To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Certain Steel Products

Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Certain Steel Products A Proclamation 1. On December 19, 2001, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) transmitted to the President a report on its investigation under section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “Trade Act”) ( 19 U.S.C. 2252 ), with respect to imports of certain steel products. 2. The ITC reached affirmative determinations under section 202(b) of the Trade Act that the following products are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to the domestic industries producing like or directly competitive articles: (a) certain carbon flat- rolled steel, including carbon and alloy steel slabs (“slabs”); plate (including cut-to-length plate and clad plate) (“plate”); hot-rolled steel (including plate in coils) (“hot-rolled steel”); cold-rolled steel (other than grain-oriented electrical steel) (“cold-rolled steel”); and corrosion-resistant and other coated steel (“coated steel”) (collectively, “certain flat steel”); (b) carbon and alloy hot-rolled bar and light shapes (“hot-rolled bar”); (c) carbon and alloy cold-finished bar (“cold-finished bar”); (d) carbon and alloy rebar (“rebar”); (e) carbon and alloy welded tubular products (other than oil country tubular goods) (“certain tubular products”); (f) carbon and alloy flanges, fittings, and tool joints (“carbon and alloy fittings”); (g) stainless steel bar and light shapes (“stainless steel bar”); and (h) stainless steel rod. The ITC commissioners were equally divided with respect to the determination required under section 202(b) regarding whether (i) carbon and alloy tin mill products (“tin mill products”) and (j) stain…