G/SG/N/10/ARE/1/Suppl.2 
G/SG/N/11/ARE/2/Suppl.2 
G/SG/N/10/BHR/1/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/11/BHR/2/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/10/KWT/1/Suppl.2 
G/SG/N/11/KWT/2/Suppl.2 
G/SG/N/10/OMN/1/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/11/OMN/2/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/10/QAT/1/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/11/QAT/2/Suppl.2 
G/SG/N/10/SAU/1/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/11/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
30 April 2018  
(18-2667) Page: 1/2 
Committee o n Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF "GCC"  
(Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel)  
Supplement  
The following communication, 27 April 2018 , is being circulated at the request of the State of 
Kuwait as President of the GCC on behalf of the GCC member States.  
 
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Referring to the WTO documents G/SG/N/10/ARE/1 -G/SG/N/11/ARE/2 -G/SG/N/10/BHR/1 - 
G/SG/N/11/BHR/2 -G/SG/N/10/KWT/1 -G/SG/N/11/KWT/2 -G/SG/N/10/OMN/1 -G/SG/N/11/OMN/2 -
G/SG/N/10/QAT/1 -G/SG/N/11/QAT/2 -G/SG/N/10/SAU/1 -G/SG/N/11/SAU/2 dated 15 June 2017, 
and G/SG/N/10/ARE/1/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/11/ARE/2/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/10/BHR/1/Suppl.1 -
G/SG/N/11/BHR/2/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/10/KWT/1/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/11/KWT/2/Suppl.1 -
G/SG/N/10/OMN/1/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/11/OMN/2/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/10/QAT/1/Suppl.1 -
G/SG/N/11/QAT/2/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/10/SAU/1 /Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/11/SAU/2/Suppl.1  dated 
21 July 2017 related to the proposal to impose final safeguard measure against the GCC imports of 
Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel . 
 
1  DESCRIPTION OF THE P RODUCT INVOLVED  
a. Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or 
coated. // -Painted, varnished or coated with plastics;  
b. Flat-rolled products of iron or non -alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or 
coated. // -Other  
These products are  imported, respectively, to GCC member countries under HS Code: 721070 
and 721090.  G/SG/N/10/ARE/1/Suppl.2  • G/SG/N/11/ARE/2/Supp l.2 • G/SG/N/10/BHR/1/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/11/BHR/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/10/KWT /1/Suppl.2  • G/SG/N/11/KWT/2/Su ppl.2 
G/SG/N/10/OMN/1/Suppl.2  • G/SG/N/11/OMN/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/10/QAT/1/Suppl.2  
G/SG/N/11/QAT/2/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/10/SAU/1/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/11/SAU/2/Suppl.2  
 
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  2  DESCRIPTION OF THE S AFEGUARD MEASURES IM POSED  
The GCC -Ministerial Committee has imposed safeguard duties for three years at the rate of 
additional specific duty which will b e progressively liberalized according to the following table1: 
Duration  Specific duty value  
(USD / Ton)  
From 15 May 2018 to 14 May 2019  169 
From 15 May 2019 to 14 May 2020  153 
From 15 May 2020 to 14 May 2021  137 
 
3  DATE OF INTRODUCTION  OF THE MEASURE  
The definitive safeguard duties will enter into force from the date of 15 May 2018 as specified at 
2 above.  
 
4  DURATION OF THE MEAS URE 
The safeguard measure will remain in force for 3 years as specified at 2 above.  
 
5  SPECIFY THE DEVELOPI NG COUNTRIES TO WHIC H THE MEASURE IS NOT A PPLIED 
UNDER ARTICLE 9.1 OF  THE AGREEMENT ON SAF EGUARDS, AND THE IMP ORT SHARES OF 
THESE COUNTRIES INDI VIDUALLY AND COLLECT IVELY  
The following developing countries are excluded from the measure as they export less than 
3% individually an d less than 9% collectively to GCC countries:  
 
Afghanistan; Albania; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Bangladesh; Barbados; 
Belize; Benin; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Botswana; Brazil ; Brunei Darussalam; Burkina Faso; 
Burundi; Cabo Ve rde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; Colombia; 
Congo; Costa Rica; Côte d’Ivoire ; Croatia ; Cuba; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; 
Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Fiji; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia ; 
Ghana; Grenada; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea -Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hungary; 
Hong Kong, China ; Indonesia; Jamaica; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyz Republic; Lao People’s Democratic 
Republic; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Mauritania;  Mauritius; Macao , 
China ; Mexico; Moldova, Republic of; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; 
Namibia; Nepal; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Pakistan; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; 
Peru; Philippines; Rwanda; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 
Samoa; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Solomon Islands; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Suriname; 
Swaziland; Chinese Taipei ; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Turkey; The former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia; Togo; Tonga;  Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Uganda; Ukraine; Uruguay; Vanuatu; 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe.  
 
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1 Official Gazettes are available on the official website http://www.gcc -sg.org/ar -
sa/GeneralSecretariat/SectorsSites/TSAD/Pages/Releases.aspx .