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22 July 2022  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  9, FOOTNOTE  2 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
SOUTH AFRICA 
Threaded fasteners of iron and steel bolt ends & screw studs, screw studding and other 
hexagon  nuts (excluding those of stainless steel and those identifiable for aircraft)  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 21 July 2022, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of South Africa .1 
 
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Pursuant to footnote 2 of Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of 
South  Africa hereby gives notification on amendment of developing country members excluded from 
the safeguard measures by omission of Belarus, Indonesia and Turkey  from the list.  
The measure is as follows:  
Period  Rate of safeguard measure  
24 July 2020 - 23 July 2021  54.04%  
24 July 2021 - 23 July 2022  52.04%  
24 July 2022 - 23 July 2023  50.04%  
The subject product is described as bolt ends & screw studs (classifiable under tariff 
subheading  7318.15.41), screw studding (classifiable under tariff subheading 7318.15.42) and other 
hexagon nuts (classifiable under tariff subheading 7318.16.30) of iron and steel (excluding those of 
stainless steel and those identifiable for aircraft).  
The Commission considered that the imports of the subject products from Belarus, Indonesia and 
Turkey for the period 25 July 2020 - 30 June 2021 were  higher than 3% of total imports for the full 
year period considered in the investigation initiated on 1 March 2 019. Below is the list of developing 
countries excluded from safeguard duty for the remainder of the period that the safeguard duties 
are in place.  
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE DUTY  
 
1 South Africa submitted two documents each containing an amendment of schedules. To consult th ese 
document s, please contact Ms Richards ( anne.richards@wto.org ) of the Rules Division.  Afghanistan  Malawi  
Albania  Latvia  
Algeria  Lebanon  
American Samoa  Maldives  
Angola  Mali 
Antigua and Barbuda  Marshall Islands  
Argentina  Mauritania  
Armenia  Mauritius  
Azerbaijan  Mexico  G/SG/N/11/ZAF/5/Suppl.4  
 
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  Bangladesh  Micronesia,Fed. States of  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  Moldova, Republic of  
Belize  Mongolia  
Benin  Montenegro  
Bhutan  Morocco  
Brunei Darussalam  Mozambique  
Bolivia, Plur . State of  Myanmar  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Namibia  
Botswana  Nepal  
Brazil  Nicaragua  
Bulgaria  Niger  
Burkina Faso  Nigeria  
Burundi  North Macedonia  
Cabo Verde  Oman  
Cambodia  Pakistan  
Cameroon  Palestine  
Central African Republic  Palau  
Chad Panama  
Chile Papua New Guinea  
Colombia  Paraguay  
Comoros  Peru 
Costa Rica  Philippines  
Côte d'Ivoire  Qatar  
Cuba Romania  
Democratic Republic of  the Congo  Russian Federation  
Congo Republic  Rwanda  
Djibouti  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
Dominica  St. Kitts and Nevis  
Dominican Republic  St. Lucia  
Ecuador  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  
Egypt, Arab Rep.  Sao Tome and Principe  
El Salvador  Samoa  
Eritrea  Senegal  
Eswatini  Seychelles  
Equatorial Guinea  Sierra Leone  
Ethiopia  Singapore  
Fiji Solomon Islands  
Gabon  Serbia  
The Gambia  Somalia  
Georgia  South Sudan  
Ghana  Sri Lanka  
Grenada  Sudan  
Guatemala  Suriname  
Guinea  Syrian Arab Republic  
Guinea -Bissau  Tajikistan  
Guyana  Tanzania  
Haiti Timor -Leste  
Honduras  Togo 
Iran, Islamic Rep. of  Thailand  
Iraq Tonga  
Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago  
Jordan  Tunisia  
Kazakhstan  Turkmenistan  
Kenya  Tuvalu  
Kiribati  Uganda  
Korea, Democ. P. Republic of  Ukraine  
Kyrgyz Republic  United Arab Emirates  
Kosovo  Uruguay  
Kuwait, the State of  Uzbekistan  
Lao People’s Dem. Republic  Vietnam  
Lebanon  Vanuatu  
Lesotho  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
Liberia  West Bank and Gaza  
Libya Yemen  
Lithuania  Zambia  
Madagascar  Zimbabwe  G/SG/N/11/ZAF/5/Suppl.4  
 
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