WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/10/USA/6/Suppl.4
G/SG/N/11/USA/5/Suppl.4
12 April 2002
(02-2029)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) AND
ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
ON TAKING A DECISION TO APPLY A SAFEGUARD MEASURE
UNITED STATES
Supplement
The following communication, dated 11 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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Enclosed please find a copy of a supplement to the notification under Article 12.1(c) of the
Agreement on Safeguards, upon taking a decision to apply a safeguard measure for imports of certain
steel products.  This supplement also includes an annex (as subannex) as an attachment.G/SG/N/10/USA/6/Suppl.4
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The United States provides the following supplemental information relating to its notification
of 14 March 2001 (G/SG/N/10/USA /6, G/SG/N/11/USA/5).  These measures were notified in
G/SG/N/10/USA/6, G/SG/N/1 1/USA/5 (14 March 2002); G/SG/N/10/USA/6/Suppl.1,
G/SG/N/11/USA/5/Suppl.1 (15 Ma rch 2002); G/SG/N/10/USA/6/Su ppl.2, G/SG/N/11/USA/5/Suppl.2
(18 March 2002);  G/SG/N/10/US A/6/Corr.1, G/SG/N/ 11/USA/5/Corr.1 (20 March 2002); and
G/SG/N/10/USA/6/Suppl.3, G/SG/N/1 1/USA/5/Suppl.3 (27 March 2002).
1-2. This information was provided in the previous notifications referenced above.3. Provide precise description of the product involved.
On 5 April 2002, the Office of the United States Trade Representative published a Federal
Register  notice modifying the coverage of the safeguard measures on certain steel products,
as notified in the notifications referenced above.  Specifically, the notice provided for
additional exclusions of particular products from the coverage of the safeguard measures.
The exclusions apply to imports from all sources covered by the safeguard measures.  Thetext of the Federal Register notice is attached.
4-9. This information was provided in the previous notifications referenced above.G/SG/N/10/USA/6/Suppl.4
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ANNEX 1
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE EXCLUDING ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS
FROM THE SAFEGUARD MEASURES ESTABLISHED IN PROCLAMATION 7529
67 Fed. Reg. 16484 (5 April 2002)
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVEEXCLUSION OF PARTICULAR PRODUCTS FROM ACTIONS UNDER SECTION 203 OF THE
TRADE ACT OF 1974 WITH REGARD TO CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS; AND
CONFORMING CHANGES TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITEDSTATES
AGENCY:   Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION:   Notice
SUMMARY:    Pursuant to authority granted to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in
Presidential Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 (67 F.R. 10553), the USTR has found that particular
products should be excluded from actions under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2253) (Trade Act) with regard to certain steel products, and is modifying subchapter III of chapter 99of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) as set forth in the annex to this notice
to implement these exclusions.
EFFECTIVE DATE:   20 March 2002
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   Office of Industry, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW, Room 501, Washington DC, 20508. Telephone (202)
395-5656.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On 22 October 2001, the ITC issued affirmative
determinations under section 202(b) of the Trade Act (22 U.S.C. 2252(b)) that (1) carbon and alloy
steel slabs, plate (including cut-to-length plate and clad plate), hot-rolled sheet and strip (includingplate in coils), cold-rolled sheet and strip (other than grain-oriented electrical steel), and corrosion-
resistant and other coated sheet and strip; (2) carbon and alloy hot-rolled bar and light shapes; (3)
carbon and alloy cold-finished bar; (4) rebar; (5) carbon and alloy welded tubular products (other than
oil country tubular goods); (6) carbon and alloy flanges, fittings, and tool joints; (7) stainless steel bar
and light shapes; and (8) stainless steel rod are being imported in such increased quantities as to be asubstantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industries producing those
products.  The Commissioners voting were equally divided with respect to the determination under
section 202(b) of the Trade Act as to whether increased imports of (9) carbon and alloy tin mill
products; (10) tool steel, all forms; (11) stainless steel wire; and (12) stainless steel flanges and
fittings are being imported in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury,or the threat thereof, to the domestic industries producing those products.
On 5 March 2002, the President issued Proclamation 7529, which established increases in
duty and a tariff-rate quota (safeguard measures) pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act on imports
of ten steel products described in paragraph 7 of that proclamation.  See 67 F.R. 10553 (7 March
2002).  Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or
after 12:01 a.m., EST, on 20 March 2002, Proclamation 7529 modifies the HTS so as to provide for
such increased duties and a tariff-rate quota.  Proclamation 7529 also delegated to the USTR the
authority to consider requests for exclusions of particular products submitted in accordance with theG/SG/N/10/USA/6/Suppl.4
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procedures set out in 66 F.R. 54321, 54322-54323 (26 October 2001) and, upon publication in the
Federal Register  of a notice of his finding that a particular product should be excluded, to modify the
HTS provisions created by the Annex to that proclamation to exclude such particular product from the
pertinent safeguard measure.
I have further considered exclusion requests for certain products designated as X-036, X-045,
X-082, X-142, X-171.1, X-171.2, X-184, and X-192.  I find that the exclusion of the steel products
described in subdivisions (b)(l) through (b)(liv) of U.S. note 11 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the
HTS, as amended in the Annex to this notice, from the safeguard measures established in
Proclamation 7529 would not undermine the goals of those safeguard measures.  Therefore, I find that
these products should be excluded from those safeguard measures.  Accordingly, under authorityvested in the USTR by Proclamation 7529, I modify the HTS provisions created by the Annex to
Proclamation 7529 as set forth in the annex to this notice, which shall be embodied in the HTS with
respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 20 March 2002.
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Robert B. Zoellick
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Annex
The HTS is modified as set forth in this annex, with bracketed matter included to assist in the
understanding of the modifications.  The follow ing provisions supersede matter now in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).  The new subheading and superior text
thereto being inserted by this notice are set forth in  columnar format, and material in such columns is
inserted in the columns of the HTS designated “Heading/Subheading”, “Article Description”, “Rates
of Duty 1 General”, “Rates of Duty 1 Special”, and Rates of Duty 2", respectively.
Effective with respect to articles entered, or  withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on
or after 12:01 a.m., EST, on March 20, 2002, the HTS is modified as follows:
(1)  US note 11 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS is modified:
(a) in subdivision (b)(xxvii), by redesignating subdivision (B) as subdivision (C), and
inserting the following new subdivision (B) in alphabetical sequence:
“(B) certain batch annealed and temper-rolled cold-rolled continuously cast steel products
(including tin mill black plate), meeting the following characteristics: chemical
composition (in percent by weight) of carbon not over 0.08, silicon not over 0.04,
manganese not over 0.40, phosphorus not over 0.03, sulfur not over 0.03 andaluminum from 0.010 - 0.07l; thickness tolerance of +/- 5 percent (aim +/- 4 percent),guaranteed inside of 15 mm from mill edges; width tolerance of  -0/+7 mm; hardnessof  Hv 85-110; tensile strength 275N/mm
2 or more; elongation 36 percent or more;
grain equaixed; grain size minimum 8.5; Lankford value greater than 1.2; and delta  r
value less than +/- 0.2; or ”
(b) in subdivision (b)(xxxii), by redesigna ting subdivision (B) and (C) as (C) and (D),
respectively, and inserting the following new subdivision (B) in alphabetical
sequence:
“(B) non-oriented, high silicon, magnetic steel flat-rolled steel products with the following
characteristics: silicon density gradient of between 4 percent by weight (center) and
6.5 percent by weight (surface); thickness from 0.05 - 0.30 mm; width 20 - 600 mm;chemical composition (in percent by weight): carbon 0.010 maximum, manganese0.15 maximum, phosphorus 0.015 maximum, sulfur 0.005 maximum, silicon 4.0 ormore but not over 7.0 and aluminum 0.004 maximum; mechanical properties:
hardness of 380 - 420 µ HV (micro vickers); magnetic properties:  strikethrough:
saturation induction over 1.85 Tesla; and core loss:  strikethrough W1/10k less than
20.4W/kg or W.5/20k less than 24.0 W/kg;
”
(c) by inserting the following new subdivisions in numerical sequence at the end of
subdivision (b):
“(l) hot-rolled flat-rolled steel, designated as X-082, in coils, either in widths not over
1,168.4 mm then having coil weights of 21.43 kg per mm of width and greater andentered in an aggregate annual quantity not to exceed 200,000 metric tons, or inwidths over 1,168.4 mm but not over 1,244.6 mm then having coil weights of 19.64kg per mm of width or more and entered in an aggregate annual quantity not toexceed 50,000 metric tons, all the foregoing widths having a width tolerance of not
more than 12.00 mm; having a camber tolerance of not more than 15 mm per
1000 cm, in thicknesses ranging from 1.80 mm to 3.00 mm with thickness tolerancesof +/- 0.05 mm, and with a maximum flatness deviation measured as not to exceedG/SG/N/10/USA/6/Suppl.4
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2.5 percent steepness ratio (defined as heig ht over the wave length); the foregoing
goods having the following chemical compositions and widths:
(A) of a width from 733 to 1,244.6 mm, inclusive, and containing by weight
0.010 - 0.08 percent of carbon, 0.16 - 0.30 percent of manganese, 0.025
percent maximum of silicon, 0.020 percent maximum of phosphorus, 0.020
percent maximum of sulfur, 0.008 percent maximum of nitrogen and 0.02 -0.08 percent of aluminum;
(B) of a width from 915 to 1,244.6 mm, inclusive, and containing by weight
0.08 - 0.13 percent of carbon, 0.30 - 0.60 percent of manganese, 0.035
percent maximum of silicon, 0.025 percent maximum of phosphorus, 0.025
percent maximum of sulfur, 0.008 percent maximum of nitrogen and 0.02 -0.07 percent of aluminum;
(C) of a width from 762 to 1,244.6 mm, inclusive and containing by weight 0.13
- 0.17 percent of carbon, 0.30 - 0.60 percent of manganese, 0.035 percent
maximum of silicon, 0.025 percent maximum of phosphorus, 0.025 percentmaximum of sulfur, 0.010 percent maximum of nitrogen and 0.02 - 0.07percent of aluminum; or
(D) of a width from 733 to 1,244.6 mm, inclusive, and containing by weight
0.010 percent maximum of carbon, 0.10 - 0.20 percent of manganese, 0.030
percent maximum of silicon, 0.020 percent maximum of phosphorus, 0.020percent maximum of sulfur, 0.007 percent maximum of nitrogen, 0.02 -0.075 percent of aluminum and 0.15 percent maximum of titanium;
all the foregoing certified by the importer of record to be used for rerolling in a
reversing cold reduction mill, with a reduction in thickness during the cold rolling
process of at least 40 percent;
(li) hot-rolled flat-rolled steel products, in coils, measuring 5.0 mm x 533.5 mm per coil;
having the chemical composition (in percent by weight) carbon 0.11 percent - 0.17percent, silicon not over 0.10 percent, manganese 0.30 - 0.60 percent, phosphorus not
over 0.025 percent, sulfur not over 0.025 percent, molybdenum 0.20 - 0.50 percent,
vanadium 0.04 - 0.11 percent and aluminum 0.02 - 0.08 percent; yield strength400N/mm
2 or greater; tensile strength 490 - 610 N/mm2 and elongation equal to or
exceeding 22 percent, the foregoing designated as X-142;
(lii) products designated as X-171, as described below:
(A) electrolytically chromium coated st eel, single reduced, temper T-5 CA, from
0.279 mm to 0.300 mm in thickness, in widths equal to 1065.213 mm(ordered) or widths equal to 1071.563 mm (actual); or
(B) ultra-wide electrolytically tin-plated  drawn and ironed (“D&I”) steel, single
reduced, T-4 CA,  from 0.270 mm to 0.285 mm in thickness, in widths equalto 1146.175 mm (ordered) or in widths equal to 1152.525 mm (actual);
(liii) ball-bearing steel (as defined in additional U.S. note 1(h) to chapter 72 of the tariff
schedule) hot-rolled bars and rods, in coils, having a diameter less than 47.625 mm;
the foregoing designated as X-184;
(liv) special flat-rolled nonalloy carbon steel products, not further worked than hot-rolled,
of a width of 160 mm or more and a thickness of 8 mm to 50 mm, inclusive, withrounded edges and corners and certified and die-stamped with the mark of a national
shipbuilding classification society, the foregoing designated as X-045 or X-192.”G/SG/N/10/USA/6/Suppl.4
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(2) The subheadings set forth below are inserted in subchapter III of chapter 99 in numerical
sequence:
: [Flat-rolled...:] : : :
: [Goods...:] : : :
“9903.72.54 : Enumerated in U.S. note 11(b)(liv) to this : : :
: subchapter and designated as X-045 or X-192....... : No change : No change : No
change
: [Flat-rolled...:] : : :
: [Goods...:] : : :
 9903.72.75 : Enumerated in U.S. note 11(b)(l) to this : : :
: subchapter, having a width not over 1,168.4 mm, : : :: if entered in an aggregate annual quantity not to : : :
: exceed 200,000 metric tons, and designated as : : :
: X-082...................................................................... : No change : No change : No
change
 9903.72.76 : Enumerated in U.S. note 11(b)(l) to this : : :
: subchapter, having a width over 1,168.4 mm, : : :
: if entered in an aggregate annual quantity not to : : :: exceed 50,000 metric tons, and designated as : : :: X-082...................................................................... : No change : No change : No
change
: [Flat-rolled...:] : : :: [Goods...:] : : :
 9903.73.31 : Enumerated in U.S. note 11(b)(lii) to this : : :
: subchapter and designated as X-171....................... : No change : No change : No
change
: ::::  [ B a r s . . . : ] :::: [Goods...:] : : :
 9903.73.45 : Enumerated in U.S. note 11(b)(liii) to this : : :
: subchapter and designated as X-184....................... : No change : No change : No
change”
(3) The expression “or (li)” is inserted in the article description of subheading 9903.72.73
immediately after “11(b)(xxiii)”.
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