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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 165 / Monday, August 30, 2021 / Proposed Rules components in paragraph 1iiA of this definition.

Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50
percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet, castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.

Qualifying country end product means 1 An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a qualifying country; or 2 An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if i The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components:
A Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying country.
B Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States.
C Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign;
or ii The end product is a COTS item.
Steel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.

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Domestic end product means 1 For an end product that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both i An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States;
or ii An end product manufactured in the United States if A The cost of its qualifying country components and its components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 55 percent of the cost of all its components. The cost of components includes transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product and U.S. duty whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. Scrap generated,
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collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States regardless of its source in fact if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that 1 Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or 2 It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the restrictions of the Buy American statute; or B The end product is a COTS item;
or 2 For an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, an end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of iron and steel not produced in the United States or a qualifying country constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product produced in the United States or a qualifying country means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States or a qualifying country, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives. The cost of iron and steel not produced in the United States or a qualifying country includes but is not limited to the cost of iron or steel mill products such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet, castings, or forgings, not produced in the United States or a qualifying country, utilized in the manufacture of the end product and a good faith estimate of the cost of all iron or steel components not produced in the United States or a qualifying country, excluding COTS fasteners. Iron or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the explanation of cost of components in paragraph 1iiA of this definition.

Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50
percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet, castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the
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cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.

Qualifying country end product means 1 An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in a qualifying country; or 2 An end product manufactured in a qualifying country if i The cost of the following types of components exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components:
A Components mined, produced, or manufactured in a qualifying country.
B Components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States.
C Components of foreign origin of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign;
or ii The end product is a COTS item.

Steel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.

7. Amend section 252.2257036 by a. Removing the clause date of DEC
2017 and adding DATE in its place.
b. In paragraph a i. In the definition of Bahrainian end product, redesignating paragraphs i and ii as paragraphs 1 and 2
respectively;
ii. In the definition of Commercially available off-the-shelf COTS item, redesignating paragraphs i introductory text, iA, B, and C, and ii as paragraphs 1 introductory text, 1i, ii, and iii, and 2
respectively;
iii. Revising the definition of Domestic end product;
iv. In the definition of Free Trade Agreement country, removing the semicolon and adding a period in its place;
v. In the definitions of Free Trade Agreement country end product, Moroccan end product, Panamanian end product, and Peruvian end product, redesignating paragraphs i and ii as paragraphs 1 and 2
respectively;
vi. Adding, in alphabetical order, the definition of Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both;
vii. Revising the definition of Qualifying country end product; and viii. Adding, in alphabetical order, the definition of Steel.

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