G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/17  
 
8 October 2018  
(18-6196) Page: 1/3 
Committee on 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  
INDONESIA  
(Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles ) 
The following communication, dated 5 October 2018, is being ci rculated 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 Re gulation 
Number  119/PMK.010/2018  dated 19 September 2018, promulgated in the Official Gazette of the 
Republic of Indonesia Number 1321 on  21 Septem ber 2018 regarding the imposition of a safeguard 
measure on the importation of ceramic flags and paving , hearth or wall tiles, for a period of 3 (three) 
years started on 12 Octo ber 2018 (the document can be found  in website : 
http://kpp i.kemendag.go.id/asset/direktori/produk/PMK%20Pengenaan%20BMTP%20Ubin%20Ker
amik%20tahun%202018.pdf ). 
 
1  GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 16 July 2018 the Republic of Indonesia notified the findings of safeguard investigation in which 
it was concluded that there was an evidence that the increased of volume of imports have caused 
threat of serious injury to the domestic industry concerned in this investigation (G/SG/N/8/IDN/20 -
G/SG/N/10/IDN/20).  
 
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority w as proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia the imposition of a safeguard measure on the importation 
of the subject goods.  
 
2  DESCRIPTION OF THE S UBJECT GOODS  
The description of the subject goods are as follows:  
 
"Ceramic flags and paving , hearth or wall tiles, under Harmonized System (HS.) Codes: 6907.21.91, 
6907.21.92, 6907.21.93, 6907.21.94, 6907.22.91, 6907.22.92, 6907.22.93, 6907.22.94, 
6907.23.91, 6907.23.92, 6907.23.93, 6907.23.94 " 
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  3  DESCRIPTION OF THE P ROPOSED MEASURE  
a. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has decided to impose the following safeguard 
duty:  
TIMETABLE OF THE SAFEGUARD DUTY  
Period  Safeguard  Duty 
First year  (12 October 2018 – 11 October 2019 ) 23% 
Second year  (12 October 2019 – 11 October 2020)  21% 
Third year  (12 October 2020 – 11 October 2021)  19% 
 
b. 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 DE VELOPING COUNTRIES EXCLUDED FROM THE MEASURES  
No. Countries  No. Countries  
1 Afganistan  27 Côte d'Ivoire  
2 Albania  28 Cuba  
3 Angola  29 Democratic Republic of the Congo  
4 Antigua and Barbuda  30 Djibouti   
5 Argentina  31 Dominica   
6 Armenia  32 Dominican Republic   
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of  33 Ecuador   
8 Bangladesh  34 Egypt  
9 Barbados  35 El Salvador   
10 Belize   36 Fiji  
11 Benin  37 Gabon   
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of   38 Gambia   
13 Botswana   39 Georgia   
14 Brazil   40 Ghana   
15 Brunei Darussalam  41 Grenada   
16 Burkina Faso  42 Guatemala  
17 Burundi  43 Guinea   
18 Cape Verde  44 Guinea -Bissau  
19 Cambodia  45 Guyana   
20 Cameroon   46 Haiti  
21 Central African Republic  47 Honduras  
22 Chad  48 Hong Kong, China   
23 Chile  49 India 
24 Colombia  50 Israel   
25 Congo   51 Jamaica  
26 Costa Rica   52 Jordan   G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/17  
 
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  No. Countries  No. Countries  
53 Kazakhstan   90 Russian Federation   
54 Kenya  91 Rwanda   
55 Korea, R epublic of  92 Saint Kitts and Nevis   
56 Kuwait, the State of   93 Saint Lucia  
57 Kyrgyz Republic   94 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  
58 Lao People’s Democratic Republic  95 Samoa   
59 Lesotho   96 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
60 Liberia  97 Senegal  
61 Liechtenstein   98 Seychelles  
62 Macao, China   99 Sierra Leone   
63 Madagascar   100 Singapore  
64 Malawi   101 Solomon Islands  
65 Malaysia  102 South African  
66 Maldives  103 Sri Lanka  
67 Mali  104 Suriname  
68 Mauritania   105 Swaziland  
69 Mauritius  106 Chinese Taipei  
70 Mexico   107 Tajikistan  
71 Moldova, Republic  of  108 Tanzania  
72 Mongolia  109 Thailand  
73 Montenegro   110 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   
74 Morocco   111 Togo  
75 Mozambique   112 Tonga   
76 Myanmar   113 Trinidad and Tobago   
77 Namibia  114 Tunisia   
78 Nepal   115 Turkey   
79 Nicaragua  116 Uganda  
80 Niger   117 Ukraine  
81 Nigeria   118 United Arab Emirates   
82 Oman  119 Uruguay   
83 Pakistan  120 Vanuatu  
84 Panama  121 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
85 Papua New Guinea   122 Viet Nam   
86 Paraguay   123 Yemen   
87 Peru  124 Zambia  
88 Philippines   125 Zimbabwe   
89 Qatar    
 
It is requested that this notification under Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members.  
 
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