The General Department of Injury and Safeguard Investigations

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Duties of the General Department of Injury and Safeguard Investigations: 

 
 
 
 
 

  1. Examining the accuracy and adequacy of the information and evidence provided by the domestic industry in the registered complaint in cooperation with the General Department of Anti-dumping and Subsidy Investigations.
  2. Making recommendations on the initiation of investigations and reviews and preparing the necessary notices and announcements at all stages of investigations and reviews in cooperation with the General Department of Anti-dumping and Subsidy Investigations.
  3. Preparing and reviewing questionnaires and answers thereof by domestic industry related to injury inquiries.
  4. Conducting the necessary investigation to prove the existence of injury and causal link. 
  5. Conducting the on-spot verification visits to domestic industry to verify the data provided in their answers of the questionnaires and preparing relevant reports.
  6. Preparing initial and final reports and other reports and findings of investigations and reviews in cooperation with the General Department of Anti-dumping and Subsidy Investigations.
  7. Making the recommendation and draft of the final determination on whether to impose the measures in cooperation with the General Department of Anti-dumping and Subsidy Investigations.
  8. Preparing notifications for the Safeguard Committee of the World Trade Organization (WTO). 
  9. Conducting safeguard investigations, proposing provisional and final measures, and preparing findings and recommendations in safeguard investigations.
  10. Conducting reviews on measures in cooperation with other departments.
  11. Preparing for consultations and hearings for safeguard investigations.
  12. Conducting reviews of the imposed safeguard measures and examining the extension of their imposition. 
  13. Participating in the preparation of technical defenses related to the calculations of subsidy and dumping in the event that Saudi exports are exposed to trade remedies investigations (Anti-dumping and subsidy).
  14. Coordinating with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority regarding imports, monitoring/control and collection, and implementing the mutual protocols in cooperation with other departments, including administering the quota and import licenses in safeguard measures.
  15. Following up the Technical Secretariat of the GCC in conducting investigations.
  16. Supporting the representatives of the Kingdom in the Permanent Committee and the Ministerial Committee in their duties, and reviewing reports issued by the Technical Secretariat on investigations and other work related to trade remedies.
  17. Participating in the preparation of statistics and periodic reports on trade remedies investigations.
  18. Participating in preparing the Kingdom's negotiating position regarding trade remedies.
  19. Participating in awareness campaigns on the role of the GAFT and the TRD.  

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