WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/16/DOM/1/Suppl.2 
16 June 2010 
 (10-3266) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION RELATING TO THE TRANSITIONAL PRODUCT-SPECIFIC 
SAFEGUARD MEASURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 16 OF PART 1 
OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE ACCESSION OF 
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
 
(Lavatories and washbasins
) 
 
Supplement  
 
  The following communication, dated 14 June 2010,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Dominican Republic.  
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  The Dominican Republic hereby notifies Resolution No. CDC-RD-SG-085-2010, of 1 June 2010, published in the newspaper El caribe  of the Dominican Republic on 12 June 2010, 
whereby the Regulatory Commission on Unfair Tr ade Practices and Safeguard Measures of the 
Dominican Republic decided, in the exercise of the legal powers conferre d upon it by Article 84(a) 
and (b) of Law No. 1-02 of the Dominican Re public on Unfair Trade Practices and Safeguard 
Measures of 18 January 2002, on the application of provisional safeguard measures on account of the 
market disruption caused by the imports of porcelain lavatories and porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins originating from the People's Republic of China.  
 This notification, together with its anne xes, is made under Article 12.1(a) of the 
WTO Agreement on Safeguards.  Accordingly, the Dominican Republic submits the following 
documents:  
• Notification to the WTO Committee on Safeguards pursuant to section 16 of the 
Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic of China. 
 
• Resolution No. CDC-RD-SG-085-2010 of 1 June 2010.
1 
  The Dominican Republic wishes to notif y to the WTO Committee on Safeguards the 
following information contained in Resolution No. CDC-RD-SG-085-2010 of 1 June 2010, which 
decided on the request for the applica tion of provisional measures submitted by Sanitarios 
Dominicanos, S.A.  (SADOSA) with regard to washbasins and la vatories, together with the text of the 
said resolution relating to the current proceedings No. CDC-RD/SG/2010-007: 
                                                     
 
1 A copy of Resolution No. CDC-RD-SG-085-2010 (in Spanish only) has been submitted 
electronically.  Anyone wishing to consult this document should contact Ms Budd (hilary.budd@wto.org) or 
Ms Naville (delphine.naville@wto.org) at the Rules Division. G/SG/N/16/DOM/1/Suppl.2 
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Imported product under inves tigation and tariff subheadings
: 
 
Tariff 
Heading Description of the Product Uses Technical 
Characteristics 
6910.10.10 Porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or 
pedestal washbasins. Bodily 
hygiene Ceramic and porcelain 
6910.10.30 Porcelain lavato ries of one or two pieces. Bodily 
hygiene Ceramic and porcelain 
 
Directly competitive domestic product : 
 
Tariff 
Heading Description of the Product Uses Technical 
Characteristics 
6910.10.10 Porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or 
pedestal washbasins. Bodily 
hygiene Ceramic and porcelain 
6910.10.30 Porcelain lavato ries of one or two pieces. Bodily 
hygiene Ceramic and porcelain 
 
Volume of imports under investigation : 
 
  Quantity (units) Rates of increase % 
No. Tariff Heading 2006 2007 2008 2009 2007-
2006 2008-
2007 2009-
2008 2009-
2006 
1 6910.10.10 24,245.00 47,674.00 286, 328.00 44,634.00 97% 501% -84% 84% 
2 6910.10.30 25,862.00 56,760.00 67, 371.00 38,779.00 119% 19% -42% 50% 
Source :  Compiled by the Investigations Department (DEI) with  information from the General Directorate of Customs 
(DGA). 
 
CIF value (US$) of the imports under investigation  
 
 CIF Value (US$) Rates of increase 
Tariff 
Heading 2006 2007 2008 2009 2007-
2006 2008-
2007 2009-
2008 2009-
2006
6910.10.10 479,935.17 817,448.42 1,026,120.87 731,649.66 70% 26% -29% 52% 
6910.10.30 1,189,816.69 1,984,196.22 2,627,779.24 1,492,922.18 67% 32% -43% 25% 
Source :  Compiled by the DEI with information from the General Directorate of Customs. 
 
Domestic producers of the directly competitive product : 
  Sanitarios Dominicanos , S. A. (SADOSA) 
 
Critical circumstances
: 
  The cumulative 84 per cent increase in the volume of imports of porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins and 50 per cent increase in imports of lavatories of one or 
two pieces during the period of investigation is th e cause of the disruption of the Dominican market 
and therefore the injury facing the domestic industry that translates into a fa ll of 26 per cent in the 
production of porcelain lavatories of one or two pieces and of 21 per cent in the production of  G/SG/N/16/DOM/1/Suppl.2 
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  porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins in 2009 compared with 2006, as well as a 
decline of 12 per cent in the sales of porcelain bu ilt-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins and a 
significant loss of the domestic market for porcelain lavatories of one or two pieces and porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins in the same period.  
 The domestic industry is in a critical situation owing to the fact that the company's utilized 
capacity, inventories and profits have been adver sely affected both as regards porcelain lavatories of 
one or two pieces and porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins.  Proposed provisional safeguard measure
: 
 
 The provisional safeguard measure proposed is:  
A 30 per cent ad valorem  tariff on the imports of porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal 
washbasins under investigation, corresponding to subheading No. 6910.10.10 of the 
Fourth Amendment to the Dominican Republic's tariff;  and 
 
a 35 per cent ad valorem  tariff on the imports of porcelain lavatories of one or two pieces 
under investigation, corresponding to subheading No. 6910.10.30 of the Fourth Amendment to the Dominican Republic's Tariff. 
 
Expected duration of the provisional safeguard measure
: 
  The expected duration of the provisional m easure adopted will be two hundred (200) days 
from 15 June 2010 to 31 December 2010.  
Text of Resolution No. CDC-RD-SG-085-2010
: 
 FIRST:   It has been ascertained that imports of the product under investigation have increased in 
absolute and relative terms, causing serious inju ry to the domestic industry that produces goods in 
direct competition with the imported product under i nvestigation, there being sufficient evidence of 
critical circumstances. 
 
SECOND:   By virtue of the above it has been decided to apply provisional measures of the order of a 
35 per cent ad valorem  tariff on imports of porcelain lavatories of one or two pieces  and a 30 per cent 
ad valorem  tariff on imports of porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins  for a period 
of two hundred (200) days from 15 June 2010 to  31 December 2010, to the imports of porcelain 
lavatories of one or two pieces and porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins  under 
investigation, corresponding to subheadings Nos. 6910.10.30 and 6910.10.10 of the Fourth Amendment of the Dominican Republic's Tariff.  THIRD:   To continue the investigation proceedings in order to determine whether to proceed with the 
application for a definitive safeguard measure on the imports of porcelain lavatories of one or 
two pieces  and porcelain built-in, wall-mounted or pedestal washbasins  under investigation, 
corresponding to the Subheadings Nos. 6910.10.30 and 6910.10.10 of the Fourth Amendment of the Dominican Republic's Tariff.  FOURTH:   To notify the present Resolution to the Minist ry of Finance, via the General Directorate 
of Customs, in accordance with Article 24(c) of the Law. 
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  FIFTH:   To notify immediately the present Resoluti on via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to: 
 
• The President of the Dominican Republic; 
 
• the Ministry of Industry and Trade; 
 
• the Chinese Government, whose exports will be affected by the application of a 
safeguard measure, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 
 
• the WTO Committee on Safeguards; 
 
• the interested parties to the proceedings. 
 SEVENTH:   To order the publication of the notice relating to the application of the provisional 
measure in a national newspaper, in accordance with Article 264 of the Regulation, and on the 
Commission's website on the internet www.cdc.gob.do
. 
  The complete text of Resolution No. CDC-RD -SG-085-2010 and the public report issued are 
available on the Commission's website www.cdc.gob.do
. 
 
At Santo Domingo, National District, Capita l of the Dominican Republic, 11 June 2010. 
 
REGULATORY COMMISSION ON UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES 
AND SAFEGUARD MEASURES 
 
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