G/SG/N/11/IDN/17/Suppl.1  
 
3 September 2020  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 1 September 2020 , is being ci rculated at the request of the 
delegation of Indonesia.  
 
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This notification is made pursuant to Article 9.1, footnote 2 of the Agreement on Safeguards (under 
the format established in document G/SG/1/Rev.1  dated 5 November 2009).  
On 24 August 2020, The Ministry of Finance issued the Min ister of Finance Regulation 
No.111/PMK.010/2020 on the amendment of the Minister of Finance Regulation 
No.119/PMK.010/2018, dated 19 September 2018, which promulgated in the Official Gazette of the 
Republic of Indonesia Number 1321 on 21 September 2018. Th is regulation comes into effect on 
2 September  2020 with regard to change of the list of developing countries exempted from the 
safeguard measure.  
1. Specify the measure  
Tariff on imports of Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles product . 
Further details regarding the measure are set out in the notification on definitive measures: 
G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.1  – G/SG/N/11/IDN/17 , dated 8 October 2018.  
2. Specify the product subject to the measure  
Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles (the subject products) imported into Indonesia.  
Further details regarding the measure are set out in the notification on definitive measures: 
G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.1  – G/SG/N/11/IDN/17 , dated 8 October 2018.  
3. Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under Article 9.1 of the 
Agreement on Safeguard s, and the import shares of these countries individually and collectively  
As per Appendix on list of developing countries excluded from the measure in documents 
G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.1  – G/SG/N/11/IDN/17 , dated 8 October 2018.  G/SG/N/11/IDN/17/Suppl.1  
 
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  4. Subsequently, if there is a change in the list of developing  countries exempted from the 
safeguard measure pursuant to Article 9.1, please notify  
i. the reference to the WTO document that notified the Members about the initial action 
under Article 9.1 footnote 2:  
G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.1  – G/SG/N/11/IDN/17 , dated 8 October 2018 . 
ii. if applicable, names of the countries which are dropped from the list of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, the list 
of the countries remaining on the list, the individual and collectiv e import shares of the 
developing countries remaining on the list, and the date on which the safeguard measure 
applies to the countries dropped from the list;  
India and Viet Nam are dropped from the list of developing countries to which the 
safeguard measu re does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1. According to imports data from 
the Customs of Indonesia, in 2019, India accounts for 22.72%, Viet Nam accounts for 
6.58%, of the imports of Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles into Indonesia.  
iii. The date o n which the safeguard measure applies to the countries dropped from the list is 
2 September  2020 (the effective date).  
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