1. 1. 6530 Product Exclusion (PE) Requests, as of July 18, 2018
   2. 385 Objections to Product Exclusion Requests, as of July 18, 2018 (There is a 30-day comment period after a PE is posted, for Objections to be filed.) We do not know the lag-time between submission and posting for Objections.
   3. 1017 Decisions posted as of August 14, 2018
      a. 592 Granted – including
      • Stainless Bar,
      • Stainless flat wire,
      • Stainless round wire,
      • Alloy Bar (some denied),
      • Alloy Rod (some denied),
      • Alloy Wire oil tempered for valve springs (some denied),
      • Carbon Rod for piano wire,
      • Carbon Rod for cold heading.

       

b. 425 Denied – including

1. 1. • Alloy Bar,
      • Alloy Rod for ball bearings, high speed tool steel and engine valves,
      • Alloy Wire for welding, oil tempered for valve springs,
      • Stainless Rod – shaped, and type 305,
      • Stainless Wire,
      • Carbon Rod for tire cord,
      • Carbon Wire – high carbon, heat treated, flat wire, galvanized, tire cord wire.

What happens when objections were filed?

When Objections were filed 209 requests were denied an exclusion, and only 22 requests were granted an exclusion.

When Objections were NOT filed, there were still 219 requests denied an exclusion, and 570 were granted an exclusion.