Stainless steel wire rod from Italy, Japan, korea, Spain and Taiwan (2nd review)

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

Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan
Investigation Nos. 731-TA-770-773 and 775 (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):
Edward Petronzio, investigator (202-205-3176; E-mail edward.petronzio@USITC.GOV)
regarding general questions and trade and related information;
Charles Yost, auditor (202-20-3432; E-mail charles.yost@USITC.GOV)
regarding financial information; and
John Benedetto, economist (202-205-3270; E-mail john.benedetto@USITC.GOV)
regarding pricing, market, and related information.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.-- On September 15, 1998, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued a
countervailing duty order on imports of stainless steel wire rod from Italy (63 FR 49334) and
antidumping duty orders on imports of stainless steel wire rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain,
Sweden, and Taiwan (63 FR 49327). Following first five-year reviews by Commerce and the U.S.
International Trade Commission (“Commission”), effective September 13, 2004, Commerce
issued a continuation of the antidumping duty orders on imports of stainless steel wire rod from
Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan (69 FR 50167). On July 2, 2004, Commerce revoked the
countervailing duty order on imports of stainless steel wire rod from Italy (69 FR 40354).
Effective April 23, 2007, Commerce revoked the antidumping duty order on imports of stainless
steel wire rod from Sweden (72 FR 25261, May 4, 2007). On July 1, 2009, 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 revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time (74 FR
31765). On October 5, 2009, the Commission determined that responses to its notice of institution
of the subject five-year reviews were such that full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Act
should proceed (74 FR 54068). If the Commission makes affirmative determinations, the orders
will remain in place. If the Commission makes negative determinations, the Department of
Commerce will revoke the orders.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to these reviews are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2009/sswr/reviewphase.
htm. 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 February 10, 2010. 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
February 10, 2010. If you do not use the enclosed envelope, please make sure the completed
questionnaire is sent to the attention of Edward Petronzio. 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 workpapers 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. 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/2009/ssw
r/reviewphase.htm. 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 identified on page 1 of the Instruction
Booklet; include a scanned PDF of the signed certification page (page 1). Type the following in
the e-mail subject line: BPI Questionnaire, INV. NOS. 731-TA-770-773 and 775. 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
Stainless steel wire rod.--Products of stainless steel that are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed
and/or pickled and/or descaled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in coils, that
may also be coated with a lubricant containing copper, lime or oxalate. Stainless steel wire rod is
made of alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more
of chromium, with or without other elements. These products are manufactured only by
hot-rolling or hot-rolling, annealing, and/or pickling and/or descaling, are normally sold in coiled
form, and are of solid cross-section. The majority of stainless steel wire rod sold in the United
States is round in cross-sectional shape, annealed and pickled, and later cold-finished into stainless
steel wire or small-diameter bar.
The most common size for such products is 5.5 millimeters or (0.217 inch) in diameter,
which represents the smallest size that normally is produced on a rolling mill and is the size that
most wire-drawing machines are set up to draw. The range of stainless steel wire rod sizes
normally sold in the United States is between 0.20 inch and 1.312 inch diameter. Two stainless
steel grades, SF20T and K-M35FL, are excluded from the scope of these reviews. The chemical
makeup (in percent by weight) for the excluded grades is as follows:
SF20T
Carbon--0.05 max
Manganese--2.00 max
Phosphorus--0.05 max
Sulfur--0.15 max
Silicon--1.00 max
Chromium--19.00/21.00
Molybdenum--1.50/2.50
Lead--added (0.10/0.30)
Tellurium--added (0.03 min)
K-M35FL
Carbon--0.015 max
Silicon--0.70/1.00
Manganese--0.40 max
Phosphorus--0.04 max
Sulfur--0.03 max
Nickel--0.30 max
Chromium--12.50/14.00
Lead--0.10/0.30
Aluminum--0.20-0.35
The products subject to these orders are currently covered by statistical reporting numbers
7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). Although the HTS statistical reporting numbers are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is
dispositive.
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DEFINITIONS--Continued
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.
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 stainless steel wire rod (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 stainless steel wire rod (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 stainless steel wire rod (as defined above) from another firm that
produces, imports, or otherwise distributes stainless steel wire rod. A retail firm that is the
importer of record may be considered a purchaser.

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DEFINITIONS--Continued
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.
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).
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DEFINITIONS--Continued
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.
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.
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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