Practices of Safeguard investigation by the Philippines

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In comparison with other trade remedy measures, safeguard is also a measure that is used quite a lot in the Philippines. By the end of 2022, this country initiated a total of 20 safeguard investigations (accounting for 49% of the total number of trade remedy investigations initiated by the Philippines) and decided to impose duties on 10 cases.

Chart 1: Safeguard investigations initiated and meassures imposed by the Philippines (1995-2022)

Source: WTO statistics

Sectors subject to the most safeguard measures by the Philippines

Articles of stone, plaster; ceramic prod; glass are subject to the most safeguard measures applied by the Philippines with 5 cases (accounting for 50%); Paper, paperboard and articles are the 2nd most subject to safeguard measures (accounting for 20%).

Table 1: Sectors subject to the most safeguard measures by the Philippines (1995-2022)

Sector	Number of applied measures	Ratio
Articles of stone, plaster; ceramic prod; glass	5	50%
Paper, paperboard and articles	2	20%
Mineral products	1	10%
Resins, plastics and articles; rubber and articles	1	10%
Base metals and articles	1	10%
Total	10	100%