G/SG/N/8/THA/3/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/10/THA/3/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/11/THA/6  
 
26 June 2018  
(18-4030) Page: 1/4 
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 PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUAR DS (PROPOSAL OF A MEASU RE) 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
THAILAND  
(Non Alloy Hot Rolled Steel Flat Products in Coils and Not in Coils ) 
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/8/THA/3/Suppl.2 -G/SG/N/10/THA/3/Suppl.2, Thailand notified Members about 
the action under footnote 2 to Article 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 imports of the products 
concerned from various countries for  July to September 2017 based on the offic ial trade statistics 
from Thai Customs Department. The review indicated that the import share of the products 
concerned originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China  already accounted 
for 6.95% of total Thai imports of the products concern ed for the period of July to 
September  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), the People's Republic of China 
was dropped from the lis t 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Notification dated 21  June 2017 shall be revoked and superseded by the Annex I to the Commit tee 
Notification 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 safeguard 
measures does not apply, other than the People's Republic of Ch ina, 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, Department of 
Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commer ce of Thailand (http://btir.dft.go.th).  
 
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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  NON ALLOY HOT ROLLED  
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS IN COILS AND NOT 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 Burundi  31 The Kingdom of Morocco  
2 The Union of the Comoros  32 The Republic of Sudan  
3 The Republic of Djibouti  33 The Republic of Tunisia  
4 The State of Eritrea  34 Western Sahara  
5 The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia  35 The Republic of Botswana  
6 The Republic of Kenya  36 Kingdom of Lesotho  
7 The Republic of Madagascar  37 The Republic of Namibia    
8 The Republic of Malawi  38 The Republic of South Africa    
9 The Republic of Mauritius  39 Kingdom of Swaziland  
10 The Republic of Mozambique  40 The Republic of Benin    
11 The Republic of Rwanda  41 Burkina Faso    
12 The Republic of Seychelles  42 The Republic of Cape Verde    
13 Somalia  43 The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire    
14 Republic of South Sudan  44 The Republic of Gambia  
15 The Republic of Uganda  45 The Republic of Ghana  
16 The United Republic of Tanzania  46 The Republic of Guinea    
17 The Republic of Zambia  47 The Republic of Guinea -Bissau  
18 The Republic of Zimbabwe  48 The Republic of Liberia    
19 The Republic of Angola  49 The Republic of Mali  
20 The Republic of Cameroon  50 Islamic Republic of Mauritania   
21 Central African Republic  51 The Republic of Niger   
22 The Republic of Chad  52 Federal Republic of Nigeria  
23 The Republic of the Congo  53 Saint Helena  
24 The Democratic Republic of the Congo  54 The Republic of Senegal  
25 Republic of Equatorial Guinea  55 The Republic of Sierra Leone    
26 The Republic of Gabon  56 The Republic of Togo    
27 The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome & 
Principe  57 The Republic of Cuba    
28 The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria  58 Dominican Republic    
29 The Arab Republic of Egypt  59 The Republic of Haiti    
30 The Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab 
Jamahiriya    60 Jamaica  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  No. Developing Countries exempted from the 
Imposition of Safeguard Measure  No. Developing Countries exempted from the 
Imposition of Safeguard Measure  
61 Anguilla  91 The Republic of Ecuador    
62 Antigua & Barbuda  92 Falkland Islands(Malvinas)    
63 Aruba  93 The Cooperative Republic of Guyana  
64 Bahamas  94 The Republic of Paraguay  
65 Barbados  95 The Republic of Peru   
66 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba  96 The Republic of Suriname  
67 British Virgin Islands    97 The Republic of Uruguay  
68 Cayman Islands  98 The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  
69 Curacao  99 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea    
70 The Commonwealth of Dominica  100 China, Hong Kong SAR  
71 Grenada  101 Macao  
72 Montserrat    102 Mongolia    
73 The Federation of Saint Kitts & Nevis  103 The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan    
74 Saint Lucia    104 The People's Republic of Bangladesh    
75 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  105 The Kingdom of Bhutan    
76 Sint Maarten  106 The Islamic Republic of Iran    
77 Trinidad and Tobago  107 The Republic of Maldives  
78 Turks and Caicos Islands  108 The Democratic Republic of Nepal    
79 Belize    109 The Islamic Republic of Pakistan    
80 The Republic of Costa Rica    110 The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka    
81 The Republic of El Salvador    111 Negara Brunei Darussalam  
82 The Republic of Guatemala    112 The Kingdom of Cambodia    
83 The Republic of Honduras  113 The Republic of Indonesia  
84 The United Mexican States  114 The Lao People's Democratic Republic  
85 The Republic of Nicaragua    115 Malaysia    
86 The Republic of Panama    116 The Republic of the Union of Myanmar  
87 The Republic of Argentina    117 The Republic of the Philippines    
88 The Plurinational State of Bolivia    118 Republic of Singapore  
89 The Republic of Chile  119 The Democratic Republic of Timor -Leste  
90 The Republic of Colombia    120 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  No. Developing Countries exempted from the 
Imposition of Safeguard Measure  No. Developing Countries exempted from the 
Imposition of Safeguard Measure  
121 The Kingdom of Bahrain  146 Papua New Guinea  
122 The Republic of Iraq    147 Independent State of Samoa  
123 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan  148 Solomon Islands    
124 The State of Kuwait  149 Tokelau    
125 The Republic of Lebanon  150 The Kingdom of Tonga  
126 The Sultanate of Oman  151 Tuvalu  
127 The State of Qatar  152 The Republic of Vanuatu  
128 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  153 Wallis & Futuna Island  
129 State of Palestine  154 The Republic of Albania    
130 The Syrian Arab Republic    155 The Republic of Armenia    
131 The United Arab Emirates  156 The Republic of Azerbaijan    
132 The Republic of Yemen    157 The Republic of Belarus  
133 American Samoa    158 Bosnia & Herzegovina   
134 Cook Islands    159 Republic of Croatia  
135 The Republic of Fiji  160 Georgia    
136 French Polynesia  161 The Republic of Kazakhstan  
137 Guam  162 The Kyrgyz Republic  
138 Republic of Kiribati  163 Montenegro  
139 The Republic of the Marshall Islands  164 The Republic of Moldova  
140 The Federated States of Micronesia    165 The Republic of Serbia  
141 The Republic of Nauru  166 The Republic of Tajikistan  
142 New Caledonia  167 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  
143 Niue  168 Turkmenistan  
144 Northern Mariana Islands  169 Ukraine  
145 The Republic of Palau  170 The Republic of Uzbekistan  
 
 
 
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