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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/10/USA/4/Suppl.2
24 March 2003
(03-1683)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON TAKING A DECISION
TO APPLY A SAFEGUARD MEASURE
UNITED STATES
Supplement
The following communication, dated 17 March 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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The United States provides the following supplemental information relating to its
notifications of 28 March 2000 (G/S G/N/10/USA/4) and 18 September 2002
(G/SG/N/10/USA/4/Suppl.1), of the termination of the safeguard measure on imports of certain steel
wire rod.
1. Specify the product subject to the measure
The product was defined as hot-rolled bars and rods, in irregularly wound coils, of circular or
approximately circular solid cross section, having a diameter of 5 mm or more but less than 19 mm, or
non-alloy or alloy steel, except such bars and rods of free-machining steel or of alloy steel containing
by weight 24 per cent or more of nickel.  Free-machining steel is any steel product containing by
weight one or more of the following elements, in the specified proportions: 0.03 per cent or more of
lead, 0.05 per cent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of sulphur, more than 0.04 per cent ofphosphorous, more than 0.05 per cent of selenium, and/or more than 0.01 per cent of tellurium.
Certain steel wire rod is provided for in subheadings 7213.91, 7213.99, 7227.20, and 7227.90.60 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).  The measure did not cover concrete
reinforcing bars and rods, or bars and rods of stainless steel or tool steel, which are provided for in
other HTS subheadings.  The measure did not apply to a subset of steel wire rod products that fall intothe following categories: tyre cord quality wire rod, valve spring quality wire rod, class III pipe wrap
quality wire rod, aircraft quality cold heading quality wire rod, aluminum cable steel reinforced
quality steel wire rod, piano wire string quality wire rod, grade 1085 annealed bearing quality wire
rod and 1080 tyre bead quality wire rod.
2. Identify the WTO document containing the notification of the decision to apply or extend a
safeguard measure
The measure was notified to the Committ ee in G/SG/N/10/USA/4 (18 February 2000),
G/SG/N/10/USA/4/Corr.1 (28 March 2000), and G/SG/N/10/USA/4/Suppl.1 (18 December 2001) .G/SG/N/10/USA/4/Suppl.2
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3. Specify the date on which the measure was terminated
The safeguard measure expired on 1 March 2003.
4. Identify the reason(s) for termination of the safeguard measure
The safeguard measure expired, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 7273 of
16 February 2000, 65 Fed. Reg. 8621 (18 February 2000).
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