Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Robotics and Industrial Machinery and Their Parts and Components

166 organizations filed 172 public comments on Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Robotics and Industrial Machinery and Their Parts and Components, at the Bureau of Industry and Security. The comment window closed 284d ago.

Abstract

On September 2, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of robotics and industrial machinery. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232). Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.

Commenters (166)

• LLC. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  6 filings · confidence 70%
• Inc. - Milfordunverified attribution

  2 filings · confidence 70%
• Acme Manufacturing Company. G.A. "Fritz" Carlson III. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute. Suzy Telle. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Aerospace Industries Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). Derek "Dak" Hardwick. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Alliance for Automotive Innovationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Alliance for Automotive Innovation. Hilary M. Cain. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC). Nick Coutsos. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Forest & Paper Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• American Forest & Paper Association. David Ross. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Amplify Cell Technologies LLC. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. 10/15/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• and Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA). Eric Barnes. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Armin Tool and Manufacturing Company. Timothy Stoll. 10/14/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Jeff Burnstein. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). Grant Baker. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Atomic Industries. Aaron Slodov. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Battery Materials & Technology Coalition (BMTC). Ben Steinberg. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Boardman Molded Prodcuts Inc. 10/11/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Brilex Industries Inc. Thomas Benyo. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Business Roundtabletrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Business Software Alliance. Joseph Whitlock. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• C&S Machine Tools LLC. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI). Scott Breen. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Canadian Solar Inc. Andrew Williams. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Caterpillar Inc. Christine Gomes. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• CenTrak Inc. Wendy Little. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• China Machine Tool & Tool Builders' Association. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Civan Advanced Technologies Inc. Ami Spira. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• CMR Surgical Inc. Timothy Finnerty. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Commercial Space Federation. Dave Cavossa. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Consumer Brands Association. Tom Madrecki. 10/16/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Consumer Technology Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Ed Brzytwa. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Corning Incorporated. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Crown Equipment Corporation. Sara Corona. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Cummins Inc. Catherine Van Way. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Daimler Truck North America LLC. Jeremy Page. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• DMG Mori Seiki Company. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Doosan Robotics Inc. Hyunsoo Kim. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• EHS Inc. 10/15/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• ETC Inc. 10/07/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• European Association of Manufacturing Technologies (CECIMO). 10/16/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• European Union. Caitlin Hickey. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Fabricators and Manufacturers Association. Edward Youdell. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Fives Inc. Kimberly Albers. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Flex Ltd. Joshua Fitzhugh. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Formic Technologies Inc. Saman Farid. 10/10/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Georgetown University. Danny Hague. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Gleason Corporation. Jeffrey F. Stewart. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Global Business Alliance. Jonathan Samford. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Global Electronics Association. Chris Mitchell. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Graff Machine Tools LLC. 10/15/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Hankook America Corp. 10/10/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Hanwha Q Cells USA Inc. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Hillary Machinery Inc. 10/13/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Hillary Machinery Inc. 10/14/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• HNI Corporation. Kelly McGriff. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Husky Technologies. Bradley Selleck. 10/15/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Hyundai WIA Machine America Corp. 10/14/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. - Livermoreunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. & Mazak Corporation. Michael Corbo & Daniel D. Janka. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. 10/03/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. 10/14/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Amanda Burns. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Andy Chu. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Brad Morris. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Brendan Schulman. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Chris Power. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Chris Squires. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Christopher J. Lebel. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Daniel L. Giovannetti. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Dr. Eng Osman Boydas. 09/30/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Greg Volovic. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Ivan Vargas. 10/13/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Jessica Nigro. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Jonathan Christopher. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Judy Brown. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Keith Fichtelman. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Michael J Reader. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Michael Viggiano. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Motoman Robotics Division. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Navneet Dalal. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Ryan Duncan. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Scott Dubov. 10/14/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. Stephen F. Pinto. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Industrial Fasteners Institute. Dan Walker. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Information Technology Industry Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). Sameer Boray. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• International Federation of Robotics (IFR). 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association. Osamu Ichimura. 10/15/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Japan Robot Association. Hiroshi Fujiwara. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Jendamark USA LLC. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA). Luke A. Meisner. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• KNAPP Inc. Clemens Bauer. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Korea Association of AI Robot industry (KAR). 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Korea Association of Machinery Industry. Kap Seok Yoon. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Korea International Trade Association. Jin Sik Yoon. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Korea Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association. Myung-Jae Kay. 10/16/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• LG Corporation - LG Electronicsunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LLC. 10/13/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LLC. Brody Fanning. 10/03/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LLC. Christopher Schafer. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LLC. David Lockwood. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LLC. James L. Vosmik. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LLC. Tom Kepper. 10/03/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LLC. Zac Bogart. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LS Cable & System Ltd. Patrick Shim. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Ltd. Daein Jeong. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Lummus Corporation. Will Kutcher. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Make It in America Coalition. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Makino Inc. Peter Hoecklin. 10/15/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Materion Corporation. T. Wesley White. 10/15/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• MEMA. The Vehicle Suppliers Association. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Mulberry Industries. Kevin Feng. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO). 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Electrical Manufacturers Association. Patrick Lozada. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Foreign Trade Council. Jake Colvin. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA). Devin Mogler. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Retail Federationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Retail Federation. David French. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Tooling and Machining Association and Precision Metalforming Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Neenah Foundry Company. Vik Bhatia. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• New American Industrial Alliance. 10/14/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Newell Brands Inc. Brian Decker. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Nidec Motor Corporation. Ethan Rogers. 10/10/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• North American Die Casting Association. Mike Meyer. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• North Carolina Manufacturers Alliance and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Novanta Inc. Matthijs Glastra. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Okuma America Corporation. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• OptiPro Systems LLC. Robert Bechtold. 10/14/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Panasonic Corporation of North America. Jillian Enjeti. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association. Julia B. Fabens. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• PMMI - The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Jorge Izquierdo. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association. Justin Koscher. 10/16/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Precision Machined Products Association. David Wynn. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• PRINTING United Alliance. Ford Bowers. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Recycled Materials Association. Adam Shaffer. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Regal Rexnord Corporation. Allison Maginot. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Robotics Branch of China Machinery Industry Federation. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Root Industrial Sales LLC. 09/29/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• SA Recycling LLC. Tyler Adams. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• SCHUNK Intec Inc. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Sepro America LLC. Raul Scheller. 10/15/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Strippit Inc. 10/08/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Sunnen Company. Tim Dustman. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Taylor-Winfield Technologies Inc. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• the International Unionunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• The Jamestown Foundation. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The Vision Council. Ashley Mills. 10/16/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Trane Technologies. Brian C. Jones. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Transformer Manufacturing Association of America (TMAA). Joseph Donovan. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• TRUMPF Inc. Lutz Labisch. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association. Tracey J. Norberg. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• United States Footwear Manufacturers Association (USFMA). Karlee Popken. 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• United States Steel Corporation. Benjamin Blayse Caryl. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• VDMA America Inc. Alessia Sarasino. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• VEIR Inc. 10/17/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Viega LLC. Martin Knieps. 10/16/2025unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Wood Industry Association. Fred Stringfellow. 10/16/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA). 10/17/2025trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%