Proc. 7273 Title 3--The President Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after March 1,2000, subchapter Ill of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is modified by inserting in numerical sequence the following new U.S. note, subheadings and superior text thereto, with the language inserted in the columns entitled "Heading/Subheading", "Article Description", "Rates of Duty 1-General", "Rates of Duty 1-Special", and "Rates of Duty 2", respectively, "9, For purposes of subheadings 9903.72.01 through 9903.72.15, inclusive, the following steel products (enumerated by reference to common commercial usage) are excluded from such subheedlngs, and no entries of such products shall be permitted or included therein or counted toward the quantities specified for any quota period: (a) Tire cord quality wire rod measuring 5,0 mm or more but not more than 6.0 mm in cross-sectional diameter, with an average partial decarburization of no more than 70 microns in depth (maximum 200 microns); having no inclusions greater than 20 microns; capable of being drawn to a diameter of 0.30 mm or less with 3 or fewer breaks per ton, imported pursuant to a purchase order from a tire manufacturer or a tire cord wire manufacturer in the United States for tire cord quality wire rod, and containing by weight the following elements in the proportions shown: - 0 68 percent or more of carbon, -- less than 0 01 percent of aluminum, -- 0.040 percent or less, in the aggregate, of phosphorus and sulfur, -- 0.008 percent or less of nitrogen, and -- not more than 0.55 percent, in the aggregate, of copper, n\177ckel and chromium; (b) Valve spring quality wire rod containing by weight 0.43 percent or more but not more than 0.73 percent of carbon, having a maximum inclusion content to ASTM A-877, Table 4, imported pursuant to a purchase order from an automotive valve spring or automotive brake spring manufacturer in the United States for automotive valve spring or automotive brake spring quality wire rod, measuring 5.5 mm or more but not more than 18 mm In cross sectional diameter and having a partial decarbur\177zabon of no more than 0.127 mm in depth and seams of no more than 0.075 mm in depth, or if measuring over 9,5 mm but not more than 18 rnm in cross-sectional diameter either: having a partial decarburization of not over 1.3 percent of the diameter of the red, a zero ferrite (total) decarburization and seams of no more than 0,075 mm in depth\177 or if AISI grade 6150, having a partial decarburization of not more than 0.127 mm in depth, a zero ferrite (total) decarbUrlzation and a seam depth of not more than I percent of the diameter; (c) Class III pipe wrap quahty wire rod measuring 10,3 mm in cross-sectional diameter, with an average partial decarburizafion per coil of no more than 7O microns in depth, having no inclusions greater than 2O microns, free of injurious piping and undue segregation, having a heat tensile strength miramum of 170 ksi and a maximum of 177 ksi, and containing by weight the following elements in the proportions shown: -- 0 72 percent or more of carbon, - O.5O percent or more bat not more than 1.10 percent of manganese, -- not more than 0.030 percent of phosphorus, - not more than 0 035 percent of sulfur, and -- 0.10 percent or nnore but not more than 0,35 perce\177lt of silicon; (d) Aircraft quality cold heading quality w\177re rod measunng 5,5 mm or more but not more than 19\1770 mm in cross sectional diameter for the grades enumerated herein, meeting the requirements defined in the aerospace and military specifications Ilsted for each grade: Grade Specification 4037 AMS6300, 2301 4130 AMS6370, 2301; MIL-S6758 4140 AMS6382, 2301; MIL-S5626 4340 AMS6415, 2301; MIL-S5000 8740 AMS6322, 2301; MIL-S6049 PWA722 AMS6304, 2301, having a diameter tolerance of plus 0.25 mm and minus 0.25 ram, having an out of roundness tolerance of not more than 0.30 ram, having surface seam of not more than the greater of 0.07 mm or 1.0 percent of the diameter in depth, free from complete decarburization, partial decarburization no more than the greater of 0.10 mm or 1.0 percent of the diameter in depth, having micro-structure meeting the aircraft cleanliness requirements of AMS230t, and having grain size predominantly No. 5 or finer; (e) Aluminum cable steel reinforced ("ACSR") quality steel wire rod, measuring either (i) 7.2 mm or more but not more than 7.8 mm in cross-sectional diameter or (ii) 9.2 mm or more but not more than 9.8 mm in cross-sectionm diameter, In the following strength/grade/size requirements: 95 kgf/mm = for AISI grade 1045 wire red measuring 7,2 mm or more but not more than 7.8 mm in cross-sectional diameter, 92 kgf/mm 2 tot AlSl grade 1045 wire rod measuring 9.g mnn or more but not more than 9.8 mm in cross-sectional diameter, 28
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