G/L/1364/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/12/BRA/4/Suppl.1  
16 November  2020 
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Council for Trade in Goods  
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.5 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS OF  
PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF CONCESSIONS AND OTHER  
OBLIGATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2  
OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS  
BRAZIL 
Supplement  
The following communication, dated  15 November  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Brazil . 
 
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On 15 October  2020, by means of the document G/L/1364 -G/SG/N/12/BRA/4, Brazil submitted an 
immediate notification to the Council for Trade in Goods of the proposed suspension of concessions 
and other obligations referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 8  of the Safeguards Agreement  in relation 
to the definitive safeguard measure imposed by Costa Rica  on 19 August  2020, which was notified 
in documents  G/SG/N/8/CRI/2 -G/SG/N/10/CRI/2 -G/SG/N/11/CRI/2 ; and G/SG/N/8/CRI/2/Rev.1 -
G/SG/N/10/CRI/2/Rev.1 -G/SG/N/11/CRI/2/Rev.1.  
Brazil hereby su bmits a supplement to its immediate notification , in order to  provide further  details 
regarding the application of the proposed suspension of concessions and other obligations to the 
trade of Costa Rica.  
The suspension of concessions and other obligations will be initially applied by means of an increase 
in duties on selected products o riginating in Costa Rica  that will come into effect on 
17 November  2020, as specified in Annex I . Information on the adverse effects of the safeguard 
measure imposed by Costa Rica on Brazil 's trade is provided in  Annex II . Since the suspension of 
concessions is less than equivalent to the adverse effects of the safeguard measures, Brazil reserves 
its right to include other products in the list  specified in Annex I.  Brazil will notify the Council for 
Trade in Goods of such inclusion.  
Brazil also reserves its right to withdraw, modify, supplement or replace this notification, and/or 
make further notifications, should it deem that appropriate, inc luding in light of any subsequent 
developments . The suspension of concessions and other obligations will continue to apply until 
Costa  Rica's safeguard measures are lifted or until Brazil and Costa Rica agree on any adequate 
means of trade compensation as referred to in Article 8.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  
 
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  ANNEX I  
Suspension of concessions  
Given that the safeguard applied by Costa Rica takes the form of  an additional 27.68 % duty on the 
current tariff level of import taxes on sugar in solid form, granulated, known as refined white sugar, 
for household and industrial consumption, including plantation, specialty and refined white sugars , 
the suspension of concessions will initially take the form of tariff s in that same amount, 27.68 %, 
additional to the duties currently in force, for the following products:  
NCM Code  Current 
rate Description NCM  Imp Brazil -Costa Rica  
Average 2017 -1019 
(US$)  
05100090  2% Other substances of animal, for the preparation of 
pharmaceutical products, etc  183.437  
18069000  20% Other chocolates and food preparations containing cocoa  91.037  
21012010  16% Extracts, essences, and concentrates, of tea  563.021  
21039021  18% Condiments/mixed seasonings, comp.,  
immed.pack.w  <=1kg  111.129  
Total  - - 948.624  
The 27.68 % increase in import taxes applied to the above -mentioned products from Costa Rica will 
have the same duration and the same  gradual liberalization schedule  as the measures applied by 
that country . Costa Rica's safeguard measures will have a three -year duration with annual redu ctions 
in one -third of the initial value . In light of this, the Brazilian suspension of concessions  will follow a  
reduction schedule parallel to that of  the Costa Rica 's measure, as specified below:  
Schedule of progressive liberalization of the suspension of concessions  
Dates  Reduction  Additional charge  
Entry into force  - 17 November  2020 - 27,68%  
1st year after the date of the application of the safeguard measure  9,23%  18,45%  
2nd year after the date of the application of the safeguard measure  9,23%  9,23%  
3rd year after the date of the application of the safeguard measure  9,23%  0,00%  
 
 
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  ANNEX II  
Amount of Brazilian exports affected by the imposition of the safeguard measure  
In order to determine  the amount of the adverse effects of th e safeguard measure on its  trade, 
Brazil calculated the values of the  product subject to the safeguard  exported by Brazil that will be 
affected by the imposition of the safeguard , considering, for this, the period of  twelve months 
immediately preceding the month of the beginning of the application of the safeguard measu re: from 
August  2019 to July 2020. 
The data were obtained in the Comexstat platform and the Brazilian exports to Costa Rica of the 
product classified1 under subposition 1701.99 of the HS 6 were used as a parameter . Using this 
method,  the following amount was calculated:  
Brazilian sugar exports (SH 1701.99) to Costa Rica  
Code SH6  Description SH6  08/2019 to 07/2020 - FOB 
Value (US$)  
170199  Other cane/beet sugar/chemically pure sucrose, in solid  form 3.734.273  
Since the sum of the average amount, in  value, of imports of the  products listed in Annex 1  is lower 
than that  of the adverse effects to the Brazilian trade caused by the imposition of the m easure by 
Costa Rica, a s set out in the table  above, Brazil reserves its r ight to extend the application of the  
suspension of  concessions to other products from Costa Rica . 
 
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1 http://comexstat.mdic.gov.br/pt/geral/22668 .