RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/Q2/NGA/1
16March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1045)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NIGERIA -IMPORT PROHIBITIONS ONSORGHUM,
MILLET, WHEAT FLOUR AND GYPSUM
Questions from theUNITED STATES
toNIGERIA
Thefollowing communication, dated 11March 1998, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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AccordingtoinformationprovidedinWT/BOP/R/35,19September1997,theNigeriandelegation
stated thatfourproducts (sorghum, millet, wheat flourandgypsum) weresubject toimport prohibitions
forsafeguard reasons, rather thanforbalance-of-payment reasons.
Wenotethatthere havebeennonotifications byNigeria totheCommittee onSafeguards for
measures affecting theimportation ofthese products pursuant toArticle 12oftheWTO Agreement
onSafeguards. Article 11oftheAgreement provides thataMember shall nottakeorseekany
emergency action onimports ofparticular products assetforthinArticle XIXofGATT 1994, unless
suchaction conforms withtheprovisions oftheAgreement.
DoesNigeria consider theimport prohibitions ontheabove-mentioned products tobeameasure
taken tosafeguard purposes?
Ifso,please respond tothefollowing points:
- Describe theinvestigative process, ifany,followed priortoimposing theprohibition;
- Provide acopyofthedetermination ofserious injury orthreat thereof, ifany;
- Explain howanimport prohibition isasafeguard measure consistent withArticle 5.1
oftheAgreement onSafeguards;
- Explain whyNigeria didnotnotify onatimely basis theimport prohibitions tothe
WTO Committee onSafeguards, asrequired byArticle 12oftheAgreement on
Safeguards.
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