Large Power Transformers from Korea

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

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

Large Power Transformers from Korea
Investigation No. 731-TA-1189 (Preliminary)

Further information.--If you have any questions concerning the enclosed
questionnaire(s) or other matters related to this investigation, you may contact
the following member of the Commission=s staff (Fax 202-205-3205):
Edward Petronzio, investigator (202-205-3176; E-mail edward.petronzio@USITC.GOV)

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--This investigation was instituted in response to a petition filed on July 14, 2011 by
ABB Inc., Cary, NC; Delta Star Inc., Lynchburg, VA; and Pennsylvania Transformer Technology
Inc., Cannonsburg, PA. Antidumping duties may be assessed on the subject imports as a result of
this investigation 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 dumping.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this investigation are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2011/large_power_tran
sformers/prelimphase.htm.
Address all correspondence to the United States International Trade Commission, Washington,
DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information regarding this investigation 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 JULY 28, 2011. 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 JULY 28, 2011. 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 investigation.
Service of questionnaire response(s).--In the event that your firm is a party to this investigation,
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 investigation, 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 this investigation 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 this investigation (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 Korea.--Report the requested data for your establishment(s)
located in Korea. 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/2011/larg
e_power_transformers/prelimphase.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. NO. 1189. 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 investigation, and service of the questionnaire is required, such
service should be made in paper form.

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DEFINITIONS
Large Power Transformers.—The scope of this investigation covers large liquid dielectric power
transformers (“LPTs”) having a top power handling capacity greater than or equal to 60,000
kilovolt amperes (60 megavolt amperes), whether assembled or unassembled, used in the
generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electric power.
The scope also includes subassemblies of such LPTs. For purposes of this investigation,
subassemblies consist of (1) the active part and any other parts imported with the active part
designed for use in the assembly of LPTs; and (2) the tank and any other parts imported with the
tank designed for use in the assembly of LPTs. The “active part” of the transformer consists of the
electrical steel core or shell, the windings, electrical insulation between the windings, and the
mechanical frame for an LPT. The “tank” of the transformer consists of the steel outer container
designed to contain the active part of an LPT.
For purposes of this investigation, “unassembled” LPTs consist of either (1) all parts necessary to
make a fully assembled LPT, or (2) any combination of parts, constituting a less than complete,
unassembled LPT, with a minimum of two of the following major components: a tank, an active
part, silicon electrical steel core or shell laminates, or the mechanical frame.
The LPTs subject to this investigation are components designed for use in high voltage electric
power systems to transfer power by electromagnetic induction between circuits at the same
frequency, usually with changed values of voltage and current. They are designed to be used to
step up, transmit or step down the voltage levels being transmitted.
The product definition encompasses all such LPTs regardless of name designation, including but
not limited to step-up transformers, step-down transformers, autotransformers, interconnection
transformers, voltage regulator transformers, rectifier transformers, and power rectifier
transformers.
The LPTs and the parts and subassemblies of LPTs subject to this investigation are currently
classifiable under statistical reporting numbers 8504.23.0040, 8504.23.0080, and 8504.90.9540 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). Although the HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this
investigation is dispositive.
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.

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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Establishment.--Each facility of a firm in Korea involved in the production of large power
transformers (as defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with
(whether or not physically separate from) such facilities.
United States.--For purposes of this investigation, 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 large power transformers (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 Korea, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Korea. Quantities
reported should be net of returns.
Home market commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Korea.
Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to
related firms in Korea, including product consumed internally by your firm.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside Korea, including shipments to
related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.

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