13-2-3151 U.S. Importer Questionnaire

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U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
CERTAIN STEEL THREADED ROD FROM INDIA AND THAILAND

This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than July

11, 2013

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 certain steel threaded rod from India
and Thailand (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-498 and 731-TA-1213-1214 (Preliminary)). 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 firm’s possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)).

Name of firm

_________________________________________________________________

Address
City

State

Zip Code

World Wide Web address
Has your firm imported certain steel threaded rod (as defined in the instruction booklet) from any country at any
time since January 1, 2010?

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)

Return questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking
on the following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (use the following PIN: TROD)
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 this proceeding 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 this proceeding 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 this proceeding 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

Email 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
firm’s 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
(e.g. percent)

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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 certain steel threaded rod from India or Thailand into the
United States or that are engaged in exporting certain steel threaded rod from India or Thailand 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 certain steel threaded rod?
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 certain
steel threaded rod. 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 certain steel threaded rod 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 certain steel threaded rod
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 certain steel
threaded rod 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 Nathanael Comly
(nathanael.comly@usitc.gov; 202-205-3174). 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 certain steel threaded rod since January 1, 2010.
(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 imports.--Has your firm imported or arranged for the importation of certain steel
threaded rod from India or Thailand for delivery after March 31, 2013?
No

Yes–Indicate when such orders are to be delivered and the quantities
involved.
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)

Period/Source

Apr-Jun 2013

Jul-Sept 2013

Sept-Dec 2013

Jan-Mar 2014

India:
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
Thailand:
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
Other sources1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
1

II-4.

Identify your other sources:

Reasons for importing.--If your firm also produces certain steel threaded rod in the United
States, please indicate the reasons for importing this product. If your firm’s reasons differ by
source, please elaborate.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-5a.

IMPORTS FROM INDIA.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and
inventories of certain steel threaded rod imported from India by your firm during the specified
periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

INDIA
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-March
2012

2012

2013

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 your firm uses
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 firm’s 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:

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-5b.

IMPORTS FROM THAILAND.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and
inventories of certain steel threaded rod imported from Thailand by your firm during the specified
periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

THAILAND
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-March
2012

2012

2013

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 your firm uses
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 firm’s 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:

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-6a.

IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCE - CHINA.–Report your firm’s imports and your
firm’s shipments and inventories of certain steel threaded rod imported from China by your firm
during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

CHINA
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-March
2012

2012

2013

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 your firm uses
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 firm’s 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:

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-6b.

IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES - TAIWAN.–Report your firm’s imports and
your firm’s shipments and inventories of certain steel threaded rod imported from Taiwan by
your firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

TAIWAN
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-March
2012

2012

2013

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 your firm uses
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 firm’s 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:

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-6c.

IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories of certain steel threaded rod imported from all other sources
combined by your firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-March
2012

2012

2013

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 your firm uses
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 firm’s 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:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Nanette Christ (202-205-3263,
nannette.christ@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 requests quarterly price and quantity data, f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of
shipment, for your firm’s commercial shipments to unrelated U.S. customers since January 1,
2010 of the following products your firm imported from India, Thailand and two nonsubject
countries (China and Taiwan):
Product 1.-- Low-carbon steel fully threaded rod, electroplated with zinc, a ⅜-inch diameter (as
measured from the top of the thread), in 10-foot lengths, in cardboard tubes.
Product 2.-- Low-carbon steel fully threaded rod, electroplated with zinc, a ⅜-inch diameter (as
measured from the top of the thread), in 6-foot lengths, in cardboard tubes.
Product 3.-- Low-carbon steel fully threaded rod, electroplated, a ½-inch diameter (as measured
from the top of the thread), in 10-foot lengths, in cardboard tubes.
Product 4.-- Low-carbon steel fully threaded rod, plain, ¾ inch diameter (as measured from the
top of the thread), 12 feet in length, in cardboard tubes.

Please note that total dollar values should be f.o.b., U.S. point of shipment and should not include
U.S.-inland transportation costs. Total dollar values should reflect the final net amount paid to
your firm (i.e., should be net of all deductions for discounts or rebates). See instruction booklet.

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from India and
sold by your firm.

INDIA
Report data in actual pounds and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value Quantity
Value

Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2013:
January-March
1
Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of
returned goods), f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part III.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified
product, provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported
pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
Product 4:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Thailand
and sold by your firm.

THAILAND
Report data in actual pounds and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value Quantity
Value

Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2013:
January-March
1
Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of
returned goods), f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part III.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified
product, provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported
pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
Product 4:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2c. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China
and sold by your firm.

CHINA
Report data in actual pounds and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value Quantity
Value

Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2013:
January-March
1
Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of
returned goods), f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part III.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified
product, provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported
pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
Product 4:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2d. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Taiwan
and sold by your firm.

TAIWAN
Report data in actual pounds and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value Quantity
Value

Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2013:
January-March
1
Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of
returned goods), f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part III.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified
product, provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported
pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
Product 4:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
If your answers differ for subject imports from Indian compared to subject imports from
Thailand for any of the remaining questions in this section, please explain the differences in
your responses to the questions.
III-3.

Price setting.-- How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of certain steel
threaded rod (check all that apply)? If your firm issues price lists, please submit sample pages of
a recent list.
Transaction
by
transaction

III-4.

Contracts

Other

If other, describe

Discount policy.-- Please indicate and describe your firm’s discount policies (check all that
apply).

Quantity
discounts

III-5.

Set
price
lists

Annual
total
volume
discounts

No
discount
policy

Other

Describe

Pricing terms for certain steel threaded rod.-(a)

What are your firm’s typical sales terms for certain steel threaded rod imported from
India and Thailand?
Net 30
days

(b)

Net 60
days

2/10 net 30
days

Other

Other (specify)

On what basis are your firm’s prices of imported certain steel threaded rod from India
and Thailand 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 certain steel threaded
rod imported from India and Thailand in 2012 were on a (1) long-term contract basis, (2) shortterm contract basis, and (3) spot sales basis?
Share of
2012 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

III-7.

100

%

Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table with respect to provisions of your firm’s typical
sales contracts for certain steel threaded rod from India and Thailand (or check “not applicable” if
your firm does not sell on a long-term and/or short-term contract basis).

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 firm’s share of sales of certain steel threaded rod imported from India
and Thailand 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 certain steel threaded
rod?
Share of
2012 sales

Source
From your firm’s U.S. inventory

%

From foreign manufacturers’ inventory

%

Produced to order

%

Total

III-9.

Lead time
(days)

100 %

Shipping information.—
(a)

What is the approximate percentage of the total delivered cost of certain steel threaded
rod imported from India and Thailand that is accounted for by U.S. inland transportation
costs?
percent.

(b)

Who generally arranges the transportation to your firm’s customers’ locations?
Your firm
Purchaser (check one)

(c)

When your firm sells certain steel threaded rod imported from India and Thailand, from
where is it shipped?
Point of importation
Storage facility
(check one)

(d)

Indicate the approximate percentage of your firm’s sales of certain steel threaded rod
imported from India and Thailand that are delivered the following distances from your
firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
Distance from your firm’s U.S. point of
shipment

Share

Within 100 miles

%

101 to 1,000 miles

%

Over 1,000 miles

%
Total

100

%

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-10. Geographical shipments--What is the geographic market area in the United States served by
your firm’s shipments of certain steel threaded rod imported from subject countries? (check all
that apply)
Geographic area

India

Thailand

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, and VI, among others.

III-11. End uses-Describe the end uses of the certain steel threaded rod that your firm imports from
India and Thailand. For each end-use product, what percentage of the total cost is accounted for
by certain steel threaded rod and other inputs?
Share of total cost of end use product
accounted for by

End use product

Certain steel
threaded rod
(percent)

Other inputs (percent)

Total

%

%

100%

%

%

100%

%

%

100%

III-12. Substitutes.-- Can other products be substituted for certain steel threaded rod?
No

Substitute
1.
2.
3.

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 certain steel threaded
rod?
No Yes

Explanation

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-13. Demand trends.-- Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United States
(if known) for certain steel threaded rod has changed since January 1, 2010. Explain any trends
and describe the principal factors that have affected these changes in demand.

Market

Overall
No
Overall Fluctuate with
increase Change decrease no clear trend

Explanation and factors

Within
the United
States
Outside
the United
States

III-14. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product mix or marketing of
certain steel threaded rod since January 1, 2010?
No

Yes-- Please describe.

III-15. Business cycles.-(a) Is the certain steel threaded rod market subject to business cycles or conditions of competition
(including seasonal business) distinctive to certain steel threaded rod?
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
certain steel threaded rod since January 1, 2010?
No

Yes-- Please describe.

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-16. Supply constraints.--Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply certain steel
threaded rod since January 1, 2010 (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 certain
steel threaded rod and whether your firm expects these trends to continue.

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-18. Interchangeability.--Is certain steel threaded rod 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

India

Thailand

China

Taiwan

Other countries

United States
India
Thailand
China
Taiwan

For any country-pair producing certain steel threaded rod that is sometimes or never
interchangeable, please explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-19. Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (i.e., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between certain steel threaded rod
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

India

Thailand

China

Taiwan

Other countries

United States
India
Thailand
China
Taiwan

For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s sales of certain steel threaded rod, identify the country-pair and report the
advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-20. Customer Identification--Please identify the names and contact information for your firm’s
10 largest U.S. customers for certain steel threaded rod since January 1, 2010. Indicate the share
of the quantity of your firm’s total shipments of certain steel threaded rod that each of these
customers accounted for in 2012.

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 2012
sales
(%)