G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/15/Suppl.1  
 
17 January 2018 
(18-0464) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(B) OF TH E AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDIN G A SERIOUS INJURY O R THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED BY IN CREASED IMPORTS  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(C) OF TH E  
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUA RDS 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO ARTICLE 9, FOOT NOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Supplement  
(I and H Sections of Other Alloy Steel)  
The following communication, dated 16 January 2018, is being ci rculated at the request of the 
Delegation of Indonesia  
 
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Pursuant to Article 7.2 and  Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Republic of 
Indonesia hereby notifies to extend the imposition of a safeguard measure in the form of ad 
valorem safeguard duty on the importation of Subject Good, for a period of 3 (three) years by t he 
issuance of Minister of Finance’s Decree Number 2/PMK.010/2018 dated 4 January 2018, 
promulgated in the Berita Negara of the Republic of Indonesia Year 2018 Number 9.  
A. GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 25 October 2017 the Republic of Indonesia notified the findin gs of investigation in which it was 
concluded that the relevant safeguard measure needs to be extended, in particular to  prevent or 
remedy recurrence of serious injury suffered by the Applicants. The extension of such safeguard 
measures will also give the Applicants opportunity to continue their adjustment program in order 
to improve the competitiveness of domestic industry (Ref. G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.2 - 
G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.2).  
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority wa s proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia, to extend the imposition of a safeguard measure duty 
on the importation of the Subject Good in the form of an ad valorem safeguard duty, both in terms 
of amount and duration of such measure.  
B. SUBJECT GOOD  
1. I Section with a height or a width of 100 mm up to 600 mm, and H Section with height 
100 mm up to 350 mm, of other alloy steel, not further worked than hot -rolled, hot -drawn, 
or extruded, under HS. Code ex. 7228.70.10; and  G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Sup pl.3 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/15/Suppl.1  
 
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  2. I Section with a  height or a width of 100 mm up to 600 mm, and H Section with height 
100 mm up to 350 mm, of other alloy steel, hot -rolled, hot -drawn, or extruded, and further 
worked, under HS. Code ex. 7228.70.90.  
C. DESCRIPTION OF THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
1. With reference to  the proposal from the Investigating Authority, and taking into account the 
need to effectuate the safeguard measure as proposed and the relevant requirements 
stipulated in the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of the Republic of 
Indonesia has de cided to impose the following safeguard duty:  
Timetable of the Safeguard Duty  
Period  Safeguard Duty  
21 January 2018 – 20 January 2019  17,75%  
21 January 2019 – 20 January 2020  17,50%  
21 January 2020 – 20 January 2021  17,25%  
2. Below  is the list of developi ng countries excluded from the said safeguard measure, and the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia reserves the right to modify this list in light of 
changing import volumes.  
List of Developing Countries Excluded from the Measures  
No. Country  No. Count ry 
1 Albania  39 Gambia  
2 Angola   40 Georgia  
3 Antigua , and Barbuda    41 Ghana    
4 Argentina  42 Grenada  
5 Armenia  43 Guatemala  
6 Kingdom of Bahrain  44 Guinea   
7 Bangladesh  45 Guinea -Bissau  
8 Barbados   46 Guyana   
9 Belize   47 Haiti   
10 Benin    48 Honduras  
11 Plurinational State of Bolivia  49 Hungary  
12 Botswana  50 India 
13 Brazil   51 Jamaica  
14 Brunei Darussalam  52 Jordan   
15 Bulgaria  53 Kenya  
16 Burkina Faso  54 The State of  Kuwait  
17 Burundi  55 Kyrgyz Republic  
18 Cape Verde  56 Lao People’ s Democratic Republic  
19 Cambodia  57 Lesotho  
20 Cameroon  58 Lithuania  
21 Central African Republic    59 Macao, China  
22 Chad  60 Madagascar  
23 Chile 61 Malawi  
24 Colombia  62 Malaysia   
25 Congo    63 Maldives  
26 Costa Rica  64 Mali  
27 Cote d'Ivoire  65 Mauritania  
28 Croatia  66 Mauritius  
29 Cuba  67 Mexico  
30 Democratic Republic of the Congo  68 Republic of  Moldova  
31 Djibouti  69 Mongolia  
32 Dominica  70 Montenegro  
33 Dominican Republic   71 Morocco  
34 Ecuador  72 Mozambique  
35 Egypt    73 Myanmar  
36 El Salvador  74 Namibia  
37 Fiji   75 Nepal    
38 Gabon    76 Nicaragua  G/SG/N/8/IDN/17/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/10/IDN/17/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/11/IDN/15/Suppl.1  
 
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  No. Country  No. Count ry 
77 Niger    100 Sri Lanka    
78 Nigeria  101 Suriname  
79 Oman   102 Swaziland   
80 Pakistan  103 Tajikistan  
81 Panama   104 Tanzania  
82 Papua New Guinea    105 Thailand  
83 Paraguay  106 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  (FYROM)  
84 Peru   107 Togo  
85 Philippines  108 Tonga    
86 Poland  109 Trinidad and Tobago   
87 Qatar  110 Tunisia  
88 Romania  111 Turkey   
89 Russian Federation  112 United Arab Emirates  
90 Rwanda  113 Uganda   
91 Saint Kitts and Nevis  114 Ukraine  
92 Saint Lucia    115 Uruguay  
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  116 Vanuatu  
94 Samoa    117 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  
95 Kingdom of  Saudi Arabia  118 Vietnam  
96 Senegal  119 Yemen  
97 Sierra Leone   120 Zambia  
98 Solomon Islands  121 Zimbabwe  
99 South Africa     
It is requested that this notification under Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members . 
 
THE INDONESIAN SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE  
(Komite Pengamanan Perdagangan Indo nesia/KPPI)  
Jl. M.I. Ridwan Rais No.5, Building I, 5th floor, Jakarta 10110  
Telephone/Facsimile: (62 -21) 385 -7758 
E-mail: kppi@kemendag.go.id  
 
 
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