Commerce Department Notice

2023-16624: Notice of Report Publication From the Titanium Sponge Working Group

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Summary

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), with this notice, is informing the public that the interagency Titanium Sponge Working Group (TSWG) report and recommendations have been published on the BIS website: https://www.bis.doc.gov/232. On February 27, 2020, the President directed the establishment of the interagency TSWG to address the United States' severe reliance on imported sources of titanium sponge. The TSWG, co-led by the Secretaries of Commerce and Defense as designated by the President's memorandum, began meeting in July 2020 and completed its report and recommendations in 2022. The final report and recommendations were posted on the BIS website in July 2023. As directed by the President's memorandum establishing the TSWG, the report discusses and recommends measures to ensure access to titanium sponge in the United States for use for national defense and critical industries in an emergency.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

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