G/SG/N/8/UKR/4/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/10/UKR/4/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/UKR/2  
 
29 April 2014  
(14-2634)  Page: 1/3  
 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 UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON SAFEGUARDS ON TAKING A DECISION 
TO APPLY A SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
UKRAINE  
(Tableware and kitchenware of porcelain) 
The following communication, dated 25 April 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Ukraine.1 
 
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 On 16 May 2013 an investigation was initiated on imports of tableware and kitchenware of 
porcelain regardless of country of origin and export (G/SG/N/6/UKR/10 of 30 May 2013). 
 Upon making a finding of serious injury or threat thereof caused by increased imports, there was 
notification under Article 12.1 (b) of the Agreement on Safeguards on 26 March 2014 
(G/SG/N/8/UKR/4-G/SG/N/10/UKR/4).   On 4 April 2014 the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade took Decision  
№ SP-309/2014/4421-06 on the application of safe guard measures on imports into Ukraine of 
tableware and kitchenware of porcelain regardle ss of their country of origin and export.  
 
1  EVIDENCE OF SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED 
IMPORTS 
Information is provided in notification G/SG/N/8/UKR/4-G/SG/N/10/UKR/4 of 26 March 2014 
 
2   INFORMATION ON WHETHER THERE IS AN  ABSOLUTE INCREASE IN IMPORTS OR AN 
INCREASE IN IMPORTS RELATIVE TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION  
Information is provided in notification G/SG/N/8/UKR/4-G/SG/N/10/UKR/4 of 26 March 2014 
 
3  PRECISE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT INVOLVED 
Tableware and kitchenware of porcelain cl assified under UKTZED codes 6911 10 00 00.
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1 A copy of the original publication was submitted (in original language only) in electronic form. To 
consult this document, please contact Ms Budd ( hilary.budd@wto.org ) or Ms Naville ( delphine.naville@wto.org ) 
of the Rules Division. 
 G/SG/N/8/UKR/4/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/UKR/4/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/UKR/2 
 
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  4  DESCRIPTION OF IMPORTED GOODS THAT  ARE NO LONGER UNDER INVESTIGATION 
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXTENSION OF SAFEGUARD MEASURES OR REPLACEMENT OF TEMPORARY MEASURES 
Not applicable. 
 
5  PRECISE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED MEASURE 
Safeguard measure is applied in the form of special duty on imports into Ukraine of certain goods 
subject to the measure.  
 The rate of duty - 35.6 %.  
6  PROVIDE PROPOSED DATE OF INTRODUCTION OF THE MEASURE 
30 days from the date of publication (official newspaper "Uryadovyi Currier" of 23 April 2014, 
№74 (5203)). 
 
7  PROVIDE EXPECTED DURATION OF THE MEASURE 
Three years. 
 
8  FOR A MEASURE WITH A DURATION OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS, PROVIDE THE PROPOSED DATE FOR THE REVIEW (UNDER AR TICLE 7.4) TO BE HELD NOT LATER THAN 
THE MID-TERM OF THE MEASUR E, IF SUCH A DATE FOR THE REVIEW HAS ALREADY BEEN 
SCHEDULED 
Not applicable. 
 
9  IF THE EXPECTED DURATION IS OVER ONE YEAR, PROVIDE EXPECTED TIMETABLE 
FOR PROGRESSIVE LIBERALISATION OF THE MEASURE 
The schedule of liberalization by reduction of the duty rates: 
 
12 months from the date of application - to 32%; 24 months from the date of application - to 28.8%. 
 
10  FINAL DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF COMMENTS BY STAKEHOLDERS AND DATE OF 
PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE MEMBERS HAVING A SUBSTANT IAL INTEREST AS 
EXPORTERS OF GOODS 
Information is provided in notification G/SG/N/8/UKR/4, G/SG/N/10/UKR/4 of 26 March 2014.  
 The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine is ready to consider additional 
enquiries or comments of competent authorities of exporting countries till the date of application of 
safeguard measures.  11  INFORMATION RELATING TO THE EXTENSION OF A SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
Not applicable. 
 12  THE MAJOR EXPORTING MEMBERS OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT INVOLVED, TO 
WHICH THE MEASURE IS NOT APPLIED FO R OTHER REASON THAN MENTIONED IN 
ARTICLE 9 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
Information is provided in notification G/SG/N/8/UKR/4, G/SG/N/10/UKR/4 of 26 March 2014. 
 
                                                                                                                                               
2 UKTZED is the Ukrainian Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Classification, based in 2013 on 
HS 2007 and since 2014 – on HS2012. 
 G/SG/N/8/UKR/4/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/UKR/4/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/UKR/2 
 
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  13  DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE MEASURE IS NOT APPLIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 9.1 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS, AND THE IMPORT SHARES OF THESE COUNTRIES INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY 
Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Chad; Democratic Republic of the 
Congo; Central African Republic; Djibouti; The Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Lao, the 
People's Democratic Republic; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Niger; Rwanda; Samoa; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Solomon Islands; Tanzania; 
Togo, Uganda; Vanuatu and Zambia. 
 
Individual share of imports of these countries: Bangladesh - 0.002 %.  
The collective share of imports of these countries - 0.002 %. 
 
14  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DOCUMENT CONTAI NING THE RELEVANT DECISION MADE BY 
THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY CAN BE FOUND BY THE FOLLOWING LINK: 
http://www.ukurier.gov.ua/media/doc uments/2014/04/22/23_p11-14.pdf  (p. 4)  
 
 
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