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30 April 2021 
(21-3698) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
INDONESIA 'S COMMENTS  TO BRAZIL IAN PROPOSAL ON REVISION OF CERTAIN  
NOTIFICATIONS FORMAT WITHIN ARTICLE  12.1A (INITIATIONS)   
AND ARTICLE 9 FOOTNOTE 2 OF AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARD  
Due to technical difficulties during the Committee on Safeguards April  2021 meeting, the following 
statement could not be provided or read by the delegation of Indonesia at that meeting. Thus, 
Indonesia asks that this document be circulated to the Members.  
1) Additional data on disaggregated import volume by exp orting countries 
(Art. 12.1(a)  notification):  
Indonesia is of the view that  the valid  import volume data can only be collected during, and used 
for, the investigation . Thus, it is not possible to be provided , especially in the form of disaggregated 
volume, at the beginning of investigation . In addition, requiring this information to be notified will 
surely create additional burden for WTO members  that will notify the initiation of investigation.  
2) Additional information on list of exclude d developing members  pursuant to Art. 9 AoS 
(Art. 12.1(a) notification):  
Indonesia believes  it is too premature to  provide th is information when the investigating authority 
initiate the investigation . The final findings of the investigation will provide the complete information 
which include whether all conditions to impose safeguard measure have been satisfied and, 
therefore, some developing members will be excluded from the measures . 
3) Additional data on the import volume of each country, collective data for developing 
countries and the total volume of imports (Art. 9 Notification):  
Indonesia believes that data on import share has sufficiently represent ed the information needed as 
stipulated in or required by Art. 9 of the AoS.  
 
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