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22 February 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 167/2013
Thailand : Provisional Safeguard Measure on Hot Rolled Steel Flat Products with Certain Amounts of Alloying Elements
According to a communication circulated by the World Trade Organization (WTO), Thailand has imposed provisional safeguard measure on the imports of hot rolled steel flat products with certain amounts of alloying elements such as boron, chromium, etc., in coils and not in coils classified under the Thai Customs Tariff Code 7225 and 7226. The communication (with document symbol G/SG/N/7/THA/2) can be obtained from the WTO's website through the following link:
https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S009-1.aspx?language=E&CatalogueIdList=114879,114105,113872,113638,96813,42232, 110072,100379,90857,94227&CurrentCatalogueIdIndex=0&FullTextSearch=.
DETAILS
2.Salient points of Thailand's provisional safeguard measure are set out below -
| (a) Product Coverage | : | Hot rolled steel flat products with certain amounts of alloying elements such as boron, chromium, etc., in coils and not in coils classified under the Thai Customs Tariff Code 7225.30.90.011, 7225.30.90.012, 7225.30.90.013, 7225.30.90.014, 7225.30.90.021, 7225.30.90.022, 7225.30.90.023, 7225.30.90.024, 7225.30.90.090, 7225.40.90.011, 7225.40.90.012, 7225.40.90.013, 7225.40.90.014, 7225.40.90.021, 7225.40.90.022, 7225.40.90.023, 7225.40.90.024, 7225.40.90.090, 7226.91.10.011, 7226.91.10.012, 7226.91.10.013, 7226.91.10.014, 7226.91.10.021, 7226.91.10.022, 7226.91.10.023, 7226.91.10.024, 7226.91.10.090, 7226.91.90.011, 7226.91.90.012, 7226.91.90.013, 7226.91.90.014, 7226.91.90.021, 7226.91.90.022, 7226.91.90.023, 7226.91.90.024, 7226.91.90.090. |
| (b) Duration | : | For a period not exceeding 200 days from 14 February 2013 |
| (c) Additional Duty Rates | : | 33.11% |
| (d) Exemption | : | Imports into Thailand from a number of developing countries and separate customs territories are not subject to the provisional safeguard measure. Please refer to the Annex of the above-mentioned WTO communication for details of the exemption. In this connection, imports of the concerned products originating from Hong Kong and the Mainland of China are subject to the provisional safeguard measure. |
ENQUIRIES
3.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact us on 2398 5594.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Connie YU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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