INVESTIGATION PROGRESS

Date Status
07 Nov 2009 Initiation

IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

Supranational

AFFECTED FLOW

Inflow

ANNOUNCED AS TEMPORARY

No

NON-TRADE-RELATED RATIONALE

No

ELIGIBLE FIRMS

all

JUMBO

No

TARIFF PEAK

No
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Safeguard

On 7 November 2009, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) initiated a safeguard investigation on imports of certain steel angles, channels and beams. According to the World Trade Organization's Trade Monitoring Database the products subject to investigation are classified under HS code subheadings: 7216.10, 7216.21, 7216.31, 7216.32, 7216.33, 7216.40, 7216.50. On the same day another safeguard investigation was initiated on uncoated paper and paper board, see related measure.
The GCC member states are the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.
 
On 9 May 2010, the investigation was terminated without the imposition of duties.

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AFFECTED SECTORS AND PRODUCTS

412 Products of iron or steel
7216 Angles, shapes and sections of iron or nonalloy steel.
721610 U, I or H sections, not further worked than hotrolled, hotdrawn or extruded, of a height of less than 80 mm
721621 L sections
721631 U sections
721632 I sections
721633 H sections
721640 L or T sections, not further worked than hotrolled, hotdrawn or extruded, of a height of 80 mm or more
721650 Other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot rolled, hotdrawn or extruded

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