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22 December 2016  
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Commi ttee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B ) OF THE AGREEMENT  ON 
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDIN G A SERIOUS INJURY  OR THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED  BY INCREASED IMPORTS  
 
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  
INDIA 
(Hot-rolled flat sheets and plates (excluding hot rol led flat products in coil form)  
of alloy or non -alloy steel having nomin al thickness less than or equal  
to 150 mm and nominal width of greater than or equal to 6 00 mm)  
Supplement  
The following corrigendum, dated 2 1 December 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of India.* 
 
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1  PRODUCT CLASSIFICATI ON 
The Product Under Consideration (PUC) is "Hot -Rolled flat sheets and plates (exclu ding hot rolled 
flat products in coil form) of alloy or non -alloy steel having nominal thickness less than or equal to 
150mm and nominal width of greater than or equal to 600mm"  and is classified under heading 
7208 or tariff lines 72254013, 72254019, 72254 020, 72254030 and 72259900 of the First 
Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act 1975. Certain specific products not covered within the scope of 
PUC are indicated in the Customs Notification No.3/2016 -Customs (SG) dated 23 November 2016 
(copy enclosed).  
 
2  SAFEGU ARD MEASURES IMPOSED  
Definitive safeguard duty, as indicated below, has been imposed on imports of the PUC into India, 
vide Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue 's Notification 
No. 03/2016 -Customs(SG) dated 23 November 2016: 
 
a. 10 % ad valorem  minus anti -dumping duty payable, if any, when imported during the 
period from 23 November 2016 to 22 November 2017  (both days inclusive) at an 
import price below US Dollar 504 per MT on CIF basis;  
b. 8 % ad valorem  minus anti -dumping duty payable,  if any, when imported during the 
period from 23 November 2017 to 22 November 2018  (both days inclusive) at an 
import price below US Dollar 504 per MT on CIF basis; and  
                                                
* Copy of the Government Gazette has been submitted electronically. To consult these documents, 
please contact Ms Budd ( hilary.budd@wto.org ) or Ms Naville ( delphine.naville@wto.org ) of the R ules Division.  G/SG/N/8/IND/30/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IND/21/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IND/16/Suppl.1  
 
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  c. 6 % ad valorem  minus anti -dumping duty payable, if any, when imported during the 
period  from 23 November 2018 to 22 May 2019  (both days inclusive) at an import 
price below US Dollar 504 per MT on CIF basis.  
 
Nothing contained in the Department of Revenue Notification No.03/2016 -Customs(SG) dated 
23 November 2016 shall apply to imports of sub ject goods from countries notified as developing 
countries under clause (a) of sub -section (6) of section 8B of the Customs Tariff Act, except 
People 's Republic of China, Ukraine and Indonesia. The copy of the Customs Notification 
No.19/2016 -Customs (N.T) dated 5th Feb 2016 regarding the list of developing countries for 
safeguard investigation purpose is also attached.  
 
3  DATE OF INTRODUCTION  OF THE MEASURE  
As mentioned at Sl.No.2 above.  
 
4  DURATION OF THE MEAS URE 
As mentioned at Sl.No.2 above.  
 
5  FURTHER INFORMA TION  
Department of Revenue 's notification No.03/2016 -Customs (SG) dated 23 November 2016 is in 
the Public domain is attached. It can also be accessed from 
http://www.cbec.gov.in/resources//htdocs -cbec/customs/cs -act/notifications/notfns -2016/cs -
sg2016/cssg03 -2016.pdf  G/SG/N/8/IND/30/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IND/21/Suppl.1 •  G/SG/N/11/IND/16/Suppl.1  
 
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  [PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,  
SECTION 3, SUB -SECTION (i)]  
Government of India  
Minist ry of Finance  
(Department of Revenue)  
(Central Board of Excise and Customs)  
Notification  
No. 19/2016 - Customs (N.T.)  
 
New Delhi, 5th February, 2016  
 
 G.S.R.146.(E). - In pursuance of clause (a) of sub -section (6) of section 8B of the Customs Tariff 
Act, 19 75 (51 of 1975) and in supersession of notification of the Government of India in the 
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No. 103/98 - Cus, dated the 14th December, 1998, 
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 737(E), da ted the 
14th December, 1998, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such 
supersession, the Central Government, hereby notifies the following countries as developing 
countries for the purpo ses of the said section, namely :- 
 
1.   Afghani stan  
2.   Albania  
3.   Algeria  
4.   Angola  
5.   Armenia  
6.   Azerbaijan  
7.   Bangladesh  
8.   Belarus  
9.   Belize  
10.   Benin  
11.   Bhutan  
12.   Bolivia (Plurinational State of)  
13.   Bosnia and Herzegovina  
14.   Botswana  
15.   Brazil  
16.   Bulgaria  
17.   Burkina Faso  
18.   Burundi  
19.   Cabo Verde  
20.   Cambodia  
21.   Cameroon  
22.   Central African Republic  
23.   Chad  
24.   China  
25.   Colombia  
26.   Comoros  
27.   Congo  
28.   Costa Rica  
29.   Côte D 'Ivoire  
30.   Cuba  
31.   Democratic People 's Republic of Korea  
32.   Democratic Republic of the Congo  
33.   Djibouti  
34.   Dominica  
35.   Dominican Republic  
36.   Ecuador  
37.   Egypt  G/SG/N/8/IND/30/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IND/21/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IND/16/Suppl.1  
 
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  38.   El Salvador  
39.   Eritrea  
40.   Ethiopia  
41.   Fiji  
42.   Gabon  
43.   Gambia  
44.   Georgia  
45.   Ghana  
46.   Grenada  
47.   Guatemala  
48.   Guinea  
49.   Guinea Bissau  
50.   Guyana  
51.   Haiti  
52.   Honduras  
53.   Indonesia  
54.   Iran (Islamic Republic of)  
55.   Iraq  
56.   Jamaica  
57.   Jordan  
58.   Kazakhstan  
59.   Kenya  
60.   Kiribati  
61.   Kyrgyzstan  
62.   Lao People 's Democratic Republic  
63.   Lebanon  
64.   Lesotho  
65.   Liberia  
66.   Libya  
67.   Madagascar  
68.   Malawi  
69.   Malaysia  
70.   Maldives  
71.   Mali  
72.   Marshall Islands  
73.   Mauritania  
74.   Mauritius  
75.   Mexico  
76.   Micronesia (Federal State of)  
77.   Mongolia  
78.   Montenegro  
79.   Morocco  
80.   Mozambique  
81.   Myanmar  
82.   Namibia  
83.   Nepal  
84.   Nicaragua  
85.   Niger  
86.   Nigeria  
87.   Pakistan  
88.   Palau  
89.   Palestine  
90.   Panama  G/SG/N/8/IND/30/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IND/21/Suppl.1 •  G/SG/N/11/IND/16/Suppl.1  
 
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  91.   Papua New Guinea  
92.   Paraguay  
93.   Peru  
94.   Philippines  
95.   Republic of Moldova  
96.   Romania  
97.   Rwanda  
98.   Saint Lucia  
99.   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  
100.   Samoa  
101.   Sao Tome and Principe  
102.   Senegal  
103.   Serbia  
104.   Sierra Leone  
105.   Solomon Islands  
106.   Somalia  
107.   South Africa  
108.   South Sudan  
109.   Sri Lanka  
110.   Sudan  
111.   Suriname  
112.   Swaziland  
113.   Syrian Arab Republic  
114.   Tajikistan  
115.   Thailand  
116.   The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  
117.   Timor -Leste  
118.   Togo  
119.   Tonga  
120.   Tunisia  
121.   Turkey  
122.   Turkmenistan  
123.   Tuvalu  
124.   Uganda  
125.   Ukraine  
126.   United Republic of Tanzania  
127.   Uzbekistan  
128.   Vanuatu  
129.   Viet Nam  
130.   Yemen  
131.   Zambia  
132.  Zimbabwe  
  
[F. No.21000/22/2015 -OSD(ICD)]  
 (Satyajit Mohan ty)   
Director to the Government of India  
 
 
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