Safeguard duty on Phenol: imports from Malaysia, South Africa and Singapore now excluded from developing country exception and liable. The Central Government amended an earlier safeguard notification under section 8B of the Customs Tariff Act to substitute paragraph 2(b), removing Malaysia, South Africa and Singapore from the developing country exception so that imports of Phenol from those three countries are subject to the existing safeguard duty imposed to protect domestic producers undergoing restructuring.