WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/7/PHL/4
G/SG/N/8/PHL/4G/SG/N/11/PHL/4
30 September 2003
(03-5125)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARDS
MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(b) OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING
A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT THEREOF
CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2,
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
PHILIPPINES
The following communication, dated 23 September 2003, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of the Philippines.
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Pursuant to Articles 12 and 9 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, and in light of the
relevant format for notification earlier adopted by the Committee on Safeguards, the Philippineshereby gives notification before taking a provisional safeguard measure under Article 6 of the
Agreement on Safeguards.
1.  Product subject to the proposed safeguard measure
Figured glass, clear and tinted, classified under HS Codes 7003.1290 and 7003.1990.
2. Proposed provisional safeguard measure
The provisional safeguard measure will take the form of a cash bond on all importations of
figured glass, classified under HS Codes 7003.1290 and 7003.1990 amounting to P
1,535.00 per
Metric Ton for a period of 200 days from the date of the issuance by the Bureau of Customs of the
relevant Customs Memorandum Order (CMO).
However, imports originating from developing countries covered by the “developing country”
rule under Article 9 of the WTO Safeguard Agreement shall not be subject to the provisional
safeguard measure.  Attached as Annex A is the list of said developing countries.G/SG/N/7/PHL/4
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3. Proposed date of introduction of the provisional safeguard measure
The provisional safeguard measure is scheduled to enter into force upon issuance of the
relevant Customs Memorandum Order by the Philippine Bureau of Customs, provided further that
domestic appeals procedures, if invoked, are completed.
4. Expected duration of the provisional safeguard measure
The provisional safeguard measure will be applied for a period of up to 200 days.
5. Preliminary determination that increased imports have caused or are threatening to
cause serious injury
The Department of Trade and Industry found after preliminary determination that increased
imports, both in absolute terms and relative to production, were the substantial cause of the seriousinjury to the local industry.  The industry suffered and is suffering significant overall impairment in its
operations in terms of declining market share, reduced sales, domestic production, employment,
profitability and productivity and increased inventories.
6. Determination of critical circumstances where delay would cause damage which it
would be difficult to repair
In 2002, imports reached its highest level and was 60 per cent above the 2001 level.  Imports
from January to May 2003 was already 35 per cent of 2002 and 97 per cent of the 1997 level.
Relative to domestic production, share of imports in 2002 rose to 31 per cent from 9.61 per cent in1997 and 21.28 per cent in 1999.  The industry’s capacity utilization in 2002 was at its lowest level
while the total apparent Philippine market was at its peak.  Finished goods inventory in 2002 was
22.38 per cent of the 2001 level.G/SG/N/7/PHL/4
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ANNEX A
List of Developing Countries Excluded from the Imposition of
Provisional Safeguard Measure on Figured Glass
East & Southern
AfricaWest Africa North Africa South Asia
Angola
BotswanaBurundi
Comoros
Congo. Dem. Rep.
Djibouti
EritreaEthiopia
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
MalawiMauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Reunion
RwandaSeychelles
Somalia
Sudan
Swaziland
TanzaniaUganda
Zambia
ZimbabweBenin
Burkina FasoCameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Rep.
Chad
Congo, Rep.Côte d'Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Gambia, The
GhanaGuinea
Guinea, Bissau
Liberia
Mali
MauritaniaNiger
Nigeria
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Sierra LeoneTogoAlgeria
Egypt, Arab Rep.Libya
Morocco
TunisiaAfghanistan
BangladeshBhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory
East Timor
India
MaldivesNepal
Pakistan
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Europe & Central
AsiaMiddle East Americas East Asia & Pacific
AlbaniaArmeniaAzerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech RepublicEstonia
Georgia
Greenland
Hungary
KazakhstanKyrgyz Republic
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia, FYR
MaltaMoldova
Poland
Romania
Russian Federation
SlovakiaSlovenia
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
UkraineUzbekistan
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep.Bahrain
Iran, Islamic Rep.Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
QatarSaudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Rep.
United Arab Emirates
West Bank & Gaza
Yemen, Rep.Anguilla
Antigua & BarbudaArgentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
BoliviaBrazil
British Virgin Is.
Cayman Is.
Chile
ColombiaCosta Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
EcuadorEl Salvador
Falkland Is. (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Grenada
GuadeloupeGuatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
JamaicaMartinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Norfolk Is.
PanamaParaguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
St. Helena
St. Kitts & NevisSt. Lucia
St. Pierre & Miquelon
St. Vincent & the
      Grenadines
SurinameTrinidad & TobagoAmerican Samoa
Brunei DarussalamCambodia
Christmas Is.
Cocos (Keeling) Is.
Cook Is.
Fiji
French Polynesia
GuamHongkong
Indonesia
Johnston Is.
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep.Lao PDR
Macau
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Midway Is.
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nauru
New CaledoniaNiue
Northern Marianas Is.
Palau
Pitcairn Is.
Papua New GuineaRepublic of Korea
Samoa
Singapore
Solomon Islands
TaiwanTokelau
TongaTuvalu
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Wake Is.
Wallis & Futuna Is.G/SG/N/7/PHL/4
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Europe & Central
AsiaMiddle East Americas East Asia & Pacific
Turks & Caicos Is.
Uruguay
US Virgin Is.Venezuela
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