WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/8/JOR/6 
G/SG/N/10/JOR/6 
G/SG/N/11/JOR/2 
22 January 2007 
 
 (07-0291) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   English 
 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
JORDAN  
 
  The following communication, dated 10 January 2 007, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Jordan. 
 
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 The Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom  of Jordan to the United Nations Office 
and other International Organiza tions in Geneva presents its compliments to the World Trade 
Organization/Safeguards Committee, and has the honour  to forward the enclosed notification under 
Article 12.1(b) of the Agreement on Safeguards on findi ng a serious injury or threat thereof caused by 
increased imports, and pursuant to Article 9, footnote 2, of the Agreement on Safeguards. G/SG/N/8/JOR/6 
G/SG/N/10/JOR/6  
G/SG/N/11/JOR/2 
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I. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT  THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS 
 In accordance with Article 12.1(b) of the Agre ement on Safeguards, Jordan hereby submits its 
notification on finding serious in jury caused by increased imports of (Insecticides put up in jet cans 
provided for under tariff heading 3808.101 of the Jordanian tariff code).  
1. Evidence of serious injury or th reat caused by increased imports 
 The following table demonstrates the relevant economic indicators investigated in the 
domestic industry, in compliance with the current National Production Protection Law: 
 
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 
Utilization rate of capacity (%) 22.5 19.9 19.9 19.1 15.6 
Change in domestic production (%) - (11.4) (11.2) (14.9) (30.4) 
Unit price of domestic sales (Dinar/kg) 9.955 11.081 9.322 11.098 9.366 
Change in profit (%) - 43.5 (59.7) (1) (89.6) 
Change in domestic sales (%) - (10.3) (0.2) (10.9) (28.7) 
Market share (%) 8 5 4 3 2 
Change in Productivity % (kg/worker) - (8.3) 5.9 2.4 (13.5) 
 
The above table shows that:    
• Market share significantly and seriously d ecreased during POI, falling gradually and 
enormously from 8 per cent in 2001 to 2 per cen t in 2005.  This decrease occurred as a result 
of the significant decrease in the volume of sales of the local industry in favour of like 
imports. 
 
• Domestic industry's actual capacity maintained its level during POI, as the increase of imports 
disabled the domestic industry from increasing its actual capacity above the ultimate rate of 
22.5 per cent recorded in the year 2001, and in light of the profound expansion of market size during the POI, its obvious that domestic industry was not even able to slightly increase its 
capacity due to the huge flow of imports. 
 
• Production and sales gradually and significantly declined in production/sales of the domestic 
industry during the POI starting from the year 2002, as the decrease continued in 2003, 2004 and drastically declined in year 2005. 
 
• Productivity declined during the POI effective year 2002 by 8.3 per cent, as a result of the 
increase of imports.  This decline conti nued until it reached 13.5 per cent in 2005. 
 
• Domestic industry recorded sharp declines in profits starting from year 2003 and continued in 
the following years until it reached 89.6 per cent in 2005. 
 The overall assessment of the situation in the domest ic industry indicated that the domestic industry 
has suffered serious injury . 
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2. Information on whether there is an absolu te increase in imports or an increase in 
imports relative to domestic production 
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 
Volume in kilograms 3351553 5404742 6700277 8430702 10483127
Absolute increase (%) - 61.3 99.9 151.5 212.8 
Relative increase (%) 981.7 1787.2 2211.3 2900.6 4413.5 
 
 The above table shows that the subject importe d product increased, in absolute terms, during 
POI, starting from the year 2002 when imports record ed an absolute increas e of 61.3 per cent, and 
continued to surge enormously in the following years until it reached an increase rate of 212.8 per 
cent in the year 2005.  Which indicate that the in crease in imports was sudden, sharp, and recent. 
 
 In addition, the table shows that the s ubject imported product increased significantly in 
relative terms.  As the sudden increase started in the year 2002 when it recorded a rate of 1787.2 per 
cent, and then continued to mount significantly durin g POI until it reached a rate of 4413.5 per cent in 
the year 2005.  3. Provide a precise description of the product involved 
The product in respect of which the domestic producers had claimed that trends in imports 
appear to call for safeguard measure is footwear.  The products concerned were classified within 
Jordan Customs Tariffs System Headings:   
 
6401  – Waterproof footwear with outer soles and upper s of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which 
are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitchi ng, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar 
processes.    6402  – Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics.   
 
6403  – Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plasti cs, leather or composition leather and uppers of 
leather.    6404  – Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plasti cs, leather or composition leather and uppers of 
textiles materials.   
 
6405  – Other footwear.   G/SG/N/8/JOR/6 
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4. Provide a precise description of the proposed measure 
 The proposed definitive safeguard measure is a specific surcharge per pair subject to annual 
liberalization as shown in the table below.   
 
H. S CODE 1. YEAR 2. YEAR 3. YEAR 
6401 1 JD 0.95 JD 0.90 JD 
6402 1.50 JD 1.45 JD 1.40 JD 
64022 0.50 JD 0.45 JD 0.40 JD 
6403 4.50 JD 4.25 JD 4 JD 
6404 1.5 JD 1.45 JD 1.40 JD 
64042 4.5 JD 4.25 JD 4 JD 
6405 1.50 JD  1.45 JD 1.40 JD 
64051 4.50 JD 4.25 JD 4 JD 
 
The subheadings (640212, 640312) ar e excluded from the measure.   
 
5. Provide the expected duration of the measure 
The expected duration of the measure is three years. 
 
6. For a measure with the duration of more than  three years, provide the proposed date 
for this review (under Article 7.4) to hold not later than mid-term of the measure, if 
such a date for review has already been scheduled 
Not applicable. 
 
7. If the expected duration is over one year, pr ovide the expected timetable for progressive 
liberalization of the measure 
 Timetable of the measure shall be set upon approval of the Council of Ministers on the 
proposed measure according to the Jordanian legisl ations, and shall be notified to the Committee on 
Safeguards once the approval occurs.  
II. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 9.1, FOOTNOTE 2 OF THE AGREEMENT ON 
SAFEGUARDS ON NON-APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARD MEASURE TAKEN BY 
JORDAN TO THE IMPORTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTIRES 
1. Safeguard measures 
 The Safeguard measure is described in Jordan 's notification under Article 12.1(b) of the 
Safeguard Agreement.    2. Product subject to the measure 
 Product subject to the measure is described in the Jordan's notification under Article 12.1(b) 
of the Safeguard Agreement.    
3. Developing countries to which the measure is not applied under Article 9.1 of the 
Agreement on Safeguards 
The developing countries concerned as the following:  G/SG/N/8/JOR/6 
G/SG/N/10/JOR/6 
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Afghanistan Albania 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Angola Argentina Algeria American Samoa 
Anguilla 
Antarctica Armenia Aruba  Azerbaijan 
Barbados 
Bangladesh Burkina Faso Bahrain, Kingdom of Burundi Benin 
Belarus 
Brunei Darussalam Bolivia Brazil Bahamas 
Bhutan 
Botswana Belize Bermuda Buvet Island British Virgin Islands 
British Indian Ocean 
 Territory  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Central African Republic 
Congo 
Côte d'Ivoire Cameroon Cambodia Chad Colombia 
Costa Rica 
Cuba Cape Verde Cayman Islands Chile 
Chinese Taipei 
Cocos Islands Cook Islands Comoros Czech Republic 
Djibouti Democratic Rep. of Congo 
Dominica 
Dominican Republic 
East Timor Europe & central Ecuador El Salvador 
Egypt 
Eritrea  Equatorial Guinea Ehtiopia Fiji 
Federated States of  
 Micronesia Falkland Islands French Polynesia  French Southern Territories Former Yugoslav Republic 
 of Macedonia (FYROM) 
Gabon Grenada Ghana The Gambia 
Georgia 
Greenland Guinea Guatemala Guinea Bissau Guyana 
Gibraltar 
Guam Honduras Haiti Heard Island McDonald  
 Islands 
Hong Kong, China India Iraq Iran Israel  
Jamaica 
Johnston Island Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati 
Kuwait 
Kyrgyz Republic Laos Lao PDR Latvia 
Lebanon Lithuania 
Liberia 
Lesotho 
Liechtenstein Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Morocco Madagascar 
Marshall Islands 
Mali Malaysia Moldova Mongolia 
Mauritania 
Mauritius Maldives  Malawi Midway Is.  Micronesia, Fed Sts.  
Martinique 
Mozambique Macao Mayotte Myanmar 
Mexico 
Montserrat Namibia Niger Niue Nigeria 
Nicaragua 
Nepal New Zealand Nauru Netherlands Antilles 
New Caledonia 
Niue Island Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Oman Qatar 
Panama 
Peru Papua New Guinea Philippines Pakistan 
Palau 
Paraguay Pitcaim Poland Reunion 
Romania G/SG/N/8/JOR/6 
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  Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa 
Saudi Arabia 
Saint Lucia St Kitts and Nevis St Vincent Solomon Islands 
Seychelles 
Sudan  Sierra Leone Singapore Sri Lanka 
Senegal 
Somalia South Africa Suriname Sao Tomé and Principe Swaziland 
South Georgia and South   Sandwich Islands 
Slovenia 
Slovakia St Helena and dependencies St Pierre et Miquelon Tajikistan 
Thailand 
Togo Tunisia Turkey Tonga 
Trinidad and Tobago  
Turkmenistan  Tuvalu Tanzania Tokelau Turks and Caicos Islands 
Ukraine United States Minor  
 outlying islands 
Uganda Uruguay Uzbekistan United Arab Emirates 
Vanuatu 
Vietnam Venezuela Virgin Islands of US Wallis and Futuna Islands 
Wake Is. 
Yemen Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. Zambia Zimbabwe 
Christmas Islands 
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