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LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
FERROVANADIUM FROM KOREA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by April 11, 2016
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this questionnaire is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in
connection with its antidumping duty investigation concerning ferrovanadium from Korea (Inv. No. 731‐TA‐1315
(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)).Further information on
this survey can be obtained from Michele Breaux (202‐205‐2781, Michele.Breaux@usitc.gov).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm purchased ferrovanadium (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 questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the
following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: FeV)
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‐ Ferrovanadium (P)
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Background. This proceeding was instituted in response to petitions filed on March 28, 2016, by the
Vanadium Producers and Reclaimers Association and its members: AMG Vanadium, LLC, Cambridge,
Ohio; Bear Metallurgical Company, Butler, Pennsylvania; Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation,
Freeport, Texas; and Evraz Stratcor, Inc., Hot Springs, Arkansas. Countervailing and antidumping duties
may be assessed on the subject imports as a result of this proceeding 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 subsidization and/or dumping. Questionnaires and
other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/ferrovanadium_korea/preliminary.htm.
Ferrovanadium covered by these investigations is all ferrovanadium regardless of grade (i.e. percentage
of contained vanadium), chemistry, form, shape, or size. Ferrovanadium is an alloy of iron and vanadium
that is used chiefly as an additive in the manufacture of steel. The merchandise is commercially and
scientifically identified as ferrovanadium. It specifically excludes vanadium additives other than
ferrovanadium, such as nitrided vanadium, vanadium aluminum master alloys, vanadium chemicals,
vanadium oxides, vanadium waste and scrap, and vanadium‐bearing raw materials such as spent
hydrotreating and hydrorefining catalyst, slag, boiler residues and fly ash.
Ferrovanadium is classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’)
subheading 7202.92.00. Goods provided for in HTSUS subheading 2850.00.20 (certain compounds of
vanadium) or subheadings 8112.92.70 and 8112.99.20 (unwrought vanadium or vanadium powders,
waste or scrap) are specifically excluded. Although the HTSUS item number is provided for convenience
and Customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this investigation remains dispositive.
Importer.‐‐Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary,
in importing ferrovanadium (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or
through its selling agent.
Reporting of information.‐‐ If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates. If your firm is completing more than one questionnaire (i.e., a producer, importer,
and/or purchaser questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions.
Confidentiality.‐‐The commercial and financial data furnished in response to this questionnaire 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.
Verification.‐‐ The information submitted in this questionnaire is subject to audit and verification by the
Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep all files, worksheets, and supporting
documents used in the preparation of the questionnaire response. Please also retain a copy of the final
document that you submit.
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ Ferrovanadium (P)
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Release of information.‐‐The information provided by your firm in response to this questionnaire, 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.
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‐ Ferrovanadium (P)
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PURCHASE INFORMATION
1. Purchases.—Report your firm’s total U.S. purchases of ferrovanadium. Estimates are acceptable.
Item
2013
2014
2015
Purchases of ferrovanadium
produced in‐‐
Quantity (in pounds)
United States
All other countries:
Sources unknown
Korea
1
1
Please identify these countries:
2. Changes in purchasing patterns.— Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of
ferrovanadium from different sources have changed since January 1, 2013.
Source of
purchases
Did not
purchase Decreased Increased
Constant Fluctuated
Explanation for trend
United
States
Korea
All other
countries
Sources
unknown
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ Ferrovanadium (P)
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3. Major purchasing factors.‐‐Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase ferrovanadium.
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:
4. Switching to imports.—
(a)
Since January 2013, did your firm switch any of its purchases from U.S.‐produced
ferrovanadium to imports of ferrovanadium from Korea?
(b)
Yes
No
Source
(also respond to parts (b) and (c))
(If “No,” skip to next question)
Korea
(c)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was the imported product priced lower than the
domestic product?
Source
Yes
No
Korea
(c)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was price a primary reason for the shift?
Source
Yes
If Yes, estimate the quantity
of purchases that your firm
shifted to imports since
January 2013 because of price
(in pounds)
Korea
No
If No, please indicate the
reason for the shift
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ Ferrovanadium (P)
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5.
U.S. producers and import competition.—
(a)
Since January 1, 2013, in connection with a sale or offer to sell ferrovanadium to your
firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced ferrovanadium in
order to compete with lower‐priced imports of ferrovanadium from subject countries?
Yes (also respond to
No (If “No,” skip to next
Source
question part (b))
question)
Don’t know
Korea
(b)
If your firm responded “yes,” 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
Korea
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‐ Ferrovanadium (P)
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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:
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Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/
Enter Investigation: Select “INVESTIGATION‐SPECIFIC MENU ITEM” in the drop down menu
Pin: FeV
• E‐mail.—E‐mail the MS Word survey to Michele.Breaux@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 - LSLR Survey_FeV |
Author | keysha.martinez |
File Modified | 2016-03-30 |
File Created | 2016-03-30 |