PROCLAMATION 5074—JULY 19, 1983 97 STAT. 1601 "10. Additional duties and quantitative limitations on stainless steel and alloy tool steel. —The provisions of this headnote apply to items 926.00 through 926.23, inclusive, of this subpart. The duties provided for in items 926.00 and 926.05 and the quantitative limitations set forth in items 926.10 through 926.23, inclusive, are in addition to the duties provided for the subject articles in schedule 6, part 2B, or in item 832.00, part 3A, schedule 8, where applicable. (a) Definitions. —For the purposes of this subpart— (i) the term "restraint period" refers to a 3-month period provided for in the Quota Quantity column for items 926.10 through 926.23, inclusive; (ii) the terms "razor blade steel" and "chipper knife steel" are defined as provided in headnotes 2(h)(x) and 2(h)(viii), respectively, of part 2B, schedule 6; (iii) the term "band saw steel" refers to alloy tool steel which contains, in addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the amounts specified: (A) carbon not less than 0.47 nor more than 0.53 percent; (B) manganese not less than 0.60 nor more than 0.90 percent; (C) sulfur none, or not more than 0.015 percent; (D) phosphorus none, or not more than 0.025 percent; (E) silicon not less than 0.10 nor more than 0.25 percent; (F) chromium not less than 0.90 nor more than 1.10 percent; (G) nickel not less than 0.50 nor more than 0.70 percent; (H) molybdenum not less than 0.90 nor more than 1.10 percent; and (IJ) vanadium not less than 0.08 percent nor more than 0.15 percent; (iv) the term "cladding grade 434 stainless steel sheet" refers to stainless steel sheet, not under 0.055 inch and not over 0.065 inch in thickness, not under 25.5 inches and not over 26.25 inches in width, containing by weight not more than 0.12 percent carbon; not less than 16 percent nor more than 18 percent chromium; and not less than 0.75 percent nor more than 1.25 pecent molybde- num; certified by the importer of record or the ultimate consignee at the time of entry for use in the manufacture of stainless steel-clad-aluminum auto- mobile trim. (b) Shortfall. —During the last 30-day period of a restraint period, if the United States Trade Representative (USTR) determines that any quota quantity under an item hereof is unlikely to be used during that restraint period, the USTR may, to the extent permitted by law, modify the quota quantity for that item during the remainder of that restraint period to reallocate the shortfall or any portion thereof to the quota quantity of any other item, such modifications to be effective on the date of their publication in the Federal Register. (c) Carryover. —Whenever the quota quantity specified for an item has not been entered during any restraint period, the USTR may by Federal Register notice authorize the entry during subsequent restraint periods of an amount not to exceed the difference between the quota quantity specified for such restraint period and the amount entered during that period; and such amount shall not be counted against the quota quantity therefor. (d) Exceeding restraint levels.— The USTR may by Federal Register notice authorize the restraint levels for any quota quantity to be exceeded by not more than 10 percent during any restraint period. If a quota quantity is exceeded during a restraint period, the USTR shall make a downward adjustment of the correspond- ing quota quantity for the next restraint period in the absolute amount the preceding restraint level was exceeded. (e) Adjustments. —I f any country-by -country allocations of quota quantities are made by the USTR, the USTR may make the necessary adjustments to the appropriate quota quantities. (f) United Stated International Trade Commission (USITC) surveys. — The USITC shall conduct mandatory surveys with respect to the products subject to import relief under each item involved as follows: (i) Quarterly. —Surveys by calendar quarter to obtain from domestic producers monthly data on production, shipments, prices, employment, and man-hours; and to obtain from importers data by calendar quarter on prices, orders, and inventories. The inital surveys shall cover the fourth quarter of 1982 and the first two quarters of 1983; subsequent surveys will cover individual quarters; the last such survey shall cover the quarter which ends not less than 60 days prior to the termination of the import restraints. The USITC shall publish the results of the initial surveys by October 1, 1983 and the results of later surveys within 45 days of the end of the surveyed quarter. Such surveys will be conducted monthly, upon written request of the USTR to the USITC, if the USTR determines that monthly reporting is necessary.
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