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Section 301 Investigation: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation - Form to Request Exclusion of Product

When submitting a product exclusion request using this form, enter the specified 

information in the following fields and explain the basis and rationale for your statements. 

By completing this form, you certify that the information provided is complete and 

correct to the best of your knowledge.

1. Indicate whether the comment contains business confidential information (BCI), is a public 

document, or is a public version of a BCI document.

Public Version of BCI

2. Please provide a complete and detailed description of the product of concern:

The product of concern is a pre-leveler. The pre-leveler is part of a steel plate manufacturing plant. It is 

designed to initially level steel plates before final leveling operations are performed. The leveler consists of a 

fabricated steel housing, a bending system which serves as a support and thruster for the top cassette, top roll 

and bottom roll frame cassettes which house the top and bottom leveling and backup rolls and are made of 

fabricated steel, leveling rolls made of forged steel, back-up rolls made of forged steel, a hydraulic roll gap 

adjuster, a top frame balancing system, a void, feed rolls, a roll changing system, a spindle holder system to 

hold spindle heads during a roll change, a roll cooling system that cools the rolls and the bending frame with 

water, a platform and stairways made of welded steel, on board piping, and on board wiring. The pre-leveler 

weighs 1,070 metric tons. It has an operating force of 20,000 kN and can level steel plate from 6.35 mm to 

152 mm thick and 152 mm wide.

3. 10-digit HTSUS item number* for product you wish to address in this product exclusion 

request: *Use numerical characters only with no special characters (example: 1023456789). For help 

in finding the HTSUS item number associated with your product, see https://hts.usitc.gov/

8462210000

4. Requestor Information

Requestor Name (Last, First): Rossetto, Luca

Organization Name: Danieli Corporation

Note: Representatives submitting on behalf of an organization must enter information below.

Requestor Representative: James M. Smith, Covington & Burling LLP

5. Requestor’s relationship to the product: Importer

6. Does this submission in regulations.gov include additional attachments?

YES

7. Please indicate whether any additional attachment contains business confidential information 

(BCI), is a public document, or is a public version of a BCI document.

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8. Is this product, or a comparable product, available from sources in the United States? 

NO

9. Is this product, or a comparable product, available from sources in third countries?

NO

10. Please provide the value and quantity (with units) of the Chinese-origin product of concern 

that you purchased for each calendar year specified. Limit this figure to the products 

purchased by your firm (or by members of your trade association) alone. Please provide 

estimates if precise figures are unavailable.

2017 Value: [ ] 2017 Quantity: [ ] units

2016 Value: [ ] 2016 Quantity: [ ] units

2015 Value: [ ] 2015 Quantity: [ ] units

11. Please provide information in support your request, taking account of the instructions 

provided in Section B of the Federal Register notice (note: text entered below can extend 

beyond the apparent size of this box).

As we explain in detail in the attached narrative, the Danieli Corporation (“Danieli”) based in Pennsylvania is a 

leading U.S. supplier of steel manufacturing equipment and plants for the domestic steel industry. Danieli has 

contracted with JSW USA to supply infrastructure and custom-built machinery for a major modernization project 

underway at JSW USA’s steel plate mill in Baytown, Texas. However, the recently-imposed Section 301 tariffs 

directly threaten this project. 

In 2017, Danieli based production of the custom-built machinery to be delivered under the contract in China, 

after considering the specifications, schedule, and budget of JSW USA. There are no known U.S. suppliers of this 

equipment, and it is not feasible at this advanced stage of the project to shift production to any third country other 

than China. Under these circumstances, imposing Section 301 tariffs on pre-levelers and other highly customized 

machinery to be installed at the Baytown, Texas steel plate mill would cause severe economic harm to Danieli 

and JSW USA. 

More broadly, the tariffs would also adversely impact the Administration’s efforts to expand and modernize 

domestic steel manufacturing capabilities. This harm to a key national security policy objective would come with 

no countervailing benefit, as custom-built steel manufacturing equipment for export is not the target of Chinese 

industrial policies such as Made in China 2025.

A narrow, temporary exclusion for the specific equipment to be installed at the Baytown plate mill would 

advance the U.S. interest in revitalizing and growing the domestic steel industry. 

For additional information, please see the attached narrative and exhibits. 
Danieli Corporation

600 Cranberry Woods Drive,

Suite - Cranberry Township,

PA 16066

P.O.Box 640039 Pittsburgh

PA 15264-0039

Phone (724) 778-5400

Fax (724) 778-5401

October 9, 2018 PUBLIC VERSION

Business Confidential Information

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VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION

Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer

U.S. Trade Representative

600 17th St. NW

Washington, DC 20508

Re: Docket No. USTR-2018-0025: Danieli Request for Exclusion of Machinery Supplied 

Under the JSW Contract From the Determination of Action Pursuant to Section 301

Dear Ambassador Lighthizer:

The Danieli Corporation (“Danieli”), which is based in Pennsylvania, respectfully 

requests the exclusion over the next year of certain highly customized, project-specific prelevelers classified under HTSUS subheading 8462.21.0000 from the determination of action 

pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.34

Danieli is a leading U.S. supplier of steel manufacturing equipment and plants to 

domestic steel producers. In 2017, long before the Section 301 tariffs were imposed, we 

contracted with JSW Steel (USA) (“JSW”) to supply major steelmaking infrastructure in 

connection with a planned $500 million modernization project at JSW’s mill facility in Baytown, 

Texas.35 This Baytown project, if completed, will bring approximately 500 high-paying 

manufacturing jobs to Texas36 and will better position JSW to compete against steel imports 

from China and other third countries.37 As detailed in the attached letter of support from JSW, 

the Baytown project supports the Trump Administration’s goal of increasing domestic steel 

 34 Notice of Action and Request for Public Comment Concerning Proposed Determination of Action Pursuant to 

Section 301: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and 

Innovation, 83 Fed. Reg. 28,710 (June 20, 2018), at Annex A.

35 The vision for this modernization project is to “build a monster plate mill that won’t be eclipsed for decades.” See 

Houston Chronicle, Baytown Steel Exec Plans Massive Renovation (Sept. 8, 2016) (Att. B). The President and CEO 

of JSW has also publicly described the planned plate mill as the “Plate Mill of the Future.” See Press Release, JSW 

Steel (USA) Receives Board Approval for Plate Mill Modernization, Selects Danieli for the Project (Att. B).

36 Houston Chronicle, $500 million Expansion of Baytown Steel Mill Announced (Mar. 26, 2018) (Att. B).

37 See Press Release, JSW Steel (USA) Receives Board Approval for Plate Mill Modernization, Selects Danieli for 

the Project (“With this modernization, JSW (USA) will become a low cost producer of exceptional, high quality 

plate and will be able to significantly increase market share in the ever-strong US market . . . .”) (Att. B).
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production and manufacturing capabilities.38 Without exclusions from the Section 301 tariffs, 

this Baytown, Texas project will be in jeopardy.

The Danieli Group, our parent, operates five production units for steelmaking equipment 

in Asia and Europe, and we select production units to fulfill contracts based on the needs and 

technical requirements of our purchasers. For the JSW project, we made a determination in the 

summer of 2017 to source the machinery from China. This decision predated the launch of the 

Section 301 investigation and reflected multiple factors, including capacity, delivery times, and 

cost. As a result, Danieli commenced production in China on the JSW project in mid-2017. 

Production has been ongoing since then, with delivery of the first round of equipment currently 

slated for Fall 2018.

As originally envisioned, Danieli’s contract with JSW was set to proceed in two phases. 

During Phase 1, Danieli committed to manufacture and install a hot plate leveler, a descaler, and 

a shear line at the Baytown facility. For Phase 2, which represents the bulk of the project, JSW 

exercised its option to buy a new plate mill stand, pre-leveler, cold plate leveler, direct quenching 

and accelerated cooling system, and cooling beds from Danieli. All of this equipment is highly 

customized and integral to the monster plate mill that is planned for Baytown.

The Section 301 tariffs imposed following the U.S. Trade Representative’s (“USTR”) 

investigation into Chinese intellectual property practices directly threaten the JSW project in 

Baytown. In fact, Danieli has already taken steps [xx xxxxxxxxx Ixxxx I xx xxx xxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx xxx Ixxxxxx III xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx x Ixxxxx xxxxxxxI xxxxxxxxxx Ixxxxxx xxxx

xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx] if no exclusions are granted. This [xxxxxxxxxxx] is not a result that 

Danieli wants, nor is such a result good for JSW, Baytown, or the U.S. steel manufacturing 

sector. Danieli recognizes and appreciates the importance of fair and reciprocal trade. But we 

respectfully submit that tariff exclusions are essential for the Baytown project’s highly 

customized steel manufacturing equipment in order to avoid severe economic harm to U.S. 

interests, and also to promote the development of the domestic steel industry. As the attached 

letter from JSW CEO John Hritz indicates, see Att. A, JSW shares this view and fully supports 

our product exclusion requests for the Baytown project.

I. Equipment Needed for JSW’s Baytown Project Is Not Manufactured in the United 

States and Cannot Be Sourced From Third Countries 

The pre-levelers for which Danieli seeks an exclusion are not commodity products. They 

are highly sophisticated, expensive machines that are custom built to order based on the 

purchaser’s specifications. The specifications, budget, and schedule for the JSW project did not 

allow Danieli to base production anywhere other than in China—and at this advanced stage of 

the project, production cannot be shifted to any other location. 

When Danieli was first awarded the JSW contract, we surveyed production options in 

multiple countries before concluding that production in Danieli’s China unit was the only 

feasible option. For example, Danieli considered whether production in the United States was 

 38 See Letter from JSW Steel (USA) Inc. President and CEO John G. Hritz to Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer 

regarding JSW’s Support for Danieli Corporation’s Section 301 Product Exclusion Requests for Certain 

Steelmaking Equipment to Be Installed at the Baytown, Texas Plate Mill, October 8, 2018 (Att. A).
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possible. It was not. U.S. equipment producers do not have the facilities needed to manufacture 

the heavy machinery required by JSW at the plate mill. There is no potential U.S. source for the 

machines that JSW will install in Baytown.

Moreover, because Danieli’s pre-levelers for the Baytown project are already being 

manufactured to particular specifications, there is no flexibility to shift ongoing production to 

third countries without incurring prohibitive losses and delays. Danieli commenced work on 

Phase 1 of the JSW project in June 2017, before the Section 301 investigation was launched. As 

a result, Danieli has already devoted substantial resources to production in China. Moving to a 

new facility at this stage would be cost-prohibitive and time consuming, so much so that Danieli 

has determined to [xxxxxxxxx x I xx xxx xxxxxxxx] if no exclusion is granted rather than switch 

production to a new country or incur the 25% tariffs on such expensive machinery. In the future, 

Danieli will not be seeking Section 301 exclusions for any new U.S. projects. But for JSW, there 

is no realistic alternative at this stage to sourcing machinery for the Baytown, Texas plate mill 

from China.

II. Additional Duties Would Cause Severe Economic Harm to Danieli and JSW, and 

Would Undermine Broader U.S. Goals to Expand Domestic Steel Production

The continued imposition of Section 301 tariffs on machinery for the Baytown project 

will cause severe economic harm to JSW and Danieli. Indeed, absent relief from the tariffs, the 

future of the Baytown project is in peril. As noted, Danieli considers that the increased tariff 

burden attributable to the Section 301 duties is so great as to constitute a [xxxxx xxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxIxxxx I xx xxx xxxxxxx]. If Danieli [xxxx xxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxxx], 

we estimate that JSW would face additional procurement costs of [xx xxxxx III xxxxxxx xx xx

xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx]. The project would also be substantially delayed, adding 

costs and adversely affecting JSW’s ability to complete its Baytown mill renovations.

Beyond causing significant harm to JSW and Danieli, imposing steep duties on these 

imports of customized steel manufacturing equipment will undermine the broader U.S. interest in 

expanding domestic steel manufacturing.39 Following investigations carried out under Section 

232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, President Trump recently imposed tariffs on a wide 

range of steel imports. President Trump imposed this remedy to ensure the long-term viability of 

the U.S. steel manufacturing sector, citing the adverse effects of steel imports on national 

security.

40 Consistent with the Administration’s goals in the Section 232 investigations, Danieli 

has contracted with JSW—a significant U.S. steel producer—to establish new and improved 

steel manufacturing infrastructure in the United States.41 Yet this project, which is aligned with 

 39 See Procedures to Consider Requests for Exclusion of Particular Products From the Determination of Action 

Pursuant to Section 301: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual 

Property, and Innovation, 83 Fed. Reg. 32,181, 32,183 (Dep’t of Commerce July 11, 2018) (inviting requestors to 

comment severe economic harm to the requestor “or other U.S. interests”).

40 See, e.g., Proclamation 9705; Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States, 83 Fed. Reg. 11,625 (Mar. 15, 

2018) 

41 See Press Release, JSW Steel (USA) Receives Board Approval for Plate Mill Modernization, Selects Danieli for 

the Project (June 19, 2017) (Att. B) (“‘This is the perfect time in U.S. history to implement our vision; we finally 

have an environment that supports the expansion and technological advancement of the domestic steel industry,’
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a key objective of the Administration, is directly threatened by the Section 301 tariffs.42 To 

avoid this conflict, we respectfully submit that narrow, temporary exclusions for the highly 

customized equipment being imported for the Baytown project are both necessary and 

appropriate.

III. Pre-Levelers Are Not A Priority of “Made in China 2025” or other Chinese 

Industrial Policies

Pre-levelers and other steel manufacturing equipment under the JSW contract are not 

strategically important to or a target of Chinese industrial policies, including Made in China 

2025. The Made in China 2025 initiative is forward-looking and targets emerging hightechnology industries, which steelmaking machinery is not. Although steel has long been 

considered a priority sector for industrial policy China, governmental intervention in this sector 

is and should be aimed at reducing rather than expanding capacity. In fact, China has announced 

that the addition of new steel capacity in China is “strictly prohibit{ed}.”43 Under these 

circumstances, the Chinese government has no incentive to strategically target manufacturers of 

steelmaking machinery. Imposing Section 301 duties on such machinery would be neither 

“practicable” nor “effective” to “obtain the elimination of China’s {unfair} acts, policies, and 

practices.”44

Additionally, the injurious intellectual property practices that this Section 301 

investigation seeks to remedy are not an issue for Danieli or other firms that manufacture 

steelmaking equipment in China. Indeed, Chinese companies already have the technology to 

manufacture equipment similar to the machines covered by Danieli’s exclusion requests in 

support of the Baytown project. There is thus no need for the Chinese government to target this 

sector for intellectual property theft. 

 

Hritz added. ‘We at JSW (USA) feel this project is fully in sync with rebuilding the American infrastructure 

promoted by the Trump administration.’”). 

42 Tariffs on steel manufacturing equipment could have the unintended consequence of supporting steel production 

outside the United States to the detriment of steel production inside the United States.

43 See State Council Guiding Opinions on Reducing Overcapacity in the Iron and Steel Industry, State Council (Feb. 

4, 2016). 

44 See Notice of Determination and Request for Public Comment Concerning Proposed Determination of Action 

Pursuant to Section 301: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual 

Property, and Innovation, 83 Fed. Reg. 14,906, 14,908 (Apr. 6, 2018) (requesting comments from parties on 

whether “imposing increased duties on a particular product would be practicable or effective to obtain the 

elimination of China’s acts, policies, and practices . . . .”).
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For the foregoing reasons, Danieli respectfully requests that USTR grant a product 

exclusion for certain highly customized, project-specific pre-levelers imported under HTSUS 

subheading 8462.21.0000 from the determination of action pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade 

Act of 1974. We appreciate the Administration’s consideration of this request. 

I hereby certify that the information provided in this submission is complete and correct 

to the best of my knowledge.

Sincerely,

/s/ Luca Rossetto

Luca Rossetto 

CEO 

Danieli Corporation
Danieli Corporation

600 Cranberry Woods Drive,

Suite - Cranberry Township,

PA 16066

P.O.Box 640039 Pittsburgh

PA 15264-0039

Phone (724) 778-5400

Fax (724) 778-5401

6

COMPANY CERTIFICATION

I, Luca Rossetto, acting as CEO for Danieli Corporation, certify that I prepared or otherwise 

supervised the preparation of the attached submission as well as the accompanying “Form to 

Request Exclusion of Product,” filed on October 9, 2018, in Section 301: China’s Acts, Policies, 

and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, Docket 

No. USTR-2018-0025. I certify that disclosure of the information bracketed in the business 

confidential version of the submission, and redacted from the public version, would endanger 

trade secrets or profitability, and that the information would not customarily be released to the 

public. 

Signature: /s/ Luca Rossetto

Date: October 9, 2018
ATTACHMENT A 

JSW Letter in Support 
John G. Hritz

JSW Steel (USA) Inc.

5200 East McKinney Road

Baytown, Texas 77523

Phone: (281) 383-5247

Fax: (281) 383-1803 

John.hritz@jswsteel.us

October 8, 2018

Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer

U.S. Trade Representative

600 17th St. NW

Washington, DC 20508

Re: JSW’S SUPPORT FOR DANIELI CORPORATION’S SECTION 301 PRODUCT 

EXCLUSION REQUESTS FOR CERTAIN STEELMAKING EQUIPMENT TO BE 

INSTALLED AT THE BAYTOWN, TEXAS PLATE MILL

Dear Ambassador Lighthizer:

On behalf of JSW Steel (USA) Inc. (“JSW”), I am writing in support of Danieli 

Corporation’s request to exclude certain custom-built steelmaking machinery and 

equipment dedicated for use at JSW’s plate mill in Baytown, Texas, (the “Equipment”) 

from the determination of action pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.1 

JSW is a Texas corporation with a long track record of making steel in the United 

States. JSW is in the midst of a $500,000,000 expansion project in Baytown, Texas, (the 

“Project”). The Project is designed to make JSW’s Baytown site the plate mill of the 

future. JSW is also embarking on an additional $500,000,000 enhancement of its steel 

mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio. JSW’s total $1,000,000,000 investment in new technology 

and equipment will support the creation of roughly 1,000 new steel manufacturing jobs in 

America. JSW’s plans will also lead expansion and technological advancement of the 

U.S. steel industry, an articulated priority of the Trump Administration.

A critical aspect of the Baytown Project requires Danieli to supply equipment that 

will enable JSW to take 12” thick steel slab from a newly-installed, state-of-the-art caster

and electric arc furnace and roll those slabs into carbon and alloy steel plate in widths up 

to 160” (4.1m) and thicknesses up to 6” (152.4mm). These U.S. melted and manufactured 

wide, thick plates can then be transferred to JSW’s pipe mill (also located at the Baytown 

site) to produce welded line pipe up to 48” in outside diameter and substantial wall 

thickness to supply pipeline projects for the energy market in the U.S. The successful 

completion of the Project will make JSW’s Baytown mill the exclusive fully-integrated 

pipe mill in the United States. This new plate-making capability will also enable JSW to 

supply high-quality carbon plate to shipyards, oilfield fabricators, heavy equipment 

producers, wind towers, railcars, storage tanks and many other end users. 

1 Notice of Action and Request for Public Comment Concerning Proposed Determination of Action Pursuant 

to Section 301: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, 

and Innovation, 83 Fed. Reg. 28,710 (June 20, 2018), at Annex A.

 
In sum, the Danieli-enabled, state-of-the-art mill that JSW will soon conclude will 

significantly increase JSW’s product offerings and quality. And it will position JSW’s 

Baytown mill to compete quite successfully against foreign steel producers. For that 

reason, JSW’s modernization projects in Baytown and Mingo Junction have been 

frequently cited by President Trump and his Administration. It is not an overstatement to 

declare that JSW is in the process of rebuilding the steel industry in the United States. 

Accordingly, JSW respectfully urges the Administration to grant the Danieli 

requested product exclusions for the Baytown project from the determination of action 

pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Sincerely,

President and Chief Executive Officer

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$500 million expansion of Baytown steel mill announced - Houston Chronicle

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$500 million expansion of Baytown steel

mill announced

By Mike Ward Updated 4:50 pm CDT, Monday, March 26, 2018

AUSTIN -- A $500 million expansion of a Baytown

steel mill was announced Monday by Gov. Greg

Abbott, a move that will add up to 500 new jobs at an

average salary of $65,000.

In a conference call with reporters from India, where a

week-long Texas trade-development mission is underway,

Abbott said the expansion will benefit the oil and gas

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Parth Jindal of JSW USA, which will

expand its steel plant in Baytown, Texas, spoke at a press conference

on Monday, March 26, 2018, at the Mumbai, India, headquarters of the

... more
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Abbott also said he is working with Indian firms to

increase shipments from Texas to India of liquified natural

gas, and open new markets for businesses in both

countries of technology and machinery, among other

products.

"India is the fastest-growing international economy,"

Abbott said., and increasing trade with the country "will be

extremely profitable for Texas companies for decades to

come."

Abbott and company officials said the expansion will allow

the plant to begin sourcing raw steel from Texas and other

states, instead of Brazil, Mexico and India.

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JSW bought the then-bankrupt Baytown plant for about

$810 million in October 2007, and is currently operating at

about 30 per cent capacity, officials said. The plant

currently employs about 350, they said.

"The $500 million investment from JSW Steel to expand

its operations in Texas shows what we can achieve when

we work to be better every single day," Abbott said.

"Made in Texas is a powerful label, and I thank JSW for

investing in our great state. We look forward to forging an

even stronger partnership and continuing economic and

job growth in the Lone Star State."

He said the Baytown expansion, expected to be made in

phases, is contingent upon approval of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency and will include a $3.4

million grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund, the state's

deal-closing business incentive fund.

Abbott said the JSW investment will be used to expand

the company's Plate & Pipe Mill unit.

Jindal said the deal "is part of our long term strategy to

enhance our U.S. footprint" and "provides JSW USA an

opportunity to participate in USA's infrastructure

development and job creation priorities.

"Access to natural gas at extremely economical prices

and the abundant availability of scrap steel in Texas make

conditions very conducive for manufacturing through the

Electric Arc Furnace route," he said. "JSW Steel (USA)

Inc. wishes to create a world class fully integrated steel

complex that will bring precision manufacturing of high

quality steel plate and pipe to Texas, USA."

Company officials said the Baytown plant services the

needs of the energy, petrochemicals, defense and other

heavy equipment industries in United States that high
$500 million expansion of Baytown steel mill announced - Houston Chronicle

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quality carbon plate.

On Sunday, Abbott visited Mahindra & Mahindra Limited

in Mumbai, India, to meet with Mahindra Group Chairman

Anand Mahindra and have lunch with executives of

Mahindra's subsidiary companies.

Abbott said he discussed with company officials how to

strengthen the business ties between the prominent Indiabased company and Texas, where 20 percent of its sales

are based. Mahindra North America's headquarters, as

well as one of its assembly plants, are located in Houston.

Mahindra Group is a multinational conglomerate holding

company with interests including aerospace, agribusiness,

automotive, components, construction equipment,

defense, energy, information technology, finance, logistics

and real estate.

The firm's seven companies employ more than 240,000

people in at least 100 countries, including more than 30

facilities and 3,500 jobs in the United States. Mahindra

Group has four companies with a Texas presence

including Mahindra North America, the parent

organization of Mahindra Group's U.S. Automotive and

Farm Sector headquartered in Houston, which began

selling tractors in the U.S. in 1994 and introduced a line of

utility vehicles in 2015.

Abbott said he thanked Mahindra for the company's $1.5

million donation to the Houston community in the

aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

"There is an important relationship between Texas and

India," Abbott said, insisting that he expects the trip will

lead to additional trade opportunities in a variety of

business sectors.
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