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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/10/USA/4/Suppl.1
18 December 2001
(01-6381)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON TAKING A DECISION
TO APPLY A SAFEGUARD MEASURE
UNITED STATES
Supplement
The following communication, dated 13 December 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) of the Agreement on Safeguards, and in light of the agreed format for
notifications (G/SG/W/1, 23 February 1995), the United States provides the following supplement tonotification G/SG/N/10/USA/4 to  the Committee on Safeguards.
1.-3. This information was provided in a previous notification.  See G/SG/N/10/USA/4
(18 February 2000).
4. Provide a precise description of the proposed measure
As notified in G/SG/N/10/USA/4 (18 February 2000), the measure is a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on
imports of certain wire rod, as described in paragraphs 3 and 4 of that notification.  The over-quota tariff
rate was 10 per cent ad valorem  in the first year of relief, declining to 7.5 and 5 per cent ad valorem  in the
second and third years, respectively.  During each quarter of the first three quarters of a quota year, any
articles subject to the tariff-rate quota entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption in excess ofone-third of the total within-quota quantity for that quota year were subject to the over-quota rate of duty
then in effect.  The remaining amount of the in-quot a quantity was allowed to be imported in the fourth
quarter of each quota year without additional duties.  The measure does not apply to imports from Canada
or Mexico.
Several supplier countries have requested a modification of the TRQ to ensure that in-quota
quantity is available during the fourth quarter of each quota year.  Accordingly, the United States has
decided to divide the third year in-quota quantity evenly among quarters.  The United States has also
allocated the in-quota quantity of the TRQ among supplier countries using 1996 – 1998 as the previous
representative period for determining the allocations.  The following table reflects the adjustments to theTRQ.G/SG/N/10/USA/4/Suppl.1
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24/11/2001 –
28/02/200201/03/2002 –
31/05/200201/06/2002 –
31/08/200201/09/2002 –
30/11/200201/12/2002 –
01/03/2003
EuropeanCommunity28.2 % 104,987,486 kg 104,987,486 kg 104,987,486 kg 104,987,486 kg
Trinidad and
Tobago16.6% 61,716,789 kg 61,716,789 kg 61,716,789 kg 61,716,789 kg
Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus,Georgia,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova, Russia,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,Ukraine andUzbekistan12.6% 47,034,377 kg 47,034,377 kg 47,034,377 kg 47,034,377 kg
All Other Countries 42.7% 159,076,170 kg 159,076,170 kg 159,076,170 kg 159,076,170 kg
The United States has published details of the modifications in the Federal Register at 66 Fed.
Reg. 59353 (28 Nov. 2001).
5. Provide the proposed date of the introduction of the measure
The measure was introduced on 1 March 2000.  The in-quota allocation is effective
24 November 2001.
6. Provide the expected duration of the measure
The measure is expected to last through 1 March 2003.
7. Not applicable.
8. If the expected duration is over one year, provide the expected timetable for progressive
liberalization of the measure
This information was provided in a previous notification.  See G/SG/N/10/USA/4
(18 February 2000).
9. Not applicable.
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