G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.3  
 
6 November 2014  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
THAILAND  
(Hot Rolled Steel Flat Products with Certain Amounts of Alloying Elements) 
Supplement 
The following communication, dated 5 November 2014,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Thailand. 
 
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With reference to the notifications contained in the WTO document G/SG/N/8/THA/2/Suppl.3-G/SG/N/10/THA/2-G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.2 circulated on 25 September 2013 concerning the 
imposition of definitive safeguard measures against increased imports of hot rolled steel flat 
products with certain amounts of alloying elements such as boron, chromium, etc., in coils and not in coils (hereinafter referred to as the "product concerned"), Thailand provides the following supplements to the notification G/SG/N/10/ THA/2 and G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.2 to the 
Committee on Safeguards. 
  1. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1 (C ) UPON TAKING A DECISION TO APPLY A 
SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
As noted in the WTO document G/SG/N/8/THA/2/Suppl.3-G/SG/N/10/THA/2-
G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.2, the Committee on Safeguard Measures of Thailand (hereinafter referred 
to as the "Committee") issued the Notification on the Imposition of Definitive Safeguard Measures 
against Increased Imports of Hot Rolled Steel Flat Products with Certain Amounts of Alloying Elements such as Boron, Chromium, etc., in Coils and Not in Coils  B.E. 2556 (2013)  (hereinafter 
referred to as the "Committee Notification") on 12 September 2013. This definitive safeguard 
measure takes the form of an ad valorem  safeguard duty of 44.20, 43.57 and 42.95 per cent of 
C.I.F. price respectively. It would have been consecutively liberalized as it is effective from 15 September 2013 to 26 February 2016 with the exemption of importers of the product 
concerned imported into Thailand for cold rolling process, for the automobile industry, for 
hardening process, for special grade steels, and import for export.  
 
Later, the Committee has consecutively issued the Committee Notification (No.2), (No.3), (No.4) 
and (No.5) B.E. 2557 (2014) dated 24 February 2014, 22 May 2014, 5 August 2014 and 15 October 2014 respectively with the intention to amend the names of importers of the product concerned and the standards and steel grades of th e product concerned classified as special grade 
steels, to be exempt from the imposition of definitive safeguard duties. The most recent 
Committee Notification was published in the Royal Gazette on 24 October 2014.  
In this respect, the Annex II and Annex III to the Committee Notification B.E. 2556 (2013) dated 
12 September 2013, as amended by the Committee Notification (No.4) B.E. 2557 (2014) dated G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.3 
 
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  5 August 2014 shall be revoked and superseded by the Annex II and Annex III to the Committee 
Notification (No.5) B.E. 2557 (2014) dated 15 October 2014 which has entered into force on 25 October 2014.  
2. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2 
As noted in the WTO document G/SG/N/8/THA/2/Suppl.3-G/SG/N/10/THA/2-
G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.2, Thailand notified Members about the initial action under footnote 2 to 
Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards by providing the list of developing countries and 
separate customs territories excluded from the imposition of definiti ve safeguard measures. 
 The Committee then analyzed the volume of im ports of the product concerned from various 
countries from January to July 2014 based on the official trade statistics from Thai Customs 
Department. The review indicated that the import  share of the product concerned originating in 
the Republic of Turkey already accounted for 5.13 per cent of total Thai imports of the product 
concerned for the period of January to July 2014.  
 Pursuant to Article 9.1 footnote 2 of the Agr eement on Safeguards and Section 32 of the Thai 
Safeguard Measures on Increased Imports Act B.E. 2550 (2007), the Republic of Turkey was 
dropped from the list of developing countries an d separate customs territories exempt from the 
imposition of definitive safeguard measures.   
In this respect, the Annex I to the Committee Notification B.E. 2556 (2013) dated 
12 September 2013, shall be revoked and superseded by the Annex I to the Committee Notification (No.5) B.E. 2557 (2014) dated 15 October 2014 which has entered into force on 
25 October 2014. A list of developing countries and separate customs territories to which the 
definitive safeguard measure does not apply, other th an the Republic of Turkey, is attached to this 
notification. 
 
The Notification of the Committee on Safeguard Me asures of Thailand and its amendments can be 
downloaded at the official website of the Trade Interests and Remedies Division, Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce of Thailand ( http://btir.dft.go.th ). 
 
  
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  ANNEX 
LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORIES EXCLUDED  
FROM THE IMPOSITION OF DEFINITIVE SAFEGUARD MEASURE ON HOT ROLLED STEEL  
FLAT PRODUCTS WITH CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF  ALLOYING ELEMENTS SUCH AS BORON, 
CHROMIUM, ETC., IN COILS AND NOT IN COILS 
No. Developing Countries exempted from 
the Imposition of Safeguard Duties No. Developing Countries exempted from 
the Imposition of Safeguard Duties 
1. The Republic of Angola 
 23. Kingdom of Swaziland 
2. The Republic of Botswana 
 24. The United Republic of Tanzania 
3. The Republic of Burundi 
 25. The Republic of Uganda  
 
4. The Union of the Comoros 
 26. The Republic of Zambia 
 
5. The Democratic Republic of the Congo 
 27. The Republic of Zimbabwe 
 
6. The Republic of Djibouti 
 28. The Republic of Benin 
 
7. The State of Eritrea 
 29. Burkina Faso 
 
8. The Federal Democratic Republic o f 
Ethiopia 
 30. The Republic of Cameroon 
 
9. The Republic of Kenya 
 31. The Republic of Cape Verde 
 
10. Kingdom of Lesotho 
 32. Central African Republic  
 
11. The Republic of Madagascar 
 33. The Republic of Chad 
 
12. The Republic of Malawi 
 34. The Republic of the Congo 
 
13. The Republic of Mauritius 
 35. The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire 
 
14. Mayotte 
 36. The Republic of Gabon 
 
15. The Republic of Mozambique 
 37. The Republic of Gambia 
 
16. The Republic of Namibia 
 38. The Republic of Ghana 
 
17. La Réunion 
 39. The Republic of Guinea 
 
18. The Republic of Rwanda 
 40. The Republic of Guinea-Bissau 
 
19. The Republic of Seychelles 
 41. The Republic of Liberia 
 
20. Somalia 
 42. The Republic of Mali 
 
21. The Republic of South Africa 
 43. Islamic Republic of Mauritania 
 
22. The Republic of Sudan 
 44. The Republic of Niger 
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  No. Developing Countries exempted from 
the Imposition of Safeguard Duties No. Developing Countries exempted from 
the Imposition of Safeguard Duties 
45. Federal Republic of Nigeria 70. Georgia 
46. The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome & 
Principe 71. The Republic of Kazakhstan 
47. The Republic of Senegal 
 72. The Kingdom of Kosovo 
 
48. The Republic of Sierra Leone 
 73. The Kyrgyz Republic  
49. The Republic of Togo 74. The Republic of Lithuania 
 
50. The People's Democratic Republic of 
Algeria 75. The Republic of Macedonia 
 
51. The Arab Republic of Egypt 
 76. The Republic of Moldova 
52. The Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab 
Jamahiriya 77. Montenegro 
53. The Kingdom of Morocco 
 78. The Republic of Romania 
 
54. The Republic of Tunisia 
 79. The Republic of Serbia 
 
55. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 
 80. The Republic of Tajikistan 
 
56. The People's Republic of Bangladesh 
 81. Turkmenistan 
 
57. The Kingdom of Bhutan 
 82. Ukraine 
 
58. British Indian Ocean Territory 83. The Republic of Uzbekistan 
59. The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 84. The Socialist Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia 
60. The Republic of Maldives 85. The Islamic Republic of Iran 
61. The Democratic Republic of Nepal 86. The Republic of Iraq  
62. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan 87. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 
 
63. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri 
Lanka 88. The Republic of Lebanon 
 
64. The Republic of Albania 89. The Syrian Arab Republic 
65. The Republic of Armenia 90. West Bank & Gaza 
 
66. The Republic of Azerbaijan 91. The Republic of Yemen 
67. The Republic of Belarus 92. Anguilla 
 
68. Bosnia & Herzegovina 93. Antigua & Barbuda 
69. The Republic of Bulgaria 94. The Republic of Argentina 
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  No. Developing Countries exempted from 
the Imposition of Safeguard Duties No. Developing Countries exempted from 
the Imposition of Safeguard Duties 
95. Belize 
 120. Norfolk Island 
96. The Plurinational State of Bolivia  121. The Republic of Panama 
97. The Federative Republic of Brazil 122. The Republic of Paraguay 
98. British Virgin Islands 123. The Republic of Peru 
99. The Republic of Chile 124. Saint Helena 
100. The Republic of Colombia 125. The Federation of Saint Kitts & Nevis 
101. The Republic of Costa Rica 126. Saint Lucia 
102. The Republic of Cuba 127. Saint Pierre & Miquelon 
103. The Commonwealth of Dominica 128. Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 
104. Dominican Republic  129. The Republic of Suriname 
105. The Republic of Ecuador 130. The Republic of Uruguay 
106. The Republic of El Salvador 131. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 
107. Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 132. American Samoa 
 
108. French Guiana 
 133. The Kingdom of Cambodia 
 
109. Grenada 134. Chinese Taipei 
 
110. Guadaloupe 135. Christmas Islands 
111. The Republic of Guatemala 136. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 
 
112. The Cooperative Republic of Guyana  137. Cook Islands 
 
113. The Republic of Haiti 138. The Republic of Fiji 
 
114. The Republic of Honduras 139. The Republic of Indonesia 
115. Jamaica 140. Johnston Islands 
116. Martinique 141. The Republic of Kiribati 
117. The United Mexican States 142. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea 
118. Montserrat 143. The Lao People's Democratic Republic 
119. The Republic of Nicaragua 144. Malaysia G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.3 
 
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  No. Developing Countries exempted from 
the Imposition of Safeguard Duties No. Developing Countries exempted from 
the Imposition of Safeguard Duties 
145. The Republic of the Marshall Islands 155. The Republic of the Philippines 
146. The Federated States of Micronesia 156. Independent State of Samoa 
147. Midway Islands 157. Solomon Islands 
148. Mongolia 158. Tokelau 
149. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar 
 159. The Kingdom of Tonga 
150. The Republic of Nauru 
 160. Tuvalu 
151. Niue 161. The Republic of Vanuatu 
152. The Republic of Palau 162. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
153. Pitcairn Islands 163. Wake Island 
154. Papua New Guinea 164. Wallis & Futuna Island 
 
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