./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/Q2/CHN/5
18 November 2003
(03-6157)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION BY INDIA1 REGARDING THE TRANSITIONAL
PRODUCT-SPECIFIC SAFEGUARD ON IMPORTS OF INDUSTRIAL
SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Questions posed by the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Notification of CHINA
(Industrial Sewing Machine Needles)
The following communication, dated 14 November 2003, is being circulated at the request of
the Delegation of the United States.
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Enclosed please find questions from the United States to China relating to the Notification by
India regarding the Transitional Product - Specific Safeguard on Imports of Industrial Sewing
Machine Needles from the People’s Republic of China.  You will recall that we briefly referred to our
interest in this matter under “other business” at the October meeting of the WTO Committee on
Safeguards.
                                                     
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According to the information provided in G/SG/54 (18 September 2002), India requested
consultations with the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Section 16 of the Protocol on the
Accession of the People’s Republic of China and Paragraph 245-250 of the Report of the Working
Party on the Accession of China, with a view to seeking a mutually satisfactory solution regarding
market disruption caused to the domestic producers by increased imports of Industrial SewingMachine Needles (ISMN) originating from the People’s Republic of China into India.
1. As a result of such consultations, did China agree with India that imports of Chinese origin of
ISMN were a cause of market disruption to producers of like or directly competitive products in India
and that action was necessary to prevent or remedy such market disruption?
2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, then:(a) Please describe any such action taken by China to prevent or remedy market disruption that
was caused in India by the imports of ISMN originating from the People’s Republic of China
and the effective date of such action.
(b) Did China provide a notification immediately to the Committee on Safeguards with respect to
such action?  If yes, please provide the citation and date of such notification.
(c) Did China receive requests from any WTO Members for consultations, pursuant to paragraph
8 of Section 16 of the Protocol on the Accession of the People’s Republic of China, withrespect to whether such action taken by China causes or threatens to cause significant
diversions of trade into their markets?  If yes, please identify the Members that requested such
consultations, whether the consultations were held, the dates of such consultations and the
results of the consultations.
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