G/SG/N/8/IDN/16/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/10/IDN/16/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/14/Suppl.1  
 
3 October 2017 
(17-5278) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTI CLE 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT  ON SAFEGUARDS  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Supplement  
(Flat-Rolled Product of Iron or Non -Alloy Steel)  
The following communication dated 1 October 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Indonesia.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 7.2 and Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Republic of 
Indonesia hereby notifies to extend the imposition of a safeguar d measure in the form of specific 
safeguard duty on the importation of Subject Good, for a period of 2 (two) years by the issuance 
of Minister of Finance’s Decree Number 130/PMK.010/2017 dated 19 September 2017, 
promulgated in the Berita Negara of the Repu blic of Indonesia Year 2017 Number 1292 
on 20 September 2017.  
A. GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 23 June 2017 the Republic of Indonesia notified the findings of investigation in which it was 
concluded that the relevant safeguard measure needs to be extended, in part icular to prevent or 
remedy recurrence of threat of serious injury suffered by the Applicants. The extension of such 
safeguard measures will also give the Applicants opportunity to continue their adjustment program 
in order to improve the competitiveness o f domestic industry (Ref. G/SG/N/8/IDN/16/Suppl.2 -
G/SG/N/10/IDN/16/Suppl.2).  
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia, to extend the imposition of a safeguard me asure duty 
on the importation of the Subject Good in the form of a specific safeguard duty, both in terms of 
amount and duration of such measure.  
B. SUBJECT GOOD  
The Subject Good is Flat Rolled Product of Iron or Non -Alloy Steel under HS Code Ex. 7210.61.1 1 
C. DESCRIPTION OF THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
1. With reference to the proposal from 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:  G/SG/N/8/IDN/16/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/16/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/14/Suppl.1  
 
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  Timetable of the Safeguard Duty  
Period  Specific Duty  
3 October 2017 – 2 October 2018  Rp 2.891.858  per ton 
3 October 2018 – 2 October 2019  Rp 2.186.030  per ton 
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 E xcluded from the Measure s 
No. Country  No. Country  
1 Afghanistan  62 Malawi   
2 Albania  63 Malaysia   
3 Angola   64 Maldives  
4 Antigua , and Barbuda    65 Mali  
5 Argentina  66 Mauritania  
6 Armenia  67 Mauritius  
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of  68 Mexico  
8 Bangladesh  69 Moldova, Republic of  
9 Barbados   70 Mongolia  
10 Belize   71 Montenegro  
11 Benin    72 Morocco  
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of  73 Mozambique  
13 Botswana  74 Myanmar  
14 Brazil   75 Namibia  
15 Brunei Darussalam  76 Nepal    
16 Bulgaria  77 Nicaragua   
17 Burkina Faso  78 Niger    
18 Burundi  79 Nigeria  
19 Cabo Verde  80 Oman   
20 Cambodia  81 Pakistan  
21 Cameroon  82 Panama   
22 Central African Republic    83 Papua New Guinea    
23 Chad  84 Paraguay  
24 Chile   85 Peru  
25 Colombia  86 Philippines  
26 Congo   87 Qatar    
27 Costa Rica  88 Romania  
28 Cote d'Ivoire  89 Russian Federation  
29 Croatia  90 Rwanda   
30 Cuba  91 Saint Kitts and Nevis  
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo  92 Saint Lucia    
32 Djibouti  93 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  
33 Dominica  94 Samoa    
34 Dominican Republic   95 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
35 Ecuador  96 Senegal  
36 Egypt    97 Seychelles  
37 El Salvador  98 Sierra Leone   
38 Fiji   99 Singapore  
39 Gabon    100 Solomon Islands  
40 Gambia   101 South Africa   
41 Georgia  102 Sri Lanka    
42 Ghana    103 Suriname  
43 Grenada  104 Swaziland   
44 Guatemala  105 Tajikistan  
45 Guinea   106 Tanzania  
46 Guinea -Bissau  107 Thailand  
47 Guyana   108 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)   
48 Haiti   109 Togo  
49 Honduras  110 Tonga    
50 India 111 Trinidad and Tobago   
51 Jamaica  112 Tunisia  
52 Jordan   113 Turkey   
53 Kazakhstan  114 Uganda   G/SG/N/8/IDN/16/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/16/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/14/Suppl.1  
 
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  No. Country  No. Country  
54 Kenya  115 Ukraine  
55 Kuwait , the State of  116 United Arab Emirates  
56 Kyrgyz Republic  117 Uruguay  
57 Lao People’s Democratic Republic  118 Vanuat u 
58 Lesotho  119 Yemen  
59 Lithuania  120 Zambia   
60 Macao, China  121 Zimbabwe  
61 Madagascar    
It is requested that this notification under Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members . 
 
THE INDONESIAN SAFEGUARD S COMMITTEE  
(Komite Pengamanan Perdagangan Indonesia /KPPI)  
Jl. M.I. Ridwan Rais No.5, Building I, 5th floor, Jakarta 10110  
Telephone/Facsimile: (62 -21) 385 -7758 
E-mail: kppi@kemendag.go.id  
 
 
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