[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9758 of May 31, 2018

Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

1. On January 19, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of
imports of aluminum articles on the national security of the United
States under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 1862).
2. In Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), I concurred in the Secretary's finding that
aluminum articles are being imported into the United States in such
quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security of the United States, and decided to adjust the
imports of aluminum articles, as defined in clause 1 of Proclamation
9704, as amended (aluminum articles), by imposing a 10 percent ad
valorem tariff on such articles imported from most countries, beginning
March 23, 2018. I further stated that any country with which we have a
security relationship is welcome to discuss with the United States
alternative ways to address the threatened impairment of the national
security caused by imports from that country, and noted that, should the
United States and any such country arrive at a satisfactory alternative
means to address the threat to the national security such that I
determine that imports from that country no longer threaten to impair
the national security, I may remove or modify the restriction on
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articles imports from that country and, if necessary, adjust the tariff
as it applies to other countries, as the national security interests of
the United States require.
3. In Proclamation 9710 of March 22, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), I noted the continuing discussions with the
Argentine Republic (Argentina), the Commonwealth of Australia
(Australia), the Federative Republic of Brazil (Brazil), Canada, Mexico,
the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and the European Union (EU) on
behalf of its member countries, on satisfactory alternative means to
address the threatened impairment to the national security posed by
imports of aluminum articles from those countries. Recognizing that each
of these countries and the EU has an important security relationship
with the United States, I determined that the necessary and appropriate
means to address the threat to national security posed by imports of
aluminum articles from these countries was to continue the ongoing
discussions and to exempt aluminum articles imports from these countries
from the tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, as amended, until May
1, 2018.
4. In Proclamation 9739 of April 30, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum
Into the United States), I noted that the United States had agreed in
principle with Argentina, Australia, and Brazil on satisfactory
alternative means to address the threatened impairment to our national
security posed by aluminum articles imports from these countries and
extended the temporary exemption of these countries from the tariff
proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, as amended, in order to finalize the
details.
5. The United States has agreed on a range of measures with Argentina
and Australia, including measures to reduce excess aluminum production
and excess aluminum capacity, measures that will contribute to increased
capacity utilization in the United States, and measures to prevent the
transshipment of aluminum articles and avoid import surges. In my
judgment, these measures will provide effective, long-term alternative
means to address these countries' contribution to the threatened
impairment to our national security by restraining aluminum articles
exports to the United States from each of them, limiting transshipment
and surges, and discouraging excess aluminum capacity and excess
aluminum production. In light of these agreements, I have determined
that aluminum articles imports from these countries will no longer
threaten to impair the national security and thus have decided to
exclude these countries from the tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9704,
as amended. The United States will monitor the implementation and
effectiveness of the measures agreed upon with these countries to
address our national security needs, and I may revisit this
determination, as appropriate.
6. In light of my determination to exclude, on a long-term basis, these
countries from the tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, as amended, I
have considered whether it is necessary and appropriate in light of our
national security interests to make any corresponding adjustments to
such tariff as it applies to other countries. I have determined that, in
light of the agreed-upon measures with these countries, and the fact
that the tariff will now apply to imports of aluminum articles from
additional countries, it is necessary and appropriate, at this time, to
maintain the current tariff level as it applies to other countries.

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7. Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended,
authorizes the President to adjust the imports of an article and its
derivatives that are being imported into the United States in such
quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the
national security.
8. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483),
authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) the substance of statutes affecting import
treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification,
continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import
restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, and section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, do hereby
proclaim as follows:
(1) Clause 2 of Proclamation 9704, as amended, is further amended by
striking the last two sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the
following two sentences: ``Except as otherwise provided in this
proclamation, or in notices published pursuant to clause 3 of this
proclamation, all aluminum articles imports specified in the Annex shall
be subject to an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty with
respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, as follows: (a) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on March 23, 2018, from all countries except Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, and the member countries of the
European Union, (b) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May
1, 2018, from all countries except Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
Mexico, and the member countries of the European Union, and (c) on or
after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2018, from all
countries except Argentina and Australia. This rate of duty, which is in
addition to any other duties, fees, exactions, and charges applicable to
such imported aluminum articles, shall apply to imports of aluminum
articles from each country as specified in the preceding sentence.'';.
(2) In order to implement a quota treatment on aluminum articles
imports from Argentina, U.S. note 19 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of
the HTSUS is amended as provided for in Part A of the Annex to this
proclamation. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department
of Homeland Security shall implement this quota as soon as practicable,
taking into account all aluminum articles imports from this country
since January 1, 2018.
(3) The ``Article description''; for heading 9903.85.01 of the HTSUS
is amended by deleting ``of Brazil, of Canada, of Mexico, or of the
member countries of the European Union'';.
(4) For the purposes of administering the quantitative limitations
applicable to subheadings 9903.85.05 through 9903.85.06 for Argentina,
the annual aggregate limits set out in Part B of the Annex to this
proclamation shall apply for the period starting with calendar year 2018
and for subsequent years, unless modified or terminated. The
quantitative limitations applicable to subheadings 9903.85.05 through
9903.85.06 for Argentina, which for calendar year 2018 shall take into

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account all aluminum articles imports from Argentina since January 1,
2018, shall be effective for aluminum articles entered for consumption,
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after June 1, 2018,
and shall be implemented by CBP as soon as practicable, consistent with
the superior text to subheadings 9903.85.05 through 9903.85.06. The
Secretary of Commerce shall monitor the implementation of the
quantitative limitations applicable to subheadings 9903.85.05 through
9903.85.06 and shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the
United States Trade Representative, and such other senior Executive
Branch officials as the Secretary deems appropriate, inform the
President of any circumstance that in the Secretary's opinion might
indicate that an adjustment of the quantitative limitations is
necessary.
(5) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with CBP and with
other relevant executive departments and agencies, shall revise the
HTSUS so that it conforms to the amendments and effective dates directed
in this proclamation. The Secretary shall publish any such modification
to the HTSUS in the Federal Register.
(6) Clause 5 of Proclamation 9710, as amended, is amended by
striking the phrase ``as amended by Proclamation 9710,''; in the first
and second sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following phrase:
``as amended, or to the quantitative limitations established by
proclamation,'';. Clause 5 of Proclamation 9710, as amended, is further
amended by inserting the phrase ``or quantitative limitations''; after
the words ``ad valorem rates of duty''; in the first and second
sentences.
(7) Clause 4 of Proclamation 9739 is amended by striking the phrase
``as amended by clause 1 of this proclamation,''; and inserting in lieu
thereof the following phrase: ``as amended, or to the quantitative
limitations established by proclamation,''; in the first sentence.
Clause 4 of Proclamation 9739 is further amended by striking the words
``by clause 3 of this proclamation''; from the second sentence.
(8) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that is inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation is
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
second.
DONALD J. TRUMP


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