Cut-to-length Carbon Steel Plate from China, Russia, and Ukraine

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND
DEFINITIONS FOR COMMISSION QUESTIONNAIRES

Cut-To-Length (CTL) Plate from China, Russia, and Ukraine
Investigation Nos. 731-TA-753, 754, and 756 (Second Review)

Further information.--If you have any questions concerning the enclosed
questionnaire(s) or other matters related to these reviews, you may contact
the following members of the Commission=s staff (Fax 202-205-3205):
Dana Lofgren, investigator (202-205-2539; E-mail dana.lofgren@USITC.GOV)
regarding general questions and trade and related information;
David Boyland, auditor (202-708-4725; E-mail david.boyland@USITC.GOV)
regarding financial information; and
Ioana Mic, economist (202-205-3196; E-mail ioana.mic@USITC.GOV)
regarding pricing, market, and related information.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--On October 24, 1997, the Department of Commerce suspended investigations on
imports of CTL carbon steel plate from China, Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine (62 F.R. 61751,
61766, 61773, and 61780). On August 29, 2003, the Commission determined that termination of
the suspended investigation for South Africa would not be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable
time (68 F.R. 52614). On November 3, 2003, the Department of Commerce terminated the
suspension agreement for China and issued an antidumping duty order (68 F.R. 60081). On
August 1, 2008, the Commission instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether termination of the suspension
agreements for Russia and Ukraine, and the antidumping duty order for China, would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably
foreseeable time (73 F.R. 45071). If the Commission makes affirmative determinations, the
suspension agreements and antidumping duty order will remain in place. If the Commission
makes negative determinations, the Department of Commerce will terminate the suspension
agreements and the antidumping duty order.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to these reviews are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/active/index.htm#reviews.
Address all correspondence to the United States International Trade Commission, Washington,
DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information regarding these reviews via the
Commission=s TDD terminal (202-205-1810).
Due date of questionnaire(s).--Return the completed questionnaire(s) to the United States
International Trade Commission by no later than June 26, 2009. Data for the first half of 2009 are
due by no later than July 24, 2009. Although the enclosed postpaid envelope may be used to
return the completed questionnaire, use of an overnight mail service may be necessary to ensure
that your response actually reaches the Commission by June 26, 2009. If you do not use the
enclosed envelope, please make sure the completed questionnaire is sent to the attention of Dana
Lofgren, Investigator. Return only one copy of the completed questionnaire(s), but please
keep a copy for your records so that you can refer to it if the Commission staff contacts you
with any questions during the course of the reviews.
Service of questionnaire response(s).--In the event that your firm is a party to these reviews, you
are required to serve a copy of the questionnaire(s), once completed, on parties to the proceeding
that are subject to administrative protective order (see 19 CFR ' 207.7). A list of such parties is
maintained by the Commission=s Secretary and may be obtained by calling 202-205-1803. A
certificate of service must accompany the copy of the completed questionnaire(s) you submit (see
19 CFR ' 207.7).

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GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
Confidentiality.--The commercial and financial data furnished in response to the enclosed
questionnaire(s) that reveal the individual operations of your firm will be treated as confidential by
the Commission to the extent that such data are not otherwise available to the public and will not
be disclosed except as may be required by law (see 19 U.S.C. ' 1677f). Such confidential
information will not be published in a manner that will reveal the individual operations of your
firm; however, nonnumerical characterizations of numerical business proprietary information
(such as discussion of trends) will be treated as confidential business information only at the
request of the submitter for good cause shown.
Verification.--The information submitted in the enclosed questionnaire(s) is subject to audit
and verification by the Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep
all your work papers and supporting documents used in the preparation of the
questionnaire response(s).
Release of information.--The information provided by your firm in response to the
questionnaire(s), as well as any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to
the Commission in connection with the reviews, may become subject to, and released under, the
administrative protective order provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. ' 1677f) and
section 207.7 of the Commission=s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR ' 207.7). This means
that certain lawyers and other authorized individuals may temporarily be given access to the
information for use in connection with these reviews or other import-injury investigations or
reviews conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise; those individuals
would be subject to severe penalties if the information were divulged to unauthorized individuals.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions.--Do not leave any question or section blank unless a questionnaire
expressly directs you to skip over certain questions or sections. If the answer to any question is
Anone,@ write Anone.@ If information is not readily available from your records in exactly the
form requested, furnish carefully prepared estimates--designated as such by the letter
AE@--and explain the basis of your estimates. Answers to questions and any necessary
comments or explanations should be supplied in the space provided or on separate sheets attached
to the appropriate page of the questionnaire(s). If your firm is completing more than one
questionnaire in connection with these reviews (i.e., a producer, importer, and/or purchaser
questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions in the questionnaires.
Consolidate all U.S. establishments.--Report the requested data for your establishment(s) located
in the United States. Except where specifically requested, firms operating more than one
establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.
Filing instructions.—Questionnaires may be filed either in paper form or electronically.

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INSTRUCTIONS--Continued
OPTIONS FOR FILING IN PAPER FORM
• Overnight mail service.—Mail to the following address:
United States International Trade Commission
Office of Investigations, Room 615
500 E Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
• Fax.—Fax to 202.205.3205.
• U.S. mail.—Mail to the address above, but use zip code 20436. This option is not recommended.
U.S. mail sent to government offices undergoes additional processing to screen for hazardous
materials; this additional processing results in substantial delays in delivery.
OPTIONS FOR FILING ELECTRONICALLY
This questionnaire is available as a “fillable” form in MS Word format on the
Commission’s website at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/active/index.
htm#reviews. Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the
questionnaire document. You may complete the questionnaire electronically,
print it out, and submit it in paper form as described above, or you may submit it
electronically through one of the following means:
• Compact disc (CD).—Copy your questionnaire onto a CD, include a signed certification page
(page 1) (either in paper form or scanned PDF copied onto CD), and mail to the address above. It
is strongly recommended that you use an overnight mail service. U.S. mail sent to government
offices undergoes additional processing which not only results in substantial delays in delivery but
may also damage CDs.
• E-mail.—E-mail your questionnaire to the investigator at dana.lofgren@usitc.gov; include a
scanned PDF of the signed certification page (page 1). Type the following in the e-mail subject
line: BPI Questionnaire, CTL Plate. Please note that submitting your questionnaire by e-mail
may subject your firm’s business proprietary information to transmission over an unsecure
environment and to possible disclosure. If you choose this option, the Commission warns you that
any risk involving possible disclosure of such information is assumed by the submitter and not by
the Commission.
Note: If you are a party to the reviews, and service of the questionnaire is required, such
service should be made in paper form.

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DEFINITIONS
CTL carbon steel plate.—Hot-rolled iron and non-alloy steel universal mill plates (i.e. flat-rolled
products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not
exceeding 1250 mm and of a thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and without patterns in
relief), of rectangular shape, neither clad, plated nor coated with metal, whether or not painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances; and certain iron and non-alloy
steel flat-rolled products not in coils, of rectangular shape, hot-rolled, neither clad, plated, nor
coated with metal, whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic
substances, 4.75 mm or more in thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at
least twice the thickness. Included are flat-rolled products of nonrectangular cross-section where
such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which have been
“worked after rolling”) for example, products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges.
The subject product is covered by statistical reporting numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, and 7212.50.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS). Specifically excluded from subject merchandise within the scope of these reviews
is grade X-70 steel plate.
CTL micro-alloy steel plate.—CTL micro-alloy steel plate products, in which: (1) iron
predominates by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight; and (3) one or more of the elements listed below is present in the
quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
0.3 - .50 percent of aluminum
0.3 - 1.25 percent of chromium
0.3 - 0.30 percent of cobalt
0.4 - 1.0 percent of copper
0.4 - 0.40 percent of lead
1.65 - 1.80 percent of manganese
0.08 - 0.10 percent of molybdenum

0.3 - 1.25 percent of nickel
0.06 - 0.10 percent of niobium
0.6 - 2.25 percent of silicon
0.3 - 0.30 percent of tungsten
0.1 - 0.15 percent of vanadium
0.05 - 0.15 percent of zirconium

Imports of nonsubject CTL micro-alloy steel plate may be reported in the following HTS statistical
reporting numbers: 7225.40.3050, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000,
7226.91.8000, 7226.99.0000, and 7226.99.0180.

Firm.--An individual proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation
(including any subsidiary corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee in bankruptcy, or
receiver under decree of any court.

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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Related firm.--A firm that your firm solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled; a
firm that solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled your firm; and/or a firm that
was solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled by a firm that also solely or jointly
owned, managed, or otherwise controlled your firm.
Establishment.--Each facility of a firm in the United States involved in the production,
importation, and/or purchase of CTL carbon steel plate (as defined above), including auxiliary
facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such facilities.
United States.--For purposes of these reviews, the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
and the District of Columbia.
Importer.--Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary,
in importing CTL carbon steel plate (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign
manufacturer or through its selling agent.
Imports.--Those products identified for Customs purposes as imports for consumption for which
your firm was the importer of record (i.e., was responsible for paying any import duty) or
consignee (i.e., to which the merchandise was first delivered).
Import quantities.--Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Import values.--Values reported should be landed, duty-paid values (but not including
antidumping and/or countervailing duties) at the U.S. port of entry, including ocean freight
and insurance costs, brokerage charges, and normal import duties (i.e., including all
charges except inland freight in the United States and antidumping and/or countervailing
duties).
Purchaser.--Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or
subsidiary, in purchasing CTL carbon steel plate (as defined above) from another firm that
produces, imports, or otherwise distributes CTL carbon steel plate. A retail firm that is the
importer of record may be considered a purchaser.
Purchases.--Purchases from all sources, NOT including direct imports from foreign producers
(which should be reported in an importer questionnaire).
Purchase quantities.--Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Purchase values.--Values reported should be net values (i.e., gross purchase values less all
discounts, allowances, rebates, and the value of returned goods), delivered to your U.S.
receiving point.

DEFINITIONS--Continued
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Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in or imported by your U.S. establishment(s).
Include shipments to the contracting firm of product produced by your firm under a toll agreement.
Shipment quantities.--Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Shipment values.--Values reported should be net values (i.e., gross sales values less all
discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods), f.o.b.
your U.S. point of shipment. The value of domestic shipments to the contracting firm
under a toll agreement is the conversion fee (including profit).
Types of shipments:
U.S. shipments.--Commercial shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related
firms within the United States.
Commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and transfers
to related firms, within the United States.
Internal consumption.--Product consumed internally by your firm.
Transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to related domestic firms.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside the United States, including
shipments to related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.
The following definitions apply only to the PRODUCER QUESTIONNAIRE.
Average production capacity.--The level of production that your establishment(s) could
reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods. Assume normal operating
conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to operate; normal operating
levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup;
and a typical or representative product mix).
Toll agreement.--Agreement between two firms whereby the first firm furnishes the raw materials
and the second firm uses the raw materials to produce a product that it then returns to the first firm
with a charge for processing costs, overhead, etc.
Production.--All production in your U.S. establishment(s), including production consumed
internally within your firm and production for another firm under a toll agreement.

DEFINITIONS--Continued
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PRWs.--Production and related workers, including working supervisors and all nonsupervisory
workers (including group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling,
inspecting, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking, hauling,
maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard services, product development, auxiliary production for
plant=s own use (e.g., power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with the
above production operations.
Average number employed.--Add the number of employees, both full-time and part-time, for the
12 pay periods ending closest to the 15th of the month and divide that total by 12. For the
January-June periods, calculate similarly and divide by 6.
Hours worked.--Include time paid for sick leave, holidays, and vacation time. Include overtime
hours actually worked; do not convert overtime pay to its equivalent in straight-time hours.
Wages paid.--Total wages paid before deductions of any kind (e.g., withholding taxes, old-age and
unemployment insurance, group insurance, union dues, bonds, etc.). Include wages paid directly
by your firm for overtime, holidays, vacations, and sick leave.
Fiscal year.--The 12-month period between settlement of your firm=s financial accounts.
Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (Byrd Amendment) funds received.--Funds
disbursed by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection under the Continued Dumping and
Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (the AByrd Amendment@). The Byrd Amendment provides for the
annual distribution of the duties collected pursuant to antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
The distribution is available to Aaffected domestic producers for qualifying expenditures.@
Purchases other than direct imports.--Purchases from U.S. producers, U.S. importers, and other
U.S. sources.

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