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Indonesia makes second sunset review final ruling on safeguard measures for imported I and H sections of other alloy steel

On May 13, 2022, the WTO Safeguard Measures Committee released the notification of safeguards submitted by the Indonesian delegation. Indonesia's safeguard measures commission made a positive and final ruling on the second sunset review of safeguard measures for imported I and H sections of other alloy steel, and recommended that the safeguard measures tax on the products involved be levied for a period of three years, 17.00% in the first year, 16.75% in the second year and 16.50% in the third year. The products involved in the case include I-section steel with a height or width of 100mm to 600mm and H-section steel with a height of 100mm to 350mm, involving products under Indonesian tax numbers ex.7228.70.10 and ex.7228.70.90. The investigation period of this case is from May 2017 to April 2020. Interested parties shall submit the application for case consultation in electronic version and paper version respectively within seven days after the announcement, and the case consultation is expected to be carried out before June 3, 2022.