G/SG/N/6/THA/2/Suppl.4  
G/SG/N/14/THA/2/Suppl.3  
 
26 Febru ary 2019  
(19-1109) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  UNDER ARTICLE 12.1  (A) OF THE AGREEMEN T 
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INI TIATION OF AN INVEST IGATION  
AND THE REASONS FOR IT 
 
NOTIFICATION ON INITIATION  OF A REVIEW PURSUAN T TO 
ARTICLE  7.2 REGARDING THE EX TENSION OF  
A SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
THAILAND  
(Hot Rolled  Steel Flat Products with Certain Amounts of Alloying Elements)  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 22 February 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Thailand.  
 
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With reference to Thailand 's notification under Article  12.1 (A) of the Agreement on Safeguards on 
the initiation of an investigation and the notification on the initiation of a review pursuant to 
Article  7.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards regarding the extension of the safeguard measure  
(WTO  Document G/SG/N/6/THA/2/Suppl.3, G/SG/N/14/THA/2/Suppl.2) dated 11  January  2019, 
Thailand wishes to notify the Committee on Safeguards that the safeguard investigation on the 
imports of Hot Rolled Steel Flat Products with Certain Amounts of Alloying Elements c arried out by 
its competent authority will be terminated with no safeguard measure extended.  
 
1  THE DATE WHEN THE ME ASURE CEASED TO APPL Y 
The measure will be terminated on 27  February  2019.  
 
2  PRECISE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT INVOL VED 
The product subject to the investigation is Hot Rolled Steel Flat Products with Certain Amounts of 
Alloying Elements.  
 
The product subject to the investigation is classified under the Thai Customs  Tariff Code at 
28 subheadings:  
 
72253090010,  72253090021,  72253090022,  72253090023,  72253090024,  
72253090032,  72253090042,  72253090090,  72254090010,  72254090024,  
72254090034,  72254090090,  72269110010,  72269110021,  72269110022, 
72269110023,  72269110024,  72269110032,   72269110042,  72269110090,  
72269190010,  72269190021,  72269190 022,  72269190023,  72269190024,  
72269190032,  72269190042,  72269190090 , originating in or exported from various 
countries.  G/SG/N/6/THA/2/Suppl.4 • G/SG/N/14/THA/2/Suppl.3  
 
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  3  A REFERENCE TO THE W TO DOCUMENT CONTAINI NG THE ARTICLE 12.4 OR 
ARTICLE  12.1 (C) NOTIFICATION OF THE ORIGINAL MEASURE , WHICHEVER IS 
APPLICABLE  
Reference to the WTO document that notified the initial application of the measure  
 
- Initiation of the original investigation,  
G/SG/N/6/THA/2 (30  November  2012)  
 
- Imposition of provisional measures,  
G/SG/N/7/THA/2 -G/SG/N/8/THA/2 -G/SG/N/11/THA/2 (7  February  2013)  
 
- Proposed definitive measure,  
G/SG/N/7/THA/2/Suppl.2 -G/SG/N/8/THA/2/Suppl.2 -G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.1  
(30 July 2013)  
 
- Imposition of definitive measure,  
G/SG/N/8/THA/2/Suppl.3 -G/SG/N/10/THA/2 -G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.2  
(23 September  2013)  
 
- Notifications under Article  9 footnote  2, 
G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.1 -G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.3 (5  November  2014),  
G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.2 -G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.4 (29  December  2015),  
G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.3 -G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.5 (2  March  2016),  
G/SG/N/10/THA/2/Suppl.4/Corr.1 -G/SG/N/11/THA/2/Suppl.6/Corr.1 (22  June 2018)  
 
- Notification on the initiation of a review pursuant to Article  7.2 of the Agreement on 
Safeguards regarding the extension of the safeguard measure,  
G/SG/N/6/THA/2/Suppl.2 -G/SG/N/14/THA/2/Suppl.1 (16  July 2018)  
G/SG/N/6/THA/2/Suppl.3 -G/SG/N/14/THA/2/Suppl.2 (11  January  2019)  
 
4  REASON WHY THE MEASU RE CEASED TO APPLY  
As a result of the review, the Committee on Safeguard Measures of Thailand  found no serious injury 
or threat thereof. Therefore, it is not necessary to continue the safeguard measure.  
 
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