WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/8/USA/8/Suppl.3
G/SG/N/9/USA/4/Suppl.1
28 March 2002
(02-1595)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT
THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS
INFORMATION TO BE NOTIFIED TO THE COMMITTEE WHERE
A SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION IS TERMINATED
WITH NO SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED
UNITED STATES
Supplement
The following notification, dated 26 March 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(b) of the
Agreement on Safeguards on findings of a serious injury or threat thereof caused by increased imports
and information to be notified to the Committee where a safeguard investigation is terminated with no
safeguard measure imposed.G/SG/N/8/USA/8/Suppl.3
G/SG/N/9/USA/4/Suppl.1
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(b) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the United States submits
a supplemental notification regarding the determinations of the United States International Trade
Commission ("ITC") with respect to serious injury, or threat thereof, to the domestic industries
producing certain steel products.
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(b)
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
AND
SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION TO BE NOTIFIED WHERE
A SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION IS TERMINATED
WITH NO SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED
On 4 July 2001, the United States notified (G/SG/N/6/USA/10, 9 July 2001) the Committee
on Safeguards that it had initiated an investigation into imports of
A. Certain carbon and alloy flat products;
B. Certain carbon and alloy long products;
C. Certain carbon and alloy pipe and tube; and
D. Certain stainless steel and alloy tool steel products.
The applicable Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTS) item
numbers corresponding to the products in each of these product categories were listed in Annex I to
Notification G/SG/N/6/USA/10.  A nnex II to that notification listed products excluded from the
investigation.  Among the excluded products were the steel products currently covered by the US
safeguard measures on wire rod and line pi pe, as notified in G/SG/N/10/USA/5/Rev.1,
G/SG/N/10/USA/4, and G/SG/N/10/US A/4/Corr.1, as well as those wire rod and line pipe products
that were specifically excluded from the safeguard measures on those products.
On 22 October 2001, the US International Trade Commission (“ITC”) reached determinations
as to whether increased imports of the products subject to investigation were a substantial cause of
serious injury, or the threat of serious injury.  It issued affirmative determinations with respect to eight
product categories and negative determinations with respect to 17 product categories.  On
22 October 2001, the commissioners of the ITC were equally divided in their decisions with respect tocarbon and alloy tin mill products (“tin mill products”); tool steel, all forms; stainless steel wire; and
stainless steel flanges and fittings, with three commissioners making negative determinations and
three commissioners making affirmative determinations.  These determinations were notified in
G/SG/N/8/USA/8 (1 Nove mber 2001) and G/SG/N/9/USA/4 (1 November 2001).  Pursuant to US
law, in cases where the commissioners were equally divided, both the negative and affirmativedeterminations were forwarded to the  President, who could consider the determination of either group
of ITC commissioners to be the determination of the ITC.
On 5 March, 2001, the President announced that he considered the determinations of the ITC
commissioners voting in the affirmative with regard to tin mill products and stainless steel wire werethe determinations of the ITC.  He then decided to take safeguard measures with regard to these
products, which have been notified in a separa te notification.  See G/SG/N/8/USA/10/USA/6,
G/SG/N/11/USA/5 (14 March 2002).  On that same  date, he announced that he considered the
determinations of the ITC commissioners voting in th e negative with regard to tool steel, all forms,
and stainless steel flanges and fittings to be the determinations of the ITC.
1-9. This information was provided in previous notifications.  See G/SG/N/8/USA/8
(1 November 2001), G/SG/N/8/U SA/8/Supp.1 (7 January 2202), G/SG /N/8/USA/8 /Suppl.2), and the
notifications submitted pursuant to Article 12.1(c) of the Agreement on Safeguards.  SeeG/SG/N/8/USA/8/Suppl.3
G/SG/N/9/USA/4/Suppl.1
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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 March 2002); and G/SG/N/10/USA/6/Corr.1,
G/SG/N/11/USA/5/Corr.1 (20 March 2002).
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