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LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
SOFTWOOD LUMBER FROM CANADA
This survey must be received by the Commission by December 9, 2016
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this survey is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in connection
with its countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning softwood lumber from Canada(Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐
566 and 731‐TA‐1342 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the survey is requested under the authority of the
Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed can result in a subpoena or other
order to compel the submission of records or information in your possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)). Further information
on this survey can be obtained from John Benedetto (202‐205‐3270, john.benedetto@usitc.gov).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm purchased softwood lumber (as defined on next page) at any time since January 1, 2013?
NO
(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the survey to the Commission)
YES
(Complete all parts of the survey, and return the entire survey to the Commission)
Return questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the
following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: SWLBR)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in this survey is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and
understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission. By submitting this certification I
also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the information provided in this survey
and throughout this proceeding in any other import‐injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or similar
merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
investigation or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits,
reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all
contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official Title of Authorized Official
Date
Signature
Phone
Email address
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ softwood lumber
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on November 25, 2016, by
Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations.
Countervailing and antidumping 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 (“Commerce”) makes an affirmative
determination of subsidization and or dumping. Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this
proceeding are available at:
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/softwood_lumber_canada/preliminary.htm. .
Softwood lumber covered by these investigations is defined as follows: (1) coniferous wood, sawn, or
chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger‐jointed, of a thickness
exceeding six millimeters; (2) coniferous wood siding, flooring, and other coniferous wood (other than
moldings and dowel rods), including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, that is continuously shaped
(tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V‐jointed, beaded, molded, rounded or the like) along any of its
edges, ends, or faces, whether or not planed, sanded, or end‐jointed; (3) coniferous drilled and notched
lumber and angle cut lumber; (4) coniferous lumber stacked on edge and fastened together with nails,
whether or not with plywood sheathing; and (5) Components or parts of semi‐finished or unassembled
finished products made from subject merchandise that would otherwise meet the definition of the
scope above are within the scope of these investigations.. Products conforming to the scope that may
be classified by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) as stringers, radius cut box‐spring‐
frame components, fence pickets, truss components, pallet components, and door and window frame
parts, are included within the scope of these investigations.
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.
Release of information.‐‐The information provided by your firm in response to this survey, as well as
any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to the Commission in connection
with this proceeding, may become subject to, and released under, the administrative protective order
provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1677f) and section 207.7 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR § 207.7). This means that certain lawyers and other authorized
individuals may temporarily be given access to the information for use in connection with this
proceeding or other import‐injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or similar
merchandise; those individuals would be subject to severe penalties if the information were divulged to
unauthorized individuals. Please also retain a copy of the final document that you submit.
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ softwood lumber
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Contact information.‐‐Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission
staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in this survey. This
may or may not be the person whose signature is at the bottom of page 1.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
PURCHASE INFORMATION
1. Purchases.—Report your firm’s total U.S. purchases of softwood lumber. Estimates are acceptable.
2013
2014
2015
Jan‐Sep 2016
Item
Quantity (in mbf)
Purchases of softwood lumber
produced in‐‐
United States
All other countries
Sources unknown
Canada
1
Total purchases
0
0
0
1
Please identify these countries:
2. Changes in purchasing patterns.— Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of
softwood lumber from different sources have changed since January 1, 2013.
Source of
purchases
Did not
purchase
Decreased Increased Constant Fluctuated
Explanation for trend
United States
Canada
All other
countries
Sources
unknown
0
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ softwood lumber
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3. Major purchasing factors.‐‐Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase softwood lumber.
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:
4. Purchasing subject imports rather than domestic products.—
(a)
Since January 2013, did your firm purchase imports of softwood lumber from Canada
instead of U.S.‐produced softwood lumber?
Yes
No
(also respond to parts (b) and (c))
(If “No,” skip to next question)
(b)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was the imported product priced lower than the
comparable domestic product?
Yes
No
(c)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was price a primary reason for purchasing subject
imports rather than comparable domestic product?
Yes
If Yes, estimate the quantity
of imports purchased instead
of domestic product since
January 2013
(in mbf)
No
If No, please indicate the
reason your firm purchased
imports instead of domestic
product
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ softwood lumber
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5.
U.S. producers and import competition.—
(a)
Since January 1, 2013, in connection with a sale or offer to sell softwood lumber to your
firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced softwood lumber
in order to compete with lower‐priced imports of softwood lumber from Canada?
Yes (also respond to
No (If “No”, skip to next
question part (b))
question)
Don’t know
(b)
If your firm responded “yes” to question 5(a) above, please provide an estimate of the
reduction in U.S. producers’ prices, and any additional explanations, such as timing (e.g.,
months/years), frequency of price reductions, or other market/competitive factors.
Estimated
reduction in U.S.
prices
(percent)
%
Additional explanation, including such information as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price
reductions, or other market/competitive factors
6. Method of purchase‐‐Please provide a general description of your firm’s method(s) of purchase
(e.g., individual purchase, contract, bids, Internet purchases, etc.) for softwood lumber.
7. Other explanations‐‐Please provide any additional comments in this box.
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ softwood lumber
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OMB INFORMATION
8. OMB statistics.‐‐Please report the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of
completing this survey.
Hours
Dollars
The questions in this survey have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that issues of
concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful, and as limited
as possible. Public reporting burden for this survey is estimated to average 4 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the
survey.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for reducing
the burden, and any suggestions for improving this survey. Please attach such comments to your
response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20436.
HOW TO FILE YOUR SURVEY RESPONSE
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the survey document.
Please submit the completed survey using one of the methods noted below. If your firm
is unable to complete the MS Word survey or cannot use one of the electronic methods
of submission, please contact the Commission for further instructions.
• Upload via Secure Drop Box.—Upload the MS Word survey along with a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure upload facility:
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Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/
Enter Investigation: Select “Softwood Lumber” in the drop down menu
Pin: SWLBR
• E‐mail.—E‐mail the MS Word survey to john.benedetto@usitc.gov ; include a scanned copy of the
signed certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents
that are electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from
unauthorized disclosure. The USITC secure drop‐box system and the Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140‐2 cryptographic algorithms to
encrypt data in transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these
encryption algorithms (such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized
disclosure during transmission. If you choose a non‐encrypted method of electronic transmission, the
Commission warns you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you and not
by the Commission.
If your firm did not purchase this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a scanned copy
to the Commission.
File Type | application/pdf |
File Title | Microsoft Word - US purchaser questionnaire softwood lumber prelim |
Author | fred.ruggles |
File Modified | 2016-11-28 |
File Created | 2016-11-28 |