Posted on 16 Jan 2025
Morocco has officially ended its safeguard measures on imports of cold-rolled and coated flat steel products as of 31 December 2024, in adherence to WTO rules on the duration of safeguard measures.
These measures, initially implemented to protect the domestic industry, have reached their maximum duration of ten years, including extensions, Kallanish notes from Morocco’s notice to the WTO on 9 January.
The products targeted by the safeguard measure were cold-rolled sheets, whether unplated or coated, and plated or coated sheets, imported under the following Moroccan customs codes: 7209 (except for 7209.16.00.20, 7209.17.00.20, 7209.18.00.20, 7209.26.00.20, 7209.27.00.20, and 7209.28.00.20), 7211 (except for: 7211.13, 7211.14, and 7211.19, 7211.23.00.10, 7211.23.00.40, 7211.29.00.20, and 7211.29.00.50), 7225.50.10.00, 7225.50.90.00, 7226 (except for: 7226.11.00 and 7226.19.00), 7210 (except for: 7210.11, 7210.12, 7210.30.00, 7210.50, 7210.90.21.00, 7210.90.22.00, 7210.90.23.00, and 7210.90.29.91).
Also included are 7212 (except for 7212.10, 7212.20.00, 7212.40.20.00, 7212.40.39.10, 7212.50.20.00, 7212.50.63.00, and 7212.50.64.00), 7225 (except for: 7225.11.00, 7225.19.00, 7225.30, 7225.40, and 7225.91), 7226 (except for: 7226.20.00.11, 7226.20.00.21, 7226.20.00.51, 7226.20.00.52, 7226.20.00.59, 7226.91.00, and 7226.99.10.00).
Source:Kallanish
