<h1>Public notice suspends prescribed input norms for manufacturing 100 kg steel-backed copper bimetal strips; imported inputs must match use</h1> Standard input-output norms for manufacture of 100 kg of steel-backed copper bimetal strips are prescribed but currently suspended by a public notice dated 03-05-2024. For 100 kg finished product the inputs specified are: steel strips 77.00 kg, copper (wire bars/cathodes/ingots/rods/scrap) 23.13 kg, lead 7.96 kg, and tin ingots/scrap 0.32 kg. The schedule requires determination and adherence to these input proportions for different resultant products, and applicants must ensure imported inputs correspond to those actually used or required in the export product.