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LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
HARDWOOD PLYWOOD FROM CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by December 2, 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
hardwood plywood from China (Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐565 and 731‐TA‐1341 (Preliminary). The information
requested in the questionnaire is requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This
report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed can result in a subpoena or other order to compel
the submission of records or information in your firm’s possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)). Further
information on this survey can be obtained from Saad Ahmad (202‐205‐3331, Saad.Ahmad@usitc.gov).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm purchased hardwood plywood (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: HWPW)
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 these
investigations 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
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐This proceeding was instituted in response to petitions filed on November 18, 2016, on
behalf of the Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood, which is comprised of Columbia Forest
Products (Greensboro, North Carolina); Commonwealth Plywood Inc. (Whitehall, New York); Roseburg
Forest Products Co. (Roseburg, Oregon); States Industries Inc. (Eugene, Oregon); and Timber Products
Com. (Springfield, Oregon). Antidumping and/or 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 (“Commerce”) makes
affirmative determinations of subsidization and/or dumping. Questionnaires and other information
pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/hardwood_plywood_china/preliminary.htm.
Hardwood Plywood covered by these investigations is as follows:
The merchandise subject to these investigations is hardwood and decorative plywood. Hardwood and
decorative plywood is a flat panel composed of an assembly of two or more layers or plies of wood
veneers in combination with a core. The veneers, along with the core, are glued or otherwise bonded
together to form a finished product. A hardwood and decorative plywood panel must have at least
either the face or back veneer composed of one or more species of hardwood or bamboo. Hardwood
and decorative plywood may include products that meet the American National Standard for Hardwood
and Decorative Plywood, ANSI/HPVA HP‐1‐2016.
All hardwood and decorative plywood is included within the scope of these investigations, without
regard to dimension (overall thickness, thickness of face veneer, thickness of back veneer, thickness of
core, thickness of inner veneers, width, or length). However, the most common panel sizes of hardwood
and decorative plywood are 1219 x 1829 mm (48 x 72 inches), 1219 x 2438 mm (48 x 96 inches), and
1219 x 3048 mm (48 x 120 inches).
A “veneer” is a thin slice of wood which is rotary cut, sliced or sawed from a log, bolt or flitch. The face
veneer is the exposed veneer of a hardwood and decorative plywood product which is of a superior
grade than that of the back veneer, which is the other exposed veneer of the product (i.e., as opposed
to the inner veneers). When the two exposed veneers are of equal grade, either one can be considered
the face or back veneer. For products that are entirely composed of veneer, such as Veneer Core
Platforms, the exposed veneers are to be considered the face and back veneers, in accordance with the
descriptions above.
The core of hardwood and decorative plywood consists of the layer or layers of one or more material(s)
that are situated between the face and back veneers. The core may be composed of a range of
materials, including but not limited to veneers, particleboard, and medium‐density fiberboard (“MDF”).
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All hardwood and decorative plywood is included within the scope of these investigations regardless of
whether or not the face and/or back veneers are surface coated. Examples of surface coatings include,
but are not limited to, ultra‐violet light cured polyurethanes, oil or oil‐modified or water based
polyurethanes, wax, epoxy‐ester finishes, moisture‐cured urethanes, and paints and stains that cause
the grain, texture or markings of the wood to be obscured. Hardwood and decorative plywood may be
coated through the utilization of paper, aluminum, high pressure laminate (“HPL”), MDF, medium
density overlay (“MDO”), and phenolic film. Additionally, the face veneer of hardwood and decorative
plywood may be sanded, smoothed or given a “distressed” appearance through such methods as hand‐
scraping or wire brushing. All hardwood and decorative plywood is included within the scope even if it is
trimmed, cut‐to‐size, notched, punched, drilled, or has underwent other forms of minor processing.
Subject merchandise also includes hardwood and decorative plywood that has been further processed
in a third country, including but not limited to trimming, cutting, notching, punching, drilling, or any
other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the
investigations if performed in the country of manufacture of the in‐scope product.
The scope of the investigations excludes the following items: (1) structural plywood (also known as
“industrial plywood” or “industrial panels”) that is manufactured and stamped to meet U.S. Products
Standard PS 1‐09, PS 2‐09, or PS 2‐10 for Structural Plywood (including any revisions to that standard or
any substantially equivalent international standard intended for structural plywood), including but not
limited to the “bond performance” requirements set forth at paragraph 5.8.6.4 of that Standard and the
performance criteria detailed at Table 4 through 10 of that Standard; (2) products which have a face and
back veneer of cork; (3) multilayered wood flooring, as described in the antidumping duty and
countervailing duty orders on Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce Investigation Nos. A‐
570‐970 and C‐570‐971 (published December 8, 2011), and additionally, multilayered wood flooring
with a face veneer of bamboo or composed entirely of bamboo; (4) plywood which has a shape or
design other than a flat panel, with the exception of any minor processing described above; (5) products
made entirely from bamboo and adhesives (also known as “solid bamboo”).
Imports of hardwood plywood are primarily entered under the following HTS numbers: 4412.31.0520;
4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560; 4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520; 4412.31.4040; 4412.31.4050; 4412.31.4060;
4412.31.4075; 4412.31.4080; 4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135; 4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 4412.31.5175;
4412.31.6000; 4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520; 4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0565; 4412.32.0570; 4412.32.2510;
4412.32.2525; 4412.32.2530; 4412.32.3125; 4412.32.3135; 4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165; 4412.32.3175;
4412.32.3185; 4412.32.5600; 4412.94.1030; 4412.94.1050; 4412.94.3105; 4412.94.3111; 4412.94.3121;
4412.94.3141; 4412.94.3160; 4412.94.3161; 4412.94.3171; 4412.94.3175; 4412.94.4100; 4412.99.0600;
4412.99.1020; 4412.99.1030; 4412.99.1040; 4412.99.3110; 4412.99.3120; 4412.99.3130 4412.99.3140;
4412.99.3150; 4412.99.3160; 4412.99.3170; 4412.99.4100; 4412.99.5115; and 4412.99.5710. With the
exception of 4412.99.0600 and 4412.99.5115 all of these HTS codes are included in the definition of
“hardwood plywood” used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service in
reporting imports.
Products covered by this scope may also be imported under HTS numbers 4412.10.0500; 4412.39.1000;
4412.39.3000; 4412.39.4011; 4412.39.4012; 4412.39.4019; 4412.39.4031; 4412.39.4032; 4412.39.4039;
4412.39.4051; 4412.39.4052; 4412.39.4059; 4412.39.4061; 4412.39.4062; 4412.39.4069; 4412.39.5010;
4412.39.5030; 4412.39.5050; 4412.99.6000; 4412.99.7000; 4412.99.8000; 4412.99.9000; 4412.10.9000;
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4412.94.5100; 4412.94.9500; and 4412.99.9500. The written description of the merchandise under
investigation is dispositive.
Reporting of information.‐‐ If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates. If your firm is completing more than one questionnaire (i.e., a producer, importer,
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. In addition, if your firm is a U.S. producer, the information you
provide on your production and imports of hardwood plywood and your responses to the questions in
Part I of the producer questionnaire will be provided to the U.S. Department of Commerce, upon its
request, for use in connection with (and only in connection with) its requirement pursuant to section
702(c)(4)/732(c)(4) of the Act (19 U.S.C. § 1671a(c)(4)/1673a(c)(4)) to make a determination concerning
the extent of industry support for the petition requesting this proceeding. Any information provided to
Commerce will be transmitted under the confidentiality and release guidelines set forth above. Your
response to these questions constitutes your consent that such information be provided to Commerce
under the conditions described above.
Contact information.‐‐Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission
staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in this survey. This
may or may not be the person whose signature is at the bottom of page 1.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Business Proprietary
Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ Hardwood Plywood
PURCHASE INFORMATION
1. Purchases.—Report your firm’s total U.S. purchases of hardwood plywood. Estimates are
acceptable.
Item
2013
2014
2015
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Quantity (in 1,000 square feet)
Purchases of hardwood plywood
produced in‐‐
United States
All other countries:
Sources unknown
China
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
hardwood plywood from different sources have changed since January 1, 2013.
Source of
purchases
Did not
purchase Decreased Increased
Constant Fluctuated
Explanation for trend
United States
China
All other
countries
Sources
unknown
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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 hardwood plywood.
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 hardwood plywood from China
instead of U.S.‐produced hardwood plywood?
Yes
No
Source
(also respond to parts (b) and (c))
(If “No”, skip to next question)
China
(b)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was the imported product priced lower than the
domestic product?
Source
Yes
No
China
(c)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was price a primary reason for purchasing subject
imports rather than domestic product?
Source
Yes
China
If Yes, estimate the quantity
of imports purchased instead
of domestic product since
January 2013
(in 1,000 square feet)
No
If No, please indicate the
reason your firm purchased
imports instead of domestic
product
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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 hardwood plywood to
your firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced hardwood
plywood in order to compete with lower‐priced imports of hardwood plywood from the
subject countries?
Yes (also respond to
No (If “No”, skip to next
Source
question part (b))
question)
Don’t know
China
(b)
If your firm responded “yes” to any of the above countries, please provide an estimate
of the reduction in U.S. producers’ prices, and any additional explanations, such as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price reductions, or other market/competitive
factors.
Source
China
Estimated
reduction in U.S.
prices
(percent)
%
Additional explanation, including such information as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price
reductions, or other market/competitive factors
6. 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 hardwood plywood.
7. Other explanations‐‐Please provide any additional comments in this box.
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OMB INFORMATION
7. OMB statistics.‐‐Please report the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of
completing this survey.
Hours
Dollars
The questions in this survey have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that issues of
concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful, and as limited
as possible. Public reporting burden for this survey is estimated to average 4 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the
survey.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for reducing
the burden, and any suggestions for improving this survey. Please attach such comments to your
response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20436.
HOW TO FILE YOUR SURVEY RESPONSE
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the survey document.
Please submit the completed survey using one of the methods noted below. If your firm
is unable to complete the MS Word survey or cannot use one of the electronic methods
of submission, please contact the Commission for further instructions.
• Upload via Secure Drop Box.—Upload the MS Word survey along with a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure upload facility:
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Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/
Enter Investigation: Select “Hardwood plywood from China” in the drop down menu
Pin: HWPW
• E‐mail.—E‐mail the MS Word survey to saad.ahmad@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.
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| File Title | Microsoft Word - LSLR--Hardwood plywood (P) |
| Author | mary.messer |
| File Modified | 2016-11-28 |
| File Created | 2016-11-28 |