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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
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.
Name of firm
Address
Website
Has your firm produced or exported 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 questionnaire to the Commission)
YES
(Complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire questionnaire to the Commission)
Return questionnaire via the 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 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, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
proceeding 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
Phone:
Signature
Fax:
Email address
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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background. This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition 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. 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 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.
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,
purchaser and/or foreign producer 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.
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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.
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I‐1.
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OMB statistics.‐‐Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your
firm of completing this questionnaire.
I‐2.
Hours
Dollars
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
20 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and
completing and reviewing the questionnaire.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for
reducing the burden, and any suggestions for improving this questionnaire. Please attach such
comments to your response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
Establishments covered.‐‐Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire. If your firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading
symbol.
“Establishment”‐‐ Each facility of a firm in Korea involved in the production or export of
ferrovanadium, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not
physically separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in Korea
should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.
I‐3.
Related producers.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the capability to produce,
or have any plans to produce ferrovanadium in the United States or other countries?
No
Yes‐‐Please name the firm(s) and country(ies) below and, if U.S. producer(s),
ensure that they complete the Commission’s producer questionnaire.
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Related U.S. importers.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import
ferrovanadium into the United States?
No
Yes‐‐Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.
I‐5.
U.S. importers.‐‐Please provide the names, street addresses (not P.O. boxes), contacts,
telephone numbers, and e‐mail addresses of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s
ferrovanadium in 2015.
Importer’s name
Contact
person
Email
Telephone
1
2
3
4
5
Share of
your
Street address (not
firm’s
P.O. box), city, state,
2015 U.S.
and zip code
exports
(%)
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
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PART II.‐‐TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Keysha Martinez (202‐205‐
2136, Keysha.Martinez@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 production of ferrovanadium since January 1, 2013.
(check as many as appropriate)
(If checked, please describe; leave blank if not applicable)
plant openings
plant closings
relocations
expansions
acquisitions
consolidations
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
revised labor agreements
other (e.g., technology)
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Anticipated changes in operations.‐‐Does your firm anticipate any changes in the character of
its operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of ferrovanadium in
the future?
No
Yes–Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of
business plans or other supporting documentation that address this
issue. Include in the response a specific projection of your firm’s
capacity to produce ferrovanadium (in 1,000 pounds contained
vanadium) for 2016 and 2017.
II‐4a. Production using same machinery.‐‐ Please report your firm’s production of products made on
the same equipment and machinery used to produce ferrovanadium, and the combined
production capacity on this shared equipment and machinery.
“Overall production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup).
“Production” ‐‐All production in your establishment(s) in Korea, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds)
Calendar years
Item
2013
2014
2015
Overall production capacity
Production of:
Ferrovanadium1
0
0
0
2
Other products
Total
1
Report the quantity of production for ferrovanadium in this question based on total weight (not in
contained vanadium). The data reported here should correspond to the total production of
ferrovanadium reported in question II‐10 but on a total weight basis.
2
Please identify these products: .
II‐4b. Operating parameters.‐‐The production capacity reported in II‐4a is based on operating hours
per week, weeks per year.
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Capacity calculation.‐‐Please describe the methodology used to calculate overall production
capacity reported in II‐4a, and explain any changes in reported capacity.
II‐4d. Production constraints.‐‐Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your firm’s
production capacity.
II‐4e. Product shifting.—
(i).
Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between ferrovanadium and other products
using the same equipment and/or labor?
No
Yes‐‐ (i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products). Please identify other actual or potential products: .
(ii).
Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.
II‐5.
Share of sales.‐‐What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of ferrovanadium? percent.
II‐6.
II‐7.
Firm's estimated share of production in Korea.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total production
of ferrovanadium in the country specified on the certification page accounted for by your firm’s
production in 2015. percent.
Firm's estimated share of Korea’s exports.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of ferrovanadium from Korea accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2015.
percent.
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Inventories in the United States.‐‐Has your firm, since January 1, 2013, maintained any
inventories of ferrovanadium in the United States (not including inventories held by firms
identified in question I‐3)?
“Inventories”‐‐Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work in progress.
No
Yes‐‐Report the quantity of such end‐of‐period inventories below.
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds contained vanadium)
Calendar year
Item
Inventory
II‐9.
2014
2015
Third country trade actions.‐‐Is the ferrovanadium exported by your firm subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty/safeguard findings, remedies, or proceedings?
No
Yes‐‐List the products(s), countries affected, and the date of such
findings/remedies/proceedings.
2013
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Trade data.‐‐Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories related
to the production of ferrovanadium in your establishment(s) in Korea during the specified periods.
Do not include resales of ferrovanadium that your firm did not produce; those data to the degree
they are exported to the United States should only be reported in question II‐11.
Do not submit data by manufacturing facility if they are in the same country. If your firm has
multiple manufacturing establishments within one country, you are required to combine data for
those establishments within one foreign producer questionnaire response.
Do not submit data on multiple countries combined. The establishments reported here should all be
located in the country of the firm’s address reported on the certification page. Multinational
companies with production in multiple subject countries should submit separate foreign producer
questionnaire responses for each subject country.
“Average production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your establishment(s)
could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all products manufactured
in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment. Assume normal operating
conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to operate; normal operating
levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup;
and a typical or representative product mix).
“Production” ‐‐All production in your establishment(s) in Korea, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
“Shipments”‐‐Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Korea. Quantities
reported should be net of returns.
“Home market commercial shipments”‐‐Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Korea.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”‐‐Shipments made to
related firms in Korea, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”‐‐Shipments to destinations outstide of the country indicacted on page 1 (Korea),
including shipments to related firms.
“Inventories”‐‐Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work‐in‐progress.
“Toll agreement”‐‐Agreement between two firms whereby the first firm (“TOLLEE”) furnishes the
raw materials and the second firm (“TOLLER”) uses the raw materials to produce a product that it
then returns to the first firm with a charge for processing costs, overhead, etc.
Note: As requested in Part I of this questionnaire, please keep all supporting documents/records used
in the preparation of the trade data, as Commission staff may contact your firm regarding questions
on the trade data. The Commission may also request that your company submit copies of the
supporting documents/records (such as production and sales schedules, inventory records, etc.) used
to compile these data.
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II‐10. Trade data‐‐Continued.
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds contained vanadium)
Item
Actual experience
Projections1
Calendar year
Calendar year
2013
2
2014
2015
2016
2017
Average production capacity (A)
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/
transfers (D)
Total exports (H)
(should equal F+G)
0
0
0
0
0
Total shipments (I)
(should equal D+E+F+G)
0
0
0
0
0
Commercial shipments (E)
Toll production returned to
tollee3
Exports to the United States (F)
4
Exports to all other markets (G)
End‐of‐period inventories (J)
1
Please explain the basis for your firm’s projections. .
The production capacity reported is based on operating hours per week, weeks per year. Please
describe the methodology used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity.
.
3
Identify the tollee(s): .
4
Identify principal other export markets: .
2
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II‐10. Trade data.—Continued.
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY.‐‐Generally, the data reported
for the end‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line J) should be equal to the beginning‐of‐period
inventories (i.e., line B), plus production (i.e., line C), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, E, F, and
G). Please ensure that any differences are not due to data entry errors in completing this form,
but rather actually reflect your firm’s records; and also provide any likely explanations for any
differences (e.g., theft, loss, damage, record systems issues, etc.) if they exist.
Actual experience
Projections
Calendar year
Item
2013
2014
Calendar year
2015
2016
2017
B + C – D – E – F –G – J =
should equal zero ("0")
or provide an
explanation.1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate.
II‐11. Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.‐‐Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of ferrovanadium that was produced in Korea but not by your firm during the
specified periods.
Quantity (1,000 pounds contained vanadium)
Actual experience
Projections1
Calendar year
Calendar year
Item
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Exports to the United States
not produced by your firm1
1
List the producer(s):
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II‐12. Total production of ferrovanadium.—Indicate the quantity of total production of
ferrovanadium in your firm’s establishment(s) in Korea in 2015, including ferrovanadium your
firm toll‐produced for another firm, accounted for by grade 40‐60% ferrovanadium (i.e.,
ferrovanadium containing between 40 and 60 percent vanadium) and by grade 75‐85%
ferrovanadium (i.e., ferrovanadium containing between 75 and 85 percent vanadium):
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds contained vanadium)
Item
Calendar year 2015
Grade 40‐60 percent ferrovanadium (M)
Grade 75‐85 percent ferrovanadium (N)
Other grade of ferrovanadium (O)1
Total (P)
0
1
Specify the grade(s) here:
RECONCILIATION OF 2015 PRODUCTION.‐‐ Please ensure that the quantities reported for total
production of ferrovanadium in 2015 in this question match the 2015 production in question II‐10. If the
calculated fields below return values other than zero (i.e., “0”), the data reported must be revised prior
to submission to the Commission.
Reconciliation
Calendar year 2015
M + N + O ‐ P = zero ("0"), if not revise.
II‐13. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part II
that did not provide a narrative box, please note the question number and the explanation in
the space provided below. Please also use this space to highlight any issues your firm had in
providing the data in this section, including but not limited to technical issues with the MS Word
questionnaire.
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HOW TO FILE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
This questionnaire is available as a “fillable” form in MS Word format on the Commission’s website at:
http://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/ferrovanadium_korea/preliminary.htm.
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the questionnaire
document. Please submit the completed questionnaire using one of the methods noted
below. If your firm is unable to complete the MS Word questionnaire 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 questionnaire along with a scanned copy of the
signed certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure upload facility:
Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/
Pin: FeV
• E‐mail.—E‐mail your questionnaire to Keysha.Martinez@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 produce or export this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a
scanned copy to the Commission.
Parties to this proceeding.—If your firm is a party to this proceeding, you are required to serve a copy of
the completed questionnaire on parties to the proceeding that are subject to administrative protective
order (see 19 CFR § 207.7). A list of such parties may be obtained from the Commission’s Secretary (202‐
205‐1803). A certificate of service must accompany the completed questionnaire you submit (see 19 CFR
§ 207.7). Service of the questionnaire must be made in paper form.
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Author | keysha.martinez |
File Modified | 2016-03-30 |
File Created | 2016-03-30 |