WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/8/BRA/3/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/11/BRA/2/Suppl.1
10 March 2003
(03-1356)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English/
Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(b) OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING
A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT THEREOF
CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS
Notifications Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) and Article 9,
Footnote 2, of the Agreement on Safeguards
BRAZIL
Supplement
The following communication, dated 27 February 2003, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Brazil.
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The Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies
in Geneva presents its compliments to the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization and, in
exercise of the pro-tempore Presidency of the States Parties to Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
and Uruguay), has the honour to notify to the Committee on Safeguards an amendment to
document G/SG/N/8/BRA/3, G/SG/N /10/BRA/3, G/SG/N/11/ BRA/3, on the imposition by Mercosur,
on behalf of the Federative Republic of Brazil, of a safeguard measure on imports of dried coconuts,
shelled and shredded, classified as tariff item 0801.11.10.  The measure has effect in the customs
territory of Brazil.
This notification is made pursuant to the rules on the application of safeguard measures to
imports from non-member countries of Mercosur.G/SG/N/8/BRA/3/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/11/BRA/2/Suppl.1
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This notification supplements the informatio n contained in document G/SG/N/8/BRA/3-
G/SG/N/10/BRA/3-G/SG/N/ 11/BRA/2, which, pursuant to Ar ticle 12.1(c) and to Article 9,
footnote 2, of the Agreement on Safeguards, notified the imposition by Mercosul, on behalf of Brazil,of a safeguard measure on the imports of coconuts, classified under the Mercosul Common
Nomenclature – NCM/HS tariff line 0801.11.10.
According to Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards, safeguard measures shall not apply
to the developing country Members whose individual shares in the total imports are lower than 3 per
cent.  These developing countries are indicated in Annex I of the aforementioned document.
For the period September-November 2002, the Ivory Coast and Indonesia, countries that were
included in that annex, had a share of 4.67 per cent and 59.49 per cent, respectively, of all imports.
As these rates are higher than 3 per cent, the Ivory Coast and Indonesia were, therefore, excluded
from the list of developing country Members to which the safeguard measure does not apply.  This
modification was effected through Resolution No. 3, which entered into force on 12 February 2003.
The modified list of developing countries exempted from the measure is provided as an annex
to this notification.G/SG/N/8/BRA/3/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/10/BRA/3/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/11/BRA/2/Suppl.1
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ANNEX I
List of Developing Countries  Excluded from the Measure
ANGOLA MALAWI
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA MALAYSIA
BAHRAIN MALDIVES
BANGLADESH MALI
BARBADOS MALTA
BELIZE MAURITANIA
BENIN MAURITIUS
BOLIVIA MOLDOVA
BOTSWANA MONGOLIA
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM MOROCCO
BURKINA FASO MOZAMBIQUE
BURUNDI MYANMAR
CAMEROON NAMIBIA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC NICARAGUA
CHAD NIGER
CHILE NIGERIA
CHINA OMAN
CHINESE TAIPEI PAKISTAN
COLOMBIA PANAMA
CONGO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
COSTA RICA PERU
CUBA PHILIPPINES
CYPRUS QATAR
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO RWANDA
DJIBOUTI SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
DOMINICA SAINT LUCIA
ECUADOR SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
EGYPT SENEGAL
EL SALVADOR SIERRA LEONE
FIJI SOLOMON ISLANDS
GABON SOUTH AFRICA
THE GAMBIA SURINAME
GRENADA SWAZILAND
GUATEMALA TANZANIA
GUINEA BISSAU THAILAND
GUINEA TOGO
GUYANA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
HAITI TUNISIA
HONDURAS TURKEY
JAMAICA UGANDA
JORDAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
KENYA VENEZUELA
KUWAIT ZAMBIA
LESOTHO ZIMBABWE
MADAGASCAR
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