WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/8/PHL/7/Suppl.2 
G/SG/N/10/PHL/6/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/11/PHL/7/Suppl.2
20 May 2010 
 (10-2813) 
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 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
PHILIPPINES 
 
(Steel Angle Bars) 
 
Supplement
 
 
 
 The following notification, dated 18 May 2010, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Philippines.
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  Further to G/SG/N/10/PHL/6 dated 31Augus t 2009, the Philippines notifies the Committee 
that, per order of the Secretary of the Depart ment of Trade and Industry on 19 April 2010, the 
safeguard duty on Steel Angle Bars was reduced from Philippine Pesos 7,700.00 per metric ton in the 
first year of the implementation period, to Philip pine Pesos 5,133.00 per metric ton for the second 
year of the implementation period.  The Philippines also notifies the list of developing countries exempt from the measure pursuant to Articl e 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards.   
                                                     
 
1 A copy of the relevant Order (in English only) has been submitted electronically.  Those wishing to 
consult this document is requested to contact Ms. Budd (hilary.budd@wto. org) or Ms. Naville 
(delphine.naville@wto.org) of the Rules Division. G/SG/N/8/PHL/7/Suppl.2 
G/SG/N/10/PHL/6/Suppl.1 G/SG/N/11/PHL/7/Suppl.2 
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  List of Developing Countries and Separate Customs Territories Excluded from  
the Imposition of Definitive Safeguard Measure on Steel Angle Bars 
  
East & Southern 
Africa West Africa North Africa South Asia 
Angola 
Botswana Burundi 
Comoros 
Congo, Dem. Rep. Djibouti Eritrea 
Ethiopia 
Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi 
Mauritius 
Mozambique Namibia Reunion 
Rwanda 
Seychelles Somalia South Africa 
Sudan 
Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia 
Zimbabwe Benin 
Burkina Faso Cameroon 
Cape Verde 
Central African Rep. Chad Congo, Rep. 
Cote d' Ivoire 
Equatorial Guinea Gabon Gambia, The Ghana 
Guinea 
Guinea, Bissau Liberia Mali 
Mauritania 
Niger Nigeria Sao Tome & Principe 
Senegal 
Sierra Leone Togo Algeria 
Egypt, Arab Rep. Libya 
Morocco 
Tunisia Afghanistan 
Bangladesh Bhutan 
British Indian Ocean 
     Territory East Timor India 
Maldives 
Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka 
 
 
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Europe & Central Asia Middle East Americas East Asia & Pacific 
Albania 
Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus 
Bosnia & Herzegovina 
Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic 
Estonia 
Georgia Greenland Hungary 
Kazakhstan 
Kyrgyz Republic Latvia Lithuania 
Macedonia, FYR 
Malta Moldova Poland Romania 
Russian Federation 
Slovakia Slovenia Tajikistan 
Turkey 
Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. Bahrain 
Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Israel 
Jordan 
Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar 
Saudi Arabia 
Syrian Arab Rep. United Arab Emirates West Bank & Gaza 
Yemen, Rep. Anguilla  
Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Aruba 
Bahamas 
Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia 
Brazil 
British Virgin Is. Cayman Is. Chile 
Colombia 
Costa Rica Cuba Dominica 
Dominican Rep. 
Ecuador El Salvador Falkland Is. (Malvinas) French Guiana 
Grenada 
Guadaloupe Guatemala Guyana 
Haiti 
Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico 
Montserrat 
Netherland Antilles Nicaragua Norfolk Is. 
Panama 
Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico 
St. Helena 
St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Vincent & the  
      Grenadines 
Suriname Trinidad & Tobago Turks & Caicos Is. 
Uruguay 
US Virgin Is. Venezuela American Samoa 
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Christmas Is. 
Cocos (Keeling) Is. 
Cook Is. Fiji French Polynesia Guam 
Hong Kong, China 
Indonesia Johnston Is. Kiribati 
Korea, Dem. Rep. 
Korea, Rep. Lao PDR Macau, China 
Malaysia 
Marshall Islands Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Midway Is. Mongolia 
Myanmar 
Nauru New Caledonia Niue 
Northern Marianas Is. 
Palau Pitcairn Is. Papua New Guinea Samoa 
Singapore 
Solomon Islands Thailand Tokelau 
Tonga 
Tuvalu Vanuatu Viet Nam 
Wake Is. 
Wallis & Futuna Is. 
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