G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/11/IDN/15
5 February 2015
(15-0790)  Page: 1/4
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS 
 
NOTIFICATION OF A PROPOSAL TO IMPOSE A MEASURE 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF 
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
INDONESIA  
 (I and H Sections of Other Alloy Steel) 
The following communication, dated 3 February 2015,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Indonesia 
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of the Republic 
of Indonesia hereby notifies the issuance of Minister of Finance's Regulation 
Number 12/PMK.010/2015 dated 19 January 2015, promulgated in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Year 2015 Number 82 on 21 January 2015 regarding the imposition of a 
safeguard measure on the importation of I and H Section of Other Alloy Steel, for a period 
of 3 (three) years starting 21 January 2015.  
1  GENERAL BACKGROUND 
On 14 October 2014 The Republic of Indonesia noti fied on the findings of safeguard investigation 
in which it was concluded that there was strong evidence that the increased of volume of imports of the Subject Goods have caused of serious injury to the domestic industry concerned 
(G/SG/N/8/IDN/17-G/SG/N/10/IDN/17). 
 It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia the imposition of a safeguard measure on the 
importation of the Subject Goods.  
2  SUBJECT GOODS 
1. I Section with a height or a width of 100 mm up to 600 mm, and H Section with height 100 
mm up to 350 mm, of other alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn, or extruded, under HS. Code ex. 7228.70.10.00; and 
 
2. I Section with a height or a width of 100 mm up to 600 mm, and H Section with height 
100 mm up to 350 mm, of other alloy steel, hot-rolled, hot-drawn, or extruded, and further 
worked, under HS. Code ex. 7228.70.90.00 
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  3  DESCRIPTION OF THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
1. With reference to the proposal of the Investigating Authority, and taking into account the need 
to effectuate the safeguard measure as proposed and the relevant requirements stipulated in the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government  of the Republic of Indonesia has decided 
to impose the following safeguard duty: 
 
TIMETABLE OF THE SAFEGUARD DUTY 
Period Safeguard Duty 
21 January 2015 – 20 January 2016 26% 
21 January 2016 – 20 January 2017 22% 
21 January 2017 – 20 January 2018 18% 
 
2. Below is the list of developing countries excluded from the said safeguard measure, and the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia reserves the right to modify this list in light of 
changing import volumes. 
 
LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXCLUDED FROM THE MEASURES 
No. Country No. Country 
1. Albania 15. Bulgaria 
2. Angola 16. Burkina Faso 
3. Antigua and Barbuda  17. Burundi 
4. Argentina 18. Cabo Verde  
5. Armenia 19. Cambodia  
6. Bahrain, Kingdom of 20. Cameroon 
7. Bangladesh 21. Central African Republic 
8. Barbados 22. Chad  
9. Belize 23. Chile 
10. Benin 24. Colombia 
11. Bolivia, Plurinational State of 25. Congo 
12. Botswana 26. Costa Rica 
13. Brazil 27. Côte d'Ivoire 
14. Brunei Darussalam 28. Croatia G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/15 
 
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  No. Country No. Country 
29. Cuba 59. Macao, China 
30. Democratic Republic of the Congo 60. Madagascar 
31. Djibouti 61. Malawi 
32. Dominica 62. Malaysia 
33. Dominican Republic  63. Maldives 
34. Ecuador 64. Mali 
35. Egypt 65. Mauritania 
36. El Salvador 66. Mauritius 
37. Fiji  67. Mexico 
38. Gabon 68. Moldova, Republic of 
39. The Gambia 69. Mongolia 
40. Georgia 70. Montenegro 
41. Ghana 71. Morocco 
42. Grenada 72. Mozambique 
43. Guatemala 73. Myanmar 
44. Guinea 74. Namibia 
45. Guinea-Bissau 75. Nepal 
46. Guyana 76. Nicaragua 
47. Haiti 77. Papua New Guinea 
48. Honduras 78. Paraguay 
49. Hungary 79. Peru 
50. India 80. Philippines 
51. Jamaica 81. Poland 
52. Jordan 82. Papua New Guinea 
53. Kenya 83. Paraguay 
54. Kuwait, the State of 84. Peru 
55. Kyrgyz Republic 85. Philippines 
56. Lao People's Democratic Republic 86. Poland 
57. Lesotho 87. Qatar 
58. Lithuania 88. Romania G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/15 
 
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  No. Country No. Country 
89. Russian Federation 106. The Former Yugoslav Republic Of 
Macedonia (FYROM) 
90. Rwanda 107. Togo 
91. Saint Kitts and Nevis 108. Tonga 
92. Saint Lucia 109. United Arab Emirates 
93. Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 110. Uruguay 
94. Samoa 111. Trinidad and Tobago 
95. Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 112. Tunisia 
96. Senegal 113. Turkey 
97. Sierra Leone 114. Uganda 
98. Solomon Islands 115. Ukraine 
99. South Africa  116. Vanuatu 
100. Sri Lanka 117. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 
101. Suriname 118. Vietnam 
102. Swaziland 119. Yemen 
103. Tajikistan 120. Zambia 
104. Tanzania 121. Zimbabwe 
105. Thailand   
 It is requested that this notification under Arti cle 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members. 
 
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