G/SG/N/7/IND/10/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/IND/14/Suppl.1  
 
30 September 2015  
(15-5053)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
INDIA 
(Hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy and other alloy steel in coils of a width of 600 mm or more) 
Supplement 
The following communication, dated 28 September 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of India.1 
 
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1. Product classification 
 "Hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy and other alloy steel in coils of a width of 600 mm or more" 
classified under Chapter 72 of the Customs Tari ff Act, 1975 are covered under tariff heading 7208 
and tariff item 72253090".  2. Safeguard measures imposed 
 
Provisional Safeguard Duty at the rate of 20% ad valorem  has been imposed on imports of "Hot-
rolled flat products of non-alloy and other alloy steel in coils of a width of 600 mm or more" into 
India, vide Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue's Notification 
No. 02/2015-Customs (SG) dated 14 September 2015. A copy of the said notification is attached 
herewith. 
 
3. Date of introduction of the measure  14 September 2015. 
 
4. Duration of the measure  
Effective for a period of two hundred days from the date of its introduction (unless revoked, 
superseded or amended earlier).  
5. Further information 
 Details of the measure taken can be seen in the Department of Revenue Notification No.02/2015-Customs (SG) dated 14 September 2015 which is available in the Public domain and 
can be accessed from http://www.cbec.gov.in . 
                                               
1 In continuation to WTO Document G/SG/N/6/IND/41 dated 16 September 2015.  G/SG/N/7/IND/10/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IND/14/Suppl.1 
 
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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF  INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, 
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] 
 
Government of India 
Ministry of Finance 
(Department of Revenue) 
 
Notification 
No. 2/2015-Customs (SG) 
 
New Delhi, the 14th September, 2015 
 G.S.R. (E). - Whereas, in the matter of import of  "Hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy and other 
alloy Steel in coils of a width of 600 mm or more" (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), 
falling under heading 7208 or tariff item 7225 30 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), the Director General 
(Safeguard), in his preliminary findings, published vide number G.S.R. 690 (E), dated the 
9th September, 2015, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), dated the 9th September, 2015, has come to the conclusion that increased imports of subject 
goods into India has caused and threatened to cause serious injury to the domestic 
industry/producers of subject goods, and any dela y in application for provisional Safeguard duty 
would cause damage which would be difficult to re pair, necessitating the imposition of provisional 
safeguard duty on imports of subject goods into India, and accordingly has recommended the 
imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods into India;  
 Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers confe rred by sub-section (2) of section 8B of the said 
Customs Tariff Act, read with rules 10 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment 
of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, the Central Governme nt after considering the said findings of the 
Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes on subject goods falling under heading 7208 or tariff item 7225 30 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, when imported into India, a 
provisional safeguard duty at the rate  of twenty per cent ad valorem.  
 2. The safeguard duty imposed under this notifi cation shall be effective for a period of two 
hundred days (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this 
notification in the Official Gazette.   
Explanation : The following are not included in the scope of subject goods: 
 a) Hot-rolled flat products of steel with nominal width less than 600mm;  
b) API grade steel;  
c) Silicon electrical steel;  
d) Hot-rolled flat products of st eel of spring steel quality;  
e) Hot-rolled flat products of steel which are electrolytically plated or coated with zinc;  
f) Hot-rolled flat products of steel othe rwise plated or coated with zinc; and  
g) Hot-rolled flat products of stainless steel.   
 
[F.No.354/219/2015-TRU]  
  
(Akshay Joshi)  
Under Secretary to the Government of India 
 
 
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