G/SG/N/6/ARE/2,  G/SG/N/6/BHR/2, 
G/SG/N/6/KWT/2 , G/SG/N/6/OMN/2, 
G/SG/N/6/QAT/2 , G/SG/N/6/SAU/2,  
 
10 October 2016 
(16-5423) Page: 1/2 
Committe e on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(A) OF TH E AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS ON  INITIATION OF AN INV ESTIGATION  
AND THE REASONS FOR IT  
BAHRAIN , KINGDOM OF ; KUWAIT , THE STATE OF ; OMAN, THE SULTANA TE OF; QATAR, THE STATE OF ; 
SAUDI ARABIA, KINGDOM OF ; AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
(COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF "GCC")  
(Ferro Silico Manganese ) 
The following communication , dated on 5 October 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as President of the GCC on behalf of the GCC Member States: Bahrain, 
Kingdom  of; Kuwait, the State of; Oman , the Sultanate of ; Qatar , the State of ; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of; and United Arab Emirates.  
 
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notifies the Committee on Safeguards , on behalf of GCC  member 
States, pursuant to Article  12.1(a) of the Agreement on Safeguards , that the GCC Bureau of 
Technical Secretariat for Anti Injurious Practices in International Trade (TSAIP) (hereafter referred 
as "the Competent Authority" ) initiat ed a safeguard inv estigation on imports of Ferro Silico 
Manganese.  
 
1. Date of initiation of the investigation  
 
The investigation was initiated upon the decision of the Permanent Committee of Anti Injurious 
practices in the International Trade for the Arab States of the Gu lf. The notice of initiation by the 
Competent Authority is published in the Official  Gazette of the GCC -TSAIP Volume (8) on 
3 October 2016 . 
 
2. Product subject to the investigation  
 
The product covered by the investigation is Ferro -silico-manganese.  
This p roduct is imported to GCC member countries under HS Code: (72023000).  
 
3. Reasons for the initiation of investigation  
 
The investigation was initiated after receiving a documented safeguard application filed by Gulf 
Ferro Alloys Company ( SABAYEK ) pursuant to the GCC Common Law on Antidumping, 
Countervailing Measures and Safeguard Measures and its Rules of Implementation hereafter 
referred as "Regulation", in which it alleged that increased imports of the concerned product had 
caused serious injury to the GC C industry producing similar products.  
 
The available data currently showed a situation of overall deterioration of the GCC industry 
indicators such as decline of sales, market share, profits, return on investment, production, 
capacity utilization rate, c ash flow, employment, as well as the large increase in inventory , in 
conjunction with the increase of imports.  
 
Accordingly, it was established that there was sufficient evidence in the application to justify the 
initiation of the investigation.  G/SG/N/6/ARE/2  • G/SG/N/6/BHR/2 • G/ SG/N/6/KWT/2 • G/SG/N/6/OMN/2 •  
G/SG/N/6/QAT/2 • G/SG/N/6/SAU/2  
 
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  4. Proce dures and deadlines  
 
Interested parties willing to receive a questionnaire should request it no later than 10 days from 
the initiation of the investigation.  
 
All interested parties have a period of 21 days, from the initiation of the investigation, to make  
themselves known. Any information which the interested parties may wish to submit before the 
Competent Authority should be submitted in writing.  
 
According to Article (14) of the Rules of Implementation of the GCC Common Law, the Competent 
Authority may h old a public hearing for all known interested parties.  
 
5. Contact point for corresponding  
 
The address of the competent authority for correspondence is:  
 
 
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf  
 
Mr. Rihan Mubarak Fayez  
Directorate General of  GCC-Bureau of Technical  
Secretariat for Anti Injurious Practices in International Trade  
P.O. Box 7153 Riyadh 11462  
TEL: (+966) 112551388 – TEL: (+966) 112551399  
FAX: (+966) 11 2810093  
Kingdom of Saudi  Arabia  
Email: TSAD@gccsg.org  
 
 
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