would address the serious injury to the domestic industry and be most effective in facilitating the efforts of the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition.
7. On June 2, 2026, the United States Trade Representative( Trade Representative) requested additional information from the ITC under section 203( a)( 5) of the Trade Act( 19 U. S. C. 2253( a)( 5)). On July 2, 2026, the ITC provided a response that identified unforeseen developments that led to the importation of QSP into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury( ITC Supplemental Report). The ITC Supplemental Report also stated, among other things, that increased imports of QSP of all countries other than Australia, Canada, the CAFTA-DR countries, Colombia, Israel, Jordan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Singapore, and CBERA beneficiaries are a substantial cause of serious injury to the domestic industry.
8. Pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act( 19 U. S. C. 2253), and after taking into account the considerations specified in section 203( a)( 2) of the Trade Act( 19 U. S. C. 2253( a)( 2)), the ITC Report, and the ITC Supplemental Report, I determine that it is appropriate and feasible to take action of a type described in section 203( a)( 3) of the Trade Act( 19 U. S. C. 2253( a)( 3))( safeguard measure) with regard to QSP described in the ITC’ s Notice of Institution, 90 Fed. Reg. 55165( Dec. 1, 2025), listed in subdivision( a) of Note 41 in the Annex to this proclamation, and classifiable in the HTSUS in subheadings 6810.99.0020, 6810.99.0040, and 7020.00.6000.
9. Specifically, I determine that it is appropriate and feasible to impose a safeguard measure in the form of a tariff-rate quota on imports of QSP as described in paragraph 8 of this proclamation, for a period of 4 years, with annual increases in the within-quota quantities and reductions in the rates of duty applicable to goods entered within and in excess of those quantities in the second, third, and fourth years, as provided in the Annex to this proclamation.
10. The safeguard measure shall apply to imports of all countries, except as provided in paragraphs 11 through 14 of this proclamation.
11. The safeguard measure set forth in this proclamation shall not apply to imports of any product of a developing country, as listed in subdivision( c) of Note 41 in the Annex to this proclamation, as long as such a country’ s share of total imports of the product, based on imports during a recent representative period, does not exceed 3 percent, provided that imports that are the product of all such countries with less than 3 percent import share collectively account for not more than 9 percent of total imports of the product. If a surge in imports of a product described in paragraph 8 of this proclamation of a developing