G/SG/N/6/MAR/12/Suppl.1  
 
16 June 2023  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION ON INITIATION OF A REVIEW  
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7.2 REGARDING THE EXTENSION  
OF A SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
MOROCCO  
Welded tubes and pipes, of iron or steel  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 15 June 2023, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Morocco.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 7.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Morocco hereby notifies the initiation of a 
review investigation regarding extension of the current safeguard measure on imports of welded 
tubes and pipes, of iron or steel.  
1   DATE OF INITIATION OF THE INVESTIGATION  
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (hereinafter "the Ministry") has decided to initiate a review 
investigation on the extension of the safeguard measure applied to imports of welded tubes and 
pipes, as from 13 June 2023.  
Public notice concerning the initiation of the investigation has been given on the Ministry's website 
(https:// www.mcinet.gov.ma/fr/avis -sauvegarde ) and in two newspapers authorized to publish legal 
announcements, namely: L'OPINION (Issue No. 19,952) published on 14 June 2023 and LE MATIN 
(Issue No. 17,757) published on 13 June 20 23.  
2   DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTS INVOLVED  
The products under consideration and subject to review are welded tubes and pipes, of iron or steel, 
conical or pyramidal, of circular, square or rectangular cross -section.  
The product concerned was covered by the  original investigation of the following HS tariff headings: 
7306191090; 7306199900; 7306301099; 7306309900; 7306501090; 7306509900; 7306611000; 
7306619000; 7306691000; 7306699900; 7306901090; 7306909900.  
In the edition of the customs tariffs dated 1 Janua ry 2022, the product concerned now falls under 
the following tariff headings: 7306191090; 7306199900; 7306301099; 7306309900; 7306501090; 
7306509900; 7306611010; 7306611090; 7306619000; 7306691000; 7306699900; 7306902012; 
7306902019; 7306902022; 7306902029 ; 7306902039; 7306909019; 7306909099.  
The review concerns all the products subject to the existing measure.  G/SG/N/6/MAR/12/Suppl.1  
 
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  3   REFERENCE TO THE WTO DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE MOST RECENT 
ARTICLE  12.1(C) NOTIFICATION  
The WTO document containing the most recent Article 12.1 noti fication is document 
G/SG/N/8/MAR/8 - G/SG/N/10/MAR/8 - G/SG/N/11/MAR/8/Suppl.1, published on 
16 September  2020, and its corrigendum G/SG/N/8/MAR/8/Corr.1 - G/SG/N/10/MAR/8/Corr.1 - 
G/SG/N/11/MAR/8/Suppl.1/Corr.1, published on 22 September 2020.   
4   REASONS  FOR THE INITIATION OF THE REVIEW  
The review investigation on extension of the safeguard measure applied to imports of welded tubes 
and pipes, of iron or steel, was initiated by the Ministry following a petition submitted by the 
Moroccan Association of Man ufacturers of Steel Tubes and Profiles ( Association de Fabricants de 
Tubes et de Profilés en Acier du Maroc ) on behalf of the domestic industry for these products.  
The review was initiated for the following reasons:  
• The injury caused to the domestic indust ry has not yet been fully remedied and the 
measure continues to be necessary to remedy and prevent such injury;  
• The domestic industry is in the process of introducing adjustments so as to improve its 
competitiveness; and  
• Without a safeguard measure, impor t pressure could rise due to the increase in global 
production capacity for steel products, and the introduction of safeguard measures by 
several countries to protect their domestic producers.  
5   DEADLINES FOR EXPORTERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO SUBMI T 
COMMENTS IN  WRITING  
The Ministry will send questionnaires to the exporters identified in the petition. Other concerned 
parties wishing to receive a questionnaire and participate in the investigation should request the 
questionnaire within 15  days of the date of initiation of the investigation.  
Replies to the investigation questionnaires must reach the Ministry within the time limits laid down 
in the questionnaires, and any party requesting an extension of these time limits must show good 
cause.  
Parties th at consider that the investigation concerns them have a period of 30 days from the date 
of initiation of the investigation to make themselves known as interested parties.  
In addition to their questionnaire replies, concerned parties may send their views an d comments on 
the initiation of the investigation, in writing, within 30 days of the date of initiation.  
To submit replies and comments or to request information about the investigation procedure, parties 
should contact the Ministry at:  
Ministère de l'Indu strie et du Commerce  (Ministry of Industry and Trade)  
Direction Générale du Commerce  (Directorate -General of Trade)  
Direction de la Défense et de la Réglementation Commerciale  (Trade Defence and 
Regulation Directorate)  
Parcelle 14, Business center, aile Nord bd Riad,  
Hay Riad. BP 610, Rabat Chellah, Morocco  
Tel.: (+212) 537.70.18   
Fax: (+212) 537.72.71   
Email : ddc-svg-tbty@mcine t.gov.ma  
 
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