G/SG/N/8/CHN/2/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/10/CHN/2/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/CHN/2/Suppl.1  
 
18 July 2018 
(18-4502) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12. 1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS  ON FINDING A SERIOUS  INJURY OR THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED BY IN CREASED IMPORTS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
CHINA 
(Sugar ) 
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 17 July 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of China . 
 
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With reference to document G/SG/N/8 /CHN/2/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/10/CHN/2 -G/SG/N/11/CHN/2 , 
dated 23 May 2017, concerning the safeguard measure in respect of import of sugar, the 
delegation of China notifies that the list of developing countries ( regions) exempted from the 
safeguard measure that originally accompanied the notification will be revoked on 1 August 2018.  
 
1. Specify the measure.  
2. Specify the product subject to the measure.  
3. Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under 
Article  9.1 of the  Agreement on Safeguards, and the import shares of these 
countries individually and collectively.  
4. Subsequently , if there is a change  in the list of developing countries exempted 
from the  safeguard measure pursuant to Article  9.1, please notify:  
(i) the reference to the WTO document that notified the Members about the 
initial action  under footnote 2 to Article 9.1;  
Regarding question 1, 2, 3 and 4.(i)  about the initial action under footnote 2 to 
Article  9.1, please refer to th e notification in the document G/SG/N/8/CHN/2/Suppl.1 -
G/SG/N/10/CHN/2 -G/SG/N/1 1/CHN/2 . 
(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 G/SG/N/8/CHN/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/10/CHN/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/CHN/2/Suppl.1  
 
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  individual and collective import shares  of the developing countries remaining 
on the list, and the date on which the safeguard  measure applies to the 
countries dropped from the list;  
After analyzing the  volume of imports of sugar in the period from 2 2 May 2017 to 
21 May 2018 , the investigating authority of China found that the imports of sugar 
from developing countries (regions) which represented individually less than 3% of 
total imports collectively ex ceeded 9% in the said period, which was no longer in 
conformity with the conditions set forth in Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards 
for the treatment of developing countries (regions). Accordingly, the above -mentioned  
list of developing countries ( regions) exempted from the safeguard measure  should be 
revoked. The safeguard measure will apply to the imports of sugar from all developing 
countries (regions) as from 1 August 2018.  
Public Notice of the Ministry of Commerce of the People 's Republic of C hina 
(2018 No. 58), which was adopted on 16 July 2018, is publicly available and may be 
consulted at http://www.mofcom.gov.cn .  
(iii) if applicable, names of the countries which are added to the list of developing  
countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to 
Article  9.1, the  list of all the countries on the list, the individual and collective 
import shares of the  developing countries on the list, and the date from 
which the safeguard measure do es not apply to the countries which are 
added to the list.  
Not Applicable.  
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