to th is 
notification.  
6. Provide proposed date of introduction of the measure.  
The measure is scheduled to take effect on 7 February 2018.  
7. Provide the expected duration of the measure.  
The President approved applying the safeguard measure for three years plus one day . 
The attached proclamation1 provides the applicable date ranges.  
                                                
1 To consult this document, please contact Ms. Budd (hilary.budd@wto.org) or Ms.  Naville 
(delphine.naville@wto.org) of the  Rules Division.  G/SG/N/8/USA/10/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/10/USA/8 • G/SG/N/11/USA/7  
 
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  8. For a measure with a duration of more than three years, provide the proposed date 
for the review (under Article 7.4) to be held not later than the mid -term of the 
measure, if  such a date for the review has already been scheduled.  
Section 201(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. §2251(a)(2)) requires the U.S. International 
Trade Commission to submit a report by the midpoint in the period in which a safeguard measure 
is in effect, which will be on or about August 7, 2019.  More specific details of the mid -term review 
will be notified to this Committee once a date has been scheduled.  
9. If the expected duration is over one year, provide expected timetable for 
progressive  liberalization of the measure.  
The liberalization schedule for the measure is provided in the attached proclamation.  
12. If the notification  relates to a decision to apply or extend a safeguard measure, 
Members are encouraged to provide the following informatio n: 
(i) The major exporting Members of imports of the product involved.  
During the period of investigation, China, Korea, Mexico, Thailand, and Vietnam were 
major exporting countries.  
(ii) If there are any exporting Members to which the measure does not app ly for 
any reason other than the application of Article 9.1, the names of such 
exporting Members and reasons for non -application of the measure.  
The President has also determined that the measure will not apply to Canada.  
The reason for this is detailed in  the attached proclamation.  
In addition, the measure will not apply to the following developing countries which are 
not WTO Members:  Algeria, Azerbaijan, Comoros, Congo (Kinshasa), Eritrea, Ethiopia, 
Iraq, Kiribati, Kosovo, Lebanon, Macedonia, Sao Tomé and  Principe, Serbia, Somalia, 
South Sudan, Timor -Leste, Tuvalu, and Uzbekistan.  
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  ANNEX  
Non-Application of the Safeguard Measure to Developing Countries  
Under Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards  
The safeguard measure shall not apply to imports of any large residential washers, as specifically 
described in the attached proclamation, of a developing country that is also a Member of the WTO, 
as long as that country's share of total imports of the product, based on imports during a recent 
representative pe riod, does not exceed 3 percent, provided that imports that are the product of all 
such countries with less than 3 percent import share collectively account for not more than 
9 percent of total imports of the product.  The President has determined that Thai land does not 
qualify for non -application as imports from those countries have exceeded the applicable 
thresholds.   
The following developing countries qualify for non -application of the measure:   
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia, Belize, Benin, Bhutan , Bolivia, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Cambodia, 
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), 
Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, The G ambia, Georgia, Ghana, 
Grenada, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic), Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, 
Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Monten egro, Mozambique, 
Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda, 
Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, 
South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, 
Uganda, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Yemen (Republic of), Zambia, and Zimbabwe.   
In addition, for purposes of this notification, if during the duration of the measure, the President 
determines that a surge in imports of large residential  washers, as specifically described in the 
attached proclamation, results in imports of a product from a developing country that is also a 
Member of the WTO is exceeding either of the thresholds described above, the safeguard measure 
shall be modified to a pply to such product from such country.  
 
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