The World Trade Organization (WTO) committee on safeguards has announced that on December 16, 2015, Jordan's cabinet of ministers terminated the safeguard measures imposed on imported bars and rods of iron and steel.
The measures were originally launched on June 16, 2013. The safeguard duties were JOD 80/mt ($112.75/mt) for the period between June 16, 2013 and June 15, 2014, JOD 70/mt ($98.65/mt) between June 16, 2014 and June 15, 2015, and JOD 60/mt ($84.56/mt) between June 16, 2015 and December 16, 2016.
The products subject to safeguard measures currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7213.10, 7213.20, 7213.91, 7214.10, 7214.20, 7214.30, 7214.91, 7214.99, 7215.10, 7215.50 and 7215.90.