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

 
Proclamation 9759 of May 31, 2018

Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

1. On January 11, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of
imports of steel mill 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 9705 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel
Into the United States), I concurred in the Secretary's finding that
steel mill 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 steel mill articles, as defined in clause 1 of Proclamation
9705, as amended (steel articles), by imposing a 25 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 steel
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 9711 of March 22, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel
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 steel 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 steel
articles from these countries was to continue the ongoing discussions
and to exempt steel articles imports from these countries from the
tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9705, as amended, until May 1, 2018.
4. In Proclamation 9740 of April 30, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel
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 steel articles imports from these countries and
extended the temporary exemption of these countries from the tariff
proclaimed in Proclamation 9705, as amended, in order to finalize the
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5. The United States has agreed on a range of measures with these
countries, including measures to reduce excess steel production and
excess steel capacity, measures that will contribute to increased
capacity utilization in the United States, and measures to prevent the
transshipment of steel 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 steel articles exports to the
United States from each of them, limiting transshipment and surges, and
discouraging excess steel capacity and excess steel production. In light
of these agreements, I have determined that steel 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 9705, 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 9705, 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 steel articles from
additional countries, it is necessary and appropriate, at this time, to
maintain the current tariff level as it applies to other countries.
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) The superior text to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58
of the HTSUS is amended by replacing ``South Korea''; with ``Argentina,
of Brazil, or of South Korea'';.
(2) For the purposes of administering the quantitative limitations
applicable to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58 for Argentina
and Brazil, the annual aggregate limits for each country set out in 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
9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58 for these countries, which for calendar

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year 2018 shall take into account all steel articles imports from each
respective country since January 1, 2018, shall be effective for steel
articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after June 1, 2018, and shall be implemented by U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland
Security as soon as practicable, consistent with the superior text to
subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58. The Secretary of Commerce
shall monitor the implementation of the quantitative limitations
applicable to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58 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.
(3) The text of subdivision (e) of U.S. note 16 to subchapter III of
chapter 99 of the HTSUS is amended by striking the last sentence and
inserting in lieu thereof the following sentence: ``Beginning on July 1,
2018, imports from any such country in an aggregate quantity under any
such subheading during any of the periods January through March, April
through June, July through September, or October through December in any
year that is in excess of 500,000 kg and 30 percent of the total
aggregate quantity provided for a calendar year for such country, as set
forth on the internet site of CBP, shall not be allowed.'';.
(4) 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.
(5) Clause 5 of Proclamation 9711, as amended, is amended by
striking the phrase ``as amended by Proclamation 9711,''; 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 9711, 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.
(6) Clause 5 of Proclamation 9740 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 5 of Proclamation 9740 is further amended by striking the words
``by clause 4 of this proclamation''; from the second sentence.
(7) 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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