G/SG/N/8/IDN/16/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/10/IDN/16/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/14  
 
28 July 2014  
(14-4318)  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 
INDONESIA  
(Flat-Rolled Product of Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Under HS code 7210.61.11.00) 
The following communication dated 23 July 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Indonesia.1 
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Republic of Indonesia hereby notifies the imposition of a safeguard measur e in the form of specific safeguard duty on the 
importation of the Subject Goods, for a period of 3 (three) years by the issuance of Minister of 
Finance's Regulation Number 137.1/PMK.011/2014 dated 7 July 2014, promulgated in the Berita Negara of the Republic of Indonesia Year 2014 Number 978 on 15 July 2014. 
 
1  GENERAL BACKGROUND 
On 27 May 2014 the Republic of Indonesia notified on the findings of safeguard investigation in 
which it was concluded that there was strong evidence that the increased of volume of imports of 
the Subject Goods have caused threat of serious injury to the domestic industry concerned 
(G/SG/N/8/IDN/16-G/SG/N/10/IDN/16).  
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia the imposition of a safeguard measure on the importation of the Subject Goods. 
 
2  SUBJECT GOODS 
Flat-rolled product of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, plated or coated with 
aluminium-zinc alloys, containing by weight less than 0.6% of carbon, with a thickness not 
exceeding 0.7 mm, which falls under HS code Ex. 7210.61.11.00. 
 
                                               
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/IDN/16/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/16/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/14 
 
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  3  DESCRIPTION OF THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
With reference to the proposal of the Investigating Authority, and taking into account the need to 
effectuate the safeguard measure as proposed and the relevant requirements stipulated in the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has decided to 
impose the following safeguard duty: 
 
Timetable of the Safeguard Duty 
 
Period Safeguard Duty 
22 July 2014 - 21 July 2015 Rp  4,998,784 per ton 
22 July 2015 - 21 July 2016 Rp  4,314,161 per ton 
22 July 2016 - 21 July 2017 Rp  3,629,538 per ton 
 
Below is the list of developing countries excluded from the said safeguard measure, and the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia reserves th e right to modify this list in light of changing 
import volumes. 
 
List of Developing Countries Excluded from the Measures 
 
No. Country No. Country  
1 Albania 36 Egypt 
2 Angola 37 El Salvador 
3 Antigua and Barbuda 38 Fiji 
4 Argentina 39 Gabon 
5 Armenia 40 The Gambia 
6 Bahrain, Kingdom of 41 Georgia 
7 Bangladesh 42 Ghana 
8 Barbados 43 Grenada 
9 Belize 44 Guatemala 
10 Benin 45 Guinea 
11 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 46 Guinea-Bissau 
12 Botswana 47 Guyana 
13 Brazil 48 Haiti 
14 Brunei Darussalam 49 Honduras 
15 Bulgaria 50 Hungary 
16 Burkina Faso 51 India 
17 Burundi 52 Jamaica 
18 Cabo Verde 53 Jordan 
19 Cambodia 54 Kenya 
20 Cameroon 55 Kuwait, the State of 
21 Central African Republic 56 Kyrgyz Republic 
22 Chad 57 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 
23 Chile 58 Lesotho 
24 China 59 Lithuania 
25 Colombia 60 Macao, China G/SG/N/8/IDN/16/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/16/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/14 
 
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  No. Country No. Country  
26 Congo 61 Madagascar 
27 Costa Rica 62 Malawi 
28 Côte d'Ivoire 63 Malaysia 
29 Croatia 64 Maldives 
30 Cuba 65 Mali 
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo 66 Mauritania 
32 Djibouti 67 Mauritius 
33 Dominica 68 Mexico 
34 Dominican Republic 69 Moldova, Republic of 
35 Ecuador 70 Mongolia 
71 Montenegro 96 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 
72 Morocco 97 Senegal 
73 Mozambique 98 Sierra Leone 
74 Myanmar 99 Solomon Islands 
75 Namibia 100 South Africa 
76 Nepal 101 Sri Lanka 
77 Nicaragua 102 Suriname 
78 Niger 103 Swaziland 
79 Nigeria 104 Tajikistan 
80 Oman 105 Tanzania 
81 Pakistan 106 Thailand 
82 Panama 107 The former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia (FYROM) 
83 Papua New Guinea 108 Togo 
84 Paraguay 109 Tonga 
85 Peru 110 United Arab Emirates 
86 Philippines 111 Uruguay 
87 Poland 112 Trinidad and Tobago 
88 Qatar 113 Tunisia 
89 Romania 114 Turkey 
90 Russian Federation 115 Uganda 
91 Rwanda 116 Ukraine 
92 Saint Kitts and Nevis 117 Vanuatu 
93 Saint Lucia 118 Venezuela, Bolivari an Republic of 
94 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 119 Zambia  
95 Samoa 120 Zimbabwe 
 
It is requested that this notification under Arti cle 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members. 
 
 
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