To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition
From Imports of Certain Steel Products
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
6. The ITC commissioners voting in the affirmative
under section 202(b) of the Trade Act also transmitted
to the President their recommendations made pursuant
to section 202(e) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(e))
with respect to the actions that, in their view, would
address the serious injury, or threat thereof, to
the domestic industries and be most effective in facilitating
the efforts of those industries to make a positive
adjustment to import competition.
7. Pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act (19
U.S.C. 2253), and after taking into account the
considerations specified in section 203(a)(2) of
the Trade Act and the ITC supplemental report, I
have determined to implement action of a type described
in section 203(a)(3) (a "safeguard measure")
with regard to the following steel products:
(a) certain flat steel, consisting of: slabs provided
for in the superior text to subheadings 9903.72.30
through 9903.72.48 in the Annex to this proclamation;
plate provided for in the superior text to subheadings
9903.72.50 through 9903.72.60 in the Annex to this
proclamation; hot-rolled steel provided for in the
superior text to subheadings 9903.72.62 through
9903.72.77 in the Annex to this proclamation; cold-rolled
steel provided for in the superior text to subheadings
9903.72.80 through 9903.72.98 in the Annex to this
proclamation; and coated steel provided for in the
superior text to subheadings 9903.72.99 through
9903.73.14 in the Annex to this proclamation;
(b) hot-rolled bar provided for in the superior
text to subheadings 9903.73.28 through 9903.73.38
in the Annex to this proclamation;
(c) cold-finished bar provided for in the superior
text to subheadings 9903.73.39 through 9903.73.44
in the Annex to this proclamation;
(d) rebar provided for in the superior text to
subheadings 9903.73.45 through 9903.73.50 in the
Annex to this proclamation;
(e) certain tubular products provided for in the
superior text to subheadings 9903.73.51 through
9903.73.62 in the Annex to this proclamation;
(f) carbon and alloy fittings provided for in the
superior text to subheadings 9903.73.66 through
9903.73.72 in the Annex to this proclamation;
(g) stainless steel bar provided for in the superior
text to subheadings 9903.73.74 through 9903.73.81
in the Annex to this proclamation;
(h) stainless steel rod provided for in the superior
text to subheadings 9903.73.83 through 9903.73.89
in the Annex to this proclamation;
(i) tin mill products provided for in the superior
text to subheadings 9903.73.15 through 9903.73.27
in the Annex to this proclamation; and
(j) stainless steel wire provided for in the superior
text to subheadings 9903.73.91 through 9903.73.96
in the Annex to this proclamation.
The steel products listed in clauses (i) through
(ix) of subdivision (b) of U.S. Note 11 to subchapter
III of chapter 99 of the HTS ("Note 11")
in the Annex to this proclamation were excluded
from the determinations of the ITC described in
paragraph 2, and are excluded from these safeguard
measures. I have also determined to exclude from
these safeguard measures the steel products listed
in the subsequent clauses of subdivision (b) of
Note 11 in the Annex to this proclamation.
8. Pursuant to section 312(a) of the NAFTA Implementation
Act (19 U.S.C. 3372(a)), I have determined after
considering the report and supplemental report of
the ITC that imports from each of Canada and Mexico
of certain flat steel, tin mill products, hot-rolled
bar, cold-finished bar, rebar, certain tubular products,
carbon and alloy fittings, stainless steel bar,
stainless steel rod, and stainless steel wire, considered
individually, do not account for a substantial share
of total imports or do not contribute importantly
to the serious injury or threat of serious injury
found by the ITC. Accordingly, pursuant to section
312(b) of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C.
3372(b)), I have excluded certain flat steel, tin
mill products, hot-rolled bar, cold-finished bar,
rebar, certain tubular products, carbon and alloy
fittings, stainless steel bar, stainless steel rod,
and stainless steel wire the product of Mexico or
Canada from the actions I am taking under section
203 of the Trade Act.
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