Download:
pdf |
pdfOMB No. 3117‐0016/USITC No. 16‐3‐3454; Expiration Date: 6/30/2017
(No response is required if currently valid OMB control number is not displayed)
LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
STAINLESS STEEL SHEET AND STRIP FROM CHINA
This survey must be received by the Commission by February 29, 2016
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this survey is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in connection
with its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning stainless steel sheet and strip from China (inv.
No. 701‐TA‐557 and 731‐TA‐1312 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the survey 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)).
Further information on this survey can be obtained from Andrew Knipe (202‐205‐2390, andrew.knipe@usitc.gov).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm purchased stainless steel sheet and strip (as defined on next page) at any time since January 1,
2013?
NO
(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the survey to the Commission)
YES
(Complete all parts of the survey, and return the entire survey to the Commission)
Return survey via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following
link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. Select “INVESTIGATION‐SPECIFIC MENU ITEM” in the drop
down menu. (PIN: SAS7)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in this survey 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 submitting this certification I also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the
information provided in this survey and throughout this proceeding in any other import‐injury proceedings conducted by the
Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
investigation or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used:
(i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a
related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and
operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or
(ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all contract
personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official Title of Authorized Official
Date
Signature
Phone
Email address
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey ‐ Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from China (Preliminary)
Page 2
GENERAL INFORMATION
Background. This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on February 12, 2016, by AK
Steel Corp., West Chester, Ohio; Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; North American
Stainless, Inc., Ghent, Kentucky; and Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, Bannockburn, Illinois. Antidumping
and countervailing duties may be assessed on the subject imports as a result of these proceedings if the
Commission makes an affirmative determination of injury, threat, or material retardation, and if the U.S.
Department of Commerce makes an affirmative determination of dumping and/or subsidization.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at:
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/stainless_steel_sheet_and_strip_china/preliminary.htm
“Stainless steel sheet and strip”‐‐ The merchandise covered by this investigation is stainless steel sheet
and strip, whether in coils or straight lengths. Stainless steel is an alloy steel containing, by weight, 1.2
percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or without other elements. The
subject sheet and strip is a flat‐rolled product – either in coils or straight lengths – with a width that is
greater than 9.5 mm and with a thickness of 0.3048 mm and greater but less than 4.75 mm, and that is
annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled. The subject sheet and strip may
also be further processed (e.g., cold‐rolled, polished, aluminized, coated, etc.) provided that it maintains
the specific dimensions of sheet and strip following such processing.
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are the following:
(1) sheet and strip that is not annealed or otherwise heat treated, not pickled or otherwise descaled,
and not cold‐rolled;
(2) plate (i.e., flat‐rolled stainless steel products of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more); and
(3) flat wire (i.e., cold‐rolled sections, with a prepared edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of not more
than 9.5 mm).
Tariff Classification:
The products under investigation are currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule
subheadings: 7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051, 7219.13.0071, 7219.13.0081, 7219.14.0030, 7219.14.0065,
7219.14.0090, 7219.23.0030, 7219.23.0060, 7219.24.0030, 7219.24.0060, 7219.32.0005, 7219.32.0020,
7219.32.0025, 7219.32.0035, 7219.32.0036, 7219.32.0038, 7219.32.0042, 7219.32.0044, 7219.32.0045,
7219.32.0060, 7219.33.0005, 7219.33.0020, 7219.33.0025, 7219.33.0035, 7219.33.0036, 7219.33.0038,
7219.33.0042, 7219.33.0044, 7219.33.0045, 7219.33.0070, 7219.33.0080, 7219.34.0005, 7219.34.0020,
7219.34.0025, 7219.34.0030, 7219.34.0035, 7219.34.0050, 7219.35.0005, 7219.35.0015, 7219.35.0030,
7219.35.0035, 7219.35.0050, 7219.90.0010, 7219.90.0020, 7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060, 7219.90.0080,
7220.12.1000, 7220.12.5000, 7220.20.1010, 7220.20.1015, 7220.20.1060, 7220.20.1080, 7220.20.6005,
7220.20.6010, 7220.20.6015, 7220.20.6060, 7220.20.6080, 7220.20.7005, 7220.20.7010, 7220.20.7015,
7220.20.7060, 7220.20.7080, 7220.20.8000, 7220.20.9030, 7220.20.9060, 7220.90.0010, 7220.90.0015,
7220.90.0060, and 7220.90.0080.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey ‐ Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from China (Preliminary)
Page 3
Reporting of information.‐‐ If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates.
Confidentiality.‐‐The data furnished in response to this survey that reveal the individual operations of
your firm will be treated as confidential by the Commission to the extent that such data are not
otherwise available to the public and will not be disclosed except as may be required by law (see 19
U.S.C. 1677f). Such confidential information will not be published in a manner that will reveal the
individual operations of your firm; however, general characterizations of numerical business proprietary
information (such as discussion of trends) will be treated as confidential business information only at the
request of the submitter for good cause shown.
Release of information.‐‐The information provided by your firm in response to this survey, as well as
any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to the Commission in connection
with this proceeding, may become subject to, and released under, the administrative protective order
provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1677f) and section 207.7 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR § 207.7). This means that certain lawyers and other authorized
individuals may temporarily be given access to the information for use in connection with this
proceeding or other import‐injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or similar
merchandise; those individuals would be subject to severe penalties if the information were divulged to
unauthorized individuals. Please also retain a copy of the final document that you submit.
Contact information.‐‐Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission
staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in this survey. This
may or may not be the person whose signature is at the bottom of page 1.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey ‐ Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from China (Preliminary)
Page 4
PURCHASE INFORMATION
1. Purchases.—Report your firm’s total U.S. purchases of stainless steel sheet and strip. Estimates are
acceptable.
Item
2013
2014
2015
Purchases of stainless steel sheet
and strip produced in‐‐
Quantity (in short tons)
United States
All other countries
Sources unknown
China
1
1
Please identify these countries:
2. Changes in purchasing patterns.—Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of
stainless steel sheet and strip from different sources have changed since January 1, 2013.
Source of
purchases
Did not
purchase Decreased Increased
Constant Fluctuated
Explanation for trend
United
States
China
All other
1
countries
Sources
unknown
1
Please identify these countries:
3. Major purchasing factors.‐‐Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase stainless steel sheet and strip.
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey ‐ Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from China (Preliminary)
Page 5
4. Switching to imports.—
(a)
Since January 2013, did your firm switch any of its purchases from U.S.‐produced
stainless steel sheet and strip to imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from China?
Yes
No
Source
(also respond to parts (b) and (c))
(If “No”, skip to next question)
China
(b)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was the imported product priced lower than the
domestic product?
Source
Yes
No
China
(c)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was price a primary reason for the shift?
5.
Source
Yes
If Yes, estimate the quantity
of purchases that your firm
shifted to imports since
January 2013 because of price
(in short tons)
China
No
If No, please indicate the
reason for the shift
U.S. producers and import competition.—
(a)
Since January 1, 2013, in connection with a sale or offer to sell stainless steel sheet and
strip to your firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced
stainless steel sheet and strip in order to compete with lower‐priced imports of stainless
steel sheet and strip from China?
Source
Yes (also respond to
question part (b))
China
No (If “No”, skip to next
question)
Don’t know
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey ‐ Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from China (Preliminary)
Page 6
(b)
If your firm responded “yes” to the above question, please provide an estimate of the
reduction in U.S. producers’ prices, and any additional explanations, such as timing (e.g.,
months/years), frequency of price reductions, or other market/competitive factors.
Source
China
Estimated
reduction in U.S.
prices
(percent)
%
Additional explanation, including such information as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price
reductions, or other market/competitive factors
6. Other explanations‐‐Please provide any additional comments in this box.
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey ‐ Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from China (Preliminary)
Page 7
OMB INFORMATION
7. OMB statistics.‐‐Please report the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of
completing this survey.
Hours
Dollars
The questions in this survey 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 survey is estimated to average 4 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the
survey.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for reducing
the burden, and any suggestions for improving this survey. Please attach such comments to your
response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20436.
HOW TO FILE YOUR SURVEY RESPONSE
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the survey document.
Please submit the completed survey using one of the methods noted below. If your firm
is unable to complete the MS Word survey or cannot use one of the electronic methods
of submission, please contact the Commission for further instructions.
• Upload via Secure Drop Box.—Upload the MS Word survey along with a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure upload facility:
o
o
o
Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/
Enter Investigation: Select “INVESTIGATION‐SPECIFIC MENU ITEM” in the drop down menu
Pin: SAS7
• E‐mail.—E‐mail the MS Word survey to andrew.knipe@usitc.gov; include a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents that are
electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from unauthorized
disclosure. The USITC secure drop‐box system and the Electronic Document Information System (EDIS)
use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140‐2 cryptographic algorithms to encrypt data in
transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these encryption algorithms
(such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized disclosure during
transmission. If you choose a non‐encrypted method of electronic transmission, the Commission warns
you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you and not by the Commission.
If your firm did not purchase this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a scanned copy
to the Commission.
| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | Microsoft Word - SSSS--LSLR Purchaser questionnaire (P 2016) |
| Author | chris.cassise |
| File Modified | 2016-02-12 |
| File Created | 2016-02-12 |