G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.4  
G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.6  
 
26 June 2018  
(18-4031) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)  OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON SAF EGUARDS  
 
NOTIFICATION PU RSUANT TO ARTICLE 9,  FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
THAILAND  
(Hot Rolled Steel Flat Products with Certain  Amounts of Alloying Elements ) 
Supplement  
The following communication, dated  25 June 2018 , is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Thailand.  
 
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As noted in G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.3 -G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.5 , Thailand notified Members 
about the action under footnote 2 to Ar ticle 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards by providing the 
list of developing countries and separate customs territories excluded from the imposition of 
extended safeguard measures.  
 
The Committee on Safeguard Measures of Thailand analyzed the volume of imp orts of the products 
concerned from various countries for  October to December 2017 based on the official trade 
statistics from Thai Customs Department. The review indicated that the import share of the 
products concerned originating in or exported from Egy pt already accounted for 7.69% of total 
Thai imports of the products concerned for the period of October to December 2017.  
 
Pursuant to Article 9.1 footnote 2 of the Agreement on Safeguards and Article 32 of the Thai 
Safeguard Measures on Increased Imports  Act B.E. 2550 ( 2007), Egypt was dropped from the list 
of developing countries exempted from the imposition of extended  safeguard measures, effective 
as from 9 June 2018. In this respect, the Annex I to the Committee Notification dated 
26 February  2016 sha ll be revoked and superseded  by the Annex I to the Committee Notification 
(No. 9) dated 18 May 2018 which was promulgated in the Royal Gazette dated 8  June 2018 and 
has entered into force on 9 June 2018. A list of developing countries to which the safeguar d 
measures does not apply, other than Egypt, is attached to this notification.  
 
The Notification of the Committee on Safeguards of Thailand and its amendment can be 
downloaded at the official website of the Division of Trade Interests and Remedies, Departm ent of 
Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce of Thailand (http://btir.dft.go.th).  G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.4 • G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.6  
 
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  ANNEX  
LIST OF DEVELOPING C OUNTRIES AND SEPARAT E CUSTOMS TERRITORIE S EXCLUDED  
FROM THE IMPOSITION OF EXTENDED SAFEGUARD MEASURE ON  HOT ROLLED STEEL FLAT 
PRODUCTS WITH CERTAIN AMOUNTS  OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS  SUCH AS BORON, CHROMIUM, 
ETC., IN COILS AND N OT IN COILS  
No. Developing Countries exempted 
from the Imposition of Safeguard 
Measure  No. Developing Countries exempted from  
the Imposition of Safeguard Measure  
1. The Republic of Angola  23. Kingdom of Swaziland  
2. The Republic of Botswana  24. The United Republic of Tanzania  
3. The Republic of Burundi    25. The Republic of Uganda    
4. The Union of the Comoros  26. The Republic of Zambia  
5. The Democratic Republic of the Congo  27. The Republic of Zimbabwe  
6. The Republic of Djibouti  28. The Republic of Benin  
7. The State of Eritrea  29. Burkina Faso  
8. The Federal Democratic Republic of 
Ethiopia  30. The Republic of Cameroon    
9. The Republic of Kenya  31. The Republic of Cape Verde  
10. Kingdom of Lesotho  32. Central African Republic  
11. The Republic of Madagascar  33. The Republic of Chad  
12. The Republic of Malawi  34. The Republic of the Congo  
13. The Republic of Mauritius  35. The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire  
14. Mayotte  36. The Republic of Gabon  
15. The Republic of Mozambique  37. The Republic of Gambia    
16. The Republic of Namibia  38. The Republic of Ghana    
17. La Réunion  39. The Republic of Guinea    
18. The Republic of Rwanda  40. The Republic of Guinea -Bissau    
19. The Republic of Seychelles  41. The Republic of Liberia    
20. Somalia  42. The Republic of Mali    
21. The Republic of South Africa  43. Islamic Republic of Mauritania    
22. The Republic of Sudan  44. The Republic of Niger  
 
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  No. Developing Countries exempted 
from the Imposition of Safeguard 
Measure  No. Developing Countries exempted from   
the Imposition of Safeguard Measure   
45. Federal Republic of Nigeria  70. The Republic of Kazakhstan  
46. The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome 
& Principe    71. The Kingdom of Kosovo    
47. The Republic of Senegal  72. The Kyrgyz Republic  
48. The Republic of Sierra Leone    73. The Republic of Lithuania    
49. The Republic of Togo  74. The Republic of Macedonia    
50. The People's Democratic Republic of 
Algeria   75. The Republic of Moldova  
51. The Great Socialist People’s Libyan 
Arab Jamahiriya  76. Montenegro  
52. The Kingdom of Morocco    77. The Republic of Romania  
53. The Republic of Tunisia  78. The Republic of Serbia    
54. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan    79. The Republic of Tajikistan    
55. The People's Republic of Bangladesh    80. Turkmenistan    
56. The Kingdom of Bhutan    81. Ukraine    
57. British Indian Ocean Territory    82. The Republic of Uzbekistan  
58. The Democratic Republic of Timor -
Leste    83. The Socialist Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia  
59. The Republic of Maldives    84. The Islamic Republic of Iran    
60. The Democratic Republic of Nepal    85. The Republic of Iraq    
61. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan  86. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan    
62. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri 
Lanka  87. The Republic of Lebanon    
63. The Republic of Albania    88. The Syrian Arab Republic    
64. The Republic of Armenia    89. West Bank   &Gaza    
65. The Republic of Azerbaijan    90. The Republic of Yemen    
66. The Republic of Belarus    91. Anguilla    
67. Bosnia   &Herzegovina    92. Antigua   &Barbuda    
68. The Republic of Bulgaria    93. The Republic of Argentina    
69. Georgia  94. Belize  
 
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  No. Developing Countries exempted 
from the Imposition of Safeguard 
Measure  No. Developing Countries exempted from   
the Imposition of Safeguard Measure   
95. The Plurinational State of Bolivia     120. The Republic of Panama      
96. The Federative Republic of Brazil    121. The Republic of Paraguay    
97. British Virgin Islands    122. The Republic of Peru    
98. The Republic of Chile    123. Saint Helena    
99. The Republic of Colombia    124. The Federation of Saint Kitts   &Nevis    
100. The Republic of Costa Rica    125. Saint Lucia    
101. The Republic of Cuba    126. Saint Pierre   &Miquelon    
102. The Commonwealth of Dominica    127. Saint Vincent   &the Grenadines   
103. Dominican Republic     128. The Republic of Suriname   
104. The Republic of Ecuador    129. The Republic of Uruguay   
105. The Republic of El Salvador    130. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela    
106. Falkland Islands(Malvinas)    131. American Samoa    
107. French Guiana    132. The Kingdom of Cambodia    
108. Grenada    133. Chinese Taipei    
109. Guadaloupe    134. Christmas Islands    
110. The Republic of Guatemala    135. Cocos (Keeling) Islands    
111. The Cooperative Republic of Guyana     136. Cook Islands    
112. The Republic of Haiti    137. The Republic of Fiji    
113. The Republic of Honduras    138. The Republic of Indonesia    
114. Jamaica    139. Johnston  Islands    
115. Martinique    140. The Republic of Kiribati    
116. The United Mexican States    141. The Democratic People's Republic of 
Korea  
117. Montserrat    142. The Lao People's Democratic Republic    
118. The Republic of Nicaragua    143. Malaysia      
119. Norfolk Island  144.  The Republic of the Marshall Islands  
 
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  No. Developing Countries exempted 
from the Imposition of Safeguard 
Measure  No. Developing Countries exempted from   
the Imposition of Safeguard Measure   
145. The Federated States of Micronesia    155. Independent State of Samoa    
146. Midway Islands    156. Solomon Islands    
147. Mongolia  157. Tokelau  
148. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar    158. The Kingdom of Tonga   
149. The Republic of Nauru    159. Tuvalu    
150. Niue      160. The Republic of Vanuatu    
151. The Republic of Palau      161. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam    
152. Pitcairn Islands      162. Wake Island    
153. Papua New Guinea      163. Wallis   &Futuna Island  
154. The Republic of the Philippines   
 
 
 
 
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