. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/6/MEX/2 
19 July 2010 
 (10-3911) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT ON 
SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION 
AND THE REASONS FOR IT 
 
MEXICO 
 
  The following communication, dated 16 July 2010, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Mexico. 
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  In the interests of transparency and pursua nt to Article 12.1(a) of the WTO Agreement on 
Safeguards, Mexico hereby notifies the Committe e on Safeguards of the "Resolution accepting the 
application of an interested party and declaring th e initiation of a safeguard investigation concerning 
imports of spiral-welded steel pipes and tubes,  classified under heading 7305.19.01 of the Tariff 
established under Mexico's Gene ral Import and Export Duty Law"
1, which was made publicly 
available by the investigating authority through p ublication in the Mexican Official Journal of 
2 July 2010.  
1. Date of initiation of the investigation 
 The above-mentioned Resolution initiating the i nvestigation enters into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal.  
2. Description of the product subject to the investigation 
 The products subject to the investigation are sp iral-welded steel pipes and tubes of 30 inches 
in diameter and 11.5 metres in length, manufactured in accordance with the specifications of 
American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard API 5L  and certified to comply with this Standard.  
These products are classified under heading 7305.19. 01 of the Tariff established under Mexico's 
General Import and Export Duty Law.  They are mainly used for gas pipelines, but also for water 
supply systems.  According to the information provided by the applicants, the main users of this kind of pipe in Mexico are gas transport companies and Petróleos Mexicanos. 
 
3. Reasons for the initiation of the investigation 
 
 On 6 April 2010, the companies Tubesa, S. A. de C.V. and Fabricaciones Industriales 
Tumex, S.A. de C.V. filed an application for the initiation of a safeguard investigation and the 
imposition of provisional measures owing to critical circumstances.  The investigating authority 
                                                     
 
1 A copy of this Resolution (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/6/MEX/2 
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  accepted the application by the interested party and t hus declared the initiation of the investigation, as 
indicated in the said Resolution, published on 2 July 2010.   The initiation of the investigation is warranted  given that it has been demonstrated that 
imports of the product that is the subject of the a pplication have increased significantly in absolute 
terms and relative to market size and domestic produc tion, and there is sufficient evidence that they 
took place under such conditions as to cause or threat en to cause serious injury to the domestic 
industry that produces like or directly competitive produc ts.  At this stage of the investigation, the 
imports under review are from India, China, Japan, Russia, Iraq and North Korea.  4. Contact points for the investigation 
• Hugo Perezcano Díaz, Head of the International Trade Practices Unit ( Unidad de 
Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales ) 
Tel.: +52 55 5229-61-00, Ext. 33100 E-mail: upci@economia.gob.mx 
 
• Pedro Aarón de León Díaz, Director of  the Procedures and Litigation Liaison 
Division ( Dirección de Procedimientos y Enlace Contencioso ) 
Tel.: +52 55 5229-61-00, Ext. 33167 E-mail: aleon@economia.gob.mx 
  Enquiries related to this investigation shou ld be submitted by e-mail, where possible. 
 5. Evidentiary period 
 Pursuant to the last paragraph of Articl e 3 and Article 53 of the Foreign Trade Law, 
Articles 125.I and 164 of the Regulations of th e Foreign Trade Law and Article 3.1 of the 
WTO Agreement on Safeguards, impor ters, exporters, foreign legal pe rsons and any other person who 
considers that they have an interest in the outcome  of the investigation has a period of twenty-eight 
working days to submit the official forms establis hed for this purpose and the arguments and evidence 
they deem relevant.  This period ends  at 2 p.m. on the twenty-eighth day. 
  The period of twenty-eight working days estab lished for the importers, exporters and foreign 
legal persons specified in point 16 of the above -mentioned Resolution, as well as for the governments 
of India, China, Japan, Russia, Iraq and North Korea, will begin as of the date on which the 
notification is sent.  With regard to all other inter ested persons, notification will be considered to have 
been made upon publication of the Resolution and th e period of twenty-eight working days will begin 
as of the day following its publication in the Official Journal.   The public hearing will be held on 24 September 2010 at the headquarters of the International 
Trade Practices Unit (Insurgentes Sur 1940, planta baja , Colonia Florida, C.P. 01030, Mexico, Federal 
District) or in another location specified in advance by this Unit.   
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