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U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
HOT‐ROLLED STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by June 9, 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 and countervailing duty investigations concerning hot‐rolled steel flat products from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom (Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐545‐547 and 731‐TA‐
1291‐1297 (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 firm’s possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm imported hot‐rolled steel (as defined on next page) from any country 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 U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the
following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: HRS)
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
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
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 August 11, 2015, by AK
Steel Corporation (West Chester, Ohio), ArcelorMittal USA LLC (Chicago, Illinois), Nucor Corporation
(Charlotte, North Carolina), SSAB Enterprises, LLC (Lisle, Illinois), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Fort Wayne,
Indiana), and United States Steel Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). 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 subsidization and/or dumping.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
http://wwwadmin.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/hot_rolled_steel_flat_products_australia_braz
il/final.htm
Hot‐Rolled Steel.‐‐ The products covered by these investigations are certain hot‐rolled, flat‐rolled steel
products, with or without patterns in relief, and whether or not annealed, painted, varnished, or coated
with plastics or other non‐metallic substances. The products covered do not include those that are clad,
plated, or coated with metal. The products covered include coils that have a width or other lateral
measurement (‘‘width’’) of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of thickness, and regardless of form of coil
e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include
products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7
mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the thickness. The products described above may be
rectangular, square, circular, or other shape and include products of either rectangular or non‐
rectangular cross‐section where such cross‐section is achieve subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,
products which have been ‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products which have been beveled or rounded at
the edges).
For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is within the scope if application of
either the nominal or actual measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions set
forth above unless the resulting measurement makes the product covered by the existing antidumping1
or countervailing duty2 orders on Certain Cut‐To‐Length Carbon‐Quality Steel Plate Products From the
Republic of Korea (A–580–836; C–580–837), and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product (e.g., the thickness of certain products with
non‐rectangular crosssection, the width of certain products with non‐rectangular shape, etc.), the
measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this investigation are products in which: (1) Iron predominates,
by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
1
Notice of Amendment of Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders:
Certain Cut‐To‐Length Carbon‐Quality Steel Plate Products From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the
Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585 (February 10, 2000).
2
Notice of Amended Final Determinations: Certain Cut‐to‐Length Carbon‐Quality Steel Plate From India and the
Republic of Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut‐To‐Length Carbon‐Quality Steel Plate
From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6587 (February 10, 2000).
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weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium, or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium.
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope regardless of levels of boron and
titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized (commonly
referred to as interstitial‐free (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, the substrate for motor
lamination steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels
are recognized as low carbon steels with micro‐alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/or
niobium added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with
micro‐alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and
molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination steels contains micro‐alloying levels of elements such
as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels,
although AHSS and UHSS are covered whether or not they are high tensile strength or high elongation
steels.
Subject merchandise includes hot‐rolled steel that has been further processed in a third country,
including but not limited to pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing, tempering, temper rolling, skin passing,
painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of
manufacture of the hot‐rolled steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in which the chemistry quantities do not
exceed any one of the noted element levels listed above, are within the scope of this investigation
unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this investigation:
The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the scope of these
investigations:
Universal mill plates (i.e., hot‐rolled, flat‐rolled products not in coils that have been rolled on
four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm, of
a thickness not less than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in relief);
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Products that have been cold‐rolled (cold‐reduced) after hot‐rolling;3
Ball bearing steels;4
Tool steels;5 and
Silico‐manganese steels;6
The products subject to this investigation are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7208.10.1500, 7208.10.3000, 7208.10.6000,
7208.25.3000, 7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030, 7208.26.0060, 7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030,
7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060, 7208.38.0015, 7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090, 7208.39.0015,
7208.39.0030, 7208.39.0090, 7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, 7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000, 7211.19.4500,
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560, 7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.30.3050,
7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030, 7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000,
7226.19.9000, 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and 7226.91.8000. The products subject to the
investigation may also enter under the following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7214.99.0060,
7214.99.0075, 7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7226.99.0180, and 7228.60.6000.The HTSUS subheadings
above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the investigation is dispositive.
Certain alloy hot‐rolled steel products (“Alloy hot‐rolled steel” or “Alloy within scope hot‐rolled
steel”).‐‐Alloy hot‐rolled steel, a subset of hot‐rolled steel, in which: (1) iron predominates by weight,
over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (3)
one or more of the elements listed below is present in the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
• 0.30 ‐ 1.50 percent of aluminum,
• 0.0008 – unlimited percent of boron,
• 0.40 – 1.50 percent of copper,
• 0.30 ‐ 1.25 percent of chromium,
• 1.65 – 2.50 percent of manganese,
• 0.08 – 0.80 percent of molybdenum,
• 0.30 ‐ 2.00 percent of nickel,
3
For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling operations such as a skin pass, levelling, temper rolling or other
minor rolling operations after the hot‐rolling process for purposes of surface finish, flatness, shape control, or
gauge control do not constitute cold‐rolling sufficient to meet this exclusion.
4
Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in addition to iron, each of the following elements by
weight in the amount specified: (i) Not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22
nor more than 0.48 percent of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not
more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less
than 1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none,
or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of molybdenum.
5
Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less
than 0.3 percent carbon and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85
percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not
less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
6
Silico‐manganese steel is defined as steels containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5
percent or more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or more but not more than 2.3
percent of silicon.
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• 0.06 – 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium),
• 0.60 – 3.30 percent of silicon,
• 0.05 – unlimited percent of titanium,
• 0.10 – 0.30 percent of vanadium,
• 0.05 – 0.30 percent of zirconium.
Importer.‐‐Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in
importing hot‐rolled steel (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.
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‐2.
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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.
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
40 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 involved in the importation of hot‐rolled steel, including
auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such
facilities.
I‐3.
Ownership.‐‐Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information
Firm name
Address
Extent of
ownership
(percent)
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Related importers/exporters.‐‐Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, that are engaged in importing hot‐rolled steel from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom into the United States or that are engaged in
exporting hot‐rolled steel from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, or the
United Kingdom to the United States?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information.
Firm name
Address
Affiliation
Related producers.‐‐Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, that are
engaged in the production of hot‐rolled steel?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information.
Firm name
Address
Affiliation
Importing operations.‐‐Please indicate the nature of your firm’s importing operations on hot‐
rolled steel. More than one answer may be applicable.
Importer of record
I‐7.
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 hot‐rolled steel 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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FTZ, TIB, or bonded warehouses.‐‐Please indicate whether your firm enters hot‐rolled steel into,
or withdraws such merchandise from, foreign trade zones or bonded warehouses. Also indicate
whether your firm imports hot‐rolled steel under the TIB (temporary importation under bond)
program.
“Foreign trade zone” is a designated location in the United States where firms utilize special
procedures that allow delayed or reduced customs duty payments on foreign merchandise, as
well as other savings. A foreign trade zone must be designed as such pursuant to the rules and
procedures set forth in the Foreign‐Trade Zones Act.
“Bonded warehouse” is a secured facility supervised by U.S. customs, where dutiable landed
imports are stored pending their re‐export, or release after payment of import duties, taxes, and
other charges. A bonded warehouse must be designed as such pursuant to the rules and
procedures set forth in 19 U.S.C. § 1555.
“Temporary Importation under Bond (“TIB”) program” is a procedure whereby imported
merchandise may be entered under certain conditions for a limited time into the United States
free of duty. Under the program, an importer posts a bond for twice the amount of duty, taxes,
etc. that would otherwise be owed on the importation and agrees to export or destroy the
merchandise within a specified time or pay liquidated damages. This program is restricted to
certain categories of merchandise listed in subheadings 9813.00.05 through 9813.00.75 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States(HTS).
No
Yes
Foreign trade zones
Bonded warehouses
Temporary importation under bond
I‐9.
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 Justin Enck (202‐205‐3363,
Justin.enck@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 hot‐rolled steel since January 1, 2013.
(check as many as appropriate)
(please describe, including the time period and volume
affected)
Office/warehouse openings
Office/warehouse closings
Relocations
Expansions
Acquisitions
Consolidations
Prolonged shutdowns or
importation curtailments
Revised labor agreements
Other (e.g., technology)
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Arranged imports.‐‐Has your firm imported or arranged for the importation of hot‐rolled steel
for delivery after March 31, 2016?
“Arranged imports” are imports for which your firm has placed an order, but delivery of those
imports is not scheduled to occur until after the date listed above.
No
Yes–Fill out the table below.
Quantity (in short tons)
Period/source
Apr‐Jun 2016
Jul‐Sept 2016
Oct‐Dec 2016
Jan‐Mar 2017
Australia
Brazil
Japan
Korea
Netherlands
Turkey
United Kingdom
Canada
(nonsubject)
1
Other sources:
1
Identify your other sources: .
II‐4.
Reasons for importing if producer.‐‐If your firm also produces hot‐rolled steel 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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Definitions
“Imports” –Those products identified for Customs purposes as imports for consumption for
which your firm was the importer of record (i.e., was responsible for paying any import duty) or
consignee (i.e., to which the merchandise was first delivered).
“Import quantities” –Quantities reported should be net of returns.
“Import values”—Values reported should be landed, duty‐paid values at the U.S. port of entry,
including ocean freight and insurance costs, brokerage charges, and import duties (i.e., all
charges except inland freight in the United States).
“U.S. commercial shipments”— Shipments made within the United States as a result of an arm’s
length commercial transaction in the ordinary course of business. Report net values (i.e., gross
sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned
goods) in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. your point of shipment.
“Internal consumption” –Product consumed internally by your firm.
“Transfers to related firms” –Shipments made to related domestic firms. Such transactions are
valued at fair market value.
“Related firm” –A firm that your firm solely or jointly owns, manages, or otherwise controls.
Such transactions are valued at fair market value.
“Export shipments”— Shipments to destinations outside the United States, including shipments
to related firms.
“Inventories” ‐‐Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work in progress.
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‐5a. IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and
inventories of hot‐rolled steel imported from Australia by your firm during the specified periods.
AUSTRALIA
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G)
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
2
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
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RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A),
plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
January‐March
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero
("0") or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
0
2014
0
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
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II‐5b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from
Australia by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
AUSTRALIA
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users (L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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Alloy hot‐rolled steel (Australia).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel from Australia during the specified periods. See page 4 for definition of alloy hot‐rolled
steel.
AUSTRALIA
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐5d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (AUSTRALIA).–Report your
firm’s U.S. imports from Australia of both (1) all subject hot‐rolled steel and (2) just alloy hot‐
rolled steel (a subset of the first item).
AUSTRALIA
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
Imports:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐6a. IMPORTS FROM BRAZIL.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and
inventories of hot‐rolled steel imported from Brazil by your firm during the specified periods.
BRAZIL
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G)
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
2
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
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RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A),
plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
January‐March
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero
("0") or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
0
2014
0
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
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II‐6b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from
Brazil by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
BRAZIL
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users (L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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Alloy hot‐rolled steel (Brazil).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled steel
from Brazil during the specified periods. See page 4 for definition of alloy hot‐rolled steel.
BRAZIL
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐6d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (BRAZIL).–Report your firm’s
U.S. imports from Brazil of both (1) all subject hot‐rolled steel and (2) just alloy hot‐rolled steel
(a subset of the first item).
BRAZIL
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Imports from Companhia
Siderugica Nacional (CSN) and/or
Usinas Siderurgicas da Minas
Gerais S.A. (Usiminas):
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
Imports from all other Brazilian
producers/exporters:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐7a. IMPORTS FROM JAPAN.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories
of hot‐rolled steel imported from Japan by your firm during the specified periods.
JAPAN
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G)
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
2
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
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RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A),
plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
January‐March
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero
("0") or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
0
2014
0
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
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II‐7b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from
Japan by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
JAPAN
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers and
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users (L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
January‐March
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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Alloy hot‐rolled steel (Japan).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled steel
from Japan during the specified periods. See page 4 for definition of alloy hot‐rolled steel.
JAPAN
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐7d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (JAPAN).–Report your firm’s
U.S. imports from Japan of both (1) all subject hot‐rolled steel and (2) just alloy hot‐rolled steel
(a subset of the first item).
JAPAN
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
Imports from Nippon Steel &
Sumikin Bussan Corporation
(Nippon) and/or JFE Steel
Corporation (JFE) :
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
Imports from all other Japanese
producer/exporters:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (e.g., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐8a. IMPORTS FROM KOREA.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories
of hot‐rolled steel imported from Korea by your firm during the specified periods.
KOREA
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G)
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
2
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
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RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A),
plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
January‐March
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero
("0") or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
0
2014
0
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
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II‐8b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from
Korea by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
KOREA
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers and
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users (L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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Alloy hot‐rolled steel (Korea).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled steel
from Korea during the specified periods. See page 4 for definition of alloy hot‐rolled steel.
KOREA
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐8d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (KOREA).–Report your firm’s
U.S. imports from Korea of both (1) all subject hot‐rolled steel and (2) just alloy hot‐rolled steel
(a subset of the first item).
KOREA
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
Imports:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐9a. IMPORTS FROM THE NETHERLANDS.–Report your firm’s imports and you firm’s shipments and
inventories of hot‐rolled steel imported from the Netherlands by your firm during the specified periods.
THE NETHERLANDS
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G)
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
2
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
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RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A), plus imports
(i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero
("0") or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
0
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
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II‐9b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from
the Netherlands by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
THE NETHERLANDS
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers and
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users(L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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Alloy hot‐rolled steel (the Netherlands).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of subject alloy hot‐
rolled steel from the Netherlands during the specified periods. See page 4 for definition of alloy
hot‐rolled steel.
THE NETHERLANDS
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐9d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (THE NETHERLANDS).–Report
your firm’s U.S. imports from the Netherlands of both (1) all subject hot‐rolled steel and (2) just
alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset of the first item).
THE NETHERLANDS
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
Imports:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐10a. IMPORTS FROM TURKEY.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories
of hot‐rolled steel imported from the Turkey by your firm during the specified periods.
TURKEY
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G)
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
2
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
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RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A), plus imports
(i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero
("0") or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
0
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
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II‐10b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from
Turkey by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
TURKEY
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers and
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users(L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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II‐10c. Alloy hot‐rolled steel (Turkey).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled steel
from Turkey during the specified periods. See page 4 for definition of alloy hot‐rolled steel.
TURKEY
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐10d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (TURKEY).–Report your firm’s
U.S. imports from Turkey of both (1) all subject hot‐rolled steel and (2) just alloy hot‐rolled steel
(a subset of the first item).
TURKEY
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
Imports:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐11a. IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and
inventories of hot‐rolled steel imported from the United Kingdom by your firm during the specified periods.
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
2
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RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A),
plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero ("0")
or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless accurate:
.
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II‐11b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from
the United Kingdom by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers and
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users(L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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II‐11c. Alloy hot‐rolled steel (the United Kingdom).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of subject alloy
hot‐rolled steel from the United Kingdom during the specified periods. See page 4 for definition
of alloy hot‐rolled steel.
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐11d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (THE UNITED KINGDOM).–
Report your firm’s U.S. imports from the United Kingdom of both (1) all subject hot‐rolled steel
and (2) just alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset of the first item).
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
Imports:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐12a. IMPORTS FROM CANADA.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and
inventories of hot‐rolled steel imported from Canada by your firm during the specified periods.
CANADA (Nonsubject)
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G)
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
2
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
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RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A),
plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
January‐March
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero
("0") or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
0
2014
0
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
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II‐12b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from
Canada by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
CANADA (Nonsubject)
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers and
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users (L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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II‐12c. Alloy hot‐rolled steel (Canada).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled steel
from Canada during the specified periods. See page 4 for definition of alloy hot‐rolled steel.
CANADA (Nonsubject)
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐12d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (CANADA).–Report your firm’s
U.S. imports from the Canada of both (1) all hot‐rolled steel and (2) just alloy hot‐rolled steel (a
subset of the first item).
CANADA (Nonsubject)
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
Imports:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐13a. IMPORTS FROM ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories of hot‐rolled steel imported from all other sources combined by your firm
during the specified periods.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
(list sources:
)
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2013
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)2
Value (E)
Internal consumption/
company transfers:
Quantity (F)
3
Value (G)
4
Export shipments:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (J)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
2
Of your data reported for U.S. commercial shipments in 2015 above, please indicate the quantity (in short tons) your firm sold
in 2015 that was:
Grade X‐70 hot‐rolled coil in thicknesses over 0.625”: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 585 Mega Pascal to 779 Mega Pascal, for automotive parts: short tons.
Hot‐rolled coil with a tensile strength of 780 Mega Pascal or more, used for automotive parts: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy Steel with minimum 50 ksi yield strength, greater than 0.500” in thickness and/or greater than
72” wide: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, greater than 65” wide and/or greater than 0.375” thickness: short tons.
Steel with 100 ksi yield strength, up to and including 0.375” thickness with Charpy impact value of at least 20 ft/lb at
minus 40 degrees F in transverse test direction: short tons.
High Strength Low Alloy grade 70 steel, thin gauge (maximum 0.078”) meeting gauge tolerances not greater than 0.004”
total through the entire coil (head to tail): short tons.
Battery Quality Hot Band – Hot‐rolled, continuously cast steel sheet in coil suitable for further processing and the ultimate
manufacture of battery cans. The steel shall be ultra‐clean, with individual particles of non‐metallic inclusions not
greater than 1 micron (0.000039”) and clusters or groups of non‐metallics not exceeding 5 microns (0.000197”) in
length. Scale shall be completely removable by hydrochloric acid pickling, the resulting surfaces being free of digs,
scratches, pits, gouges and slivers. The steel shall have a low crown, with a symmetrical profile of 0.0020” maximum:
short tons.
3
Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that your firm uses a
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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: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐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 A), plus imports
(i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, and H). 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.
Calendar years
January‐March
Reconciliation
A + B – D – F – H – J = should equal zero ("0")
or provide an explanation.1
1
2013
2014
0
2015
0
2015
0
2016
0
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless accurate:
.
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II‐13b. Channels of distribution.‐‐Report your firm’s commercial U.S. shipments of U.S. imports from all
other sources combined by channel of distribution and end use, during the specified periods.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Channels of distribution:
Commercial U.S. shipments:
To steel service centers and
and/or distributors (K)1
2
To end users (L)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
In 2015, what estimated share of your firm's reported commercial shipments to steel service centers and/or distributors
were in the following likely end use applications:
Share of total
Distributor/service center likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Identify the other end uses: .
2
Please estimate the share of your firm’s U.S. commercial shipments to end users in 2015 that were for the following end‐
use applications:
Share of total
End user likely end use
(percent)
Tubular goods producers
Automotive and other transportation equipment
manufacturers
Construction/structural applications
Appliances, machinery and parts
Other end uses/unknown
Total (should sum to 100.0 percent)
0.0
Identify the other end uses: .
RECONCILIATION OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS.—The sum of the in this question (lines K through Q) should
equal the commercial U.S. shipment quantity reported in reported in the previous question (line D) in each
period. Revise if the reconciliation below is not returning zeroes.
Calendar years
Reconciliation
K + L – D = zero ("0"), if not revise.
2013
2014
0
January‐March
2015
0
2015
0
0
2016
0
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II‐13c. Alloy hot‐rolled steel (ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports of
subject alloy hot‐rolled steel from all other sources combined during the specified periods. See
page 4 for definition of alloy hot‐rolled steel.
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in short tons), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2013
Imports of subject alloy hot‐rolled
steel:1
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
2014
January‐March
2015
2015
2016
1
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data reported in
this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall imports of hot‐rolled
steel.
II‐13d. Imports for specific periods pre‐ and post‐filing of the petitions (ALL OTHER SOURCES
COMBINED).–Report your firm’s U.S. imports from the all other sources combined of both (1) all
hot‐rolled steel and (2) just alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset of the first item).
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in short tons)
Item
Imports:
All hot‐rolled steel
Alloy hot‐rolled steel (a subset
of the first item) 1
1
6 months to a year
prior to petition
6 months prior to
the petition
6 months after the
petition
August 1, 2014 –
January 31, 2015
February 1, 2015 –
July 31, 2015
August 1, 2015‐
January 31, 2016
Note that the quantity and value of imports reported in this table for alloy hot‐rolled steel are subsets of the data
reported in lines B and C in the first data grid for this country (i.e., R <= B, and S <=C). For most firms, the data
reported in this question should not be exactly equal to (i.e., it should be less than) the data reported in overall
imports of hot‐rolled steel.
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II‐14. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part II
that did not provide a narrative response 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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PART III.‐‐PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from John Benedetto (202‐205‐
3270, 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. This question requests quarterly quantity and value data for your firm’s commercial shipments
to unrelated U.S. customers since January 1, 2013 of the following products your firm imported
from subject countries Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United
Kingdom and nonsubject country Canada. As indicated below, please separate sales to
distributors and service centers from sales to end users.
Product 1.‐‐Hot‐rolled carbon steel plate in coils, as‐rolled (unprocessed), not pickled or temper‐
rolled, not high strength, produced to AISI‐1006‐1025 grade (including, but not
limited to, ASTM A36), 0.187" through 0.625" in nominal or actual thickness, 40"
through 72" in width.
Product 2.‐‐Hot‐rolled carbon steel sheet in coils, commercial quality, SAE 1006‐1015 or ASTM
A1011 equivalent, not high‐strength, not pickled and oiled, not temper‐rolled,
0.090" through 0.171" in nominal or actual thickness, 40" to 72" in width.
Product 3.‐‐Hot‐rolled carbon steel sheet in coils, commercial quality SAE 1006‐1015 or ASTM
A1011 equivalent, pickled and oiled, temper‐rolled, not high strength, 0.090"
through 0.171" in nominal or actual thickness, 40" to 72" in width.
Product 4.‐‐Hot rolled steel plate in coils, high strength low alloy, for conversion to API PSL 2 X‐
70, 0.250 to 0.750, 50” to 77” in width.
Please note that values should be f.o.b., U.S. point of shipment and should not include U.S.‐inland
transportation costs. Values should reflect the final net amount paid to your firm (i.e., should be net
of all deductions for discounts or rebates).
During January 2013‐March 2016, did your firm import from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and/or Canada and sell to unrelated U.S. customers
any of the above listed products (or any products that were competitive with these products)?
Yes.‐‐Please complete the following pricing data tables as appropriate.
No.‐‐Skip to question III‐3.
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III‐2a. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Australia
and sold by your firm.
AUSTRALIA
SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SERVICE CENTERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2a. Price data.‐‐ Continued. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported
from Australia and sold by your firm.
AUSTRALIA
SALES TO END USERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2b. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Brazil
and sold by your firm.
BRAZIL
SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SERVICE CENTERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2b. Price data.‐‐ Continued. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported
from Brazil and sold by your firm.
BRAZIL
SALES TO END USERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2c. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Japan
and sold by your firm.
JAPAN
SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SERVICE CENTERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2c. Price data.‐‐ Continued. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported
from Japan and sold by your firm.
JAPAN
SALES TO END USERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2d. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Korea
and sold by your firm.
KOREA
SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SERVICE CENTERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2d. Price data.‐‐ Continued. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported
from Korea and sold by your firm.
KOREA
SALES TO END USERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2e. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from the
Netherlands and sold by your firm.
NETHERLANDS
SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SERVICE CENTERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2e. Price data.‐‐ Continued. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported
from the Netherlands and sold by your firm.
NETHERLANDS
SALES TO END USERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2f. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Turkey
and sold by your firm.
TURKEY
SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SERVICE CENTERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Quantity
Value
Period of shipment
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2f. Price data.‐‐ Continued. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported
from Turkey and sold by your firm.
TURKEY
SALES TO END USERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Quantity
Value
Period of shipment
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2g. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from the
United Kingdom and sold by your firm.
UNITED KINGDOM
SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SERVICE CENTERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2g. Price data.‐‐ Continued. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported
from the United Kingdom and sold by your firm.
UNITED KINGDOM
SALES TO END USERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2h. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Canada
and sold by your firm.
CANADA
SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SERVICE CENTERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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III‐2h. Price data.‐‐ Continued. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported
from Canada and sold by your firm.
CANADA
SALES TO END USERS
Report data in actual short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
Product 1
Quantity
Value
(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 2
Product 3
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 4
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2013:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2014:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2015:
January‐March
April‐June
July‐September
October‐
December
2016:
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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Pricing data methodology.—Please describe the method and the kinds of documents/records
that were used to compile your price data.
Note: As requested in Part I of this questionnaire, please keep all supporting documents/records
used in the preparation of the price data, as Commission staff may contact your firm regarding
questions on the price data. The Commission may also request that your company submit copies
of the supporting documents/records (such as sales journal, invoices, etc.) used to compile these
data.
III‐3.
Price setting.‐‐ How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of hot‐rolled
steel (check all that apply)? If your firm issues price lists, please submit sample pages of a
recent list.
Transaction
by
transaction
Contracts
III‐4.
Set
price
lists
Other
If other, describe
Discount policy.‐‐ Please indicate and describe your firm’s discount policies (check all that
apply).
Quantity
discounts
Annual
total
volume
discounts
III‐5.
No
discount
policy
Other
Describe
Pricing terms.‐‐
(a)
What are your firm’s typical sales terms for hot‐rolled steel imported from subject
countries?
Net 30
days
Net 60
days
2/10 net 30
days
Other
Other (specify)
(b)
On what basis are your firm’s prices of imported hot‐rolled steel from subject countries
usually quoted (check one)?
Delivered
F.o.b.
If f.o.b., specify point
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Contract versus spot.‐‐Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of hot‐rolled steel
imported from subject countries in 2015 was on a (1) long‐term contract basis, (2) annual
contract basis, (3) short‐term contract basis, and (4) spot sales basis?
Long‐term
contracts
(multiple
deliveries for
more than 12
months)
Share of 2015
sales
III‐7.
%
Type of sale
Short‐term
Annual
contracts
contracts
(multiple
(multiple
deliveries for
deliveries for 12
less than 12
months)
months)
%
%
Total
(should
sum to
100.0%)
Spot sales
(for a single
delivery)
%
0.0
%
Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table regarding your firm’s typical sales contracts for
hot‐rolled steel from subject countries (or check “not applicable” if your firm does not sell on a
long‐term, short‐term and/or annual contract basis).
Typical sales
contract provisions
Item
Short‐term
contracts
(multiple deliveries
for less than 12
months)
Average contract
duration
No. of
days
Price renegotiation
(during contract
period)
Yes
No
Quantity
Price
Both
Yes
No
Fixed quantity
and/or price
Meet or release
provision
Not applicable
Annual contracts
Long‐term contracts
(multiple deliveries (multiple deliveries for
for 12 months)
more than 12 months)
365
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III‐8.
Lead times.‐‐What is your firm’s share of sales of hot‐rolled steel imported from subject
countries from inventory and produced to order and what is the typical lead time between a
customer’s order and the date of delivery for your firm’s sales of hot‐rolled steel?
Share of
Lead time
Source
2015 sales
(days)
From your firm’s U.S. inventory
%
From foreign manufacturers’ inventory
%
Produced to order
%
0.0 %
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
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Shipping information.—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
What is the approximate percentage of the total delivered cost of hot‐rolled steel
imported from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United
Kingdom that is accounted for by U.S. inland transportation costs? percent.
Who generally arranges the transportation to your firm’s customers’ locations?
Your firm Purchaser (check one)
When your firm sells hot‐rolled steel imported from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom , from where is it shipped?
Point of importation Storage facility (check one)
Indicate the approximate percentage of your firm’s sales of hot‐rolled steel imported
from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom
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
Within 100 miles
%
101 to 1,000 miles
%
Over 1,000 miles
%
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
Share
0.0 %
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III‐10. Geographical shipments.‐‐In which U.S. geographic market area(s) has your firm sold hot‐rolled
steel imported from subject countries since January 1, 2013 (check all that apply)?
United
Australia Brazil Japan Korea Netherlands Turkey
Geographic area
Kingdom
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.
III‐11. End uses.‐‐List the end uses of the hot‐rolled steel that your firm imports from subject
countries. For each end‐use product, what percentage of the total cost is accounted for by hot‐
rolled steel and other inputs?
Share of total cost of end‐use product
accounted for by
Total
(should sum to
100.0% across)
End use product
Hot‐rolled steel
Other inputs
%
%
0.0 %
%
%
0.0 %
%
%
0.0 %
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III‐12. Substitutes.‐‐ Can other products be substituted for hot‐rolled steel?
No
Yes‐‐Please fill out the table.
End use in which this
substitute is used
Substitute
Have changes in the price of this substitute
affected the price for hot‐rolled steel?
No Yes
Explanation
1.
2.
3.
III‐13. Demand trends.—
(a) Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United States (if known)
for hot‐rolled steel has changed since January 1, 2013. 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
(b) Describe any changes in downstream product demand that have affected changes in
demand for hot‐rolled steel in the U.S. market since January 1, 2013.
Market
Explanation and factors
Change in demand for
oil‐country tubular
goods
Change in demand for
other downstream
products
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III‐14. Product changes.‐‐Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix or
marketing of hot‐rolled steel since January 1, 2013?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe.
III‐15. Conditions of competition.—
(a) Is the hot‐rolled steel market subject to business cycles (other than general economy‐wide
conditions) and/or other conditions of competition distinctive to hot‐rolled steel?
Check all that apply.
Please describe.
No
Skip to question III‐16.
Yes‐Business cycles (e.g.
seasonal business)
Yes‐Other distinctive
conditions of competition
(b) If yes, have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for
hot‐rolled steel since January 1, 2013?
No
Yes
If yes, describe.
III‐16. Supply constraints.‐‐Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply hot‐rolled steel
since January 1, 2013 (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, weather‐related
effects, extended delivery times on quoted prices, etc.)?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe.
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III‐17. Raw materials.‐‐ How have hot‐rolled steel raw materials prices and energy prices changed
since January 1, 2013? If prices fluctuated, please describe the changes in each year.
Prices
Fluctuate Explain, noting how raw material price
changes have affected your firm’s
with no
Overall
No
Overall
selling prices for hot‐rolled steel.
increase change decrease clear trend
Raw
materials
Energy
III‐18. Interchangeability.‐‐Is hot‐rolled steel 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
Aus‐
Brazil Japan
tralia
Country‐pair
U.S.
Korea
Nether‐
lands
Turkey
UK
Canada
Other
countries
Australia
Brazil
Japan
Korea
Netherlands
Turkey
UK
Canada
For any country‐pair producing hot‐rolled steel that is sometimes or never interchangeable,
identify the country‐pair and explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:
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III‐19. Factors other than price.‐‐Are differences other than price (e.g., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between hot‐rolled steel
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
Aus‐
Brazil Japan
tralia
Country‐pair
U.S.
Korea
Nether‐
lands
Turkey
UK
Canada
Other
countries
Australia
Brazil
Japan
Korea
Netherlands
Turkey
UK
Canada
For any country‐pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s sales of hot‐rolled steel, identify the country‐pair and report the
advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:
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III‐20. Customer identification.‐‐List the names and contact information for your firm’s 10 largest U.S.
customers for hot‐rolled steel since January 1, 2013. Indicate the share of the quantity of your
firm’s total shipments of hot‐rolled steel that each of these customers accounted for in 2015.
Customer’s name
City
State
Share of 2015 sales
(%)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
III‐21. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part III
that did not provide a narrative response 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://wwwadmin.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/hot_rolled_steel_flat_products_a
ustralia_brazil/final.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: HRS
• E‐mail.—E‐mail the MS Word questionnaire to Justin.enck@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 import 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, it is 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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| File Modified | 2016-05-03 |
| File Created | 2016-05-03 |