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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-16-004454
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NT 20-F
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		11
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160502
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160502
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20160502

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATIONAL STEEL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001049659
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NT 20-F
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14732
		FILM NUMBER:		161611444

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RUA LAURO MULLER
		STREET 2:		116 36 ANDAR
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO RJ BR
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			00000
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   <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#231f20 width="5%" align=right><FONT color=#231f20 size=1 face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif>October 31, 2018</FONT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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<IMG src="x16050211072907.gif" width=16 height=16></FONT><EM><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman">(Check</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.45pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></EM><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman"><EM>one):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</EM><FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT><EM> </EM></FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman">Form</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.45pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman">10-K&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>x</FONT> Form</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.45pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman">20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT>&nbsp; Form</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.45pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman">11-K&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT>&nbsp; Form</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.45pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman">10-Q&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT> Form</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.4pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman">10-D&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT> Form</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">N-SAR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">For</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">m</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.4pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">N-CSR</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 188.25pt 0pt 100.6pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.6pt"><FONT style="HEIGHT: 89px; WIDTH: 16px; MARGIN-TOP: 19px; POSITION: absolute; MARGIN-LEFT: 169px; LEFT: 0px">
<IMG src="x16050211072908.gif" width=16 height=89></FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt" face="Times New Roman">For</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 1.15pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">Period</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 1.15pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">Ended:</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><U><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;December 31, 2015&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></U></P>

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   <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0pt 0pt" align=center><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">(Name</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.1pt" face="Times New Roman">of</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">Registrant</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.1pt" face="Times New Roman">as</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">Specified</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.1pt" face="Times New Roman">in</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt" face="Times New Roman">Charter)</FONT></P></TD>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0cm 6.55pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.1pt" face="Times New Roman">Date </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.1pt" face="Times New Roman">May 2, 2016&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.1pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LETTER-SPACING: 1.1pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><U><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;/s/ Paulo Rog&#233;rio Caffarelli&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></U></P>

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