WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/11/PHL/3/Suppl.3 
G/SG/N/14/PHL/4/Suppl.1 8 January 2008 
 
(08-0069) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
(EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING MEASURE)  
 
PHILIPPINES 
 
Supplement
 
 
(Glass Mirrors ) 
   The following communication, dated 7 January 2008 , is being circulation at the request of the 
Delegation of the Philippines.   
 
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Further to G/SG/N/11/PHL/3/Suppl.2 and G/ SG/N/14/PHL/4 dated 4 December 2006, the 
Philippines notifies the Committee that, on 10 Decem ber 2007, the safeguard duty on Glass Mirrors 
was reduced from Philippine Pesos 4,384.25 per metric ton in the first year of the extension of the measure, to Philippine Pesos 4,165.04 per metric t on for the second year of the extension.  The 
Philippines also notifies the list of developing countries exempt from the measure pursuant to 
Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards.   G/SG/N/11/PHL/3/Suppl.3 
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  IN THE MATTER OF THE REDUCTION OF THE DEFINITIVE GENERAL  
SAFEGUARD MEASURE AGAINST THE IMPORTATION OF GLASS MIRRORS 
(COPPER-BASED) FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES 
(AHTN Nos. 7009.9100 AND 7009.9200) 
(Safeguard Investigation No. 03-2006) 
 
Asahi Glass Co. (AGC) Flat Glass Philippines, Inc. 
(formerly Asahi Glass Philippines)  
Petitioner 
 
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ORDER 
  On 06 November 2006, the Secretary of the De partment of Trade and Industry (DTI) issued 
an Order extending the definitive general safeguard  measure on importations of glass mirrors for 
another three years based on the Tariff Commission (TC) recommendation.  The definitive safeguard 
duty in the amount of P
4,384.25/MT was imposed for the first year of the extension period.  The first 
year of implementation of the extended measu re started on 08 December 2006 thru Customs 
Memorandum Circular (CMC) 297-2006.  The Order, likewise, provides that the safeguard duty for 
the second (2nd) and third (3rd) years of the extension period will be subject to an annual review as 
provided under Rule 15.6 of the Implementing Rul es and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 
No. 8800.    
 On 21 September 2007, DTI notified and re quested the domestic industry, importers, 
exporters and other concerned parties to submit their position paper on the on-going review to 
determine the appropriate amount of the safeguard  measure for the second year of the extension 
period.  Responses were received from the Embass y of Viet Nam, Taipei Economic and Cultural 
Office (TECO), Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and Asia Glass Palace Inc.  The Embassy of the Republic of South Africa acknowledged the receipt of the said notice but no 
submission was received from them.   
  The DTI reviewed the movement in prices for both the locally produced and imported glass mirrors as well as the import trends from December 2006 to January-August 2007.  During the period under consideration, China accounted for the bigg est share of 68.62 per cent to total Philippine 
imports of glass mirrors.  Imports from Chinese- Taipei registered the second highest share at 
15.71 per cent.  Imports from these two (2) sour ces accounted for about 84.33 per cent of total 
Philippine imports of glass mirrors during the 2007 (Janua ry-August) period.  Likewise, imports from 
China registered the lowest landed costs during the review period.     IN VIEW THEREOF , and in accordance with Section 19(2) of RA 8800, the following are 
hereby issued:   
 1. The amount of the definitive general safeguard  measure for the second year of the extension 
period shall be reduced by five percent (5 pe r cent) as recommended by the TC.  Thus, a 
definitive general safeguard measure of P
4,165.04/MT shall be imposed on the second year of 
the extension period.   
 2. Pursuant to Section 13 of RA  8800 and Rule 13.1.d of its IRR, "a general safeguard 
measure shall not be applied to a product or iginating from a developing country if its 
share to total Philippine imports of the sa id product is less than three percent (3 per  G/SG/N/11/PHL/3/Suppl.3 
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  cent):  Provided, however, that developing countries with less than three percent (3 per 
cent) share collectively account for not more th an nine percent (9 per cent) of the total 
Philippine imports of the product concerned".    
 
 However, imports from the following countries a nd separate customs territories shall continue 
to be excluded from the imposition of the exte nded definitive general safeguard measure on 
glass mirrors (copper based):   
 
East & Southern 
Africa West Africa North Africa South Asia 
Angola 
Botswana 
Burundi Comoros Congo. Dem. Rep. Djibouti 
Eritrea 
Ethiopia Kenya Lesotho Madagascar 
Malawi 
Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Reunion Rwanda 
Seychelles 
Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland 
Tanzania 
Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Benin 
Burkina Faso 
Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Rep. Chad 
Congo, Rep. 
Cote d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Gabon Gambia, The 
Ghana 
Guinea Guinea, Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania 
Niger 
Nigeria Sao Tome &    Principe Senegal 
Sierra Leone 
Togo Algeria 
Egypt, Arab Rep. 
Libya Morocco Tunisia Afghanistan 
Bangladesh 
Bhutan British Indian Ocean    Territory East Timor 
Maldives 
Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka 
  
Europe & Central 
Asia Middle East Americas East Asia & Pacific 
Albania 
Armenia Azerbaijan 
Belarus 
Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus 
Czech Republic Bahrain 
Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq 
Israel 
Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar 
Saudi Arabia Anguilla  
Antigua & Barbuda Argentina 
Aruba 
Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia 
Brazil American Samoa 
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia 
Christmas Is. 
Cocos (Keeling) Is. Cook Is. Fiji French Polynesia Guam 
Hong Kong, China G/SG/N/11/PHL/3/Suppl.3 
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  Europe & Central 
Asia Middle East Americas East Asia & Pacific 
Estonia 
Georgia Greenland 
Hungary 
Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Latvia Lithuania Macedonia, FYR 
Malta 
Moldova Poland Romania Russian Federation 
Slovakia 
Slovenia Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan 
Ukraine 
Uzbekistan Yugoslavia, Fed.    Rep. Syrian Arab Rep. 
United Arab Emirates 
West Bank & Gaza 
Yemen, Rep. British Virgin Is. 
Cayman Is. Chile 
Colombia 
Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Rep. Ecuador 
El Salvador 
Falkland Is. (Malvinas) French Guiana Grenada 
Guadaloupe 
Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras 
Jamaica 
Martinique Mexico Montserrat Netherland Antilles Nicaragua 
Norfolk Is. 
Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico 
St. Helena 
St. Kitts & Navis St. Lucia St. Pierre & Miquelon 
St. Vincent & the  
  Grenadines Suriname Trinidad & Tobago Turks & Caicos Is. 
Uruguay 
US Virgin Is. Venezuela Johnston Is. 
Kiribati Korea, Dem. Rep. 
Korea, Rep. of 
Lao PDR Macao, China Malaysia Marshall Islands Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 
Midway Is. 
Mongolia Myanmar Nauru New Caledonia 
Niue 
Northern Marianas    Is. Palau Pitcairn Is. 
Papua New Guinea 
Samoa Singapore Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga 
Tuvalu 
Vanuatu Viet Nam Wake Is. Wallis & Futuna Is. 
 
 
 The composition of the developing countries on the de minimis  list may change depending on 
the most recent data available during the period of  annual review which will be conducted by the DTI 
during the extension period.     G/SG/N/11/PHL/3/Suppl.3 
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   All importers of glass mirrors, regardless of port of exportation are required to secure a 
Certificate of Country of Origin (CO) issued by the authorized agency/office in the source country of 
manufacture as authenticated by the Phil ippine Embassy/Consulate thereat.   
 
 The notification and consultation requirem ents of Article 12 of the WTO Safeguards 
Agreement and Section 17 of RA 8800 and its IRR sh all be complied with.  Imports originating from 
ASEAN Member countries shall be governed by the provisions of Articles 6 and 8 of the Agreement 
on the CEPT Scheme.    
 The application for the extended definitive ge neral safeguard measure shall be monitored and 
reviewed in accordance with Sections 15 and 16 of RA 8800.     Let this Order be published in two (2) newspa pers of general circul ation and let individual 
notices be sent to all interested parties including the country members concerned.   
 
 This Order shall take effect upon the issu ance of the relevant Memorandum Order by the 
Bureau of Customs or 15 days after the publication of this Order in two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation, whichever comes earlier.    SO ORDERED.   
 
 10 December 2007   
 
 
PETER B. FAVILA 
Secretary 
 
 
 
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