WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/8/USA/8
1 November 2001
(01-5371)
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
UNITED STATES
The following communication, dated 26 October 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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In light of the agreed format for notifications (G/SG/W/1, 23 February 1995), the
United States provides notification to the Committee on Safeguards of findings of serious injury or
threat thereof caused by increased imports.
On 22 October 2001, the US International Trade Commission (“ITC”) reached affirmative
determinations under section 202(b) of the Trade Act (22 U.S.C. 2252(b)) that (1) certain carbon and
alloy steel, including slabs, plate (including cut-to-length plate and clad plate), hot-rolled sheet and
strip (including plate in coils), cold-rolled sheet a nd strip (other than grain-oriented electrical steel
(“GOES”)), 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 weldedtubular 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 a substantial cause of se rious injury, or the threat thereof, to the pertinent
domestic industry.
The ITC arrived at a divided decision with respect to (9) carbon and alloy tin mill products;
(10) tool steel, all forms; (11) stainless steel wire; and (12) stainless steel flanges and fittings.  Three
Commissioners made a negative determination, and three Commissioners determined that the product
in question is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial
cause of serious injury or threat thereof to the pe rtinent domestic industry.  Since the ITC’s vote was
evenly divided, pursuant to US law, both the negative and affirmative determinations will be
forwarded to the  President, and he may consider either determination to be the ITC’s determination.
The initiation of the investigation that led to  these determinations was notified to the
Committee on Safeguards in G/SG/N/6/USA/10 (9  July 2001).  On 22 October 2001, the ITC also
reached determinations that increased imports of certain product groups subject to that investigation
are not a substantial cause of serious injury or threat of serious injury to industries in the
United States.  Those determinations have been notified to the Committee on Safeguards in a separate
notification.
The attached Annex contains definitions of each product group referenced in this notification,
along with the tariff headings applicable to each.G/SG/N/8/USA/8
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1. Provide evidence of serious injury or th reat thereof caused by increased imports
The ITC is now considering the appropriate remedy to recommend to the President, and will
forward its injury findings and remedy recommendations to the President by 19 December 2001.  Thisreport will contain the ITC’s analysis and a summary of the information collected during the
investigation.  The United States will provide a c opy of this report, excluding confidential business
information, to the Committee shortly after it is submitted to the President.
2. Provide information on whether there is an absolute increase in imports or an increase
in imports relative to domestic production (please see also Article 2.1 for the context).
The ITC report described above in item 1 will contain information regarding increased
imports.
3. Provide precise description of the product involved.
The attached Annex contains a description of each of the products covered by this
notification.  Annex II of notification G/SG/N/6/U SA/10 (9 July 2001) contains a list of products
excluded from the investigation, which are not s ubject to the determinations covered by this
notification.
4-8. Provide information on the proposed measure.
The United States has not yet proposed measures in response to the ITC’s determinations of
serious injury.  The ITC is now considering recommendations as to the appropriate measures, which
the President will consider after receipt of the ITC report described in paragraph 1.
9. Provide information relating to the extension of a safeguard measure.
Not applicable.G/SG/N/8/USA/8
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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, or
0.1 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.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.G/SG/N/8/USA/8
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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, orsections.
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 products
which may have different forms on the inner and outer surfaces.
II. PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATIONS OR EQUALLY
DIVIDED VOTES BY THE ITC
(1) Carbon and alloy steel slabs, plate (inclu ding cut-to-length plate and clad plate),
hot-rolled sheet and strip (including plate in coils), cold-rolled sheet and strip (other
than grain-oriented electrical steel (“GOES ”)), and corrosion-resistant and other coated
sheet and strip
This category includes all of the following:G/SG/N/8/USA/8
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Slabs  – Semifinished steel produced by continuous casting or by hot rolling or
forging.  Slabs of carbon steel have a rectangular cross-section with a width at least
two times the thickness.  Slabs of other alloy steel have a width at least four times the
thickness.  Carbon and alloy steel slabs are provided for in the following HTS
subheadings:
7207120010 7207120050 7207200025 7207200045 7224900055Plate (including cut-to-length plate and clad plate)  – Cut-to-length plate is 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 least twice 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.  Clad
plate is a flat-rolled product of more than one metal layer, of which the predominatingmetal is non-alloy steel, and the layers are joined by molecular interpenetration of the
surfaces in contact.  The metal other than non-alloy steel may be stainless steel,
titanium, or any other metal.  The product may be in the form of a flat plate or a
coiled plate, may be of any thickness, and may be either hot- or cold-rolled. Carbon
and alloy steel cut-to-length and clad plate are provided for in the following HTSsubheadings:
7208403030 7208510045 7208900000 7211140030 7225403050
7208403060 7208510060 7210901000 7211140045 7225506000
7208510030 7208520000 7211130000 7225403005 7226915000
Hot-rolled sheet and strip (including plate in coils)  – Includes carbon and alloy
steel flat-rolled products of rectangular cr oss-section, produced by hot-rolling.  If in
coils, may be of any thickness.  If in straight lengths, is of a thickness of less than
4.75 mm and a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness.  It may have
patterns-in-relief derived directly from rolling (floor plate).  It may be perforated,
corrugated, or polished.  May be either unpickled or pickled.  May have been subjectto various processing after hot reduction, including pickling or descaling, rewinding,
flattening, temper rolling, heat treatment, and may have been cut into shapes other
than rectangular.  Carbon and alloy steel hot-rolled sheet and strip (including plate in
coils) is provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7208101500 7208270060 7208390015 7211191500 7225303005
7208103000 7208360030 7208390030 7211192000 7225303050
7208106000 7208360060 7208390090 7211193000 7225307000
7208253000 7208370030 7208406030 7211194500 7225407000
7208256000 7208370060 7208406060 7211196000 72269170007208260030 7208380015 7208530000 7211197530 7226918000
7208260060 7208380030 7208540000 7211197560
7208270030 7208380090 7211140090 7211197590
Cold-rolled sheet and strip other than GOES  – Includes carbon and alloy steel
flat-rolled product of rectangular cross-section, produced by cold rolling.  If in coils,
may be of any thickness.  If in straight lengths, is of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm
and a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness.  It may have patterns-in-relief
derived directly from rolling.  It may be perforated, corrugated, or polished.  MayG/SG/N/8/USA/8
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have been subject to various processing after cold reduction, including flattening,
temper rolling, heat treatment, and may have been cut into shapes other than
rectangular.  Carbon and alloy steel cold-rolled sheet and strip other than GOES is
provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7209150000 7209182550 7211234500 7211900000 7226927050
7209160030 7209186000 7211236030 7225190000 7226928005
7209160060 7209250000 7211236060 7225507000 7226928050
7209160090 7209260000 7211236075 7225508010
7209170030 7209270000 7211236085 7225508015
7209170060 7209280000 7211292030 7225508085
7209170090 7209900000 7211292090 72261910007209181530 7211231500 7211294500 7226199000
7209181560 7211232000 7211296030 7226925000
7209182510 7211233000 7211296080 7226927005
Corrosion-resistant and other coated sheet and strip  – Flat-rolled products of
carbon or alloy steel with a metallic or nonmetallic coating, other than tin or tin-free
steel, and other than clad.  Includes, galvanized, aluminized, zinc-aluminum alloy
coated, galvannealed (heat-treated after coating), terne plate and terne coated sheets,
painted, and coated with plastic.  Carbon and alloy steel corrosion-resistant and other
coated sheet and strip is provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7210200000 7210610000 7210906000 7212305000 7225920000
7210300030 7210690000 7210909000 7212401000 7225990010
7210300060 7210703000 7212200000 7212405000 7225990090
7210410000 7210706030 7212301030 7212500000 72269300007210490030 7210706060 7212301090 7212600000 7226940000
7210490090 7210706090 7212303000 7225910000 7226990000
(2) Carbon and alloy hot-rolled bar and light shapes  – Bars are products which have a solid
cross-section in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares),
triangles, or other convex polygons (including “flattened circles” and “modified rectangles,”
of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equallength, and parallel).  Includes bars of a diameter of 19 mm or more in irregularly wound
coils.  Excludes carbon and alloy steel (including free-machining alloy steel) wire rod having
a diameter of 5 mm or more but less than 19 mm.  (These products are covered by section 201
relief on wire rod.)  Includes free-machining carbon steel and high-nickel alloy steel bars and
rods of any diameter.  Includes angles, shapes, a nd sections (such as  U, I, or H sections) not
further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn, or extruded, of a height of less than 80 mm.
Includes hollow drill bars and rods of whic h the greatest external dimension of the
cross-section exceeds 15 mm but does not exceed 52 mm, and of which the greatest internal
dimension does not exceed one half of the grea test external dimension.  Hollow bars and rods
of iron or steel not conforming to this definition are included in pipe and tubing.  Carbon andalloy steel hot-rolled bar and light shapes are provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7213200000 7214990030 7216210000 7227200090 7228400000
7213990060 7214990045 7216220000 7227901030 7228601030
7213990090 7214990060 7216500000 7227902030 72286060007214100000 7214990075 7216610000 7227906005 7228703020
7214300000 7214990090 7216690000 7227906058 7228703040
7214910015 7215901000 7216910000 7228201000 7228703060
7214910060 7215905000 7216990000 7228302000 7228703080G/SG/N/8/USA/8
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7214910090 7216100010 7227200000 7228308005 7228706000
7214990015 7216100050 7227200010 7228308050 7228800000
(3) Carbon and alloy cold-finished bar  – Bars, as defined by shape above, not in coils, which
have been subjected to a cold-finishing operation such as cold rolling, cold drawing, grinding,or polishing.  Carbon and alloy steel cold-finished bars are provided for in the following HTS
subheadings:
7215100000 7215500060 7215903000 7228501010 7228505050
7215500015 7215500090 7228205000 7228505005 7228608000
(4) Rebar  – Hot-rolled products which have a solid cross-section as described for bars above,
and containing indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced during the rolling
process or twisted after rolling, for the purpose of improving the bond with concrete.  Carbon
and alloy steel rebar is provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7213100000 7214200000
(5) Carbon and alloy welded tubular products other than oil country tubular goods
(“OCTG”)  – Tubular products that are 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 aseam.  The seam produced by the fastening method may run either longitudinally or spirally
along the length of the product.  Excludes OCTG and carbon quality steel welded line pipe of
an outside diameter that does not exceed 406.7 mm (the latter product is covered by section
201 relief on line pipe).  Carbon and alloy steel welded tubular products other than OCTG are
provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7305111030 7305195000 7306301000 7306305040 7306505050
7305111060 7305312000 7306303000 7306305055 7306505070
7305115000 7305314000 7306305010 7306305085 7306601000
7305121030 7305316000 7306305015 7306305090 7306603000
7305121060 7305391000 7306305020 7306501000 7306605000
7305125000 7305395000 7306305025 7306503000 73066070607305191030 7305901000 7306305032 7306505010 7306901000
7305191060 7305905000 7306305035 7306505030 7306905000
(6) Carbon and alloy flanges, fittings, and tool joints  – Includes fittings of carbon or alloy
steel, mainly used for connecting the bores of two pipes or tubes together, or for connecting a
pipe or tube to some other apparatus, or for closing the tube aperture.  Does not include
valves, or articles used for installing pipes and tubes but which do not form an integral part of
the bore, e.g., hangers, stays, and similar supports, clamping or tightening bands, or collars
(hose clips) used for clamping flexible tubing or hose to rigid piping, taps, connecting pieces,etc.  Includes tool joints for welding onto lengths of unfinished drill pipe to produce finished
drill pipe.  Carbon and alloy steel flanges, fittings, and tool joints are provided for in the
following HTS subheadings:
7307915010 7307915070 7307929000 7307939030 7307995045
7307915030 7307923010 7307933000 7307939060 7307995060
7307915050 7307923030 7307936000 7307995015 8431438020G/SG/N/8/USA/8
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(7) Stainless steel bar and light shapes  – Bars are products which have a solid cross-section in
the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or
other convex polygons (including “flattened circles” and “modified rectangles,” of which two
opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length, and
parallel).  Also includes angles, shapes, and sections (such as  U, I, or H sections) not furtherworked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn, or extruded.  Stainless steel bar and light shapes are
provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7221000045 7222190005 7222200045 7222403025 7222403085
7222110005 7222190050 7222200075 7222403045 7222406000
7222110050 7222200005 7222300000 7222403065
(8) Stainless steel rod  – Stainless steel of solid cross-section in irregularly wound coils.  If of
circular cross-section, having a diameter of le ss than 19 mm.  If of alloy containing 24 per
cent or more of nickel, by weight, or of a sh ape other than circular, may be of any size.
Stainless steel rod is provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7221000005 7221000015 7221000030 7221000075
(9) Carbon and alloy tin mill products .
Flat-rolled products of carbon or alloy steel, plated or coated with tin or with chromium
oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides.  May be either in coils or in straight lengths.
Carbon and alloy steel tin mill products are provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7210110000 7210120000 7210500000 7212100000
(10) Tool steel, all forms  – Includes tool steel in all product forms, as provided for in the
following HTS subheadings:
7224100045 7225305060 7226911560 7227902060 7228501020
7224900015 7225401090 7226912560 7228100010 7228501040
7224900025 7225405060 7226921060 7228100030 7228501060
7224900035 7225501060 7226923060 7228100060 72285010807225200000 7226200000 7227100000 7228304000 7228601060
7225301000 7226910500 7227901060 7228306000 7229100000
(11) Stainless steel 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.  Stainlesssteel wire is provided for in the following HTS subheadings:
7223001015 7223001045 7223001075 7223005000 7223009000
7223001030 7223001060
(12) Stainless steel flanges and fittings  – Flanges and fittings (including tool joints) of stainless
steel, mainly used for connecting the bores of two pipes or tubes together, or for connecting a
pipe or tube to some other apparatus, or for closing the tube aperture.  Does not include
valves, or articles used for installing pipes and tubes but which do not form an integral part of
the bore, e.g., hangers, stays, and similar supports, clamping or tightening bands, or collars
(hose clips) used for clamping flexible tubing or hose to rigid piping, taps, connecting pieces,
etc.  Stainless steel flanges and fittings are provided for in the following HTS subheadings:G/SG/N/8/USA/8
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7307211000 7307221000 7307230000 7307290090
7307215000 7307225000 7307290030
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