NOTIFICATION
UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
NOTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
9, FOOTNOTE 2 OF
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
Indonesia
Carpets
and Other Textile Floor Coverings
Supplement
The following communication, dated and received on 13 August 2024, 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 Republic of Indonesia hereby notifies to extend the imposition
of a safeguard measures in the form of specific safeguard duty on the
importation of Subject Good, for a period of 3 (three) years by the issuance of
Minister of Finance's Decree Number 49 Year 2024 dated 23 July 2024,
promulgated in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Year 2024
Number 454 on 6 August 2024.
A._
GENERAL
BACKGROUND
On 9 November 2023 the Republic of Indonesia notified the findings of
investigation in which it was concluded that the relevant safeguard measure
needs to be extended, in particular, to prevent or remedy serious injury
suffered by the Applicant. The extension of such safeguard measures will also
give the Applicant the opportunity to continue their adjustment program in order
to improve the competitiveness of domestic industry (_G/SG/N/8/IDN/27/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 specific safeguard duty.
B._
SUBJECT GOOD
"Carpet And Other Textile Floor
Coverings", under the Indonesia Harmonized System (HS.) Code: Chapter 57
in accordance with Indonesian Tariff Book (BTKI) 2022.
C._
DESCRIPTION
OF THE SAFEGUARD MEASURE
1. With reference to the proposal from the
Investigating Authority, and taking into account the need to effectuate the
safeguard measure as proposed and the relevant requirement stipulated in the
WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has
decided to impose the following safeguard duty:
Timetable of the Safeguard
Duty
|
Period
|
Safeguard Duty (IDR/m2)
|
|
(20 August 2024 - 19 August
2025)
|
Rp
74,461/m2
|
|
(20 August
2025 - 19 August 2026)
|
Rp 71,058/m2
|
|
(20 August
2026 - 19 August 2027)
|
Rp 67,811/m2
|
2. Below is 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
List of Developing Countries
Excluded from the Measure
|
No
|
Countries
|
No
|
Countries
|
|
1
|
Afghanistan
|
39
|
Gambia
|
|
2
|
Albania
|
40
|
Georgia
|
|
3
|
Angola
|
41
|
Ghana
|
|
4
|
Antigua
and Barbuda
|
42
|
Grenada
|
|
5
|
Argentina
|
43
|
Guatemala
|
|
6
|
Armenia
|
44
|
Guinea
|
|
7
|
Bahrain,
Kingdom of
|
45
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
|
8
|
Bangladesh
|
46
|
Guyana
|
|
9
|
Barbados
|
47
|
Haiti
|
|
10
|
Belize
|
48
|
Honduras
|
|
11
|
Benin
|
49
|
Hong
Kong, China
|
|
12
|
Bolivia,
Plurinational State of
|
50
|
India
|
|
13
|
Botswana
|
51
|
Israel
|
|
14
|
Brazil
|
52
|
Jamaica
|
|
15
|
Brunei
Darussalam
|
53
|
Jordan
|
|
16
|
Burkina
Faso
|
54
|
Kazakhstan
|
|
17
|
Burundi
|
55
|
Kenya
|
|
18
|
Cabo
Verde
|
56
|
Korea,
Republic of
|
|
19
|
Cambodia
|
57
|
Kuwait,
the State of
|
|
20
|
Cameroon
|
58
|
Kyrgyz
Republic
|
|
21
|
Central
African Republic
|
59
|
Lao
People's Democratic Republic
|
|
22
|
Chad
|
60
|
Lesotho
|
|
23
|
Chile
|
61
|
Liberia
|
|
24
|
Colombia
|
62
|
Liechtenstein
|
|
25
|
Congo
|
63
|
Macao,
China
|
|
26
|
Costa
Rica
|
64
|
Madagascar
|
|
27
|
Côte
d'Ivoire
|
65
|
Malawi
|
|
28
|
Cuba
|
66
|
Maldives
|
|
29
|
Democratic
Republic of the Congo
|
67
|
Mali
|
|
30
|
Djibouti
|
68
|
Mauritania
|
|
31
|
Dominica
|
69
|
Mauritius
|
|
32
|
Dominican
Republic
|
70
|
Mexico
|
|
33
|
Ecuador
|
71
|
Moldova,
Republic of
|
|
34
|
Egypt
|
72
|
Montenegro
|
|
35
|
El
Salvador
|
73
|
Mongolia
|
|
36
|
Eswatini
|
74
|
Morocco
|
|
37
|
Fiji
|
75
|
Mozambique
|
|
38
|
Gabon
|
76
|
Myanmar
|
|
77
|
Namibia
|
100
|
Singapore
|
|
78
|
Nepal
|
101
|
Solomon
Islands
|
|
79
|
Nicaragua
|
102
|
South
Africa
|
|
80
|
Niger
|
103
|
Sri
Lanka
|
|
81
|
Nigeria
|
104
|
Suriname
|
|
82
|
Oman
|
105
|
Chinese
Taipei
|
|
83
|
Pakistan
|
106
|
Tajikistan
|
|
84
|
Panama
|
107
|
Tanzania
|
|
85
|
Papua
New Guinea
|
108
|
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
|
|
86
|
Paraguay
|
109
|
Togo
|
|
87
|
Peru
|
110
|
Tonga
|
|
88
|
Philippines
|
111
|
Trinidad
and Tobago
|
|
89
|
Qatar
|
112
|
Tunisia
|
|
90
|
Russian
Federation
|
113
|
Uganda
|
|
91
|
Rwanda
|
114
|
Ukraine
|
|
92
|
Saint
Kitts and Nevis
|
115
|
United
Arab Emirates
|
|
93
|
Saint
Lucia
|
116
|
Uruguay
|
|
94
|
Saint
Vincent & the Grenadines
|
117
|
Vanuatu
|
|
95
|
Samoa
|
118
|
Venezuela,
Bolivarian Republic of
|
|
96
|
Saudi
Arabia, Kingdom of
|
119
|
Yemen
|
|
97
|
Senegal
|
120
|
Zambia
|
|
98
|
Seychelles
|
121
|
Zimbabwe
|
|
99
|
Sierra
Leone
|
|
|
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