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OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES
TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE
Executive Office
of the President
Washington, D.C.
20508
For Immediate
Release
July 11,
2002
02-68
Contact:
Richard Mills (202) 395-3230
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND USTR
ANNOUNCES FURTHER SET OF PRODUCTS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM
SAFEGUARD ON STEEL PRODUCTS
Today the Department of Commerce and the Office of the
United States Trade Representative announced the release of
the fourth set of products to be excluded from the safeguard
measure on steel products.
In accordance with World Trade Organization rules
designed to allow for the temporary restructuring of a
domestic industry, the President announced temporary steel
safeguard measures on March 5, 2002. The President directed
the Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States
Trade Representative to consider requests to exclude certain
products from the safeguard action. In addition, parties were
invited to submit new product exclusion requests by May 20,
2002.
The President's March 5 announcement set a July 3, 2002
deadline for completing this process and publishing a complete
description of granted pending product exclusion requests in
the Federal Register. In a proclamation signed on July 3,
2002, the President extended the deadline for processing
exclusion requests to August 31, 2002.
Today, 23 products were excluded because it was
determined that they are not sufficiently available from U.S.
producers and that excluding these products would not
undermine the effectiveness of the safeguard on steel
products. The decision to exclude these products was based
upon a full consideration of information submitted by U.S.
steel consumers, U.S. steel producers and foreign steel
producers. This is part of the Administration's objective of
providing relief only where needed in the steel industry and
to avoid burdening U.S. steel consumers.
A list and a short description of the excluded products
may be found here.
Further exclusions will be announced on a rolling basis
until August 31st.
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