G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/11/IDN/17/Suppl.2  
 
19 November 2021  
(21-8759) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
INDONESIA  
Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 17  November  2021 and received on 18 November 2021 , is 
being circulated at the request of the delegation of Indonesia.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 7.2 and Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government 
of the Republic of Indonesia hereby notifies to extend the imposition of a safeguard measures in 
the form of ad valorem safeguard duty on the importation of Subject Goods, for a period of 3 years 
by the is suance of Minister of Finance's Decree Number 156/PMK.010/2021 dated 
9 November  2021 can be found in the website of the Indonesian Safeguard Committee: 
www.kppi.kemendag.go.id , promulgated in the Official Gazette  of the Republic of Indonesia 
Number  1236 and came into effect on 18  November  2021.  
 
1  GENERAL BACKGROUND  
On 14  July 2021 the Republic of Indonesia notified the findings of investigation in which it was 
concluded that the relevant safeguard measures need to be extended, in particular to prevent 
serious injury suffered by the Applicants. The extension of such safeguard measures will also give 
the Applicants opportunity to continue their adjustment program in order to improve the 
competitiveness of domestic ind ustry (G/SG/N/8/IDN/20/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.2).  
 
It was also indicated in the notification that the Investigating Authority was proposing to the 
Government of the Republic of Indonesia, to extend the imposition of a safeguard measures duty 
on the importation of the Subject Goods in the form of an ad valorem safeguard duty, both in terms 
of amount and duration of such measure.  
 
2  DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT GOODS  
The description of the subject goods are as follows:  
 
"Ceramic flags and paving, hearth  or wall tiles, under Harmonized System (HS.) Codes: 6907.21.91, 
6907.21.92, 6907.21.93, 6907.21.94, 6907.22.91, 6907.22.92, 6907.22.93, 6907.22.94, 
6907.23.91, 6907.23.92, 6907.23.93, 6907.23.94"  
   
G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.3  •  G/SG/N/11/IDN/17/Suppl.2  
 
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  3  DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED MEASURE  
With reference to the proposal from the Investigating Authority, and taking into account the need 
to effectuate the safeguard measures as proposed and the relevant requirements stipulated in the 
WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of the Republic of Ind onesia has decided to impose 
the following safeguard duty:  
 
TIMETABLE OF THE SAFEGUARD DUTY  
Period  
 Safeguard  Duty 
 
First Year    (18 November 2021 - 17 November 2022 ) 17% 
Second Year  (18 November 2022 - 17 November 2023) 15% 
Third Year    (18 November  2023 - 17 November 2024) 13% 
 
Below is the list major exporting members of imports of the product involved and the list of 
developing countries excluded from the said safeguard measures, and the Government of the 
Republic of Indonesia reserves the right to modify this list in light of changing import volumes 
exceeded 3%.  
 
LIST OF MAJOR EXPORTING MEMBERS OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT INVOLVED  
Country  2020  
Volume (Ton)  % 
People 's Republic of China  897,671  67 
India 358,926  27 
Viet Nam  64,841  5 
Other Countries  13,048  1 
Source: Statistics Indonesia/Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), processed.  
 
LIST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXCLUDED FROM THE MEASURES  
No. Countries  No. Countries  
1 Afghanistan  19 Cambodia  
2 Albania  20 Cameroon   
3 Angola  21 Central African Republic  
4 Antigua and Barbuda  22 Chad  
5 Argentina  23 Chile  
6 Armenia  24 Colombia  
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of  25 Congo   
8 Bangladesh  26 Costa Rica   
9 Barbados  27 Côte d'Ivoire  
10 Belize   28 Cuba  
11 Benin  29 Democratic Republic of the Congo  
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of   30 Djibouti   
13 Botswana   31 Dominica   
14 Brazil   32 Dominican Republic   
15 Brunei Darussalam  33 Ecuador   
16 Burkina Faso  34 Egypt  
17 Burundi  35 El Salvador   
18 Cabo Verde  36 Fiji  
37 Gabon   77 Nepal   
38 Gambia    78 Nicaragua  
39 Georgia   79 Niger   
40 Ghana   80 Nigeria   
41 Grenada   81 Oman  
42 Guatemala  82 Pakistan  
43 Guinea   83 Panama  
44 Guinea -Bissau  84 Papua New Guinea   
45 Guyana   85 Paraguay   
46 Haiti  86 Peru  
47 Honduras  87 Philippines     
G/SG/N/10/IDN/20/Suppl.3  •  G/SG/N/11/IDN/17/Suppl.2  
 
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  No. Countries  No. Countries  
48 Hong Kong, China   88 Qatar  
49 Israel   89 Russian Federation   
50 Jamaica  90 Rwanda   
51 Jordan   91 Saint Kitts and Nevis   
52 Kazakhstan  92 Saint Lucia   
53 Kenya  93 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines  
54 Korea, Republic of  94 Samoa   
55 Kuwait, the State of   95 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
56 Kyrgyz Republic   96 Senegal  
57 Lao People 's Democratic Republic  97 Seychelles  
58 Lesotho   98 Sierra Leone   
59 Liberia  99 Singapore  
60 Liechtenstein   100 Solomon Islands  
61 Macao, China   101 South Africa   
62 Madagascar   102 Sri Lanka  
63 Malawi   103 Suriname  
64 Malaysia  104 Swaziland / Eswatini  
65 Maldives  105 Chinese Taipei  
66 Mali  106 Tajikistan  
67 Mauritania   107 Tanzania   
68 Mauritius  108 Thailand   
69 Mexico   109 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
(FYROM) / North Macedonia  
70 Moldova, Republic of   110 Togo  
71 Mongolia  111 Tonga   
72 Montenegro   112 Trinidad and Tobago   
73 Morocco  113 Tunisia  
74 Mozambique   114 Turkey   
75 Myanmar   115 Uganda  
76 Namibia  116 Ukraine  
117 United Arab Emirates   121 Yemen   
118 Uruguay   122 Zambia  
119 Vanuatu  123 Zimbabwe   
120 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of    
 
It is requested that this notification under Article 12.1 (c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards be 
brought to the notice of Members.  
 
INDONESIAN SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE  
(KOMITE PENGAMANAN PERDAGANGAN  INDONESIA - KPPI)  
Jl. M.I. Ridwan Rais No.5, Building I, 5th Floor, Jakarta 10110  
Telephone / Facsimile: (62 -21) 385 7758  
Email: kppi@kemendag.go.id  
 
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