WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/8/ECU/3 
G/SG/N/10/ECU/4 21 October 2010 
 
 
(10-5480) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON 
SAFEGUARDS UPON MAKING A FINDING OF SERIOUS INJURY 
OR THREAT THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF 
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
ECUADOR 
 
(Windshields) 
 
  The following communication, dated 15 October 2010, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Ecuador.  
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  Pursuant to Article 12.1(b) and (c) of the Agreement on Safeguards, the Committee on 
Safeguards is hereby notified of Resolutio n No. 587 of Ecuador's Foreign Trade and 
Investment Council, published in Official J ournal No. 297 of 11 October 2010, whereby it was 
decided to apply a definitive safeguard measure to imports of goods classified under tariff 
subheading 7007.21.00.00.  Attached hereto are the relevant duly completed form and the full text of 
the notified Resolution.
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1. Provide evidence of serious injury or threat thereof caused by increased imports 
CRILAMYT INJURY INDICATOR MATRIX 
Injury indicators Unit 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006-2009
Total imports kilos 833.80 1,230.80 1,513.30 1,519.90  
Increase kilos  397.0 282.5 6.6  
Change %  47.6% 23.0% 0.4% 82.3%
Domestic sales Unit 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006-2009
CRILAMYT (REPLACEMENT 
WINDSHIELDS) units 17.01 31.17 27.59 19.8  
Change %  83.2% -11.5% -36.5% 16.4% 
CRILAMYT (TO ASSEMBLY PLANTS)  units 13.29 0.0 0.0 0.0  
                                                      
1 A copy of Resolution No. 587 (in Spanish only) has been submitted electronically.  In order to view 
this document, please contact Ms Budd (hilary.budd@wto. org) or Ms Naville (delphine.naville@wto.org) from 
the Rules Division. G/SG/N/8/ECU/3 
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  CRILAMYT INJURY INDICATOR MATRIX 
Share of the Ecuadorian market       
Total share corresponding to imports by 
assembly plants % 74 100 100 100 35.1% 
Total share corresponding to imports of 
replacement windshields % 58 60 58 84 44.8% 
CRILAMYT share of windshield replacement 
market % 42 40 32 16 -61.9% 
CRILAMYT share of vehicle assembly market % 26 0 0 0 -100.0% 
Total sales by CRILAMYT  (to assembly plants) units 13.29 0 0 0 -100.0% 
Total sales by CRILAMYT (replacement 
windshields) units 17.01 31.74 27.59 19.8 16.4% 
Total CRILAMYT sales revenue US$ 2,798 2,751 3,265 2,467  
Change %  -1.7% 15.7% -32.3% -11.8% 
Profits %  1.90 8.62 4.14  
Employees number 84 86 87 88 4.8% 
Wages US$ 2,237.23 2,296.24 2, 521.94 2,808.39 25.5% 
Stocks kilos 12.83 12.86 8.44 7.35 -42.7% 
Capacity utilization - light vehicles % 50 35 29 26 -48.0% 
Capacity utilization - buses % 21 24 33 25 19.0% 
Production kilos 46.78 35.88 32.98 26.41  
Change %  -23.3% -8.1% -19.9% -43.5% 
Productivity (m2) Production 
m2/direct 
labour 1,078 778 825 718  
Change %  -27.8% 6.0% -13.0% -33.4% 
Import price trends     
Prices in units US$ cif 41.64 39.08 40.34 37.8  
Change %  -6.1% 3.2% -6.3% -9.2% 
Prices in kilos US$ cif 3.75 3.39 3.49 3.32  
Change %  -9.6% 2.9% -4.9% -11.5% 
 
2. Provide information on whether there is an absolute increase in imports or an increase 
in imports relative to domestic production 
 This information is provided in the above table. 
 
3. Provide a precise description of the product involved 
 The product involved is imported into Ec uador under NANDINA subheading 7007.21.00.00 
with the tariff description "Of size and shape suitabl e for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft 
or vessels".   Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (INEN) Standard No. 1669 refers to the product as 
"safety glass for motor vehicles - laminated".  Th e product description provided by the applicant is 
"curved glass laminated with polyvinyl butyral (PVB ) for incorporation in motor vehicles subject to 
INEN Standard No. 1669".  G/SG/N/8/ECU/3 
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   Armoured windshields are imported under the same subheading, but are excluded from the 
application of the measure.  
4. Provide a precise description of the proposed measure 
 The measure would consist of the application of a specific tariff of US$12.72 per windshield. 
 
5. Provide the proposed date of introduction of the measure 
 1 November 2010. 
 6. Provide the expected duration of the measure 
 Three years. 
 
7. For a measure with a duration of more than three years, provide the proposed date for 
the review (under Article 7.4) to be held not later than the mid-term of the measure, if 
such a date for the review has already been scheduled 
 Not applicable. 
 
8. If the expected duration is over one year, pr ovide the expected timetable for progressive 
liberalization of the measure 
Liberalization 
Year 1 US$12.72 
Year 2 US$9.54 
Year 3  
 First half US$6.36 
 Second half US$3.18 
 
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