WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.3 
G/SG/N/11/BRA/2/Suppl.3 14 June 2005 
 
 
(05-2442) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   English/ 
                  Spanish 
 
 
  
NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) AND ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON TAKING A DECISION 
TO APPLY A SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
 
BRAZIL
 
 
Supplement  
 
(Grated Coconut)  
   The following communication, dated 31 May 2005, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Paraguay.  
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  In exercise of the pro-tempore Presidency of MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), we submit herewith the notification from th e Federative Republic of Brazil of the exclusion 
of the Philippines from the list of developing coun try members exempted from the safeguard measure 
on imports of grated coconut.   This notification is made pursuant to Article  12.1(c) and Article 9 of the WTO Agreement on 
Safeguards. G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.3 
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  This notification is made pursua nt to paragraph 1 of Article 9, footnote 2 of the Agreement on 
Safeguards and refers to document G/SG/N/8/BRA /3 which notifies the decision of the Brazilian 
authorities to apply a safeguard measure on imports of coconuts, as from 1 September 2002.  The Brazilian Government has the honour to notify th e Committee on Safeguards of the Publication of 
Resolution CAMEX No. 7, dated 24 March 2005, wh ich modifies the list of developing country 
Members exempted from the measure.  The measure has effect in the customs territory of Brazil.  This 
notification is submitted in compliance with th e "Regulation on the Application of Safeguard 
Measures to Imports from Non-Member Countries of MERCOSUR".  
 Attached to the notification, there is a list of WTO developing country Members exempted 
from the safeguard measure, according to paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Agreement on Safeguards. 
 Notification to the Committee on Safeguards of th e Exclusion of Philippines from the List of 
Developing Country Members Exempted from th e Safeguard Measure on Imports of Coconuts  
 
 (i) This notification is made pursuant to paragraph 1 Article 9, footnote 2 of the 
Agreement on Safeguards and refers to doc ument G/SG/B/8/BRA/3, which, pursuant 
to paragraph 1, Article 12(c) notifies th e decision of the Brazilian Government to 
apply a safeguard measure on imports of coconuts, as from 1 September 2002. 
 
 (ii) For the period December 2004-February 2005, Philippines, exempted from the 
measure during that period, had a share of 46.2 per cent of total imports.  Therefore, 
since 29 March 2005, Philippines is no longer on the list of developing country Members exempted from the safeguard measure. 
 
 As a result of the analysis of the imports of coconuts, classified under Mercosul Common 
Nomenclature (NCM/HS) 0801.11.10, the safeguard measure established by Resolution No. 19, dated 
30 July 2002, shall not apply to developing countr ies Members listed in Annex I, whose individual 
shares of total imports are lower than 3 per cent, according to paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.3 
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 ANNEX I 
 
List of Developing Countries Exempted from the Measure 
 
ANGOLA LESOTHO 
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA MADAGASCAR 
BAHRAIN MALAWI 
BANGLADESH MALAYSIA 
BARBADOS MALDIVES 
BELIZE MALI 
BENIN MALTA 
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA MAURITANIA 
BOLIVIA MAURITIUS 
BOTSWANA MOLDOVA 
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM MONGOLIA 
BURKINA FASO MOROCCO 
BURUNDI MOZAMBIQUE 
CAMEROON MYANMAR 
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC NAMIBIA 
CHAD NICARAGUA 
CHILE NIGER 
CHINA NIGERIA 
COLOMBIA OMAN 
CONGO PAKISTAN 
COSTA RICA PANAMA 
CÔTE D'IVOIRE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
CUBA PERU 
CYPRUS QATAR 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO RWANDA 
DJIBOUTI SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 
DOMINICA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 
ECUADOR SANTA LUCIA 
EGYPT SENEGAL 
EL SALVADOR SIERRA LEONE 
FIJI SOLOMON ISLANDS  
GABON SOUTH AFRICA 
GAMBIA SURINAME 
GRANADA SWAZILAND 
GUATEMALA CHINESE TAIPEI 
GUINEA TANZANIA 
GUINEA-BISSAU THAILAND 
GUYANA TOGO  
HAITI TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 
HONDURAS TUNISIA 
INDONESIA TURKEY 
JAMAICA UGANDA 
JORDAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
KENYA ZAMBIA 
KUWAIT ZIMBABWE 
 
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