RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/6/KOR/2
1stJuly1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2499)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OFTHE
AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS ONINITIATION OF
ANINVESTIGATION AND THE REASONS FOR IT
KOREA
Thefollowing communication, dated 11June1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofKorea.
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Pursuant toArticle 12.1(a) oftheWTO Agreement onSafeguards, andinlightoftheformat
fornotificationsundertheAgreementonSafeguardsadoptedbytheCommitteeonSafeguards(G/SG/N/6,
7February 1995) theRepublic ofKorea notifies thattheKorean Trade Commission (KTC) hasinitiated
asafeguards proceeding, asfollows:
1. Dateinvestigation wasinitiated
28May1996
2. Product subject toinvestigation
Dairyproducts,providedforinsubheadings0404.90.0000and1901.90.2000oftheHarmonized
Tariff Schedule ofKorea.
3. Reasons fortheinitiation oftheinvestigation
(i) Theinvestigation wasinitiated onthebasis ofapetition filedbydomestic producers
ofdairy products under Article 33(1) oftheForeign Trade Act.
(ii) Imports ofproducts subject toinvestigation increased from 3,217 tonsin1993 to
15,561 tonsin1994, to28,007 tonsin1995andto5,283 tonsinthefirsttwomonths
of1996.