RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/Q2/CZE/1
28 April 1999
(99-1713)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
AND THE REASONS FOR IT
AND
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARDS
MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Notification of the CZECH REPUBLIC1
The following communication, dated 23 April 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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The notification provides information on quantities of sugar imports, but does not provide any
information on levels of domestic production or apparent consumption during the corresponding
periods.  The notification also does not contain any information relating to the situation of thedomestic industry, including changes in the level of sales, production, productivity, capacity
utilization, profits and losses, and employment.
1. Did the Ministry of Agriculture consider these factors when it made its preliminary
determination?  Did the Ministry of Agriculture publish a  report of this preliminary determination?
We note that the measure is being applied as an 80 per cent additional import duty to all
imports of sugar, irrespective of their source, wi th the exception of imports originating from the
Slovak Republic.
2. Do imports of sugar from any countries other than the Slovak Republic enjoy margins of
preference in duty rates even after the application of this import duty?
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1 G/SG/N/7/CZE/1, and G/SG/N/6/CZE/1/Suppl.1-G/SG/N/7/CZE/1/Suppl.1.