60/ South Africa launches safeguard investigation on “U, I, H, L and T sections of iron or non-alloy steel”
23 June 2020
On 23 June 2020, South Africa notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 19 June 2020 a safeguard investigation on “U, I, H, L and T sections of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80 mm or more and other angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded”.
In the notification South Africa indicated, among other things, as follows:
“Interested parties must make themselves known within a period of 20 days after the initiation of the investigation.
Any information which the interested parties may wish to submit in writing and any request for a hearing before the Commission that they may wish to put forward should be submitted within 20 days following the initiation of this investigation to the Directorate: Trade Remedies I at the following address:
The DTI Campus
77 Meintjies Street,
Sunnyside Pretoria, Block Uuzaji, Ground Floor
Pretoria 0002
Tel: +27 12 394 3600
fax +27 12 394 0518 ”
Further information is available in G/SG/N/6/ZAF/9.
What is a safeguard investigation?
A safeguard investigation seeks to determine whether increased imports of a product are causing, or is threatening to cause, serious injury to a domestic industry.
During a safeguard investigation, importers, exporters and other interested parties may present evidence and views and respond to the presentations of other parties.
A WTO member may take a safeguard action (i.e. restrict imports of a product temporarily) only if the increased imports of the product are found to be causing, or threatening to cause, serious injury.
Source: wto.org
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