Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon from Norway

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

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

FRESH AND CHILLED ATLANTIC SALMON FROM NORWAY
Investigations Nos. 701-TA-302 and 731-TA-454 (Third Review)

Further information.--If you have any questions concerning the enclosed
questionnaire(s) or other matters related to this review, you may contact
the following member of the Commission=s staff (Fax 202-205-3205):
Jennifer Merrill, investigator (202-205-3188; E-mail JENNIFER.MERRILL@USITC.GOV)
regarding general questions and trade and related information; and
Amelia Preece, economist (202-205-3250; E-mail AMELIA.PREECE@USITC.GOV)
regarding market related information.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.-- On April 12, 1991, the Department of Commerce issued an antidumping duty
order and a countervailing duty order on imports of fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon from
Norway (56 F.R. 14920 and 14921). On January 3, 2011, the Commission instituted a review
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine
whether revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material
injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time (76 F.R. 166). If the
Commission makes an affirmative determination, the order will remain in place. If the
Commission makes a negative determination, the Department of Commerce will revoke the order.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to these reviews are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2011/salmon/reviewphase.h
tm. Address all correspondence to the United States International Trade Commission, Washington,
DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information regarding this review via the
Commission=s TDD terminal (202-205-1810).

Due date of questionnaire(s).--Please submit the completed questionnaire(s) to the United States
International Trade Commission so as to be received by no later than September 26, 2011.
Because Commission staff might contact you with questions during the course of the proceeding,
save the final version of the document(s) and retain all files and worksheets associated with the
completed questionnaire(s). Please also retain a copy of any paper original document that you
submit.
Service of questionnaire response(s).--In the event that your firm is a party to this review, 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 review, 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 review or other import-injury proceedings or reviews
conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise; those individuals would be
subject to severe penalties if the information were divulged to unauthorized individuals.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions.--Do not leave any question or section blank unless a questionnaire
expressly directs you to skip over certain questions or sections. If the answer to any question is
Anone,@ write Anone.@ If information is not readily available from your records in exactly the
form requested, furnish carefully prepared estimates--designated as such by the letter
AE@--and explain the basis of your estimates. Answers to questions and any necessary
comments or explanations should be supplied in the space provided or on separate sheets attached
to the appropriate page of the questionnaire(s). If your firm is completing more than one
questionnaire in connection with this review (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 Norway.--Report the requested data for your establishment(s)
located in Norway. 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
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/salmon/reviewphase.htm. Please do not attempt to modify
the format or permissions of the questionnaire document. You may complete the
questionnaire and submit it, electronically, or you may print it out and submit it in
paper form, as described below:
• 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.
• Upload via Secure Drop Box.—Upload the completed questionnaire in MS Word format along
with a scanned copy of the signed certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure
upload facility:
Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/salmon/ Pin: Salmon
• 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. 302. 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.
• Fax.—Fax to 202.205.3205.
• 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
• 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.
Note: If you are a party to the proceeding, and service of the questionnaire is required, such service should be made
in paper form.

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DEFINITIONS
Product.-- Fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon.--The product covered by the orders in these
reviews is the species Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar) marketed as specified herein; the order
excludes all other species of salmon: Danube salmon, Chinook (also called "king" or "quinnat"),
Coho ("silver"), Sockeye ("redfish" or "blueback"), Humpback ("pink") and Chum ("dog"). The
subject Atlantic salmon is a whole or nearly-whole fish, typically (but not necessarily) marketed
gutted, and cleaned, with the head on. The subject merchandise is typically packed in fresh-water
ice ("chilled"). Excluded from the subject merchandise are fillets, steaks and other cuts of Atlantic
salmon. Also excluded are frozen, canned, smoked or otherwise processed Atlantic salmon.
Atlantic salmon is provided for under statistical reporting numbers 0302.12.0003 and
0302.12.0004 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
Atlantic salmon proceed through several stages of development and production prior to
being marketed as dressed fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon, including eyed eggs, fry, smolt, and
round (adult):
Eyed eggs.–Atlantic salmon eggs are generally stripped from brood stock and fertilized
around November of each year. These “green eggs” are placed in an incubator and develop eyes
(become “eyed eggs”) during the following January. The eyed eggs hatch within a month and
tiny fish-like “alevin” emerge, each living off an attached yolk sac.
Fry.–Within another month, the yolk sac is consumed and juvenile markings appear. At
this “fry” stage feeding begins, and within several more months the fish is transferred from the
incubator tank to a large freshwater “grow-out” tank. Over the summer the fry grow quickly and
by the fall they reach the size referred to as “parr”.
Smolt.–In their second spring, Atlantic salmon lose their juvenile markings and develop a
silvery skin (“smoltify”). As smolt, they may be transferred to salt water “cages” or “pens”
where they mature into adult Atlantic salmon.
Ungutted (“round”) adult Atlantic salmon (round Atlantic salmon).–Atlantic salmon
typically reach marketable adult size in about three years (after their second summer in salt water).
The fish are taken from the saltwater cages (“harvested”) and generally killed and
drained of blood (“bled”) at or near the cage site.
Dressed salmon.–Atlantic salmon that has been eviscerated (“gutted”), cleaned, and
packed in freshwater ice (chilled), with the head on.
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 Norway involved in the production of fresh and chilled
Atlantic salmon (as defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with
(whether or not physically separate from) such facilities.
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DEFINITIONS--Continued
United States.--For purposes of this review, 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 fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon (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 Norway, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Norway.
Shipment quantities.—Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Shipment values.—Values reported should be net values (i.e., gross sales values less all
discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods) in U.S.
dollars, f.o.b. your point of shipment in Norway.
Home market commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Norway.
Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to
related firms in Norway, including product consumed internally by your firm.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside Norway, including shipments to
related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.

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