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U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS FROM KOREA AND MEXICO
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than OCTOBER 12, 2012
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 large residential washers from Korea
and Mexico (inv. Nos. 701-TA-488 and 731-TA-1199-1200 (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
City
State
Zip Code
World Wide Web address
Has your firm imported large residential washers (as defined in the instruction booklet) from any country at any
time since January 1, 2009?
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
Date
Phone:
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 40 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.
Ownership.--Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No
Firm name
Yes--List the following information
Address
Extent of
ownership
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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-4.
Related importers/exporters.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, that are engaged in importing large residential washers from Korea and Mexico into the
United States or that are engaged in exporting large residential washers from Korea and Mexico
to the United States?
No
Yes--List the following information.
Firm name
I-5.
Address
Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, that are
engaged in the production of large residential washers?
No
Yes--List the following information.
Firm name
I-6.
I-7.
Affiliation
Address
Affiliation
Importing operations.--Please indicate the nature of your firm’s importing operations on large
residential washers. More than one answer may be applicable.
Importer of record
Takes title to the imported product(s)
Consignee of the imported products(s)
Customs broker or freight forwarder.
Consignee.--If your firm is an importer of record of large residential washers but is not the
consignee, please list the consignees below (firm name, address, telephone number, and
individual to contact).
Firm name
Address
Contact person and phone
number
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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-8.
I-9.
FTZ or bonded warehouses.--Please indicate whether your firm enters large residential washers
into, or withdraws such merchandise from, foreign trade zones or bonded warehouses.
Foreign trade zones
No
Yes
Bonded warehouses
No
Yes
Temporary importation under bond.--Please indicate whether your firm imports large
residential washers under the TIB (temporary importation under bond) program.
No
I-10.
Yes
Third-country trade activities.--To your knowledge, have the products subject to this
proceeding been the subject of any other import relief proceedings in the United States or in any
other countries?
No
Yes–Please specify.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Edward Petronzio (202-2053176, edward.petronzio@usitc.gov). Supply all data requested on a calendar-year basis.
II-1.
Contact information.-- Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which
Commission staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in
part II.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax
II-2.
Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the importation of large residential washers since January 1, 2009.
(check as many as appropriate)
office/warehouse openings ...........
office/warehouse closings ............
relocations ....................................
expansions ....................................
acquisitions...................................
consolidations...............................
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments................
revised labor agreements ..............
other (e.g., technology) ................
(please describe)
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-3.
Arranged U.S. imports.—(a) Has your firm imported or arranged for the importation of large
residential washers from Korea or Mexico for delivery after June 30, 2012?
No
Yes–Indicate when such orders are to be delivered and the quantities and
SKUs involved.
Imports from Korea:
Date of delivery
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
SKUs
units
$
Imports from Mexico:
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
II-4.
units
$
Reasons for importing.--If your firm also produces large residential washers in the United
States, please indicate your reasons for importing this product. If your reasons differ by source,
please elaborate.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
ATTENTION:
Please use the following checklist to assist in the completion of tables II-5 through
II-7:
Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS (as defined in the
instruction booklet) from Korea?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-5.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Since Jan. 1, 2009, has your firm imported LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS (as defined in the
instruction booklet) from Mexico?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-6.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Since Jan. 1, 2009, has your firm imported LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS (as defined in the
instruction booklet) from all other sources (other than Korea and Mexico)?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-7.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PLEASE NOTE: Data reported in table II-5 (imports from Korea) should equal the sum of data
reported in tables II-8 and II-9. If data do not reconcile, please explain:
PLEASE NOTE: Data reported in table II-6 (imports from Mexico) should equal the sum of data
reported in tables II-10 and II-11. If data do not reconcile, please explain:
PLEASE NOTE: Data reported in table II-7 (imports from all other sources combined) should
equal the sum of data reported in tables II-12 and II-13. If data do not reconcile, please explain:
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-5.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories of LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS imported from Korea by your firm
during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Please note that the unit of measure for quantity is actual number of large residential washers and the
unit of measure for value is THOUSANDS of dollars.
KOREA
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to end users (quantity)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known:
2
Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a
different basis for valuing these sales within your company, 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
Identify your principal export markets:
Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period
inventories, plus imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
4
Yes
No--Please explain:
Reported values of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to customers,
whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is linked to a
broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where a discount, rebate, or other incentive is
allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
___________________________________________
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-6.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS imported from Mexico by your
firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Please note that the unit of measure for quantity is actual number of large residential washers
and the unit of measure for value is THOUSANDS of dollars.
MEXICO
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to end users (quantity)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known:
2
Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a
different basis for valuing these sales within your company, 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
Identify your principal export markets:
Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period
inventories, plus imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
4
Yes
No--Please explain:
Reported values of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to customers,
whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is linked to a
broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where a discount, rebate, or other incentive is
allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
___________________________________________
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-7.
IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories of LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS imported from all other
sources combined (i.e., sources other than Korea and Mexico) by your firm during the
specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Please note that the unit of measure for quantity is actual number of large residential washers
and the unit of measure for value is THOUSANDS of dollars.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to end users (quantity)
1
Please identify the sources and foreign producers, if known:
2
Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a
different basis for valuing these sales within your company, 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
Identify your principal export markets:
Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period
inventories, plus imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
4
Yes
No--Please explain:
Reported values of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to customers,
whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is linked to a
broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where a discount, rebate, or other incentive is
allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
Please use the following checklist to assist in the completion of tables II-8 through II-13:
Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported Front Load Large Residential Washers from Korea?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-8.
--------------------------------------Since Jan. 1, 2009, has your firm imported Top Load Large Residential Washers (with rated DOE
capacity ≥ 3.70 cu. ft.) from Korea?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-9.
---------------------------------------------Since Jan. 1, 2009, has your firm imported Front Load Large Residential Washers from Mexico?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-10.
-----------------------------------------Since Jan. 1, 2009, has your firm imported Top Load Large Residential Washers (with rated DOE
capacity ≥ 3.70 cu. ft.) from Mexico?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-11.
-----------------------------------------------Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported Front Load Large Residential Washers from all other sources
(other than Korea and Mexico)?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-12.
-------------------------------------------Since Jan. 1, 2009, has your firm imported Top Load Large Residential Washers (with rated DOEcapacity
≥ 3.70 cu. ft.) from all other sources (other than Korea and Mexico)?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE II-13.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-8.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES OF FRONT LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS.–Report your firm’s imports, shipments, and inventories of front load large
residential washers imported from Korea by your firm during the specified periods.
KOREA
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
January-June
Calendar year
Item
Imports:
2009
2010
2011
2011
2012
1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
Please identify the foreign producers:
2
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
II-9.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES OF TOP LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS (WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY ≥ 3.70 CU. FT.)–Report your firm’s imports,
shipments, and inventories of top load large residential washers (with rated DOE capacity ≥ 3.70
cu. ft) imported from Korea by your firm during the specified periods.
KOREA
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
2
Please identify the foreign producers:
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-10.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES OF FRONT LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS.–Report your firm’s imports, shipments, and inventories of front load large
residential washers imported from Mexico by your firm during the specified periods.
MEXICO
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
January-June
Calendar year
Item
Imports:
2009
2010
2011
2011
2012
1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
Please identify the foreign producers:
2
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
II-11.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES OF TOP LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS (WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY ≥ 3.70 CU. FT).–Report your firm’s imports,
shipments, and inventories of top load large residential washers (with rated DOE capacity ≥ 3.70
cu. ft) imported from Mexico by your firm during the specified periods.
MEXICO
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
2
Please identify the foreign producers:
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-12.
IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES OF FRONT LOAD LARGE
RESIDENTIAL WASHERS.–Report your firm’s imports, shipments, and inventories of front
load large residential washers imported from all other sources combined by your firm during the
specified periods.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
(COUNTRIES OTHER THAN KOREA AND MEXICO)
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
Imports:
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
Please identify the sources and foreign producers:
2
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
II-13.
IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES OF TOP LOAD WASHERS (WITH RATED
DOE CAPACITY ≥ 3.70 CU. FT.)–Report your firm’s imports, shipments, and inventories of
top load large residential washers (with rated DOE capacity ≥ 3.70 cu. ft) imported from all other
sources combined by your firm during the specified periods.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
(COUNTRIES OTHER THAN KOREA AND MEXICO)
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
Please identify the sources and foreign producers:
2
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION—Continued
II-14.
Please report your U.S. commercial shipments of CONVENTIONAL TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT (AND A CABINET ≥ 24.5 INCHES)
FROM KOREA.
KOREA
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE capacity in cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
II-15.
Please report your commercial shipments of TOP LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
(WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY ≥ 3.70 CU. FT.) FROM KOREA.
KOREA
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE Capacity in cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
II-16.
Please report your commercial shipments of FRONT LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
FROM KOREA.
KOREA
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE Capacity in cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-17.
Please report your U.S. commercial shipments of CONVENTIONAL TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT (AND A CABINET ≥ 24.5 INCHES)
FROM MEXICO.
MEXICO
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE capacity in cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
II-18.
Please report your commercial shipments of TOP LOAD WASHERS LARGE RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS (WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY ≥ 3.70 CU. FT.) MEXICO.
MEXICO
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE Capacity in cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
II-19.
Please report your commercial shipments of FRONT LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
FROM MEXICO.
MEXICO
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE Capacity in cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-20.
Please report your U.S. commercial shipments of CONVENTIONAL TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT (AND A CABINET ≥ 24.5 INCHES)
FROM ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
(COUNTRIES OTHER THAN KOREA AND MEXICO)
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE capacity in cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
II-21.
Please report your commercial shipments of TOP LOAD WASHERS LARGE RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS (WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY ≥ 3.70 CU. FT.) FROM ALL OTHER SOURCES
COMBINED.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
(COUNTRIES OTHER THAN KOREA AND MEXICO)
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE Capacity in cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
II-22.
Please report your commercial shipments of FRONT LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
FROM ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBIINED.
.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
(COUNTRIES OTHER THAN KOREA AND MEXICO)
U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Calendar years
Rated DOE Capacity in cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.2 cubic feet but
Less than 3.7 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 3.7 cubic feet but
Less than 4.2 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.2 cubic feet but
Less than 4.5 cubic feet
Greater than or equal to 4.5 cubic feet
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
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II.23.
What is the largest DOE rated capacity that your firm imported in commercial quantities in 2011.
Item
Largest DOE rated capacity
TOP LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
(WITH RATED DOE CAPACITY ≥ 3.70 CU. FT.)
FRONT LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
II.24.
For your 2011 U.S. commercial shipments, report the number of units that your firm sold with a
color finish with a white finish.
2011 U.S. commercial shipments (in actual units)
Item
Color Finish
White Finish
CONVENTIONAL TOP LOAD
RESIDENTIAL WASHERS WITH
RATED DOE CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT
(AND A CABINET ≥ 24.5 INCHES)
TOP LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS (WITH RATED DOE
CAPACITY ≥ 3.70 CU. FT.)
FRONT LOAD LARGE RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS
II.25.
Describe the paint process that is used to apply color finishes to your firm’s units, i.e., vinyl
coated metal, liquid painted metal, powder painted metal, or other paint process.
II.26
Explain the similarities and differences among the models that your firm exported and that your
firm sold in the U.S. since January 1, 2009.
II. 27. Did the mix of models that your firm exported change since January 1, 2009? If yes, explain how
the mix differed in each year.
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from John Benedetto (202-2053270 John.Benedetto@usitc.gov)
III-1. Contact information.-- Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which
Commission staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in part III.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax
PRICE DATA
III-2.
These questions request quarterly price and quantity data, f.o.b. your U.S. point of shipment, for
your commercial shipments to unrelated U.S. customers since January 1, 2009 of the following
products you imported from Korea and Mexico:
Product 1.--Front loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity greater than or equal to
4.2 cubic feet; steam cycle(s) included; water heater included; LCD display; any non-white
finish.
Product 2.--Front loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity greater than 3.7
cubic feet, but less than 4.2 cubic feet; steam cycle(s) included, water heater included; no
LCD display; white finish.
Product 3.--Front loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity of greater than or equal to
3.2 cubic feet but less than 3.7 cubic feet; steam cycle(s) not included; water heater
included; white finish.
Product 4.--Top loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity of greater than or
equal to 3.7 cubic feet but less than 4.2 cubic feet; steam cycle(s) not included;
water heater not included; lid includes glass material; white finish.
Product 5.--Top loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity of greater than or equal to 4.2
cubic feet; steam cycle(s) not included; water heater included; lid includes glass material;
any non-white finish.
Product 6.--Front loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity of greater than or equal to
3.2 cubic feet but less than 3.7 cubic feet; steam cycle(s) not included; water heater
included; any non-white finish.
Product 7.--Top loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity of greater than or equal to 4.2
cubic feet; steam cycle(s) not included; water heater not included; solid metal lid; white
finish.
Product 8.--Top loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity of greater than or equal to 4.2
cubic feet; steam cycle(s) not included; water heater not included; lid includes glass
material; white finish.
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
Product 9.--Front loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity greater than or equal to
4.2 cubic feet; steam cycle(s) not included; no LCD display; water heater included; any nonwhite finish.
Product 10.--Front loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity greater than or equal to
4.2 cubic feet; steam cycle(s) included; water heater included; no LCD display; white
finish.
Product 11.--Front loading, CEE Tier 2 or 3 rated washer; rated DOE capacity equal to or greater than 4.2
cubic feet; steam cycle(s) not included; water heater included; no LCD display; white
finish.
Report data for all SKUs/model numbers/product codes that fall under each above
definition; identify each SKU/model number/product code for which you have
reported data; and provide a specification sheet for each that allows the
Commission to determine that each SKU/model number/product code contains each
of the characteristics identified in the product’s definition. Also indicate in the table
your firm’s top-selling SKU in this category for each quarter.
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.
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value and quantity on an invoice basis (i.e., the quantityweighted total of the prices indicated on the invoice for the product in question), and
net of returns in two ways:
First, report the quarterly sales prices net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts,
incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales
personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or
allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are
given on the sales price to the customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount,
rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells the product to its
customer. In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates and other sales support that are not product-specific in nature.
And second, report quarterly sales prices net of discounts described in the
paragraph immediately above and also net of indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts,
incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales
personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or
allowance to a retailer) that, while not specifically tied to the products in question,
are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales of such products were
part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each
case, the basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be
the value of sales of the pricing product at issue as a percentage of the value of all
the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the same
discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer
because it reached an annual large residential washer sales target would be
allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
In reporting pricing data, (1) conform discounts and rebates with the data verified by the
Commerce Department for the period from Q4-2010 through Q3-2011, and (2) replicate
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
that methodology (not just the discount/rebate percentages) for the other 10 quarters of the
data request, i.e., Q1 2009-Q3 2010 and Q4-2011-Q2 2012.
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data for pricing products1 imported from Korea and
sold by your firm.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 1
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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:
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 2
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 2:
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 3
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 3:
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 4
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 4:
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 5
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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:
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 6
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 6:
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 7
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 7:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 8
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 8:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 9
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 9:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Page 31
PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 10
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 10:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Page 32
PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.—Continued.
KOREA
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 11
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 11:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Page 33
PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data for pricing products1 imported from Mexico
and sold by your firm.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 1
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Page 34
PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 2
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 2:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Page 35
PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 3
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 3:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Page 36
PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 4
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 4:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Page 37
PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 5
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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:
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire –LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Page 38
PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 6
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 6:
Business Proprietary
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III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 7
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 7:
Business Proprietary
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 8
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 8:
Business Proprietary
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 9
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 9:
Business Proprietary
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 10
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 10:
Business Proprietary
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.—Continued.
MEXICO
(Quantity in units, value in dollars)
Product 11
Invoice
3
value
Value net of
4
direct discounts
Value net of direct
and indirect
5
discounts
Top-selling
Period of shipment
Quantity2
SKU
2009:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
1
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first two pages of Part III.
2
Report quantity net of returns.
3
Report the quantity-weighted total of the prices indicated on the invoices for the product.
4
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (i.e., all discounts, incentives,
allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support,
and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that are tied to sales of the specific large residential
washer(s) for which pricing data are requested, whether or not such discounts are given on the sales price to the
customer or are in the form of a post-sale discount, rebate or other type of sales support after the customer resells
the product to its customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
In reporting these sales values, do not deduct discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates and other sales
support that are not product-specific in nature.
5
Report the U.S. f.o.b. sales value net of returns, and net of direct discounts (see note 4 above) and net of
indirect discounts (i.e., any discounts, incentives, allowances, rebates, promotional amount, cash incentives for retail
sales personnel (SPIFFs) or other sales support, and/or any other form of payment or allowance to a retailer) that,
while not specifically tied to the products in question, are properly allocable to sales of such products because sales
of such products were part of the basis on which the discount, incentive, allowance, etc. was given. In each case, the
basis for the allocation of these allocated discounts, rebates, etc. should be the value of sales of the pricing product
at issue as a percentage of the value of all the products sold by your firm to a customer that also qualified for the
same discount, rebate, etc. Thus, for example, the value of a discount given to a customer because it reached an
annual large residential washer sales target would be allocated over large residential washer sales to that customer.
Also deduct any U.S. freight costs to your customers’ receiving points that were absorbed by your firm (i.e., not
charged to your customers).
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 11:
Business Proprietary
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-3a. Price setting.-- How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of large
residential washers (check all that apply)? If your firm issues price lists, please submit sample pages of a
recent list.
Transaction
by
transaction
Contracts
Set
price
lists
Profit margin
off of minimum
advertised
price (MAP)
Other, describe
III-3b. MAP Pricing.
(a) What factors determine the MAP pricing levels set by your firm?
(Check all that apply):
MAP prices set by competitors for large residential washers with similar features.
Model-specific sales volume targets and MAP levels believed to be required to meet
those targets.
Other. Please explain.
(b) For the same large residential washers models sold to different retailers, is the MAP always
the same ( ) or sometimes different ( )?
(c) Does your firm produce or sell a product lineup across a range of MAPs?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe that range and the pricing structure of your large residential washer
product line.
(d) Does your MAP pricing take into account the pricing of your competitors’ product offerings
for both similarly featured and more heavily featured large residential washer models?
No
Yes
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-4
Discount policy.-(a) Please indicate and describe your firm’s direct discount policies (check all that apply).
Quantity
discounts
Annual
total
volume
discounts
Sales
incentives
Promotional
discounts
No
discount
policy
Other*
Describe
* Include, for example, cooperative advertising allowances, co-marketing funds, and sales
person incentives.
(b) Report the following information for 2009, 2010, and 2011. For the definition of direct
discounts and indirect discounts, please see page 16 in section III-2.
To allocate a particular indirect discount across products benefitting from the discount,
multiply the total value of the indirect discount by the ratio of the sales value of each
product line benefitting from the discount to the total sales value of all products
benefitting from the discount.
2009:
Total
quantity
sold
(units)
Product
Total value
sold
(dollars)
Percent of
total value
sold
(percent)
Total value
of direct
discounts
(dollars)
Total value
of indirect
discounts
(dollars)
1. Large residential washers
2. …of which- product for which data
was provided in the pricing tables
(question IV-2)
3. All other washers and dryers
X
1
X
4. All non-laundry white goods
5. All other goods
2
Sum of rows 1, 3, 4, and 5
1
2
X
X
100%
“All non-laundry white goods” is defined as major household appliances including dishwashers, cooktops, ranges,
refrigerators, and microwave ovens, but not washers and dryers.
“All other goods” is defined as all other household appliances, televisions, computer displays, mobile communication
devices, and any other goods sold to a retailer that also sells subject washers.
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
IV-4(b)—Continued.
2010:
Total
quantity
sold
(units)
Product
Total value
sold
(dollars)
Percent of
total value
sold
(percent)
Total value
of direct
discounts
(dollars)
Total value
of indirect
discounts
(dollars)
1. Large residential washers
2. …of which- product for which data
was provided in the pricing tables
(question IV-2)
3. All other washers and dryers
X
1
X
4. All non-laundry white goods
5. All other goods
2
X
X
Sum of rows 1, 3, 4, and 5
3
4
100%
“All non-laundry white goods” is defined as major household appliances including dishwashers, cooktops, ranges,
refrigerators, and microwave ovens, but not washers and dryers.
“All other goods” is defined as all other household appliances, televisions, computer displays, mobile communication
devices, and any other goods sold to a retailer that also sells subject washers.
2011:
Total
quantity
sold
(units)
Product
Total value
sold
(dollars)
Percent of
total value
sold
(percent)
Total value
of direct
discounts
(dollars)
Total value
of indirect
discounts
(dollars)
1. Large residential washers
2. …of which- product for which data
was provided in the pricing tables
(question IV-2)
3. All other washers and dryers
X
1
X
4. All non-laundry white goods
5. All other goods2
X
Sum of rows 1, 3, 4, and 5
X
5
6
100%
“All non-laundry white goods” is defined as major household appliances including dishwashers, cooktops, ranges,
refrigerators, and microwave ovens, but not washers and dryers.
“All other goods” is defined as all other household appliances, televisions, computer displays, mobile communication
devices, and any other goods sold to a retailer that also sells subject washers.
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-4.
Discount policy.—Continued
(c) Does your firm provide discounts, rebates, or any other type of allowances to a retailer based
on units sold by the retailer, based on sales from your firm to the retailer, or both? Please
describe.
(d) How important a role do indirect discounts play in your price negotiations with customers?
Please explain.
(e) Does your firm negotiate for more floor space, end-cap space, promotional displays, or other
promotional considerations in exchange for direct and/or indirect discounts? Please explain.
(f) In your firm’s own internal deliberations on setting prices to retailers, are indirect discounts
allocated to individual SKUs or at a broader level (e.g., all washers or all appliances)? Please
explain.
(g) Please describe each type of indirect discount, rebate or other form of sales support that your
firm offers to retailers and/or distributors of large residential washers. For each, describe
how a retailer qualifies, the formula that determines the indirect discount amount, and the
timing of the payment (for rebates and allowances).
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-5.
Pricing terms for large residential washers.--
KOREA
(a)
What are your firm’s typical sales terms for large residential washers imported from
Korea?
Net 30 days
(b)
Net 60 days
2/10 net 30 days
Other (specify)
On what basis are your prices of imported large residential washers from Korea usually
quoted (check one)?
Delivered
F.o.b.
If f.o.b., specify point
MEXICO
(c)
What are your firm’s typical sales terms for large residential washers imported from
Mexico?
Net 30 days
(d)
Net 60 days
2/10 net 30 days
Other (specify)
On what basis are your prices of imported large residential washers from Mexico usually
quoted (check one)?
Delivered
F.o.b.
If f.o.b., specify point
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-6.
Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of large residential
washers imported from Korea and Mexico in 2011 were on a (1) long-term contract basis,
(2) short-term contract basis, and (3) spot sales basis?
KOREA
Share of
2011 sales
Type of sale
Long-term contracts (multiple deliveries for more
than 12 months)
%
Short-term contracts (multiple deliveries up to and
including 12 months)
%
Spot sales (for a single delivery)
%
Total
100
%
MEXICO
Share of
2011 sales
Type of sale
Long-term contracts (multiple deliveries for more
than 12 months)
%
Short-term contracts (multiple deliveries up to and
including 12 months)
%
Spot sales (for a single delivery)
%
Total
100
%
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-7.
Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table with respect to provisions of your typical sales
contracts for large residential washers (or check “not applicable” if your firm does not sell on a
long term and/or short term contract basis).
KOREA
Typical sales contract
provisions
Item
Average contract duration
Number of days
Price renegotiation (during the
contract period)
Yes
Short term contracts
Long term contracts
(multiple deliveries up to
and including 12 months)
(multiple deliveries for more
than 12 months)
No
Quantity
Fixed quantity and/or price
Price
Both
Meet or release provision
Yes
No
Not applicable
MEXICO
Typical sales contract
provisions
Item
Average contract duration
Number of days
Price renegotiation (during the
contract period)
Yes
No
Quantity
Fixed quantity and/or price
Price
Both
Meet or release provision
Not applicable
Yes
No
Short term contracts
Long term contracts
(multiple deliveries up to
and including 12 months)
(multiple deliveries for more
than 12 months)
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-8.
Lead times.--What is your share of sales of large residential washers imported from Korea and
Mexico 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 large residential washers?
KOREA
Share of
2011 sales
Source
From your U.S. inventory
%
From foreign manufacturers’ inventory
%
Produced to order
%
Total
Lead time
(days)
100 %
MEXICO
Source
Share of
2011 sales
From your U.S. inventory
%
From foreign manufacturers’ inventory
%
Produced to order
%
Total
100 %
Lead time
(days)
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-9.
Shipping information.—
(a)
What is the approximate percentage of the total delivered cost of large residential
washers imported from Korea and Mexico that is accounted for by U.S. inland
transportation costs?
percent.
(b)
Who generally arranges the transportation to your customers’ locations?
Your firm
Purchaser (check one)
(c)
When you sell large residential washers imported from Korea and Mexico, from where is
it shipped?
Point of importation
Storage facility
(check one)
(d)
Indicate the approximate percentage of your sales of large residential washers imported
from Korea and Mexico that are delivered the following distances from your U.S. point
of shipment.
Distance from your U.S. point of shipment
Share (from
Korea)
Share (from
Mexico)
Within 100 miles
%
%
101 to 1,000 miles
%
%
Over 1,000 miles
%
%
Total
100
%
100
%
III-10. Geographical shipments--What is the geographic market area in the United States served by
your firm’s shipments of large residential washers imported from any source? (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 for
imports from
Korea
√ if applicable for
imports from
Mexico
√ if applicable for
imports from all
other countries
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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-11. End uses.--List the end uses (residential, commercial, etc.) of the large residential washers that
you manufacture.
III-12. Substitutes.-- Can other products be substituted for large residential washers?
No
Substitute
Yes--Please fill out the table.
End use in which this
substitute is used
Have changes in the prices of this substitute
affected the price for large residential
washers?
No Yes
Explanation
1.
2.
3.
III-13. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product mix or marketing of
large residential washers since January 1, 2009?
No
Yes-- Please describe.
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III-14. Demand trends.-- Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the
United States (if known) for large residential washers and other washers has changed since
January 1, 2009. Describe the principal factors that have affected these changes in demand.
Market
Conventional top loading large
residential washers, 3.7 cubic
feet or more capacity, within
the United States
Conventional top loading large
residential washers, 3.7 cubic
feet or more capacity, outside
the United States
Conventional top loading
residential washers, less than
3.7 cubic feet capacity (and
with a cabinet width of at least
24.5 inches), within the United
States
Conventional top loading
residential washers, less than
3.7 cubic feet capacity (and
with a cabinet width of at least
24.5 inches), outside the
United States
High-efficiency top-loading
large residential washers,
within the United States
High-efficiency top-loading
large residential washers,
outside the United States
High-efficiency front-loading
large residential washers,
within the United States
High-efficiency front-loading
large residential washers,
outside the United States
Increase
No change
Decrease
Fluctuate
Factors
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III-15. Business cycles.-(a) Is the large residential washers market subject to business cycles or conditions of competition
(including seasonal business) distinctive to large residential washers? In your answer, please
specify for which types of large residential washers (conventional top load, high efficiency
front load, high efficiency top load, or all) you are answering.
No (skip to question III-16.)
Yes-- Please describe and then answer part (b).
(b) If yes, have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for
large residential washers since January 1, 2009? In your answer, please specify for which
types of large residential washers (conventional top load, high efficiency front load, high
efficiency top load, or all) you are answering.
No
Yes-- Please describe.
III-16. Supply constraints.--Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply large residential
washers since January 1, 2009 (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.)?
No
Yes-- Please describe.
III-17. Raw materials.--Please describe any trends in the prices of raw materials used to produce large
residential washers and whether your firm expects these trends to continue.
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III-18. Interchangeability.--Are large residential washers produced in the United States and in other
countries interchangeable (i.e., can they physically be used in the same applications)?
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = the products from a specified country-pair are always interchangeable
F = the products are frequently interchangeable
S = the products are sometimes interchangeable
N = the products are never interchangeable
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair
Country-pair
Korea
Mexico
Other countries
United States
Korea
Mexico
For any country-pair producing large residential washers that is sometimes or never
interchangeable, please explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:
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III-19. Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (i.e., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between large residential washers
produced in the United States and in other countries a significant factor in your firm’s sales of the
products?
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = such differences are always significant
F = such differences are frequently significant
S = such differences are sometimes significant
N = such differences are never significant
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair
Country-pair
Korea
Mexico
Other countries
United States
Korea
Mexico
For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s sales of large residential washers, identify the country-pair and report the
advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:
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III-20 Market Research
Please supply any market research or other surveys you have that indicate the reasons consumers
purchase U.S.-produced or subject large residential washers, and the sensitivity of consumer
purchase decisions to price and changes in price.
Also, if not included above, please submit all proprietary and public studies, analyses, and reports
that discuss any of the following subjects, including the perceptions of consumers concerning
these subjects, which were prepared or issued since January 1, 2009:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
quality or reliability of any washer model;
design, styling, or “fit, feel, and/or finish” of any washer model;
factors that influence purchase decisions of consumers, including but not limited to, the
importance of brand or product type (i.e., conventional top load, high-efficiency top load,
and/or high-efficiency front load);
dealer or customer perceptions of any washer manufacturer or any of its products;
prices or relative prices of any competing brands of washer models;
preferences of consumers for specific features or innovations;
the extent of cross-shopping among conventional top load, high-efficiency top load,
and/or high-efficiency front load models or the factors that influence cross-shopping.
These studies should be provided regardless of whether your firm prepared them internally,
commissioned them from an outside source, or acquired them from a third party.
No such surveys or studies
Surveys and/or studies attached.
Additional comments/descriptions of surveys and/or studies:
III-21. Value of Features. Please indicate how much each of the following features added to the price at
which you sold your large residential washers to retailers in 2011:
Feature
+ 0.5 Cubic feet capacity
Heater (i.e., sanitize cycle)
Steam cycle
Glass lid (for top load washers)
Color (i.e., non‐white) cabinet
LCD display
<$25
$25‐$49
$50‐$74
$75‐$99
>$100
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III-22. Innovation. Identify each product feature that your firm added during the POI that
you believe constituted an innovation that provided a competitive advantage over your
competitors.
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III-23. Customer Identification--Please identify the names and contact information for your firm’s
10 largest U.S. customers for large residential washers since January 1, 2009. Indicate the share of the
quantity of your firm’s total shipments of large residential washers that each of these customers accounted
for in 2011.
Customer’s name
1
Contact person
Email
Telephone
Street address (not P.O.
box), city, state, and zip
code
Street Address
,
City
2
State
Street Address
,
City
3
State
,
State
,
State
,
State
,
State
,
State
,
State
Zip Code
Street Address
,
City
10
Zip Code
Street Address
City
9
Zip Code
Street Address
City
8
Zip Code
Street Address
City
7
Zip Code
Street Address
City
6
Zip Code
Street Address
City
5
Zip Code
Street Address
City
4
Zip Code
State
Zip Code
Street Address
,
City
State
Zip Code
Share
of 2011
sales
(%)
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION
ATTENTION:
Please use the following checklist to assist in the
completion of tables IV-1 through IV-3:
Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported Top Load Residential Washers with rated DOE capacity
< 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from Korea?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE IV-1.
--------------------------------------------Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported High Efficiency Top Load Residential Washers with rated DOE
capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from Korea?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE IV-2.
--------------------------------------------Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported Conventional Top Load Residential Washers with rated DOE
capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from Korea?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE IV-3.
--------------------------------------------PLEASE NOTE: Data reported in table IV-1 (imports from Korea) should equal the sum of data
reported in tables IV-2 and IV-3. If data do not reconcile, please explain:
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IV-1.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories of TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL WASHERS WITH RATED DOE
CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) imported from Korea by your
firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Please note that the unit of measure for quantity is actual number of large residential washers and the
unit of measure for value is THOUSANDS of dollars.
KOREA
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to end users (quantity)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known:
2
Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a
different basis for valuing these sales within your company, 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
Identify your principal export markets:
Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period
inventories, plus imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
4
Yes
No--Please explain:
Reported values of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to customers,
whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is linked to a
broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where a discount, rebate, or other incentive is
allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION--Continued
IV-2.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES OF High Efficiency Top Load Residential Washers
with rated DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches)–Report your firm’s
imports, shipments, and inventories of High Efficiency Top Load Residential Washers with rated
DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. from Korea by your firm during the specified periods. (See
definitions in the instruction booklet.)
KOREA
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
Please identify the foreign producers:
2
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
IV-3.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES OF Conventional Top Load Residential Washers
with rated DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) –Report your
firm’s imports, shipments, and inventories of Conventional Top Load Residential Washers with
rated DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. imported from Korea by your firm during the specified periods.
(See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
KOREA
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
Imports:
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
2
Please identify the foreign producers:
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION--Continued
ATTENTION:
Please use the following checklist to assist in the
completion of tables IV-4 through IV-6:
Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL WASHERS WITH RATED DOE
CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from Mexico?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE V-4.
--------------------------------------------Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported High Efficiency Top Load Residential Washers with rated DOE
capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from Mexico?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE V-5.
--------------------------------------------Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported Conventional Top Load Residential Washers with rated DOE
capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from Mexico?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE V-6.
--------------------------------------------PLEASE NOTE: Data reported in table IV-4 (imports from Mexico) should equal the sum of data
reported in tables IV-5 and IV-6. If data do not reconcile, please explain:
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION--Continued
IV-4.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL WASHERS WITH RATED DOE
CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) imported from Mexico by
your firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Please note that the unit of measure for quantity is actual number of large residential washers
and the unit of measure for value is THOUSANDS of dollars.
MEXICO
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to end users (quantity)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known:
2
Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a
different basis for valuing these sales within your company, 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
Identify your principal export markets:
Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period
inventories, plus imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
4
Yes
No--Please explain:
Reported values of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to customers,
whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is linked to a
broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where a discount, rebate, or other incentive is
allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION--Continued
IV-5.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES OF High Efficiency Top Load Residential Washers
with rated DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) –Report your firm’s
imports, shipments, and inventories of High Efficiency Top Load Residential Washers with rated
DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft imported from Mexico by your firm during the specified periods.
(See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
MEXICO
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
Imports:
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
Please identify the foreign producers:
2
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
IV-6.
IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES OF Conventional Top Load Residential Washers
with rated DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) –Report your
firm’s imports, shipments, and inventories of Conventional Top Load Residential Washers with
rated DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. imported from Mexico by your firm during the specified
periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
MEXICO
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
2
Please identify the foreign producers:
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION--Continued
ATTENTION:
Please use the following checklist to assist in the
completion of tables IV-7 through IV-9:
Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL WASHERS WITH RATED DOE
CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from all other sources (other than
Korea and Mexico)?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE V-7.
--------------------------------------------Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported High Efficiency Top Load Residential Washers with rated DOE
capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from all other sources (other than Korea and
Mexico)?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE V-8.
--------------------------------------------Since Jan.1, 2009, has your firm imported Conventional Top Load Residential Washers with rated DOE
capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) from all other sources (other than Korea and
Mexico)?
No
Yes
IF YES, PLEASE COMPLETE TABLE V-9.
--------------------------------------------PLEASE NOTE: Data reported in table IV-7 (imports from all other sources combined) should
equal the sum of data reported in tables IV-8 and IV-9. If data do not reconcile, please explain:
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IV-7.
IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories of TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL WASHERS WITH RATED DOE
CAPACITY < 3.70 CU. FT. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) imported from all other
sources combined (i.e., sources other than Korea and Mexico) by your firm during the
specified periods.
Please note that the unit of measure for quantity is actual number of large residential washers
and the unit of measure for value is THOUSANDS of dollars.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to end users (quantity)
1
Please identify the sources and foreign producers, if known:
2
Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a
different basis for valuing these sales within your company, 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
Identify your principal export markets:
Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period
inventories, plus imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
4
Yes
No--Please explain:
Reported values of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to customers,
whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is linked to a
broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where a discount, rebate, or other incentive is
allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
___________________________________________
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION--Continued
IV-8.
IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES OF High Efficiency Top Load Residential
Washers with rated DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) –Report
your firm’s imports, shipments, and inventories of High Efficiency Top Load Residential
Washers with rated DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. imported from all other sources combined by
your firm during the specified periods.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
(COUNTRIES OTHER THAN KOREA AND MEXICO)
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
Imports:
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
Please identify the sources and foreign producers:
2
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
IV-9.
NONSUBJECT SOURCES OF Conventional Top Load Residential Washers with rated
DOE capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. (and a cabinet width ≥ 24.5 inches) –Report your firm’s imports,
shipments, and inventories of Conventional Top Load Residential Washers with rated DOE
capacity < 3.70 cu. ft. imported from all other sources combined by your firm during the
specified periods.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
(COUNTRIES OTHER THAN KOREA AND MEXICO)
Quantity (in actual units), value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item
Imports:
2009
2010
January-June
2011
2011
2012
1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments2
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
1
2
Please identify the sources and foreign producers:
The reported value of commercial shipments should be net of all discounts, rebates, and other incentives paid to
customers, whether or not the discount, rebate, or other incentive is tied directly to sales of large residential washers or is
linked to a broader base of sales and allocated in part to large residential washers. Where the discount, rebate, or other
incentive is allocated, please state the basis for the allocation.
_______________________________________________
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IV-10. COMPARABILITY OF HIGH EFFICIENCY TOP LOAD (“HETL”) AND HIGH
EFFICIENCY FRONT LOAD (“HEFL”) LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS (“LRWS”).
(a) Do HETL and HEFL LRWs have the same physical characteristics and end uses?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences between the physical characteristics or end uses.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(b) Are HETL and HEFL LRWs interchangeable?
No
Yes
Please describe what makes these two products interchangeable or not interchangeable.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(c) Are the manufacturing facilities, processes, and employees used to produce HETL
similar to those to produce HEFL LRWs ?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(d) Do HETL and HEFL LRWs share the same channels of distribution?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences between the channels of distribution.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(e) Do customers and producers perceive HETL and HEFL LRWs to be similar products?
Yes
No, please describe the perceived differences between the two products:
_________________________________________________________________________
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(f) Are there generally differences in price between HETL and HEFL LRWs?
No
Yes, HETL LRWs are generally higher in price than HEFL LRWs.
Yes, HEFL LRWs are generally higher in price than HETL LRWs.
Please explain:
_________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION--Continued
IV-11. COMPARABILITY OF CONVENTIONAL TOP LOAD (“CTL”) RESIDENTIAL
WASHERS AND HIGH EFFICIENCY (“HE”) LRWs.
(a) Do CTL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and HE LRWs have the same physical
characteristics and end uses?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences between the physical characteristics or end uses.
________________________________________________________________________
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(b) Are CTL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and HE LRWs interchangeable?
No
Yes
Please describe what makes these two products interchangeable or not interchangeable.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(c) Are the manufacturing facilities, processes, and employees used to produce CTL
RESIDENTIAL WASHERS similar to those to produce HE LRWs?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(d) Do CTL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and HE LRWs share the same channels of
distribution?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences between the channels of distribution.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(e) Do customers and producers perceive CTL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and HE LRWs
to be similar products?
Yes
No, please describe the perceived differences between the two products:
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(f) Are there generally differences in price between CTL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and
HE LRWs?
No
Yes, CTL LRWs are generally higher in price than HE LRWs.
Yes, HE LRWs are generally higher in price than CTL LRWs.
Please explain:
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IV-12. COMPARABILITY OF TOP LOAD RESIDENTIAL WASHERS WITH DOE RATED
CAPACITY < 3.7 CU FT AND A CABINET WIDTH ≥ 24.5 INCHES (“TL
RESIDENTIAL WASHERS”) AND LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS (“LRWs”).
(a) Do TL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and LRWs have the same physical characteristics
and end uses?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences between the physical characteristics or end uses.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(b) Are TL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and LRWs interchangeable?
No
Yes
Please describe what makes these two products interchangeable or not interchangeable.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(c) Are the manufacturing facilities, processes, and employees used to produce TL
RESIDENTIAL WASHERS similar to those to produce LRWs?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(d) Do TL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and LRWs share the same channels of distribution?
No
Yes
Please describe the similarities and/or differences between the channels of distribution.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(e) Do customers and producers perceive TL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and LRWs to be
similar products?
Yes
No, please describe the perceived differences between the two products:
_________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
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PART IV.—ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION--Continued
(f) Are there generally differences in price between TL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS and
LRWs?
No
Yes, TL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS are generally higher in price than LRWs.
Yes, LRWs are generally higher in price than produce TL RESIDENTIAL WASHERS
Please explain:
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| File Title | Microsoft Word - US Importer Questionnaire to Commission.doc |
| Author | edward.petronzio |
| File Modified | 2012-09-12 |
| File Created | 2012-09-12 |