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Article: Mold makers in dark over P20 steel tariff.(Brief Article)
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- Plastics News
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- July 1, 2002
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The U.S. government decided June 24 that six types of steel used in making molds are exempt from President Bush's tariffs on imported steel.
It is the largest single batch of exemptions yet granted to companies selling steel to the plastics mold-making industry. But the decision apparently leaves unanswered a bigger question - how the government will treat the most common brand of steel used in plastic molds, known as P20.
Officials with the Department of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative did not return telephone calls seeking clarification.
The USTR said in a statement that it granted the exemptions, part of 116 handed out that day, ...