Wire Decking from China (Final)

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND
DEFINITIONS FOR COMMISSION FOREIGN
PRODUCER/EXPORTER QUESTIONNAIRES

WIRE DECKING FROM CHINA
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-466 and 731-TA-1162 (Final)

Further information.--If you have any questions concerning the enclosed
questionnaire(s) or other matters related to these investigations, you may contact
the following member of the Commission=s staff (Fax 202-205-3205):
Chris Cassise, investigator (202-708-5408; E-mail chris.cassise@usitc.gov)

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--These investigations were instituted in response to a petition filed on June 5, 2009
by AWP Industries, Inc., Frankfort, KY; ITC Manufacturing, Inc., Phoenix, AZ; J&L Wire Cloth,
Inc., St. Paul, MN; and Nashville Wire Products Mfg. Co., Inc., Nashville, TN. Antidumping and
countervailing duties may be assessed on the subject imports as a result of these investigations if
the Commission makes an affirmative determination of injury, threat, or material retardation, and
if the U.S. Department of Commerce makes an affirmative determination of subsidization by the
government of China and/or dumping.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to these investigations are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/active/index.htm
Address all correspondence to the United States International Trade Commission, Washington,
DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information regarding these investigations
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 March 17, 2010. Use of an overnight mail
service may be necessary to ensure that your response actually reaches the Commission by March
17, 2010. Please make sure the completed questionnaire is sent to the attention of Chris Cassise.
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 investigations.
Service of questionnaire response(s).--In the event that your firm is a party to these investigations,
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).
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.

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GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
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 investigations, 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 investigations or other import-injury investigations
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 investigations (i.e., a producer, importer, purchaser, and/or
foreign producer questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions in the
questionnaires.
Consolidate all establishments in China.--Report the requested data for your establishment(s)
located in China. 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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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/in
dex.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). 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 investigations, and service of the questionnaire is required, such
service should be made in paper form.

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DEFINITIONS
Wire Decking.—is defined as welded–wire rack decking, which is also known as, among other
things, ‘‘pallet rack decking,’’ ‘‘wire rack decking,’’ ‘‘wire mesh decking,’’ ‘‘bulk storage
shelving,’’ or ‘‘welded–wire decking.’’ Wire decking consists of wire mesh that is reinforced
with structural supports and designed to be load bearing. The structural supports include sheet
metal support channels, or other structural supports, that reinforce the wire mesh and that are
welded or otherwise affixed to the wire mesh, regardless of whether the wire mesh and supports
are assembled or unassembled and whether shipped as a kit or packaged separately. Wire decking
is produced from carbon or alloy steel wire that has been welded into a mesh pattern. The wire
may be galvanized or plated (e.g., chrome, zinc or nickel coated), coated (e.g., with paint, epoxy,
or plastic), or uncoated (‘‘raw’’). The wire may be drawn or rolled and may have a round, square
or other profile. Wire decking is sold in a variety of wire gauges. The wire diameters used in the
decking mesh are 0.105 inches or greater for round wire. For wire other than round wire, the
distance between any two points on a cross–section of the wire is 0.105 inches or greater. Wire
decking reinforced with structural supports is designed generally for industrial and other
commercial storage rack systems.
Wire decking is produced to various profiles, including, but not limited to, a flat (‘‘flush’’)
profile, an upward curved back edge profile (‘‘backstop’’) or downward curved edge
profile (‘‘waterfalls’’), depending on the rack storage system. The wire decking may or
may not be anchored to the rack storage system. The scope does not cover the metal rack
storage system, comprised of metal uprights and cross beams, on which the wire decking is
ultimately installed. Also excluded from the scope is wire mesh shelving that is not
reinforced with structural supports and is designed for use without structural supports.
Wire decking may be imported into the United States through several basket categories in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
has issued a ruling (NY F84777) that wire decking is to be classified under HTS
9403.90.8040. Wire decking may also be imported under HTS 7217.10, 7217.20, 7326.20,
7326.90 and 9403.20.0020. HTS numbers are provided for convenience purposes only; the
physical description provided above controls the scope coverage.
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 China involved in the production of wire decking (as
defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not
physically separate from) such facilities.
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United States.--For purposes of these investigations, 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 wire decking (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign manufacturer
or through its selling agent.
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).
Production.--All production in your establishment(s) in China, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in China. Quantities
reported should be net of returns.
Home market commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within China.
Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to
related firms in China, including product consumed internally by your firm.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside China, including shipments to
related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.

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