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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(B) OF TH E AGREEMENT ON SAFEG UARDS  
ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY OR TH REAT  THEREOF  
CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS  
CANADA  
(Certain steel products ) 
The following communication, dated 5 April 2019, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of Canada.  
 
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Enclosed please find a copy of notifications pursuant to Article 12.1(b) of the WTO Agreement on 
Safeguards, upon making a finding of threat of serious injury caused by in creased imports of certain 
steel products (heavy plate and stainless steel wire).  
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  The global safeguard investigation was initiated by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) 
on October 11, 2018 (G/SG/N/6/CAN/4, p.4 -6). This was done concurrentl y to a decision to impose 
provisional safeguard measures, which entered into force on October 25, 2018 for a period of 
200 days (G/SG/N/6/CAN/4, p.2 -3).  
 
1. Provide evidence, citing relevant data and the applicable period of investigation of 
serious injury or threat thereof caused by increased imports  
 
The period of investigation is January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018. Interested parties had the 
opportunity to add evidence to the record of the inquiry, for the CITT 's consideration, up until the 
final day  of hearings on January 24, 2019.  
 
There were 119 participants in the inquiry, including domestic producers, trade unions, importers, 
foreign producers and users of the goods. Several foreign governments also participated. The 
Tribunal held 13 days of publ ic hearings in January 2019 and considered additional evidence from 
44 witnesses.  
 
Determinations were made for each of the seven classes of steel goods covered by the investigation 
(heavy plate, concrete reinforcing bars, energy tubular products, hot -rolled sheet, pre -painted steel, 
stainless steel wire and wire rod) . The CITT 's analysis and reasons for its determinations (including 
public versions of the import data and injury indicators considered) can be found in its report 
Safeguard Inquiry into the I mportation of Certain Steel Goods . An electronic copy of the public 
version of the report (in French and English) will be submitted to the Committee. It may also be 
consulted at www.citt -tcce.gc.ca/en /node/8544 . 
 
The mandate of the Tribunal 's inquiry was to determine whether the seven classes of goods were 
imported into Canada in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to be a principal 
cause of serious injury or threat thereof to domest ic producers of like or directly competitive goods. 
To make its determination for each class of goods, the CITT considered whether there was a 
significant increase in imports of the subject goods, whether any such increase was causing serious 
injury or thr eat thereof to the domestic industry and, if so, whether the increase in imports is a 
principal cause of that injury. The CITT also considered whether imports of such goods from certain 
free trade agreement (FTA) partners are a principal cause of injury or  threat thereof, and if not, 
whether all the goods of that class imported from all other subject countries were imported in such 
increased quantities to be a principal cause of injury or threat thereof.  
 
In the case of concrete reinforcing bar and energy tubular products, the CITT has determined that, 
while there has been a significant increase in imports, this increase as well as the conditions under 
which rebar is being imported have not caused or threatened to cause serious injury to the domestic 
indust ry.  
 
In the case of hot -rolled sheet, pre -painted steel and wire rod, the CITT has found that imports from 
subject countries are not being imported in such increased quantities as to cause or threaten to 
cause serious injury to the domestic industry.  
 
In the case of heavy plate , the CITT 's threat of serious injury finding considered that increased 
imports of heavy plate into the Canadian market would continue in their elevated amounts. This is 
due to subject imports being pushed out of their domestic an d export markets by continuing and 
increasing excess capacity in subject countries and trade restrictions in many key markets, and the 
relatively high -priced and open Canadian market. Price undercutting is expected to continue in the 
next twelve months in the absence of safeguard measures, which will further weaken domestic 
pricing in the future. Future increases in costs, which started in the first half of 2018, would also 
make domestic industry even more vulnerable to price suppression. As such, increasin g volumes of 
low-priced subject imports would continue to compete with and displace sales of domestic heavy 
plate, take sales and market share which could have otherwise been held by the domestic industry, 
and cause either continued price suppression or ou tright price depression. In light of the fragile state 
of the domestic industry and early signs of injury seen in first half of 2018, the CITT found evidence 
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  in significant lost profits and financial performance. Such effects would have a cascading overall 
negative impact on the domestic industry, to such a degree that it would constitute serious injury.  
 
In the case of stainless steel wire , the CITT 's threat of serious injury finding considered that the 
domestic industry was already vulnerable before the collective effect of the diversionary trade 
remedy measures and global overcapacity, and remains on the verge of becoming unprofitable and 
ceasing pr oduction. As well, increased subject imports into the Canadian market in the first half of 
2018 are likely to continue in the immediate future, as subject imports are pushed out of their 
domestic and other export markets by continuing and increasing excess  capacity in the subject 
countries, and the relatively high -priced and open Canadian market. The CITT also considered that 
recent and consistent price undercutting due to the subject imports is resulting in lower domestic 
selling prices, and could lead to price suppression as domestic industry will not be able to raise prices 
to cover cost increases. As such, increasing volumes of low -priced imports will continue to compete 
with and displace sales of domestic stainless steel wire, take sales and market shar e away from an 
already vulnerable domestic industry, and cause either significant price suppression or outright price 
depression, which could lead to significant lost profits and financial performance at unsustainable 
levels in the near future. The CITT th erefore concluded that, without protection afforded by 
safeguard measures, the injury experienced by domestic industry beginning in the first half of 2018 
will imminently become serious, and that the increase in subject imports is a principal cause thereof .  
 
2. Provide information on whether there is an absolute increase in imports or an 
increase in imports relative to domestic production (please see also Article 2.1 for the 
context)  
 
The CITT has analysed import data covering the period of investigation, i.e. the period from 
January  1, 2015 to June 30, 2018, for each of the seven classes of goods subject to the inquiry. The 
CITT has analyzed data for each year of the period of investigation (POI), as well as for the first half 
of 2018, compared to the same  period in 2017.  
 
The CITT 's fact -finding was based primarily on a questionnaire survey of 959 domestic producers, 
importers, and foreign producers of the steel goods subject to the inquiry. In addition, the CITT 
sent 215 letters to embassies requesting t hat they forward the Notice of Commencement of inquiry 
to any firms who produce and/or export any of the steel goods and complete the foreign producers ' 
questionnaire. The CITT received 327 responses. Separate statistical summaries on the industry and 
the market were produced for each of the seven classes of goods.  
 
For the products for which the CITT has found threat of serious injury to the domestic industry, the 
CITT has found evidence of an increase in imports both in absolute and relative terms during  the 
POI.  
 
In the case of heavy plate, absolute imports increased 38% between 2015 and 2017, with a year -
on-year increase of 98% between 2016 and 2017. Imports in 2018 are projected to remain at a high 
level based on projected data in the first half of 20 18. Imports relative to domestic production 
increased 20 percentage points between 2015 and 2017, with a year -on-year increase of 38 
percentage points in 2017. Relative imports continued to increase in the first half of 2018.  
 
In the case of stainless ste el wire, absolute imports increased 8% between 2015 and 2017. 
Additionally, imports increased 82% in the first half of 2018, compared to the same period in 2017, 
and annualized imports for 2018 were on pace to exceed all years throughout the POI. Imports 
relative to domestic production decreased between 2015 and 2017, but increased by 84  percentage 
points in the first half of 2018, compared to 2017. Imports in the first half of 2018 actually exceeded 
the volume of domestic production.  
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  3. Provide the preci se description of the products involved  
 
The products covered by the finding of threat of serious injury:  
 
A. Heavy plate  
B. Stainless steel wire  
 
Further product details and exclusions are described in Annex I, along with HS codes under which 
these products are  usually imported. HS codes are provided for illustrative purposes only.  
 
4. If the final measure replaces a provisional measure, or if a final measure is 
extended, a Member is encouraged to provide a written description of any part of the 
imported product  that will no longer be subject to the measure and the Harmonized 
System numbers under which it enters at least at a 6 -digit level, and at a sub -national 
level (e.g., 8 -digit, 9 -digit or 10 -digit level) if practicable  
 
The measure recommended by the CITT, described below, would replace the provisional measure 
notified on October 12, 2018 (G/SG/N/6/CAN/4), which entered into force on October  25, 2018 for 
seven classes of steel goods.  
 
The CITT inquiry did not find evidence of injury or threat of injury to t he domestic industry in the 
case of concrete reinforcing bar, energy tubular products, hot -rolled sheet, pre -painted steel and 
wire rod.  
 
A detailed description of those products can be found in Annex II, along with HS codes under which 
these products are  usually imported. HS codes are provided for illustrative purposes only.  
 
5. Provide precise description of the proposed measure  
 
The measures recommended by the CITT are separate tariff -rate quotas on imports of heavy plate 
and stainless steel wire. Consistent with Canada 's international obligations, special consideration 
was given to developing countries and certain free trade agreement partners, as Canada 's free trade 
agreements require that certain trading partners be accorded preferential treatment wh en imposing 
safeguards. The measures recommended by the CITT therefore apply to imports from all sources,  
other than goods originating in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Israel,  Korea, Panama, Peru, 
Colombia, Honduras and developing countries benefitting from the General Preferential Tariff in 
Canada under the Customs Tariff  (see the list of developing countries at Annex III below).  
 
The tariff -rate quota for each product over th e three -year period recommended by the CITT is as 
follows:  
 
Heavy Plate  
Year Quota Volume  
(tonnes)  Over -Quota Surtax  
(%) 
1 100,000  20 
2 110,000  15 
3 121,000  10 
Stainless Steel Wire  
Year Quota Volume  
(tonnes)  Over -Quota Surtax  
(%) 
1 2,800  25 
2 3,080  15 
3 3,388  5 
 
Details on the measure recommended by the CITT and its administration may be found in the CITT 
report, Part IV (heavy plate) at page 46, and Part IX (stainless steel wire) at page 121.  
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  6. Provide proposed date of introduction of the  measure  
 
The CITT has submitted its report and recommendations to the Governor in Council on April 3, 2019. 
Canada has not yet made a decision related to the imposition of final measures.  
 
7. Provide expected duration of the measure  
 
The CITT has recommended that the measure be in force for 3 years.  
 
8. 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 da te for the review has already been scheduled  
 
Not applicable.  
 
9. If the expected duration is over one year, provide expected timetable for progressive 
liberalization of the measure  
 
It is recommended by the CITT that, each year, quota quantities be raised by 10 per cent, and that 
the over -quota surtax be reduced. More details on progressive liberalization of the recommended 
measure can be found above, in section 5.  
 
10. If the notification relates only to a finding of serious injury or threat thereof, and 
does not relate to a decision to apply or extend a safeguard measure:(i) provide the 
deadlines for interested parties to comment or any other procedures relevant to the 
decision to apply the measures, and (ii) provide information regarding pro cedures for 
prior consultation with those Members having a substantial interest as exporters of the 
product concerned  
 
The Government of Canada now offers consultations on the final safeguard measures recommended 
by the CITT to Members having a substantial  interest as exporters of the products concerned. It is 
preferred that such consultations be held before April 26, 2019.  
 
11. Provide information relating to the extension of a safeguard measure:  
 
Not applicable.  
 
12. If the notification relates to a deci sion to apply or extend a safeguard measure, 
Members are encouraged to provide the following information:  
(i) The major exporting Members of imports of the product involved.  
(ii) If there are any exporting Members to which the measure does not apply for 
any reason other than the application of Article 9.1, the names of such exporting 
Members and reasons for non -application of the measure.  
 
Not applicable.  
 
13. Members are encouraged to attach, in an electronic form, publicly available 
document(s) containin g the relevant decision(s) made by the competent authority. This 
document may be in the original language of the Member, even when the language is not 
one of the official languages of the WTO. The document will neither be translated nor 
circulated to the C ommittee, but will be made available by the Secretariat to Members 
requesting it.  
 
The findings and recommendations issued by the CITT may be found in their report issued on 
April 3, 2019. An electronic copy of the report (in French and English) will be submitted to the 
Committee. It may also be consulted at www.citt -tcce.gc.ca/en/node/8544 .   G/SG/N/8/CAN/3  
 
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  ANNEX I  
PRODUCTS INVOLVED IN  THE FIND ING OF THREAT OF SER IOUS 
INJURY CAUSED BY AN INCREASE IN IMPORTS  
A. Heavy plate:  
 
Hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high -strength low -alloy steel plate not further manufactured than 
hot-rolled, heat -treated or not, in widths from 80 inches (+/ - 2,030 mm) to 152 inches 
(+/- 3,860  mm) inclusive, and thicknesses from 0.375 inches (+/ -9.525 mm) up to and including 
4.0 inches (101.6 mm), with all dimensions being plus or minus allowable tolerances contained in 
the applicable standards.  
 
For greater certainty, these dimensional restrictions apply to steel plate that contains alloys greater 
than required by recognized industry standards provided that the steel does not meet recognized 
industry standards for an alloy -specification steel plate.  
 
The definition excl udes:  
 
• All plate in coil form;  
• All plate having a rolled, raised figured at regular intervals on the surface (also known as 
floor plate).  
 
Heavy plate is commonly imported under any of the following 10 -digit HS numbers below.  
• Prior to January 1, 2017: 7208.51.00.10; 7208.51.00.93; 7208.51.00.94; 7208.51.00.95; 
7208.52.00.10; 7208.52.00.93; 7208.52.00.94; 7208.52.00.95  
• As of January 1, 2017: 7208.51.00.10; 7208.51.00.93; 7208.51.00.94; 7208.51.00.95; 
7208.52.00.10; 7208.52.00.93; 7208.52.00.96  
 
HS codes are  provided for illustrative purposes only. There may be goods under the listed HS 
numbers that do not fall within the product definition, or heavy plate that is imported under an HS 
number that is not listed.  
 
B. Stainless steel wire:  
 
Cold drawn, and cold  drawn and annealed, stainless steel round wire, up to and including 
0.256  inches (6.50 mm) in maximum solid cross -sectional dimension; and cold drawn, and cold 
drawn and annealed, stainless steel cold -rolled profile wire, up to and including 0.031 square inches 
(0.787  sq. mm) in maximum solid cross -sectional area.  
 
Stainless steel wire is commonly imported under the following 10 -digit HS numbers: 7223.00.00.10; 
7223.00.00.20  
 
HS codes are provided for illustrative purposes only. There may be goods under the listed HS 
numbers that do not fall within the product definition, or rebar that is imported under an HS number 
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  ANNEX II  
PRODUCTS FOR WHICH T HE CITT DID NOT RECO MMEND FINAL SAFEGUAR DS 
A. Concrete reinforcin g bar:  
 
Hot-rolled deformed steel concrete reinforcing bar in straight lengths or coils, commonly identified 
as rebar, in various diameters up to and including 56.4 millimeters, in various finishes.  
The definition excludes:  
 
• plain round bar;  
• fabricated rebar products; and  
• 10-mm-diameter (10M) rebar produced to meet the requirements of CSA G30 18.09 (or 
equivalent standards) and that is coated to meet the requirements of epoxy standard ASTM 
A775/A 775M 04a (or equivalent standards) in lengths from 1 foot (30.48 cm) up to and 
including 8 feet (243.84 cm).  
 
Concrete reinforcing bar is commonly imported under the following 10 -digit HS numbers:  
7213.10.00.00; 7214.20.00.00  
 
HS codes are provided for illustrative purposes only. There may be goods under the lis ted HS 
numbers that do not fall within the product definition, or rebar that is imported under an HS number 
that is not listed.  
 
B. Energy tubular:  
 
Carbon and alloy steel energy tubular products, including line pipe, tubing, and casing, finished or 
unfinished, welded or seamless, having a nominal outside diameter greater than or equal to 2.375 
inches (60.3 mm), and less than or equal to 60 inches (1,524 mm) (with all dimensions being plus 
or minus allowable tolerances contained in the applicable stan dards), heat treated or not heat 
treated, regardless of length, wall thickness, surface finish (coated or uncoated), and end finish 
(plain, bevelled, threaded, or threaded and coupled), in all grades, meeting or supplied to meet 
American Petroleum Institut e ("API") 5L, API 5L -B, API 5CT, Canadian Standards Association ("CSA") 
Z245.1, International Standards Organization ("ISO") 3183, American Society for Testing and 
Materials ("ASTM") ASTM A333, ASTM A106, ASTM A53 -B or their equivalents and/or enhanced 
proprietary standards, whether or not actually certified or stenciled, whether or not meeting 
specifications for other end uses (e.g. single -, dual -, or multiple ‑certified, for use in oil and gas, 
piling pipe, or other applications).  
 
For greater certainty, the product definition includes casing and tubing that are referred to as "green 
tubes" in the industry. These are formed tubes with the requisite chemistry and dimensions of casing 
or tubing, but that require further processing before they may be used in a well. They are included 
in the definition above as unfinished, non -heat treated, or plain end pipe. The finishing required may 
be heat treatment, threading, coupling, testing, or any combination of these processes.  
 
The definition excludes:  
 
• Drill pipe, pup joints, couplings, coupling stock, galvanized or stainless steel line pipe, and 
casing or tubing containing 10.5  percent  or more by weight chromium;  
• Submerged arc longitudinal welded line pipe, regardless of grade, outside diameter and wall 
thickness,  in lengths of 60 feet (18.288 m) with no girth welds for exclusive use in slurry or 
tailings piping systems in oil sands projects and marked "For Use as Slurry/Tailings Pipe 
Only"; for greater certainty, use in a pipeline meeting CSA Z -662 or as pressure piping 
meeting CSA B51 Code is not permitted under this exclusion;  
• Submerged arc longitudinal welded line pipe, regardless of outside diameter, wall thickness 
and length, for exclusive use in high -temperature steam distribution pipelines and marked 
"For St eam Distribution Only", certified to meet the requirements of CSA Z662 -15 Clause 14 
and/or Annex I and certified to have proven fatigue/creep test properties as provided in 
sections I.2.3.2 and I.3.2.1 of CSA Z662 -15 as established by means of a creep test  of no 
less than 10,000 hours carried out in accordance with ASTM E139; and  G/SG/N/8/CAN/3  
 
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  • Unfinished seamless carbon or alloy steel line pipe in the form of mother tubes having outside 
diameters of 184, 197, 210, 235, 260, 286, 328, 350, 368, 377, 394, 402, 419, 426, 45 0, 
475, 480, 500, 521, 530, 560, 585 or 610 mm, in wall thicknesses from 9 mm to 110 mm 
and in lengths ranging from 7.72 m to 15.24 m, not stenciled as meeting any line pipe 
product specification, but imported for use in the production, and not solely for finishing, of 
seamless line pipe made to any one or several of API 5L, CSAZ245.1, ISO 3183, ASTM A333, 
ASTM A335, ASTM A106, ASTM A53 or their equivalents;  
• ASME SA 672 or ASME SA 691 electric -fusion welded steel pipe as certified under the ASME 
"Boiler an d Pressure Vessel Code" rules (and stencilled with at least one of the 
aforementioned standards), of a length not to exceed 15 feet (4.572 m), for use other than 
in a CSA Z -662 pipeline application and imported with authorized inspection certificates and 
applicable ASME Partial Data Reports; and  
• Line pipe, regardless of grade, outside diameter and wall thickness, single stenciled as "DNV -
OS-F101" for exclusive use in offshore applications and marked "For Offshore Applications 
Only".  
 
Energy tubular products  are commonly imported under a 10 -digit HS number falling under any of 
the following subheadings: 7304.19; 7304.29; 7305.11; 7305.12; 7305.19; 7306.19; 7306.29.  
 
HS codes are provided for illustrative purposes only. There may be goods under the listed HS 
numbers that do not fall within the product definition, or rebar that is imported under an HS number 
that is not listed.  
 
C. Hot-rolled sheet:  
 
Flat hot -rolled carbon and alloy steel sheet and strip, including secondary or non -prime material, in 
various widths from 0.75 inches (19 mm) and wider, and  
• for product in coil form, in thicknesses from 0.054 inches to 0.625 inches (1.37 mm to 
15.875 mm) inclusive,  
• for product that is cut to length, in thicknesses from 0.054 inches up to but not including 
0.187 inches (1.37 mm up to but not including 4.75 mm),  
 
The definition excludes:  
• flat-rolled stainless steel sheet and strip; and  
• flat hot -rolled, cut to length alloy steel products containing no less than 11.5 percent 
manganese, in thicknesses from 0.12 inches to 0.19 inches (3 mm to 4.75 mm).  
 
Hot-rolled sheet is commonly imported under the following 10 -digit HS numbers:  
• Prior to January 1, 2017: 7208.25.00.10; 7208.25.00.20; 7208.25.00.30; 
7208.25.00.40; 7208.26.00.10; 7208.26.00.20; 7208.26.00.30; 7208.26.00.40; 
7208.27.00.10; 7208.27.00.20; 7208.27.00.30; 7208.27.00.40; 7208.36.00.10; 
7208.36.00.20; 7208.36.00.30; 7208.36.00.40;  7208.37.00.10; 7208.37.00.20; 
7208.37.00.30; 7208.37.00.40; 7208.38.00.10; 7208.38.00.20; 7208.38.00.30; 
7208.38.00.40; 7208.39.00.10; 7208.39.00.20; 7208.39.00.30; 7208.39.00.40; 
7208.53.00.10; 7208.53.00.20; 7208.53.00.30; 7208.53.00.40; 7208.54.00.10; 
7208.54.00.20; 7208.54.00.30; 7208.54.00.40; 7208.90.00.00; 7211.14.00.90; 
7211.19.00.10;   7211.19.00.90;  7225.30.00.0.0;  7226.91.00.10;  7226.91.00.90  
• As of January 1, 2017: 7208.25.00.00; 7208.26.00.00; 7208.27.00.00; 7208.36.00.00; 
7208.37.00.10; 7208.37 .00.20; 7208.37.00.50; 7208.38.00.10; 7208.38.00.20; 
7208.38.00.50; 7208.39.00.00; 7208.53.00.00; 7208.54.00.00; 7208.90.00.00; 
7211.14.00.90;  7211.19.00.90;  7225.30.00.00;  7226.91.00.00  
 
HS codes are provided for illustrative purposes only. There may b e goods under the listed 
HS numbers that do not fall within the product definition, or rebar that is imported under an HS 
number that is not listed.  
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  D. Pre-painted steel:  
 
Pre-painted flat -rolled products of non -alloy and alloy steel (not including stainless steel) which are  
• painted,  
• varnished or  
• coated with plastics on at least one side,  
in coils or cut lengths, in thicknesses up to 0.079 inches (2.0066 mm) and widths up to 61.5 inches 
(1562.1 mm) with all dimensions being plus or minus allowable  tolerances contained in the applicable 
standards.  
 
The definition excludes:  
• products with a final coating of zinc -dust (a zinc -rich paint, containing by weight 70% or 
more of zinc); and  
• products with a substrate with a metallic coating of chromium.  
 
Pre-painted steel is commonly imported under the following 10 -digit HS numbers: 7210.70.00.00; 
7212.40.00.00  
 
HS codes are provided for illustrative purposes only. There may be goods under the listed HS 
numbers that do not fall within the product definition, or rebar that is imported under an HS number 
that is not listed.  
 
E. Wire rod:  
 
Certain hot -rolled products of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately round cross 
section, less than 19.00 mm in actual solid cross -sectional diameter.  
 
The definition excludes:  
• stainless steel;  
• tool steel;  
• high‑nickel steel;  
• ball bearing steel; and  
• concrete reinforcing bars and rods (also known as rebar).  
 
Wire rod is commonly imported under the following 10 -digit HS numbers: 7213.20.00.10; 
7213.91.00.11; 7213.91.00.21; 7213.91.00.31; 7213.99.00.10; 7213.99.00.30; 7213.99.00.50; 
7227.90.00.10.  
 
HS codes are provided for illustrative purposes only. There may  be goods under the listed HS 
numbers that do not fall within the product definition, or rebar that is imported under an HS number 
that is not listed.  
 
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  ANNEX III  
LIST OF DEVELOPING C OUNTRY MEMBERS  
The final safeguard measures recommended by the CITT do n ot apply to products covered originating 
in the developing country members of the WTO listed below.  
 
Afghanistan  Madagascar  
Angola  Malawi  
Armenia  Mali 
Bangladesh  Mauritania  
Belize  Moldova  
Benin  Mongolia  
Bolivia  Morocco  
Burkina Faso  Mozambique  
Burundi  Myanmar  
Cambodia  Nepal  
Cameroon  Nicaragua  
Cape Verde  Niger  
Central African Republic  Nigeria  
Chad Pakistan  
Congo  Papua New Guinea  
Côte d'Ivoire  Paraguay  
Democratic Republic of Congo  Philippines  
Djibouti  Rwanda  
Egypt  Samoa  
El Salvador  Senegal  
Fiji Sierra Leone  
Gambia  Solomon Islands  
Georgia  Sri Lanka  
Ghana  Swaziland  
Guatemala  Tajikistan  
Guinea  Tanzania  
Guinea -Bissau  Togo 
Guyana  Tonga  
Haiti Uganda  
Honduras  Ukraine  
Kenya  Vanuatu  
Kyrgyzstan  Vietnam  
Laos Yemen  
Lesotho  Zambia  
Liberia  Zimbabwe  
  
 
 
 
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