WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/9/USA/4
1 November 2001
(01-5370)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
INFORMATION TO BE NOTIFIED TO THE COMMITTEE WHERE
A SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION IS TERMINATED
WITH NO SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED
UNITED STATES
The following communication, dated 26 October 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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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 Schedules 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
that increased imports of the following product groups are not a substantial cause of serious injury or
threat of serious injury to industries in the United States:  (1) grain-oriented electrical steel; (2) carbonand alloy ingots, billets, and blooms; (3) carbon and alloy rails and railway products; (4) carbon and
alloy wire; (5) carbon and alloy strand, rope, cable, and cordage; (6) carbon and alloy nails, staples,
and woven cloth; (7) carbon and alloy heavy structural shapes and sheet piling; (8) carbon and alloy
fabricated structural units; (9) carbon and alloy seamless tubular products other than oil country
tubular goods (“OCTG”); (10) carbon and alloy seamless OCTG; (11) carbon and alloy weldedOCTG; (12) stainless steel slabs, ingots, billets, and blooms; (13) stainless steel cut-to-length plate;
(14) stainless steel woven cloth; (15) stainless steel rope; (16) stainless steel seamless tubular
products; and (17) stainless steel welded tubular products.   The attached Annex contains a description
of each of the product groups listed in this sectio n, along with the tariff headings applicable to each.
As a result of that determination, made under section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
safeguards investigation has ended with respect to the listed products.  A public report concerning theG/SG/N/9/USA/4
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investigation will be available after the ITC submits its findings to the President, which will occur by
19 December 2001.
On 22 October 2001, the ITC reached affirmative determinations under section 202(b) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (22 U.S.C. 2252(b)) that other product groups subject to the investigation notifiedin G/SG/N/6/USA/10 are being imported in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of
serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the pertin ent domestic industry.  Pursuant to Article 12.1(b) of
the Agreement on Safeguards, those determinations have been notified to the Committee on
Safeguards in a separate notification.G/SG/N/9/USA/4
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ANNEX
I. DEFINITIONS
Carbon and alloy steel  – Steel, including “other alloy steel” but excluding “stainless steel”  and “tool
steel” as defined below.
Other alloy steel  – Steels not complying with the definition of stainless steel and containing by weight
one or more of the following elements in the proportion shown:
0.3 per cent or more of aluminum,
0.0008 per cent or more of boron,
0.3 per cent or more of chromium,
0.3 per cent or more of cobalt,
0.4 per cent or more of copper,0.4 per cent or more of lead,
1.65 per cent or more of manganese,
0.08 per cent or more of molybdenum,
0.3 per cent or more of nickel,
0.06 per cent or more of niobium,0.6 per cent or more of silicon,
0.05 per cent or more of titanium,
0.3 per cent or more of tungsten (wolfram),
0.1 per cent or more of vanadium,
0.05 per cent or more of zirconium, or0.1 per cent or more of other elements (except sulphur, phosphorus, carbon, and nitrogen),
taken separately.
Stainless steel  – Alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 per cent or less of carbon and 10.5 per cent or
more of chromium, with or without other elements.
Tool steel  – Alloy steels which contain the following combinations of elements in the quantity by
weight respectively indicated:
(i) more than 1.2 per cent carbon and more than 10.5 per cent chromium; or(ii) not less than 0.3 per cent carbon and 1.25 per cent or more but less than 10.5 per cent
chromium; or
(iii) not less than 0.85 per cent carbon and 1 per cent to 1.8 per cent, inclusive,
manganese; or
(iv) 0.9 per cent to 1.2 per cent, inclusive, chromium and 0.9 per cent to 1.4 per cent,
inclusive, molybdenum; or
(v) not less than 0.5 per cent carbon and not less than 3.5 per cent molybdenum; or
(vi) not less than 0.5 per cent carbon and not less than 5.5 per cent tungsten.G/SG/N/9/USA/4
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Exception – For purposes of this notification, tool steel does not include ball-bearing steel as
defined below.  Long products of ball-bearing steel are included in carbon and alloy steel long
products.  Flat-rolled products of ball-bearing steel are not subject to the investigation.
Ball-bearing steel  – Alloy tool steels which contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
elements by weight in the amount specified:
(i) not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 per cent of carbon;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 per cent of manganese;
(iii) none, or not more than 0.03 per cent of sulphur;
(iv) none, or not more than 0.03 per cent of phosphorus;
(v) not less than 0.18 nor more than 0.37 per cent of silicon;(vi) not less than 1.25 nor more than 1.65 per cent of chromium;
(vii) none, or not more than 0.28 per cent of nickel;
(viii) none, or not more than 0.38 per cent of copper; and
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 per cent of molybdenum.
Semifinished products  – Continuous cast products of solid section, whether or not subjected to
primary hot-rolling; and other products of solid section, which have not been further worked than
subjected to primary hot-rolling or roughly shaped by forging, including blanks for angles, shapes, or
sections.
Flat-rolled products  – Rolled products of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which
do not conform to the definition of semi finished products, in the form of:
(i) coils of successively superimposed layers, or
(ii) straight lengths, which if of a thickness less than 4.75 mm are of a width measuring at
least 10 times the thickness or if of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more are of a width
which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness.
Flat-rolled products include those with patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (for
example, grooves, ribs, checkers, tears, buttons, or lozenges) and those which have been
perforated, corrugated, or polished.
Flat-rolled products may be of a shape other than rectangular or square, such as circles or
sketches.
Tubular products  – Tubular products includes pipes and tubes and hollow profiles.  Pipes and tubes
are concentric hollow products, of uniform cross-section having the same form on both the inner and
outer surfaces.  Steel tubes may have circular, oval, rectangular, or other convex polygonal
cross-sections.  Tubes may have been subject to certain finishing operations, including upsetting,
polishing, coating, bending, threading (with or  without couplings attached), drilled, waisted,
expanded, cone shaped, or fitted with flanges, collars, or ring.  Hollow profiles are hollow productswhich may have different forms on the inner and outer surfaces.
II. PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO NEGATIVE DETERMINATIONS BY THE ITC
(1) Grain-oriented electrical steel (“GOES”) –  Low-carbon, silicon-iron alloys with a silicon
content of approximately 3.2 per cent, in which low core loss and high permeability in the
direction of rolling have been achieved by appropriate metallurgical processing.  GOES is
provided for in the following HTS subheadings:G/SG/N/9/USA/4
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7225110000 7226111000 7226119030 7226119060
(2) Carbon and alloy ingots, billets, and blooms  – Ingots are the primary form into which
molten steel is cast when produced by other than continuous casting.  Blooms and billets are
semifinished products of rectangular cross-section with a width less than two times thethickness if of carbon steel, or less than four times the thickness if of other alloy steel.
Includes other products of solid section, which have not been further worked than subjected to
primary hot-rolling or roughly shaped by forging, including tube rounds and blanks for
angles, shapes, or sections.  Carbon and alloy steel ingots, billets, and blooms are provided for
in the following HTS subheadings:
7206100000 7207190030 7207200090 7224900005 7224900075
7206900000 7207190090 7224100005 7224900045
7207110000 7207200075 7224100075 7224900065
(3) Carbon and alloy rails and railway products  – Railway or track construction material
including rails, check-rails and rack rails, sleepers (cross-ties), fish plates, and sole plates(base plates).  Carbon and alloy steel rails and railway products are provided for in the
following HTS subheadings:
7302101010 7302101025 7302101045 7302105020 7302400000
7302101015 7302101035 7302101055 7302200000
(4) Carbon and alloy wire  – Cold-formed products in coils, of any uniform solid cross-section
along their whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products.
Carbon and alloy steel wire is provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7217101000 7217108025 7217204530 7217304510 7217905060
7217102000 7217108030 7217204540 7217304520 7217905090
7217103000 7217108045 7217204550 7217304530 7229200000
7217104030 7217108060 7217204560 7217304540 7229901000
7217104090 7217108075 7217204570 7217304550 7229905015
7217105030 7217108090 7217204580 7217304560 7229905030
7217105090 7217109000 7217206000 7217304590 72299050507217106000 7217201500 7217207500 7217306000 7229909000
7217107000 7217203000 7217301530 7217307500
7217108010 7217204510 7217301560 7217901000
7217108020 7217204520 7217303000 7217905030
(5) Carbon and alloy strand, rope, cable, and cordage  – Stranded wire (two or more wires
twisted closely together), ropes, and cables, not electrically insulated.  Carbon and alloy steel
strand, rope, cable, and cordage are provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7312103005 7312103020 7312103070 7312108000 7312109090
7312103010 7312103045 7312103074 7312109030
7312103012 7312103065 7312103080 7312109060
(6) Carbon and alloy nails, staples, and woven cloth  – Woven cloth of carbon or alloy steel
wire and nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples, and similar articles of iron orsteel, whether or not with heads of other material, but excluding such articles with heads of
copper.  Excludes thumb tacks and nails and similar fasteners suitable for use in
powder-actuated handtools.  Carbon and alloy steel nails, staples, and woven cloth are
provided for in the following HTS subheadings:G/SG/N/9/USA/4
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7314190000 7317005520 7317005560 7317006530
7317005504 7317005530 7317005570 7317006560
7317005506 7317005540 7317005580 7317007500
7317005510 7317005550 7317005590 8305200000
(7) Carbon and alloy heavy structural shapes and sheet piling  – Angles, shapes, and sections
(such as  U, I, or H sections) of a height equal to or more than 80 mm.  Also includes sheet
piling.  Carbon and alloy steel heavy structural shapes and sheet piling are provided for in the
following HTS subheadings:
7216310000 7216330030 7216330090 7216400050 7301201000
7216320000 7216330060 7216400010 7301100000 7301205000
(8) Carbon and alloy fabricated structural units  – Structures (excluding prefabricated
buildings) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge sections, lock gates,
towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, pillars, and columns) of iron or steel; plates,rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes, and the like, prepared for use in structures.  Includes
sheet-metal roofing, siding, flooring and roof drainage equipment.  Does not include doors,
windows, and their frames and thresholds or architectural and ornamental work.  Carbon and
alloy steel fabricated structural units are provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7308100000 7308400000 7308906000 7308909530
7308200000 7308903000 7308907000 7308909590
(9) Carbon and alloy seamless tubular products other than oil country tubular goods
(“OCTG”)  –  Tubular products that have no joint, whether welded or not, along the
longitudinal axis of the product and which may be formed by several methods, including hot
rolling, hot extrusion, deep drawing of a disc, forging, and casting.  Several hot-rolling
process are typically used, including piercing, or rolling on a mandrel or a plug ( e.g.,
pilgering).  OCTG and cast iron pipe, tube, and hollow profiles, hollow drill bars, fittings,
flexible tubing, insulated electrical conduit tubing, and tubes, pipes, and hollow profiles made
into specific parts of other manufactures are excluded from this definition.  Carbon and alloy
steel seamless tubular products other than OCTG are provided for in the following HTSsubheadings:
7304101020 7304390006 7304390062 7304592045 7304598045
7304101030 7304390008 7304390068 7304592055 7304598050
7304101045 7304390016 7304390072 7304592060 73045980557304101060 7304390020 7304390076 7304592070 7304598060
7304101080 7304390024 7304390080 7304592080 7304598065
7304105020 7304390028 7304511000 7304596000 7304598070
7304105050 7304390032 7304515005 7304598010 7304598080
7304105080 7304390036 7304515015 7304598015 73049010007304313000 7304390040 7304515045 7304598020 7304903000
7304316010 7304390044 7304515060 7304598025 7304905000
7304316050 7304390048 7304591000 7304598030 7304907000
7304390002 7304390052 7304592030 7304598035
7304390004 7304390056 7304592040 7304598040
(10) Carbon and alloy seamless OCTG  – Tubular products, produced by the seamless process
described above, used below ground in the drilling and completion of oil or gas wells, andG/SG/N/9/USA/4
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consisting of casing, which is the structural retainer for the walls of oil and gas wells; tubing,
which is used within casing to convey oil or gas to ground level; and drill pipe, which is used
to convey power to a rotary drilling tool be low ground level.  Seamless OCTG are provided
for in the following HTS subheadings:
7304213000 7304291060 7304293010 7304294030 7304295075
7304216030 7304291080 7304293020 7304294040 7304296015
7304216045 7304292010 7304293030 7304294050 7304296030
7304216060 7304292020 7304293040 7304294060 7304296045
7304291010 7304292030 7304293050 7304294080 7304296060
7304291020 7304292040 7304293060 7304295015 7304296075
7304291030 7304292050 7304293080 7304295030 84314380407304291040 7304292060 7304294010 7304295045
7304291050 7304292080 7304294020 7304295060
(11) Carbon and alloy welded OCTG  – Welded OCTG are tubular products produced by
welding of flat-rolled product as described above, used below ground in the drilling andcompletion of oil or gas wells, and consisting of casing, which is the structural retainer for the
walls of oil and gas wells, and tubing, which is used within casing to convey oil or gas to
ground level.  Welded OCTG are provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7305202000 7305208000 7306202000 7306206010 7306208050
7305204000 7306201030 7306203000 7306206050
7305206000 7306201090 7306204000 7306208010
(12) Stainless steel slabs, ingots, billets, and blooms  – Ingots are the primary form into which
molten steel is cast, when produced by other than continuous casting.  Blooms, billets, andslabs are semifinished products of rectangular cross-section.  Stainless steel slabs have a
width more than four times the thickness; blooms and billets have a width equal to or less
than four times the thickness.  Includes other products of solid section, which have not been
further worked than subjected to primary hot-ro lling or roughly shaped by forging, including
tube rounds.  Stainless steel slabs, ingots, billets, and blooms are provided for in the following
HTS subheadings:
7218100000 7218910030 7218990015 7218990045 7218990090
7218910015 7218910060 7218990030 7218990060
(13) Stainless steel cut-to-length plate  – A flat-rolled product of rectangular cross-section having
a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at leasttwice the thickness.  It is flat, i.e., not in coil, and may be of any shape (rectangular, circular,
or other).  It may have been produced by rolling on a sheared-plate mill or by flattening and
cutting-to-length from a coiled plate.  It may have patterns-in-relief derived directly from
rolling (floor plate).  It may be perforated, corrugated, or polished.  Plate may also have been
subject to heat-treatment and have been descaled or pickled.  Also included is plate in coilform, if under 600 mm in width and 4.75 mm or more in thickness.  Includes hot-rolled plate
in coils, if less than 600 mm in width.  Stainless steel cut-to-length plate is provided for in the
following HTS subheadings:
7219210005 7219220005 7219220035 7219220075
7219210020 7219220015 7219220040 7219220080
7219210040 7219220020 7219220045 7219310050
7219210060 7219220025 7219220070 7220110000G/SG/N/9/USA/4
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(14) Stainless steel woven cloth  – Woven cloth of stainless steel wire, as provided for in the
following HTS subheadings:
7314141000 7314142000 7314143000 7314146000 7314149000
(15) Stainless steel rope  – Includes stranded wire (two or more wires twisted closely together),
ropes, cables, and cordage, not electrically insulated.  Stainless steel rope is provided for in
the following HTS subheadings:
7312101030 7312101050 7312101070 7312106030 7312106060
(16) Stainless steel seamless tubular products  – Seamless tubular products that have no joint,
whether welded or not, along the longitudinal axis of the product and which may be formed
by several methods, including hot rolling, hot extrusion, deep drawing of a disc, forging, and
casting.  Several hot-rolling processes are typically used, including piercing, or rolling on a
mandrel or a plug ( e.g., pilfering).  Stainless steel seamless tubular products are provided for
in the following HTS subheadings:
7304413005 7304413045 7304416015 7304490005 7304490045
7304413015 7304416005 7304416045 7304490015 7304490060
(17) Stainless steel welded tubular products  – Tubular products produced by bending flat-rolled
steel products to form the hollow product with overlapping or abutting seams.  Most such
products are fastened along the seam by welding, although clipping, riveting, and forging are
also used to fasten a seam.  The seam produced by the fastening method may run either
longitudinally or spirally along the length of the product.  Stainless steel welded tubular
products are provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7306401010 7306405005 7306405042 7306405064 7306405090
7306401015 7306405015 7306405044 7306405080 7306607030
7306401090 7306405040 7306405062 7306405085
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