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U.S. PRODUCERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS FROM CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than February 8, 2011
See page 4 of the Instruction Booklet for filing instructions.
The information called for in this questionnaire is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in
connection with its countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning aluminum extrusions from China (Inv.
No. 701-TA-475 and 731-TA-1177 (Final)). The information requested in the questionnaire is requested under the
authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed can result in a
subpoena or other order to compel the submission of records or information in your possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)).
Name of firm
Address
State
City
Zip Code
World Wide Web address
Has your firm produced aluminum extrusions (as defined in the instruction booklet) at any time since January 1,
2008?
NO
(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the questionnaire to the Commission)
YES
(Read the instruction booklet carefully, complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire
questionnaire to the Commission so as to be received by the date indicated above)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in response to this questionnaire is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief and understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission.
By means of this certification I also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the
information provided in this questionnaire and throughout these proceedings in any other import-injury proceedings conducted by
the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I acknowledge that information submitted in this questionnaire response and throughout these proceedings may be used by the
Commission, its employees, and contract personnel who are acting in the capacity of Commission employees, for developing or
maintaining the records of these proceedings or related proceedings for which this information is submitted, or in internal audits
and proceedings relating to the programs and operations of the Commission pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3. I understand that
all contract personnel will sign non-disclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official
Title of Authorized Official
Phone: (
Date
)
Signature
E-mail address
Fax (
)
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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
The questions in this questionnaire have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that issues of
concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful, and as limited as
possible. Public reporting burden for this questionnaire is estimated to average 50 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering the data needed,
and completing and reviewing the questionnaire. Send comments regarding the accuracy of this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the
burden, to the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
I-1a.
OMB statistics.--Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your
firm of preparing the reply to this questionnaire and completing the form.
hours
dollars
I-1b.
OMB feedback.--We are interested in any comments you may have for improving this
questionnaire in general or the clarity of specific questions. Please attach such comments to your
response or send them to the above address.
I-2.
Establishments covered.--Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire (see page 3 of the instruction booklet for reporting guidelines). If your firm is
publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading symbol.
I-3.
Petition support.--Do you support or oppose the petitions?
China – Antidumping
China – Countervailing Duty
Support
Support
Oppose
Oppose
Take no position
Take no position
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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-4.
Ownership.--Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No
Firm name
I-5.
Firm name
Extent of
ownership
Yes--List the following information
Address
Affiliation
Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which
are engaged in the production of aluminum extrusions?
No
Firm name
I-6.
Address
Related importers/exporters.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, which are engaged in importing aluminum extrusions from China into the United States
or which are engaged in exporting aluminum extrusions from China to the United States?
No
I-6.
Yes--List the following information
Yes--List the following information
Address
Affiliation
Use of estimates.--In completing this form, did your firm use any estimates in supplying the
requested data? (answer this question after completing all other sections)
No
Yes--Please indicate the question(s) which include estimates, the
nature of the estimates and how they were derived.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Ed Petronzio (202-205-3176,
edward.petronzio@usitc.gov).
II-1.
Contact info.--Please identify the individual to be contacted regarding your firms’ responses to
the questions in section II.
Name and title:
Please indicate the manner by which Commission staff may contact the individual responsible for
part II with questions regarding the submitted confidential information.
E-mail:
Fax: (
II-2.
Telephone: (
)
)
Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of aluminum extrusions since January 1, 2008.
(check as many as appropriate)
(please describe in some detail)
plant openings, expansions, or
acquisitions ....................................
plant closings, consolidations, or
relocations ......................................
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments .................
other (e.g., changes in
technology, revised labor
agreements, et cetera) ....................
II-3.
Production capabilities.--Please answer the following questions relating to your extrusion
capabilities. (See definitions in instruction booklet.)
(a)
How many extrusion presses (excluding drawing machines for drawn aluminum) does
your firm have? Please provide locations and specifications for the capabilities of each
extrusion press as of 2010.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
1
(b)
What is the minimum and the maximum wall thickness extrusion your firm has the ability
to produce?
(c)
How many drawing machines for drawn aluminum does your firm have? Please provide
locations and specifications for the capabilities of each machine as of 2010.
(d)
What is the minimum and the maximum wall thickness drawn aluminum product your
firm has the ability to produce?
(e)
Since January 1, 2008, has your firm ever turned down an order because of a technical
inability to produce (i.e., extrude or draw) the requested products or had to supply
customers with requested product from a third source provider? If so, please describe
these products:1:
The Commission is not seeking data on every instance of a request for quotation or other inquiry that your
firm has turned down, but rather general information on whether there are certain products considered within the
basket of “aluminum extrusions” that your firm is unable to produce.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
(f)
II-4.
Since January 1, 2008, has your firm ever turned down an order because of factors other
than the technical ability to produce the requested products (e.g., batch considerations,
order size, finishing capacity, alloy specifications, et cetera)? If so, please describe the
situation(s):2
Finishing capabilities.--Please answer the following questions relating to your finishing
capabilities. (See definitions in instruction booklet.)
(a)
Paint.--Does your firm provide painted aluminum extrusions to your costumers?
No.
Yes.--Via Internal Painting Capacity.--Please describe your
firm’s painting capabilities, including any capacity or
capability limitations relating to providing the painted
aluminum extrusions and whether your painting lines were
a bottleneck to production during the period examined.
Yes.--Via An External (i.e., Toll) Arrangement.--Please
describe your tolling firm’s painting capabilities, including
any capacity or capability limitations relating to providing
the painted aluminum extrusions and whether this
arrangement was a bottleneck to production during the
period examined.
2
Likewise, here, the Commission is not seeking data on every instance of a request for quotation or other
inquiry that your firm has turned down, but rather general information on any factors other than the ability to
physically produce a product that has led your firm to turn down orders over the period being examined. In your
narrative response, please provide some indication of the frequency and relative importance of any factors cited.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
(b)
Anodized.-- Does your firm provide anodized aluminum extrusions to your customers?
No.
(c)
(d)
Yes.--Please indicate the types of anodized aluminum extrusions
your firm has provided since January 1, 2008 and whether
this merchandise was anodized via internal anodizing
production capacity or through an external (e.g., toll)
arrangement.
Type of anodized extrusions
Type I, chromic acid anodizing
No.
Type II, sulfuric acid anodizing
No.
Type III, sulfuric acid anodizing
No.
Phosphoric acid anodizing
No.
Other types of anodizing. Please
describe:
No.
Your firm has provided?
Yes.--via Internal capacity
Yes.--via External arrangements
Yes.--via Internal capacity
Yes.--via External arrangements
Yes.--via Internal capacity
Yes.--via External arrangements
Yes.--via Internal capacity
Yes.--via External arrangements
Yes.--via Internal capacity
Yes.--via External arrangements
Bright Dipping and Brushed Nickel.--Please indicate whether your firm has the
capacity (or have existing external, i.e., toll, arrangements) to produce bright dipped
aluminum extrusions and/or brushed nickel aluminum extrusions (two specific types of
anodized aluminum extrusions).
Type of finish extrusions
Bright dipping
No.
Brushed nickel
No.
Your firm has provided?
Yes.--via Internal capacity
Yes.--via External arrangements
Yes.--via Internal capacity
Yes.--via External arrangements
Anodized limitations.--Please indicate whether your firm has any capacity or capability
limitations relating to providing anodized extrusions (either internal limitations or
external toll contractor limitations) and whether these limitations were a bottleneck to
production during the period examined.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
(e)
II-5.
Other finishing operations.--Please indicate any additional finishing operations
(excluding fabrication) your firm provides customers other than mill finish, painting, and
anodizing. (e.g., brushing, buffing, polishing, et cetera)
Fabrication capabilities.--Please answer the following questions relating to your fabrication
capabilities. (See definitions in instruction booklet.)
(a)
Does your firm provide fabrication services for customers?
No.
(b)
Yes.--Please describe your firm’s fabrication services.
What share of the quantity of your firm’s U.S. shipments in 2010 included additional
fabrication? And of those extrusions with additional fabrication services provided, what
was the average additional cost of fabrication included in the value of those U.S.
shipments?
percent of my firm’s U.S. shipments by quantity in 2010 included additional
fabrication and of these shipments the average additional cost of fabrication accounted for
approximately
(c)
percent of the value of fabricated extrusions sold.
After providing fabrication services, do any of the fabricated aluminum extrusions that
your firm produced actually become known as another product before the point of sale?
(i.e., would a purchaser consider it a downstream product and not an extrusion?)
No.
Yes.--Please describe these product(s), the extent of the
transformation provided by the additional fabrication
services, and the approximate aggregate share by quantity
of your firm’s U.S. shipments of aluminum extrusions that
these products represented in 2010.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-6.
Same equipment, machinery, and workers.--Has your firm since 2008 produced, or does your
firm anticipate producing in the future, other products on the same equipment and machinery
used in the production of aluminum extrusions and/or using the same production and related
workers (“PRWs”) employed to produce aluminum extrusions? (See definitions in instruction
booklet.)
Same equipment and machinery
Same PRWs
II-7.
No
No
Yes--Please describe.
Yes--Please describe.
Production constraints.--Given your firm’s actual product mix and demand since January 1, 2008:
(a)
Please indicate the level of constraint to production for each of the following.
A major
constraint
A middling
constraint
A minor
constraint
Not a
constraint
Extrusion/drawing line
Finishing capabilities
Labor related issues
Availability of inputs
Other constraints:
(b)
II-8.
Were there any changes to these constraints over the period?
Tolling.--Since January 1, 2008, has your firm been involved in a toll agreement (see definition
in the instruction booklet) regarding the production of aluminum extrusions?
No
II-9.
Yes--Name firm(s):
.
Foreign trade zone.--Does your firm produce aluminum extrusions in a foreign trade zone
(FTZ)?
No
Yes--Identify the FTZ(s):
.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-10.
Importer.--Since January 1, 2008, has your firm imported aluminum extrusions from any
source?
No
II-11.
Yes--COMPLETE AND RETURN A U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
Upstream activities.--Does your firm produce upstream products used as inputs into the
production of aluminum extrusions (e.g., aluminum billets, casting dies, et cetera)?
No
II-12.
Yes--Please describe your firm’s upstream activities including the overall
production and capacity for these upstream activities in 2010.
Aluminum billet inputs.--For your firm’s production of aluminum extrusions in 2010:
(a)
Please estimate the share by quantity of aluminum billet inputs by source.
Est. share of quantity of total
aluminum billets used as inputs
into the production of aluminum
extrusions in 2010 (percent)
(a)
Source of aluminum billet input
Purchased from an arm’s length
provider.
Purchased or transferred from a
related company.
Produced in house from purchased,
non-scrap inputs.
Produced in house from in house
scrap.
Produced in house from scrap that
was purchased by, transferred,
donated, or sold to your firm.
Total (i.e., should sum to): 100 percent
If your firm sourced aluminum billet other than 100 percent purchased from an arm’s
length provider, please indicate the estimated cost savings your alternative supply
provided in 2010.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-13.
Trade data.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of aluminum extrusions in your U.S. establishment(s) during the
specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
Average production capacity1 (quantity) (A)
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity) (B)
Production (quantity) (C)
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments (D)
Value of commercial shipments (E)
Tolled shipments:2
Quantity of tolled shipments (F)
Value of toll conversion (G)
Internal consumption:
Quantity of internal consumption (H)
Value3 of internal consumption (I)
Transfers to related firms:
Quantity of transfers (J)
Value3 of transfers (K)
Export shipments:4
Quantity of export shipments (L)
Value of export shipments (M)
Scrap or loss (quantity) (N)
End-of-period inventories (quantity) (O)
1
The production capacity (see definitions in instruction booklet) reported is based on operating
hours
per week,
weeks per year. Please describe the methodology used to calculate production capacity, and
explain any changes in reported capacity (use additional pages as necessary).
2
Shipments of extrusions produced on your extrusions presses and drawing machines under a toll
agreement whereby which the shipment values reflect primarily conversion costs (through whatever level of
finish required under the agreement). Do not report here data for product you tolled only on other related
production equipment such as painting machines, anodizing lines, et cetera (i.e., product that another firm has
extruded or drawn). Also do not report in this data table any extrusions that were extruded or drawn by
another party under a toll arrangement for your firm (there is a separate question later in this section on those
shipments).
3
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. In the event that
you use a different basis for valuing these transactions, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.)
and provide value data using that basis for each of the periods noted above:
4
Identify your principal export markets:
.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-14.
Channels of distribution.--Report your firm’s channels of distribution for all U.S. shipments of
aluminum extrusions (i.e., including not only commercial U.S. shipments, but also any company
transfers or internal consumption in the United States) during the specified periods. (See
definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
Channels of distribution: (quantity)
U.S. shipments to wholesalers/distributors (P)
U.S. shipments to end users (Q)
II-15.
U.S. shipments by finish.--Report your firm’s U.S. shipments of aluminum extrusions (i.e.,
including not only commercial U.S. shipments, but also any company transfers or internal
consumption in the United States) by finish type during the specified periods. (See definitions in
the instruction booklet.)
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
U.S. shipments by type of finish:
U.S. shipments of mill finished extrusions:
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
U.S. shipments of painted extrusions:
Quantity (T)
Value (U)
U.S. shipments of anodized extrusions:
Quantity (V)
Value (W)
Note.--Other finishes such as metallic brushing, buffing, polishing, et cetera should be reported under one of
the primary three categories provided above. For example, brushed nickel will likely be reported as an
anodized product as it is eventually anodized, and non-painted, non-anodized extrusions that have been
buffed and polished would be reported as mill finish, et cetera.
II-16.
U.S. shipments of bright dipped extrusions.--Report your firm’s U.S. shipments of bright
dipped aluminum extrusions (i.e., including not only commercial U.S. shipments, but also any
company transfers or internal consumption in the United States) during the specified periods.
(See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
U.S. shipments by bright-dipped extrusions:
Quantity (X)
Value (Y)
Note.--These shipments are a subset of what is reported in question II-15 above as “anodized extrusions.”
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-17.
Employment data.--Report your firm’s employment data related to the production of aluminum
extrusions in your U.S. establishment(s) during the specified periods. (See definitions in the
instruction booklet.)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
Employment data:
Average number of PRWs (number) 1 2
Hours worked by PRWs (1,000 hours)
Total wages paid to PRWs (in $1,000s)
1
What explains the trend in the average number of PRWs over the period?
2
If the number of PRWs employed the production of aluminum extrusions decreased at any point over the
period, please indicate the number that were released from your firm’s employment all together and the
number of employees that were transferred to other operations.
.
II-18.
Reconciliation of data.-(a)
Please note that the amounts reported in questions II-13, II-14, and II-15 should reconcile
as follows in each period (i.e., in each column):
Reconciliation
B+C–D–F–H–J–L–N=O
(b)
Do these data reconcile?
Yes
No--(Please
correct these data before submitting questionnaire)
D+F+H+J=P+Q
Do these data reconcile?
Yes
No--(Please
correct these data before submitting questionnaire)
D+F+H+J=R+T+V
Do these data reconcile?
Yes
No--(Please
correct these data before submitting questionnaire)
E+G+I+K=S+U+W
Do these data reconcile?
Yes
correct these data before submitting
questionnaire).
No--(Please
X < V and Y < W
Do these data reconcile?
Yes
correct these data before submitting
questionnaire).
No--(Please
Please note that the quantities reported for end-of-period inventories should equal the
beginning-of-period inventories reported in the subsequent calendar year in question II13 (i.e., line O of year 2008 should equal line B of year 2009). Do these data reconcile
for each adjacent calendar year?
Yes.
No--(Please correct these data before submitting questionnaire.
Note that you may use the quantities reported under scrap
(line N) to account for any unexplained discrepancies
between your import, shipment and inventory data.)
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-19.
Toll arrangements on extrusion/drawing machinery.--Please indicate the nature of any toll
arrangements entered into by your firm relating to your extrusions presses and/or drawing
machines.
No such toll arrangements.
Our firm produces aluminum extrusions on our extrusion presses and/or drawing machines
for another firm (Please report these as “tolled shipments” in the trade data table, question II13).
Our firm has aluminum extrusions produced on another firm’s extrusion presses and/or
drawing machines (Please report the eventual commercial shipments of this tolled production
in the following table, and ensure that none of this merchandise is reported in the trade data
table, question II-13).
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
U.S. shipments of tolled merchandise:1
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (AA)
Value (BB)
Internal consumption:
Quantity (CC)
Value2 (DD)
Transfers to related firms:
Quantity (EE)
Value2 (FF)
Export shipments:
Quantity (GG)
Value (HH)
U.S. shipments of tolled merchandise by type
of finish:
U.S. shipments of mill finished extrusions:
Quantity (II)
Value (JJ)
U.S. shipments of painted extrusions:
Quantity (KK)
Value (LL)
U.S. shipments of anodized extrusions:
Quantity (MM)
Value (NN)
1
Data in this table should be the eventual U.S. and export shipments of aluminum extrusions by your firm
of product that was extruded or drawn on another firm’s extrusion presses or drawing equipment under a toll
agreement. Please also indicate the name of the firm(s) that actually produced the extrusions:
2
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. In the event that
you use a different basis for valuing these transactions, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.)
and provide value data using that basis for each of the periods noted above:
3
Please ensure that the data reported in this table reconcile by quantity of U.S. shipments (AA + CC + EE
= II + KK + MM) and by value of U.S. shipments (BB + DD + FF = JJ + LL + NN).
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-20.
Toll arrangements on other machinery.--Please indicate the nature of any toll arrangements
entered into by your firm relating to machinery other than extrusion presses and/or drawing
machines.3
No such toll arrangements.
Our firm provides painting services to other producers of aluminum extrusions under a toll
arrangement.--Please describe these arrangements and provide information on the relative
size of these operations below.
Our firm provides anodizing services to other producers of aluminum extrusions under a toll
arrangement.--Please describe these arrangements and provide information on the relative
size of these operations below.
Our firm provides fabrication services to other producers of aluminum extrusions under a toll
arrangement.--Please describe these arrangements and provide information on the relative
size of these operations below.
Our firm provides billet manufacturing services to other producers of aluminum extrusions
under a toll arrangement.--Please describe these arrangements and provide information on the
relative size of these operations below.
Our firm provides other tolling services not otherwise specified above to other producers of
aluminum extrusions.--Please describe these arrangements and provide information on the
relative size of these operations below.
II-21.
3
Related firms.--If you reported transfers to related firms in question II-13, please indicate the
nature of the relationship between your firm and the related firms (e.g., joint venture, wholly
owned subsidiary), whether the transfers were priced at market value or by a non-market formula,
whether your firm retained marketing rights to all transfers, and whether the related firms also
processed inputs from sources other than your firm.
If your firm is the toller in such a relationship (i.e., provides painting, anodizing, and other non-extrusion
services for a fee to other producers), please ensure that your firm has not reported any of the shipments related to
those tolling services in response to questions II-13 through II-17. If your firm is only a tollee in such a relationship
(i.e., outsources painting, anodizing, or other non-extrusion manufacturing services), please ensure that your firm
has reported all these data in your responses to questions II-13 through II-17 and have indicated the nature of these
external arrangements in questions II-4 and II-5.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-22.
Standardized versus custom extrusions.--Please estimate the share of your firms’ U.S.
shipments that are standardized extrusions versus customer-specific in each year. (See definitions
in the instruction booklet.)
Est. Share of U.S. Shipments (lines D, F, & H in question II-13)
2008
2009
2010
(percent)
(percent)
(percent)
Standardized
Custom
Total
II-23.
100%
100%
100%
Market Sectors for Aluminum Extrusions.--Please indicate the market sectors of your firm’s
shipments of aluminum extrusions and estimate the share of production accounted for by each
market sector, and describe the primary products that your firms ships under each market sector.
Market sectors
(Check all that apply, see
instructions booklet for
definitions)
Building and Construction
Estimated
share of U.S.
shipments in
20101
(percent)
Description of products
Transportation
Engineered Products
Other Market Sectors
1
Please estimate these shares off of the quantity of your firm’s overall U.S. shipments (lines D, F,
& H in question II-13) in 2010. This column should total 100%.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-24.
Purchases.--Other than direct imports, has your firm otherwise purchased aluminum extrusions
(NOTE: do not report purchases of inputs such as aluminum billets) since January 1, 2008? (See
definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Yes--Report such purchases below for the specified periods.1
No
(Quantity in square yards, value in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
2
PURCHASES FROM U.S. IMPORTERS OF
ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS FROM-China:
Quantity
Value
Canada:
Quantity
Value
Other sources: 3
Quantity
Value
PURCHASES FROM DOMESTIC
PRODUCERS:2
Quantity
Value
PURCHASES FROM UNKNOWN
SOURCES:2
Quantity
Value
1
Please indicate your reasons for purchasing this product. If your reasons differ by source, please
elaborate.
2
Please list the name of the firm(s) from which you purchased this product. If your suppliers differ by
source, please identify the source for each listed supplier.
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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Address questions on this part of the questionnaire to David Boyland (202-708-4725,
david.boyland@usitc.gov).
III-1.
Please identify the individual to be contacted regarding the confidential information requested in
part III.
Name and title:
Please indicate the manner by which Commission staff may contact the individual responsible for
part III with questions regarding the submitted confidential information.
E-mail:
Telephone: (
Fax: (
III-2.
)
)
Accounting system.--Briefly describe your financial accounting system.
A.
When does your fiscal year end (month and day)?
If your fiscal year changed during the period examined, explain below:
B.1.
Describe the lowest level of operations (e.g., plant, division, company-wide) for
which financial statements are prepared that includes aluminum extrusions:
2.
3.
4.
Does your firm prepare profit/loss statements for aluminum extrusions:
Yes
No
How often did your firm (or parent company) prepare financial statements
(including annual reports, 10Ks)? Please check relevant items below.
Audited,
unaudited,
annual reports,
10Ks,
10 Qs,
Monthly,
quarterly,
semi-annually,
annually
Accounting basis:
GAAP,
cash,
tax, or
other comprehensive
(specify)
Note: The Commission may request that your company submit copies of its financial statements,
including internal profit-and-loss statements for the division or product group that includes
aluminum extrusions, as well as those statements and worksheets used to compile data for your
firm’s questionnaire response.
III-3.
Cost accounting system.--Briefly describe your cost accounting system (e.g., standard cost, job
order cost, etc.).
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III-4.
Allocation basis.--Briefly describe your allocation basis, if any, for COGS, SG&A, and interest
expense and other income and expenses.
III-5.
Other products.--Please list any other products you produced in the facilities in which you
produced aluminum extrusions, and provide the share of net sales accounted for by these other
products in your most recent fiscal year:
Products
III-6.
Does your firm receive inputs (raw materials, labor, energy, or any other services) used in the
production of aluminum extrusions from any related firm?
Yes—Continue to question III-7 below.
III-7.
Share of sales
No--Continue to question III-10 below.
Inputs from related firms.--In the space provided below, identify the inputs used in the
production of aluminum extrusions that your firm receives from related parties whose financial
statements are consolidated with the financial statements of your firm.
Input
Related party
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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-8.
Related firms financials.--With respect to the related companies identified in response to
question III-7 above, are their financial statements consolidated with your firm’s financial
statements? (In other words, are profits or losses arising from intercompany transactions
eliminated?
Yes—Continue to question III-9 below.
III-9.
No--Continue to question III-10 below.
Inputs from related firms at cost.--All intercompany profit on inputs purchased from related
parties that is eliminated pursuant to formal financial statement consolidation should also be
eliminated from the costs reported to the Commission in question III-11 (i.e., costs reported in
question III-11, to the extent that they reflect inputs purchased from related parties, should only
reflect the related party’s cost and not include an associated profit component). Reasonable
methods for determining and eliminating the associated profit on inputs purchased from related
parties are acceptable.
Has your firm complied with the Commission’s instructions regarding costs associated with
inputs purchased from related parties?
Yes
No—Please contact David Boyland (202-708-4725,
david.boyland@usitc.gov).
III-10. Nonrecurring charges.--For each annual period for which financial results are reported in
question III-11, please indicate in the schedule below the specific nonrecurring charges, the
particular expense/cost line items from question III-11 where the associated charges are included,
a brief description of the charges, and the associated values (in $1,000). Nonrecurring charges
would include, but are not limited to, items such as asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation
due to restructuring of the company’s aluminum extrusions operations.
Calendar year1
Item
2008
2009
2010
Non-recurring charges: (In the far left column please provide a brief description of each nonrecurring charge and
indicate the specific expense/cost line items where the associated charges are included in question III-11.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1
If the company is reporting on a fiscal-year basis, please confirm that it is based on the fiscal periods reported in response to question
III-2.A.
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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-11. Operations on aluminum extrusions.--Report the revenue and related cost information
requested below on the aluminum extrusions operations of your U.S. establishment(s).1 Do not
report resales of products. Note that internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be
valued at fair market value and purchases from related firms must be at cost.2
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar year3
Item
2008
2009
2010
4
Net sales quantities:
Commercial sales
Internal consumption
Transfers to related firms
Tolling
Total net sales quantities
Net sales values:4
Commercial sales
Internal consumption
Transfers to related firms
Tolling
Total net sales values
Cost of goods sold (COGS):5
Raw materials
Direct labor
Other factory costs
Total COGS
Gross profit or (loss)
Selling, general, and administrative
(SG&A) expenses:
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Total SG&A expenses
Operating income (loss)
Other income and expenses:
Interest expense
All other expense items
All other income items
All other income or expenses, net
Net income or (loss) before income taxes
Depreciation/amortization included above
1
Include only sales (whether domestic or export) and costs related to your U.S. manufacturing operations.
Please list the expense categories and amounts of any profits on internal inputs or inputs from related firms that are reflected on
your books but which are eliminated from the costs reported below.
3
If the company is reporting on a fiscal-year basis, please confirm that it is based on the fiscal periods reported in response to
question III-2.A.
4
Less discounts, returns, allowances, and prepaid freight. The quantities and values should approximate the corresponding
shipment quantities and values reported in Part II of this questionnaire.
5
COGS should include costs associated with internal consumption and transfers to related firms.
2
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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-12. Asset values.--Report the total assets associated with the production, warehousing, and sale of
aluminum extrusions. If your firm does not maintain some or all of the specific asset data in the
normal course of business, please estimate it based upon some rational method (such as
production, sales, or costs) that is consistent with your cost allocations in the previous question.
Your finished goods inventory value should reconcile with the inventory quantity data reported in
Part II. Provide data as of the end of your three most recently completed fiscal years in
chronological order from left to right.
Value (in $1,000)
Calendar year1
Item
2008
2009
2010
Assets associated with the production, warehousing, and
sale of product:
1. Current assets:
A. Cash and equivalents
B. Accounts receivable, net
C. Inventories
D. Other (describe:
)
E. Total current assets (lines 1.A. through 1.D.)
2. Property, plant, and equipment
A. Original cost of property, plant, and equipment
B. Less: Accumulated depreciation
C. Equals: Book value of property, plant, and equipment
3. Other (describe:
)
4. Total assets (lines 1.E., 2.C., and 3)
1
If the company is reporting on a fiscal-year basis, please confirm that it is based on the fiscal periods reported in response to question III2.A.
III-13. Capital expenditures and research and development expenses.--Report your firm’s capital
expenditures and research and development expenses on aluminum extrusions. Provide data for
your three most recently completed fiscal years in chronological order from left to right.
Value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
2008
2009
1
2010
Capital expenditures
Research and development expenses
1
If the company is reporting on a fiscal-year basis, please confirm that it is based on the fiscal periods reported in response to question III2.A.
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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-14. Effects of imports.--Since January 1, 2008, has your firm experienced any actual negative effects
on its return on investment or its growth, investment, ability to raise capital, existing development
and production efforts (including efforts to develop a derivative or more advanced version of the
product), or the scale of capital investments as a result of imports of aluminum extrusions from
China?
No
Yes--My firm has experienced actual negative effects as follows:
Cancellation, postponement, or rejection of expansion projects
Denial or rejection of investment proposal
Reduction in the size of capital investments
Rejection of bank loans
Lowering of credit rating
Problem related to the issue of stocks or bonds
Other (specify)
III-15. Anticipated effects of imports.--Does your firm anticipate any negative impact of imports of
aluminum extrusions from China?
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from James Fetzer (202-708-5403,
james.fetzer@usitc.gov)
IV-1.
Please identify the individual to be contacted regarding the confidential information requested in
part IV. Name and title:
Please indicate the manner by which Commission staff may contact the individual responsible for
parts IV with questions regarding the submitted confidential information.
E-mail:
Telephone: (
)
Fax: (
)
PRICE DATA
This section requests quarterly quantity and value data, f.o.b. your U.S. point of shipment, for your
commercial shipments to unrelated U.S. customers during January 2008–December 2010 of the following
products produced by your firm.
Product 1.-- Mullions & Split-Mullions, Anodized Finish, Unworked, Alloy 6063 – Size: 1.75” x 3” to
3” x 8”, Weight: 0.6 lb/ft to 7 lb/ft
Product 2.-- Door/Window Frames & Sashes, Painted Finish, Unworked, Alloy 6063 – Size: CCD:
0.75” to 6”, Weight: 0.2 lb/ft to 2 lb/ft
Product 3.-- Hand Rails, Painted Finish, Unworked, Alloy 6063 – Size: CCD: 0.5” to 6”, Weight: 0.15
lb/ft to 8.25 lb/ft
Product 4.-- Tub and shower components, Anodized and Bright Dip Finishes, Unworked, Alloys 6063
& 6463 – Size: CCD: 0.6” to 3”, Weight: 0.1 lb/ft to 1 lb/ft
Product 5.-- Shower door and enclosure extrusions of alloys 6063 and 6463, with T-5 and T-6 temper,
having unique solid and semi-hollow shapes extruded from proprietary dies with small
cross-section diameters from .5” to 3”, thin walls ranging from .040-.06” with thickness
tolerances to within .004”, cut tolerances to within 1/32”, and requiring high quality
“jewelry-grade” surface finishes free of blemishes. The finish requirements for the
finished aluminum extrusion include custom-colored anodizing or painting, chemical
etching, mechanical and/or chemical polishing to create “bright dip” finish, and
mechanical brushing to create various “brushed” or “etched” appearances
Product 6.-- Pipe, Mill Finish, Unworked, Alloy 6061 – Size: 1” to 5” Schedule 40 @ 0.5 lb/ft to 5 lb/ft
Product 7.-- Heat Sink, 6063 T6 aluminum with an overall width of 18.624 +/- .160 inches wide, 1.75
+/- .06 inches thick by 18.260 +/- .005 inches long with 41 fins. Surface finish of black
anodized on denoted surfaces with rest of surfaces free and clear of any finish. Overall
flatness of .001 in/in is required with a 32 surface finish. 20 tapped 6-32 holes, 10.125 x.3
holes, and 72 4-40 tapped holes in specified locations without any break through
allowed.
Please note that total dollar values should be f.o.b., U.S. point of shipment and should not include U.S.-inland
transportation costs. Total dollar values should reflect the final net amount paid to you (i.e., should be net of
all deductions for discounts or rebates). See instruction booklet.
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-2.
Pricing data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 produced and sold by
your firm.
Period of shipment
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Quantity
Value
Product 2
Quantity
Value
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Quantity
Value
2008:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2008:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
1
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.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part IV.
Note.--If your product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of your product:
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
Product 4:
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-2.
Pricing data.—Continued
Period of shipment
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 5
Quantity
Value
Product 6
Quantity
Value
2008:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Product 7
Quantity
Value
2008:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
1
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.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part IV.
Note.--If your product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of your product:
Product 5:
Product 6:
Product 7:
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
When responding to questions, please indicate when your response varies by finished heat
sinks and other aluminum extrusions.
IV-3.
Price setting.—
(a)
How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of aluminum extrusions
(check all that apply)? If your firm issues price lists, please include a copy of a recent
price list with your submission. If your price list is large, please only submit some
sample pages.
Transaction by transaction
Contracts
Set price lists
Reverse internet auction sales
Other--Please describe
(b)
Does your firm use mechanisms to adjust the price charged for sales of aluminum
extrusions to purchasers to reflect changes in your primary aluminum costs?
No
(c)
Yes-Please describe the mechanisms used and how quickly
they adjust the price charges for sales of aluminum extrusions.
How have the conversion costs (all non-aluminum costs) for your firm’s sales of
aluminum extrusions changed since January 1, 2008? What principal factors have
affected changes in these conversion costs?
Increased
Not applicable
Decreased
Fluctuated
No change
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
(d)
Do variations or changes in the LME, SHME, or other aluminum benchmarks affect your
overall prices and price lists?
No
IV-4.
(a)
Yes-Please explain.
Discount policy.-- Please indicate and describe your firm’s discount policies (check all
that apply).
Quantity discounts
Annual total volume discounts
No discounts
Other--Please describe
(b)
Rebates and extended credit.-- Please indicate and describe your firm’s extended
discount and rebate policies (check all that apply).
Extended credit
Rebates
Other--Please describe
IV-5.
Pricing terms for aluminum extrusions.-(a)
What are your firm’s typical sales terms for its U.S.-produced aluminum extrusions (e.g.,
2/10 net 30 days)?
.
(b)
On what basis are your prices of domestic aluminum extrusions usually quoted? (check
one)
F.o.b.--Please specify point:
Delivered
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-6.
Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of its U.S.-produced
aluminum extrusions in 2010 were on a (1) long-term contract basis (multiple deliveries for more
than 12 months), (2) short-term contract basis (multiple deliveries up to and including 12
months), and (3) spot sales basis (for a single delivery)?
Type of sale
Share of sales (percent)
Long-term contracts
Short-term contracts
Spot sales
IV-7.
IV-8.
Long-term contact provisions.--If you sell on a long-term contract basis, please answer the
following questions with respect to provisions of a typical long-term contract.
(a)
What is the average duration of a contract?
(b)
Can prices be renegotiated during the contract period?
(c)
Does the contract fix quantity, price, or both?
(d)
Does the contract have metal costs that are based on a particular benchmark?
Yes (please specify benchmark(s)):
___________________________
(e)
Does the contract have a meet-or-release provision?
Yes
Quantity
No
Price
Yes
Both
No
No
Short-term contract provisions.--If you sell on a short-term contract basis, please answer the
following questions with respect to provisions of a typical short-term contract.
(a)
What is the average duration of a contract?
(b)
Can prices be renegotiated during the contract period?
(c)
Does the contract fix quantity, price, or both?
(d)
Does the contract have metal costs that are based on a particular benchmark?
Yes (please specify benchmark(s)):
___________________________
(e)
Does the contract have a meet-or-release provision?
Yes
Quantity
No
Price
Yes
Both
No
No
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-9.
Lead times.--What is your share of sales both from inventory and produced to order and what is
the average lead time between a customer’s order and the date of delivery for your firm’s sales of
your U.S.-produced aluminum extrusions?
Source
Share of sales in 2010
Lead time
From inventory
Produced to order
Total
100 %
IV-10. Shipping information.-(a)
What is the approximate percentage of the total delivered cost of aluminum extrusions
that is accounted for by U.S. inland transportation costs?
percent.
(b)
Who generally arranges the transportation to your customers’ locations? (check one)
Your firm or
purchaser
(c)
What proportion of your sales are delivered within 100 miles of your production facility?
percent. Within 101 to 1,000 miles?
percent. Over 1,000 miles?
percent.
IV-11. Geographical shipments.-- What is the geographic market area in the United States served by
your firm’s shipments of aluminum extrusions? (check all that apply)
Geographic area
Northeast.–CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT.
Midwest.–IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI.
Southeast.–AL, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, and WV.
Central Southwest.–AR, LA, OK, and TX.
Mountains.–AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.
Pacific Coast.–CA, OR, and WA.
Other.–All other markets in the United States not previously listed, including AK, HI,
PR, VI, among others.
√ if applicable
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-12. End uses.--Describe the end uses of the aluminum extrusions that you manufacture. For each
end-use product, what percentage of the total cost is accounted for by aluminum extrusions?
End use
Share of total cost (percent)
IV-13. Substitutes.—
Can other products be substituted for aluminum extrusions?
No
Substitute
Yes--Please list in order of importance any products that may be
substituted for aluminum extrusions and fill out the following
table.
End use in which this
substitute is used
Have changes in the prices of this
substitute affected the price for
aluminum extrusions?
1.
No
Yes--Please explain.
2.
No
Yes--Please explain.
3.
No
Yes--Please explain.
4.
No
Yes--Please explain.
5.
No
Yes--Please explain.
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-14. Finishing.—If your firm sells finished aluminum extrusions, would your customers accept
unfinished aluminum extrusions if finished extrusions were not available?
N/A--Firm does not sell finished aluminum extrusions
Yes--Most all customers would accept unfinished aluminum extrusions if finished aluminum
extrusions were not available--please explain below
Yes--Some customers would accept unfinished aluminum extrusions if finished aluminum
extrusions were not available--please explain below
No--Customers would not accept unfinished aluminum extrusions if finished aluminum
extrusions were not available--please explain below
Other--Please explain.
IV-15. Demand trends.-(a)
How has the demand within the United States for aluminum extrusions changed since
January 1, 2008? What principal factors affect changes in demand?
Increased
(b)
No Change
Decreased
Fluctuated
How has the demand outside the United States (if known) for aluminum extrusions
changed since January 1, 2008? What principal factors affect changes in demand?
Increased
No Change
Decreased
Fluctuated
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-16. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix, or
marketing (including sales over the internet) of aluminum extrusions since January 1, 2008?
No
Yes--Please describe and quantify if possible.
IV-17. Business cycles.--Please respond to the following questions related to business cycles.
(a)
Is the aluminum extrusions market subject to business cycles or conditions of competition
(including seasonal business) distinctive to aluminum extrusions?
No (skip to question IV-18.)
(b)
Yes-- Please describe below and then answer
part (b).
If yes, have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition
for aluminum extrusions since January 1, 2008?
No
Yes-- Please describe.
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-18. Supply constraints.-(a)
Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply aluminum extrusions since
January 1, 2008 (examples include placing customers on allocation or “controlled order
entry,” declining to accept new customers or renew existing customers, delivering less
than the quantity promised, been unable to meet timely shipment commitments, etc.) for
non-price reasons?
No
Type of supply
constraint
Yes-- Please provide the following data.
When this
occurred
Which purchasers
were affected by the
constraint
Why did the supply
constraint occur
1.
2.
3.
(b)
Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply aluminum extrusions since
January 1, 2008 (examples include placing customers on allocation or “controlled order
entry,” declining to accept new customers or renew existing customers, delivering less
than the quantity promised, been unable to meet timely shipment commitments, etc.)
because of price ?
No
Yes-- Please describe.
IV-19. Raw materials.--Please describe any trends in the prices of raw materials used to produce
aluminum extrusions and whether your firm expects these trends to continue.
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-20. Interchangeability.--Are aluminum extrusions produced in the United States and in other
countries interchangeable (i.e., can they physically be used in the same applications)? Please
indicate below, using “A” to indicate that the products from a specified country-pair are always
interchangeable, “F” to indicate that the products are frequently interchangeable, “S” to indicate
that the products are sometimes interchangeable, “N” to indicate that the products are never
interchangeable, and “0” to indicate no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair.1
Country-pair
China
Canada
Other countries
United States
China
Canada
1
For any country-pair producing certain aluminum extrusions which is sometimes or never
interchangeable, please explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-21. Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (i.e., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between aluminum extrusions
produced in the United States and in other countries a significant factor in your firm’s sales of the
products? Please indicate below, using “A” to indicate that such differences are always
significant, “F” to indicate that such differences are frequently significant, “S” to indicate that
such differences are sometimes significant, “N” to indicate that such differences are never
significant, and “0” to indicate no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair.1
Country-pair
China
Canada
Other countries
United States
China
Canada
1
For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant factor in
your firm’s sales of certain aluminum extrusions, identify the country-pair and report the advantages or
disadvantages imparted by such factors:
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-22. Customer Identification--Please identify below the names and addresses of your firm’s 10
largest customers for aluminum extrusions during 2008-2010. Please also provide the name and
telephone number of a contact person and the share of the quantity of your firm’s total shipments
of aluminum extrusions that each of these customers accounted for in 2010.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Customer’s name
Street address (not P.O.
box), city, state, and zip
code
Contact person
Area
code and
telephone
number
Share of
2010
sales
(%)
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-23. COMPETITION FROM IMPORTS--LOST REVENUES.-- PLEASE DO NOT RESUBMIT ALLEGATIONS PROVIDED IN THE PRELIMINARY PHASE OF THIS
PROCEEDING.
Since January 1, 2008: To avoid losing sales to competitors selling aluminum extrusions from
China, did your firm:
Reduce prices
No
Yes
Roll back announced price increases
No
Yes
If yes, please furnish as much of the following information as possible for each affected
transaction. Document such allegations of lost revenues whenever possible (documentation could
include copies of invoices, sales reports, or letters from customers). Please note that the
Commission may contact the firms named to verify the allegations reported.
Customer name, contact person, phone and fax numbers
Specific product(s) involved
Date of your initial price quotation
Quantity involved
Your initial rejected price quotation (total delivered value)
Your accepted price quotation (total delivered value)
The country of origin of the competing imported product
The competing price quotation of the imported product (total delivered value)
Customer name,
contact person,
phone and fax
numbers
Product
Date of
quote
Quantity
(pounds)
Initial
rejected U.S.
price (total
value-dollars)
Accepted
U.S. price
(total value-dollars)
Country of
origin
Competing
import price
(total
value—
dollars)
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PART IV.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-24. COMPETITION FROM IMPORTS--LOST SALES.-- PLEASE DO NOT RE-SUBMIT
ALLEGATIONS PROVIDED IN THE PRELIMINARY PHASE OF THIS
PROCEEDING.
Since January 1, 2008: Did your firm lose sales of aluminum extrusions to imports of these
products from China?
No
Yes
If yes, please furnish as much of the following information as possible for each affected
transaction. Document such allegations of lost sales whenever possible (documentation could
include copies of invoices, sales reports, or letters from customers). Please note that the
Commission may contact the firms named to verify the allegations reported.
Customer name, contact person, phone and fax numbers
Specific product(s) involved
Date of your price quotation
Quantity involved
Your rejected price quotation (total delivered value)
The country of origin of the competing imported product
The accepted price quotation of the imported product (total delivered value)
Customer name,
contact person,
phone and fax
numbers
Product
Date of
quote
Quantity
(pounds)
Rejected
U.S. price
(total value-dollars)
Country of
origin
Competing
import price
(total
value—
dollars)
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Ed Petronzio (202-205-3176,
edward.petronzio@usitc.gov).
V-1.
Contact information (Alternative Products).--Who should be contacted regarding the requested
alternative products information?
Company contact:
Name and title
(
)
Phone number
V-2.
E-mail address
Production of heat sinks.--Please report below what production, if any, your firm is involved in
relating to heat sinks.
(a)
Blanks.--Does your firm produce heat sink blanks in the United States (see instruction
booklet for definitions), i.e., does your firm extrude aluminum billets into extrusions
eventually used in the production of finished heat sinks?
No
Yes.—Please report the following shipment data.
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
1
U.S. shipments of heat sink blanks:
Commercial shipments:2
Quantity (A)
Value (B)
Internal consumption:2
Quantity (C)
Value3 (D)
Transfers to related firms:2
Quantity (E)
Value3 (F)
Export shipments:
Quantity (G)
Value3 (H)
See instructions booklet for description.
2
Since heat sink blanks, fabricated heat sinks, and finished heat sinks are considered part of the
scope of “aluminum extrusions” any sales of heat sinks (regardless the level of processing) should
have been reported in part II of this questionnaire as commercial shipments. Here, if your firm further
fabricates heat blanks (before sale to a third party), you should report those as internal consumption.
3
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms of any heat sink blanks must be valued at
fair market value (i.e., what the heat sink blank would have sold for in the market in an arms’-length
transaction). In the event that you use a different basis for valuing these transactions, please specify
that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.) and provide value data using that basis for each of the periods
noted above:
1
.
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS --Continued
(b)
Fabrication.--Does your firm further fabricate heat sink blanks in the United States (see
instruction booklet for definitions), i.e., cut-to-length and other processing to transform
the heat sink blank into a finished product?
No
Yes, partially
Yes, fully
Please describe the fabrication processes your firm provides (be specific and detailed, i.e.,
do not just use terms such a “precision engineering” without defining what exactly the
production and fabrication processes employed by your firm are):
(c)
Finished heat sinks.--Does your firm conduct in the United States the additional
processes and procedures (i.e., testing, quality controls, et cetera) on fabricated heat sinks
to enable the fabricated heat sinks to be sold as a finished product to end users, such as
IBM, in the electronics market?
No
Yes.--Please describe these processes and procedures in
detail (be specific and detailed).
If your firm reported “No” to both question V-2(b) and V-2(c), please skip to question V-5.
V-3.
Constraints on production of finished heat sinks.--From the perspective of a producer of the
finished heat sinks, in which either the heat sink blanks or partially fabricated heat blanks are the
input into production, what is your firm’s overall production capacity for producing finished heat
sinks? Please also describe the fixed versus variable nature to reported capacity and indicate
whether your firm faces any constraints to the production of finished heat sinks other than
availability of input products.
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS --Continued
V-4.
Trade, financial, and related data on heat sinks.--From the perspective of a producer of the
finished heat sinks, in which either the heat sink blanks or partially fabricated heat blanks are the
input into production, please report the following purchases, trade, financial, shipment, and
employment data in your U.S. establishment(s) during the specified periods. (See definitions in
the instruction booklet.).
(a)
Input/purchase data.-Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Inputs:
Beginning-of-period inventories of heat sink
blanks or partially fabricated heat sinks.
Quantity
Value
U.S. purchases of heat sink blanks or
partially fabricated heat sink blanks
From domestic sources:
Quantity
Value
From China:
Quantity
Value
From other import sources:
Quantity
Value
Transfers of heat sink blanks or partially
fabricated heat sink blanks from.-Related firm(s) in the United States:
Quantity
Value
Related firm(s) in China:
Quantity
Value
Related firm(s) in countries other than the
United States or China:
Quantity
Value
End-of-period inventories of heat sink
blanks or partially fabricated heat sinks.
Quantity
Value
2008
2009
2010
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS --Continued
(b)
Output/trade and related data.-Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2008
2009
2010
Output:
1
Average production capacity
Beginning-of-period inventories of finished
heat sinks (quantity)
Production of finished heat sinks (quantity)
U.S. shipments of finished heat sinks:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity
Value
Internal consumption/transfers to
related firms:
Quantity
Value2
Export shipments of finished heat sinks:
Quantity
Value
Scrap or loss (quantity)
End-of-period inventories of finished heat
sinks (quantity)
Channels of distribution: (quantity)
U.S. shipments of finished heat sinks to
wholesalers/distributors
U.S. shipments of finished heat sinks to end
users
Employment data:
Average number of PRWs (number)
Hours worked by PRWs (1,000 hours)
Total wages paid to PRWs (in $1,000s)
1
The capacity to produce finished heat sinks should not be understood to include the extrusion process.
The capacity reported here should be the average production capacity (see instruction booklet for definition)
for your firm for the transformation of heat sink blanks (or partially fabricated heat sink blanks) into the end
product, finished heat sinks. In question V-3, please provide a discussion of the fixed and variable aspects of
this production capacity.
2
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. In the event that
you use a different basis for valuing these transactions, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.)
and provide value data using that basis for each of the periods noted above:
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS --Continued
(c)
Financial data.-Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar year1
Item
2008
2009
2010
Net sales of finished heat sinks:
Quantity
Value
Cost of goods sold (COGS):2
Raw materials
Direct labor
Other factory costs
Total COGS
Gross profit or (loss)
Selling, general, and administrative
(SG&A) expenses:
Operating income (loss)
Capital Expenditures
1
If the data are on a fiscal-year basis, please indicate here: (year ending
).
Cost of goods sold should be reported with the purchase or transfer price of the heat sink blanks as the primary
raw material used in the production of finished heat sinks.
2
V-5.
Imports.--Does your firm import finished heat sinks, partially fabricated heat sink blanks, or
unfabricated heat sink blanks from China?
No
Yes.--COMPLETE AND RETURN A U.S. IMPORTERS’
QUESTIONNAIRE
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS --Continued
V-6.
Comparability of finished heat sinks to other aluminum extrusions.--Compare each of the
following.
(a)
Please rank and then describe the similarities and/or differences between the physical
characteristics and end uses of finished heat sinks with all other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Physical characteristics
Finished heat sinks are FULLY comparable to all other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks) in terms of physical characteristics.
Finished heat sinks are MOSTLY comparable to all other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks) in terms of physical characteristics.
Finished heat sinks are SOMEWHAT comparable to all other types of
aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks) in terms of physical
characteristics.
Finished heat sinks are NOT AT ALL comparable to all other types of
aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks) in terms of physical
characteristics.
No familiarity with the products in question.
End Uses
Finished heat sinks are FULLY comparable to all other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks) in terms of end uses.
Finished heat sinks are MOSTLY comparable to all other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks) in terms of end uses.
Finished heat sinks are SOMEWHAT comparable to all other types of
aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks) in terms of end uses.
Finished heat sinks are NOT AT ALL comparable to all other types of
aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks) in terms of end uses.
No familiarity with the products in question.
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS --Continued
(b)
Please rank and then describe the interchangeability between finished heat sinks with all
other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Finished heat sinks are FULLY interchangeable with all other types of
aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Finished heat sinks are MOSTLY interchangeable with all other types of
aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Finished heat sinks are SOMEWHAT interchangeable with all other types of
aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Finished heat sinks are NOT AT ALL interchangeable with all other types of
aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
No familiarity with the products in question.
(c)
Please rank the comparability of and then describe the differences, if any, in the
manufacturing processes involved with finished heat sinks to all other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
The manufacturing processes for finished heat sinks are FULLY comparable
to those used in the manufacture of other types of aluminum extrusions
(including heat sink blanks).
The manufacturing processes for finished heat sinks are MOSTLY
comparable to those used in the manufacture of other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
The manufacturing processes for finished heat sinks are SOMEWHAT
comparable to those used in the manufacture of other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
The manufacturing processes for finished heat sinks are NOT AT ALL
comparable to those used in the manufacture of other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
No familiarity with the products in question.
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS --Continued
(d)
Please rank the comparability of and then describe the differences, if any, in the channels
of distribution involved with finished heat sinks to all other types of aluminum extrusions
(including heat sink blanks).
The channels of distribution for finished heat sinks are FULLY comparable
to those used in the manufacture of other types of aluminum extrusions
(including heat sink blanks).
The channels of distribution for finished heat sinks are MOSTLY
comparable to those used in the manufacture of other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
The channels of distribution for finished heat sinks are SOMEWHAT
comparable to those used in the manufacture of other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
The channels of distribution for finished heat sinks are NOT AT ALL
comparable to those used in the manufacture of other types of aluminum
extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
No familiarity with the products in question.
(e)
Please rank and then describe the interchangeability in customers’ perceptions of finished
heat sinks compared to all other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink
blanks).
Customers’ perceptions of finished heat sinks are FULLY comparable to
those of all other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Customers’ perceptions of finished heat sinks are MOSTLY comparable to
those of all other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Customers’ perceptions of finished heat sinks are SOMEWHAT comparable
to those of all other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink
blanks).
Customers’ perceptions of finished heat sinks are NOT AT ALL comparable
to those of all other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink
blanks).
No familiarity with the products in question.
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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS --Continued
(f)
Please rank and then describe any differences in prices for finished heat sinks compared
to all other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Prices of finished heat sinks are FULLY comparable to prices of all other
types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Prices of finished heat sinks are MOSTLY comparable to prices of all other
types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Prices of finished heat sinks are SOMEWHAT comparable to prices of all
other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
Prices of finished heat sinks are NOT AT ALL comparable to prices of all
other types of aluminum extrusions (including heat sink blanks).
No familiarity with the products in question.
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