G/SG/N/8/VNM/4  
G/SG/N/10/VNM/3  
G/SG/N/11/VNM/5  
 
2 June 2017  
(17-2948) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(B) OF TH E AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS ON FIN DING A SERIOUS INJUR Y OR  
THREAT THEREOF CAUSE D BY INCREASED IMPOR TS 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
VIET NAM 
(Pre-painted Galvanized steel sheet and strip ) 
The following communication, dated 31 May 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Viet Nam.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1 (b) an d Article 12.1 (c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the 
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam hereby wishes to notify the Committee on Safeguards that the 
Viet Nam Competition Authority hereafter referred as "the Investigating Authority" has made a 
finding of serious injury or threat of serious injury caused by increased imports and taken a 
decision to apply a safeguard measure against Pre-painted Galvanized steel sheet and strip 
imports  under HS Code 7210.7010, 7210.7090, 7212.4010, 7212.4020, 7212.4090, 7225. 9990, 
7226.9919, 7226.9999.  
 
In accordance with Ordinance No. 42/2002/PL -UBTVQH10 dated 25 May 2002 of the Standing 
Committee of the National Assembly on Safeguards on Imports of Foreign Goods into Viet Nam 
and Decree No. 150/2003/ND -CP dated 8 December 20 03 of the Government providing detailed 
regulations for implementation of Ordinance on safeguards on imports of foreign goods into 
Viet Nam, the Ministry of Industry and Trade notifies the application of definitive safeguard 
measures on Pre -painted Galvani zed steel sheet and strip imports under HS Code 7210.7010, 
7210.7090, 7212.4010, 7212.4020, 7212.4090, 7225.9990, 7226.9919, 7226.9999.  
 
1. Background  
 
On 6 July 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Decision No. 2847/QD -BCT on the 
initiation  of safeguard investigation on certain Pre-painted Galvanized steel sheet and strip  
products (hereinafter referred to as "subject products") imported from various 
countries/territories.  
 
2. Subject products  
 
The steel products covered by the investigation include Pre -painted Galvanized steel sheet and 
strip. 
 
Pre-painted Galvanized steel products under HS Code: 7210.7010, 7210.7090, 7212.4010, 
7212.4020, 7212.4090, 7225.9990, 7226.9919, 7226.9999.  
 G/SG/N/8/VNM/4 • G/SG/N/10/VNM/3 • G/SG/ N/11/VNM/5  
 
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  3. Safeguard measures applied  
 
Ministry of Industry and Tra de shall apply safeguard measure in the form of Tariff quotas on Pre -
painted Galvanized steel products imported into Viet Nam within 3 years since Decision of 
application of a safeguard measure enters into force as follows:  
 
 
Import Quota Quantity with no n-safeguard duty (ton)  
Safeguard 
Duty out of 
quotas  
 
China  Korea  Chinese 
Taipei  Other 
Countries/ 
Territories  Total quota 
quantity 
with non -
duty 
First Year  
(From 15/6/2017 to 
14/6/2018)  323,120  34,451  14,428  8,680  380,679  19.00%  
Second Year  
(From 15/6/ 2018 to 
14/6/2019)  355,432  37,897  15,871  9,547  418,747  19.00%  
Third Year  
(From 15/6/2019 to 
14/6/2020)  390,976  41,686  17,458  10,502  460,622  19.00%  
Forth Year  
(From 15/6/2020 (without 
extension)  0 0 0 0 0 0.00%  
 
4.  Countries/territories or origin of pro ducts under investigation subject to definitive 
safeguard measure  
 
Definitive safeguard measure is applied to imported products from all countries/territories under 
investigation, except for countries/territories excluded from the investigation in accordan ce with 
the regulation on negligible volume of imports (Article 13 of Decree 150/2003/ND -CP of 
8 December 2003 detailing regulations for implementation of Ordinance on safeguards on imports 
of foreign goods into Viet Nam). Please see the list of countries/ territories excluded from the 
investigation in the Appendix below.  
 
5. Effective date of the definitive safeguard measures  
 
Definitive safeguard measures will take effect after 15 days from the date of signing of the 
Decision of the Minister of Industry an d Trade, i.e. 15 June 2017 . 
 
6. Duration of the definitive safeguard measures:  
 
Definitive safeguard measures will be applied for a period of 3 years since the effective date.  
 
7. Basis for application of the definitive safeguard measures  
 
Based on the inf ormation provided by interested parties, the Investigating Authority determines as 
follows:  
 
- Domestically produced like product consists of certain Pre -painted Galvanized steel. These 
products have the same components of raw materials, specification, pro duction methods, and 
purposes of use with the imported subject products.  G/SG/N/8/VNM/4 • G/SG/N/10/VNM/3 • G/SG/N/11/VNM/5  
 
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  - The volume of subject products imported to Viet Nam increased in both relative and absolute 
terms.  
- The domestic industry has suffered threat of serious injury. Specifically, the d omestic industry 
has been reduction of utilized capacity, market share, shipment, labor, average inventories and 
index of investment in the period of 2012 -2016, especially 2016.  
- The increase of import of subject products has caused threat of serious inju ry to the domestic 
industry.  
 
8. Further  information  
 
Information on the decision to apply definitive safeguard measures on subject products is 
accessible at the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade ( http://ww w.moit.gov.vn ) and Viet 
Nam Competition Authority ( http/:/www.vca.gov.vn  or http://www.qlct.gov.vn ). 
 
Further information and comments should be sent to:  
Trade Remedies Investiga tion Division  
Viet Nam Competition Authority - Ministry of Industry and Trade  
Address: 25 Ngo Quyen Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Phone: (+84 4) 222.05002 (ext: 1039) (Ms. Nguyet Nga)  
Fax: (+84 4) 222.05003  
Email: hungnht@moit.gov.vn ; ngantn@moit.gov.vn . 
 
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  LIST OF COUNTRIES/RE GIONS  
EXCLUDED FROM DEFINI TE SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
1. Saharan - Africa  
Angola  Madagascar  Nigeria  
Benin  Malawi  Rwanda  
Botswana  Mali  Sao Tome  and Principe  
Burkina  Faso  Mauritania  Senegal 
Burundi  Mauritius  Sierra  Leone  
Cabo Verde  Mozambique  Somalia  
Cameroon  Namibia  South  Africa  
Central  African  Republic  Niger  South  Sudan  
Chad  Gabon  Sudan  
Comoros  Gambia,  The Swaziland  
Congo,  Dem.  Rep.  Ghana  Tanzania  
Congo,  Rep.  Guinea  Togo 
Cote d'Ivoire  Guinea -Bissau  Uganda  
Eritrea  Kenya  Zambia  
Ethiopia  Lesotho  Zimbabwe  
 Liberi a  
2. East Asia - Pacific  
American Samoa  Myanmar  
Cambodia  Palau  
Fiji  Papua New Guinea  
Indonesia  Philippines  
Kiribati  Samoa  
Korea, Dem. Rep.  Solomon Islands  
Lao PDR  Thailand  
Malaysia  Timor -Leste  
Marshall Islands  Tonga  
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.  Tuvalu  
Mongolia  Vanuatu  G/SG/N/8/VNM/4 • G/SG/N/10/VNM/3 • G/SG/N/11/VNM/5  
 
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  3. Europe and Central Asia  
Albania  Macedoni a, FYR  
Armenia  Moldova  
Azerbaijan  Montenegro  
Belarus  Romania  
Bosnia and Herzegovi na  Serbia  
Bulgaria  Tajikistan  
Georgia  Turkey  
Kazakhstan  Turkmenistan  
Kosovo  Ukraine  
Kyrgyz Republic  Uzbek istan  
 
4. Latin America and the Caribbean  
Belize  Guyana  
Bolivia  Haiti  
Brazil  Honduras  
Colombia  Jamaica  
Costa Rica  Mexico  
Cuba  Nicaragua  
Dominica  Panama  
Dominican Republic  Paraguay  
Ecuador  Peru  
El Salvador  St. Lucia  
Grenada  St. Vincent and the Grenadines  
Guatemala  Suriname  
 
5. Middle East and North Africa  
Algeria  Libya  
Djibouti  Morocco  
Egypt, Arab Rep.  Syrian Arab Republic  
Iran, Islamic Rep.  Tunisia  
Iraq  West Bank and Gaza  
Jordan  Yemen, Rep.  
Lebanon   
 
6. South Asia  
Afghanistan  Maldives  
Bangladesh  Nepal  
Bhutan  Pakistan  
India  Sri Lanka  
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