ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF STEEL INTO THE UNITED STATES
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- - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
1. On January 11, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) transmitted to the President a report on the
Secretary's investigation into the effect of imports of steel
mill articles (steel 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). The Secretary found and
advised the President of the Secretary's opinion that steel
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.
2. In Proclamation 9705 of March 8, 2018 (Adjusting Imports
of Steel Into the United States), the President concurred in the
Secretary's finding that steel articles, as defined in clause 1
of Proclamation 9705, as amended by clause 8 of Proclamation
9711 of March 22, 2018 (Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the
United States), 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 those steel articles by imposing a 25
percent ad valorem tariff on such articles imported from all
countries except Canada and Mexico. The proclamation further
stated that any country with which the United States has 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 the President determines that

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imports from that country no longer threaten to impair the
national security, the President 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 10403 of May 27, 2022 (Adjusting Imports
of Steel Into the United States), I suspended the tariffs set
forth in Proclamation 9705 for the import of steel articles and
derivative steel articles from Ukraine for 1 year. In
Proclamation 10588 of May 31, 2023 (Adjusting Imports of Steel
Into the United States), I extended the suspension of tariffs
for an additional year and expanded the scope of Proclamation
10403 to include the suspension of tariffs on steel articles
from Ukraine further processed in countries that are members of
the European Union. In both proclamations, I also instructed the
Secretary to monitor the situation in the domestic steel
industry and developments in Ukraine's steel industry and inform
me of any need to terminate or extend this suspension.
4. The Secretary has informed me that the situation with
regard to Ukraine's steel industry has not changed since the
issuance of Proclamation 10403 or Proclamation 10588. Ukraine's
steel industry continues to be significantly disrupted by the
Russian Federation's unjustified, unprovoked, unyielding, and
unconscionable war against Ukraine. The significant disruption
in Ukraine's steel production has decreased the total amount of
steel produced by Ukraine. The amount of steel imported into the
United States from Ukraine decreased in 2023 compared to 2022,
and it is still below the average import volume prior to 2021.
In 2023 the amount of steel imported into the United States from
Ukraine accounted for less than 1 percent of all steel imports
into the United States. At the same time, the steel industry has

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been historically important to Ukraine, and both the United
States and Ukraine have an interest in maintaining that industry
as an economic lifeline while the country recovers. The
Secretary has also informed me that the United States and
Ukraine continue to be engaged in broad security discussions.
The current disruption of Ukrainian steel production has been
part of those discussions, and the ongoing discussion is
anticipated to include alternative measures to prevent imports
of steel from Ukraine from threatening the national security of
the United States as Ukraine's steel production recovers from
the significant disruption caused by the war.
5. In light of the Secretary's findings, I conclude that
Ukraine's present situation remains a special case and that an
extension of the suspension of tariffs in Proclamation 10403, as
extended and expanded by Proclamation 10588, is warranted. The
Secretary shall continue to monitor the situation in the
domestic steel industry and developments in Ukraine's steel
industry and inform me of any need to terminate or extend this
suspension.
6. In light of my determination to adjust the tariff
proclaimed in Proclamation 9705 as applied to eligible steel
articles and derivative steel articles that are the product of
Ukraine, 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
products of other countries. I have determined that it is
necessary and appropriate, at this time, to maintain the current
tariff level as it applies to products of 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

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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, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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) To establish duty-free treatment on imports of steel
articles when such are the products of Ukraine as set forth in
clauses 2 and 3 of this proclamation, U.S. Note 16 of subchapter
III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is amended as provided for in the
Annex to this proclamation.
(2) Clause 2 of Proclamation 9705, as amended, is revised
to read as follows:
"(2)(a) In order to establish certain modifications to the
duty rate on imports of steel articles, subchapter III of
chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified as provided in the Annex to
this proclamation and any subsequent proclamations regarding
such steel articles.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this proclamation, or
in notices published pursuant to clause 3 of this proclamation,
all steel articles imports covered by heading 9903.80.01, in
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, shall be subject to

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an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty with respect to
goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, as follows: (i) 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; (ii) on or after
12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2018, from all
countries except Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and South Korea;
(iii) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 13,
2018, from all countries except Argentina, Australia, Brazil,
South Korea, and Turkey; (iv) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on May 20, 2019, from all countries except
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, South Korea, and Turkey; (v) on or
after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 21, 2019, from all
countries except Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico,
and South Korea; (vi) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard
time on January 1, 2022, from all countries except Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea, and except
the member countries of the European Union through 11:59 p.m.
eastern standard time on December 31, 2023, for steel articles
covered by headings 9903.80.65 through 9903.81.19, inclusive;
(vii) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 1,
2022, from all countries except Argentina, Australia, Brazil,
Canada, Mexico, and South Korea, and except the member countries
of the European Union through 11:59 p.m. eastern standard time
on December 31, 2023, for steel articles covered by headings
9903.80.65 through 9903.81.19, inclusive, and from Japan, for
steel articles covered by headings 9903.81.25 through
9903.81.80, inclusive; (viii) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on June 1, 2022, from all countries except
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, and

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Ukraine through 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 1,
2023, and except the member countries of the European Union
through 11:59 p.m. eastern standard time on December 31, 2023,
for steel articles covered by headings 9903.80.65 through
9903.81.19, inclusive, and from Japan and the United Kingdom
(UK), for steel articles covered by subheadings 9903.81.25
through 9903.81.78 and heading 9903.81.80, and from the member
countries of the European Union, for steel articles covered by
heading 9903.81.81; (ix) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on June 1, 2023, from all countries except Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, and Ukraine
through 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2024, and
except the member countries of the European Union through 11:59
p.m. eastern standard time on December 31, 2023, for steel
articles covered by headings 9903.80.65 through 9903.81.19,
inclusive, and from Japan and the UK, for steel articles covered
by subheadings 9903.81.25 through 9903.81.78 and heading
9903.81.80, and from the member countries of the European Union,
for steel articles covered by heading 9903.81.81, and from the
member countries of the European Union where the steel used in
the manufacture of the steel article is melted and poured in
Ukraine through 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 1,
2024, and (x) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on
January 1, 2024, from all countries except Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea, and except for Ukraine
through 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2025, and
except the member countries of the European Union through 11:59
p.m. eastern standard time on December 31, 2025, for steel
articles covered by headings 9903.80.65 through 9903.81.19,
inclusive, and from Japan and the UK, for steel articles covered
by subheadings 9903.81.25 through 9903.81.78 and heading

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9903.81.80, and from the member countries of the European Union,
for steel articles covered by heading 9903.81.81, and from the
member countries of the European Union where the steel used in
the manufacture of the steel article is melted and poured in
Ukraine through 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 1,
2025. Further, except as otherwise provided in notices published
pursuant to clause 3 of this proclamation, all steel articles
imports from Turkey covered by heading 9903.80.02, in subchapter
III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, shall be subject to a 50 percent
ad valorem rate of duty with respect to goods entered for
consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or
after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 13, 2018, and
prior to 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 21, 2019. All
steel articles imports covered by heading 9903.80.61, in
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, shall be subject to
the additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty established
herein with respect to goods entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m.
eastern time on the date specified in a determination by the
Secretary granting relief. These rates of duty, which are in
addition to any other duties, fees, exactions, and charges
applicable to such imported steel articles, shall apply to
imports of steel articles from each country as specified in the
preceding three sentences."
(3) The first two sentences of clause 1 of Proclamation
9980 of January 24, 2020 (Adjusting Imports of Derivative
Aluminum Articles and Derivative Steel Articles Into the United
States), are revised to read as follows:
"In order to establish increases in the duty rate on
imports of certain derivative articles, subchapter III of
chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified as provided in Annex I and

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Annex II to this proclamation. Except as otherwise provided in
this proclamation, all imports of derivative aluminum articles
specified in Annex I to this proclamation shall be subject to an
additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty, and all imports
of derivative steel articles specified in Annex II to this
proclamation shall be subject to an additional 25 percent ad
valorem rate of duty, with respect to goods entered for
consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, as
follows: (i) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on
February 8, 2020, these rates of duty, which are in addition to
any other duties, fees, exactions, and charges applicable to
such imported derivative aluminum articles or steel articles,
shall apply to imports of derivative aluminum articles described
in Annex I to this proclamation from all countries except
Argentina, the Commonwealth of Australia (Australia), Canada,
and the United Mexican States (Mexico), and to imports of
derivative steel articles described in Annex II to this
proclamation from all countries except Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea; (ii) on or after 12:01
a.m. eastern standard time on January 1, 2022, these rates of
duty, which are in addition to any other duties, fees,
exactions, and charges applicable to such imported derivative
aluminum articles or steel articles, shall apply to imports of
derivative aluminum articles described in Annex I to this
proclamation from all countries except Argentina, Australia,
Canada, the member countries of the European Union, and Mexico,
and to imports of derivative steel articles described in Annex
II to this proclamation from all countries except Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, the member countries of the European
Union, Mexico, and South Korea; (iii) on or after 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time on April 1, 2022, these rates of duty,

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which are in addition to any other duties, fees, exactions, and
charges applicable to such imported derivative aluminum articles
or steel articles, shall apply to imports of derivative aluminum
articles described in Annex I to this proclamation from all
countries except Argentina, Australia, Canada, the member
countries of the European Union, and Mexico, and to imports of
derivative steel articles described in Annex II to this
proclamation from all countries except Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, the member countries of the European Union,
Japan, Mexico, and South Korea; (iv) on or after 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time on June 1, 2022, these rates of duty,
which are in addition to any other duties, fees, exactions, and
charges applicable to such imported derivative aluminum articles
or steel articles, shall apply to imports of derivative aluminum
articles described in Annex I to this proclamation from all
countries except Argentina, Australia, Canada, the member
countries of the European Union, Mexico, and the UK, and to
imports of derivative steel articles described in Annex II to
this proclamation from all countries except Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, the member countries of the European
Union, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, and the UK, and except from
Ukraine through 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 1,
2023; (v) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March
10, 2023, these rates of duty, which are in addition to any
other duties, fees, exactions, and charges applicable to such
imported derivative aluminum articles or steel articles, shall
apply to imports of derivative aluminum articles described in
Annex I to this proclamation from all countries except
Argentina, Australia, Canada, the member countries of the
European Union, Mexico, the UK, and Russia, and to imports of
derivative steel articles described in Annex II to this

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proclamation from all countries except Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, the member countries of the European Union,
Japan, Mexico, South Korea, and the UK, and except from Ukraine
through 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2023; and
(vi) on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1,
2023, these rates of duty, which are in addition to any other
duties, fees, exactions, and charges applicable to such imported
derivative aluminum articles or steel articles, shall apply to
imports of derivative aluminum articles described in Annex I to
this proclamation from all countries except Argentina,
Australia, Canada, the member countries of the European Union,
Mexico, the UK, and Russia, and to imports of derivative steel
articles described in Annex II to this proclamation from all
countries except Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the
member countries of the European Union, Japan, Mexico, South
Korea, and the UK, and except from Ukraine through 11:59 p.m.
eastern daylight time on June 1, 2025."
(4) Any imports of steel articles from Ukraine that were
admitted into a United States foreign trade zone under
"privileged foreign status" as defined in 19 CFR 146.41, prior
to 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2022, shall be
subject upon entry for consumption made on or after 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time on June 1, 2022, to the 25 percent rate of
duty imposed by Proclamation 9705, as amended; and any imports
of steel articles from the member countries of the European
Union where the steel used in the manufacture of the steel
article is melted and poured in Ukraine that were admitted into
a United States foreign trade zone under "privileged foreign
status" as defined in 19 CFR 146.41, prior to 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on June 1, 2023, shall be subject upon entry for
consumption made on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on

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June 1, 2023, to the 25 percent rate of duty imposed by
Proclamation 9705, as amended.
(5) Steel articles from a member country of the European
Union where the steel used in the manufacture of the steel
article is melted and poured in Ukraine are not eligible for,
and shall not count against, the in-quota volume of the tariffrate quota established in clause 1 of Proclamation 10328 of
December 27, 2021 (Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United
States), and extended in Proclamation 10691 of December 28, 2023
(Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States).
(6) Steel articles from Ukraine eligible for treatment
under clauses 2 and 3 of this proclamation must be accompanied
by a certificate of origin in order to be eligible for duty-free
treatment. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the United States Trade Representative, is
authorized to take such actions as are necessary to ensure
compliance with this requirement. Failure to comply could result
in applicable remedies such as the collection of the tariff set
forth in clause 2 of Proclamation 9705 and clause 1 of
Proclamation 9980, or penalties under United States law.
(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
twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the two hundred and forty-eighth.

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Annex
Modifications to Chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States
Section A. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2024, subchapter III of chapter 99
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTS”) is hereby modified as follows:
1.

Subdivision (a) of U.S. note 16 to such subchapter is modified by revising the final sentence to
read: “Unless otherwise provided in this note, iron or steel products covered by subdivision (b)
of this note that are the product of Ukraine and, if entered on or after June 1, 2023, are
accompanied by a certificate of origin upon entry into the customs territory of the United
States, shall be exempt from the duty provided for in heading 9903.80.01 entered for
consumption during the period from 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2022, through
11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2025, and iron or steel products covered by
subdivision (b) of this note that are the product of a member country of the European Union
where the steel used in the manufacture of the steel articles is melted and poured in Ukraine
shall be exempt from the duty provided for in heading 9903.80.01 entered for consumption
during the period from 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2023 through 11:59 p.m.
eastern daylight time on June 1, 2025.”

2. Subdivision (a)(ii) of such U.S. note 16 is modified by inserting after “therefrom” in the first
sentence of such subdivision the phrase “, other than products of Ukraine that are accompanied
by certificates of origin (if entered on or after June 1, 2023) and are entered for consumption
during the period from 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1, 2022, through 11:59 p.m.
eastern daylight time on June 1, 2025,'.
3. The article description of heading 9903.81.83 is modified by inserting after “when such” the
word “goods.”

[FR Doc. 2024-12503 Filed: 6/4/2024 11:15 am; Publication Date: 6/5/2024]