May 6, 2021 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Biden: On behalf of the undersigned businesses manufacturing products across the United States and employing millions of Americans, we urge you to immediately terminate the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on this country’s trade and national security allies. Manufacturers in the United States currently face historic shortages of readily available and globally- priced steel and aluminum products at a time when the country is relying on our sector to help drive the economy and overcome the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Without termination of the tariffs, this situation will worsen if Washington moves forward with an infrastructure bill to invest in America, as these projects will create more strain on domestic steel and aluminum supplies, causing delays in construction and risking manufacturing jobs. The temporary increase of 4,800 steel industry jobs in the United States since 2018 recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is not directly attributable to the Section 232 tariffs and is dwarfed by the 6.2 million American manufacturing jobs at risk in steel- and aluminum-using industries. It is businesses manufacturing in America such as ours who pay the tariffs on imports, and it is our businesses and employees who suffer when our product cannot compete with overseas manufacturers because the U.S. is an island of high steel and aluminum prices. On some products, American businesses pay 40 percent more for similar steel compared to their European counterparts — an unsustainable situation for any U.S. employer. The vast majority of manufacturers in the U.S., such as ours, use only domestically-produced steel and aluminum, but it is industrial users such as ourselves who face major disruptions to our operations due to the lack of availability of these raw materials. Many of us are accustomed to four to six-week delivery times for common steel products. Now we receive delivery quotes for 16-20 weeks with some products not promised for delivery until 2022. Compounding this raw material shortage, reports continue about steel producers idling plants and laying off workers at a time when we face an unprecedented steel shortage in this country where an increase in capacity is needed to meet demand. Mr. President, we support a strong and thriving steel and aluminum industry, but producers today simply cannot meet demand and the tariffs create a tax that only manufacturers in the U.S. must pay. While the U.S. Government cannot control the business decisions of a handful of domestic suppliers who dominate the steel and aluminum markets, you have the power to terminate the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on our allies under the auspices of national security concerns. We strongly urge you to do so as quickly as possible so that our companies can continue to manufacture products in America to meet our customers’ demands. Thank you for your consideration. Hytrol Conveyor Company GBF Enterprises Inc Acme Wire Products Co., Inc. Jonesboro, Arkansas Santa Ana, California Mystic, Connecticut Genesis Precision LLC Qualtek Manufacturing Inc. Hannes Precision Industry, Inc Phoenix, Arizona Colorado Springs, Colorado Norwalk, Connecticut Johnson Carlier Construction Acme Mfg Co Southington Tool & Mfg. Corp. Tempe, Arizona Denver, Colorado Plantsville, Connecticut Tech Five Machining, LLC Harrelson LLC Prospect Machine Products Tempe, Arizona Denver, Colorado Prospect, Connecticut Moseys' Production Machinists Ovintiv USA Inc. Blase Manufacturing Company Anaheim, California Denver, Colorado Stratford, Connecticut Edward Köehn Co. Trinidad Benham Corp. Truelove & Maclean Berkeley, California Denver, Colorado Watertown, Connecticut CAM Reata Engineering & Machine Fairchild Auto-Mated Parts, Inc. Brea, California Works, Inc. 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