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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/9/JOR/2
31 October 2002
(02-6005)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
INFORMATION TO BE NOTIFIED TO THE COMMITTEE
WHERE A SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION IS TERMINATED
WITH NO SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED
JORDAN
The following communication, dated 28 October 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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The Permanent Mission of the Hachemite King dom of Jordan has the honour to forward the
decision of the Minister of Industry and Trade, upon the recommendation of the competent authority to
terminate the Safeguard investigation concerning imports of:
• Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles;  unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the
like, whether or not on a backing and glazed ceramic flags and paving, without imposing any
safeguards measure.
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1. The products subject to the investigation
1. Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles;  unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes and
the like, whether or not on a backing, provided for in the Jordanian tariff system under tariff heading
6907.9.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has excluded the tariff heading 6907.1 from its
investigation due to the fact that the domestic indu stry does not produce items falling within the ambit
of this heading.
2. Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles;  glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the
like, whether or not on a backing provided for in  the Jordanian tariff system under tariff heading
6908.9.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has excluded the tariff heading 6908.1 from its
investigation due to the fact that the domestic indu stry does not produce items falling within the ambit
of this heading.
2. Date on which the investigation was terminated
The date of termination is 23 October 2002.G/SG/N/9/JOR/2
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3. Reasons for termination
The Ministry of Industry and Trade did not consider that a causal link had been established
between the imports of the products in question and the injury incurred by domestic producers.
4. Reference for the published notice of termination
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade decided pursuant to his letter
No. 200/8/541 dated 23 October 2002 to terminate the investigation.
5. Any other information considered relevant
None.
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