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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
MULTILAYERED WOOD FLOORING FROM CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by August 17, 2017
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 review of the countervailing and antidumping duty orders concerning multilayered wood flooring
from China (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-476 and 731-TA-1179 (Review)). The information requested in the questionnaire is
requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII.

Name of firm
Address
Website
Has your firm produced or exported multilayered wood flooring (as defined on next page) at any time since
January 1, 2011?

NO

(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the questionnaire to the Commission)

YES

(Complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire questionnaire to the Commission)

Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: MLWF)
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 or reviews
conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
proceeding or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits,
reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all
contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official

Title of Authorized Official

Date

Phone:
Signature

Fax:

Email address

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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--On December 8, 2011, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued a
countervailing duty order and an antidumping duty order on imports of multilayered wood flooring from
China. On November 1, 2016, the Commission instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the orders would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably
foreseeable time. If both the Commission and Commerce make an affirmative determination, the orders
will remain in place. If either the Commission or Commerce makes a negative determination,
Commerce will revoke the order. Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are
available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/multilayered_wood_flooring_china/first_review_ful
l.htm
Multilayered wood flooring covered by these reviews is composed of an assembly of two or more layers
or plies of wood veneer(s) 1 in combination with a core. 2 The several layers, along with the core, are
glued or otherwise bonded together to form a final assembled product. Multilayered wood flooring is
often referred to by other terms, e.g., “engineered wood flooring” or “plywood flooring.” Regardless of
the particular terminology, all products that meet the description set forth herein are intended for
inclusion within the definition of subject merchandise.
All multilayered wood flooring is included within the definition of subject merchandise, without regard
to: dimension (overall thickness, thickness of face ply, thickness of back ply, thickness of core, and
thickness of inner plies; width; and length); wood species used for the face, back and inner veneers; core
composition; and face grade. Multilayered wood flooring included within the definition of subject
merchandise may be unfinished (i.e., without a finally finished surface to protect the face veneer from
wear and tear) or “prefinished” (i.e., a coating applied to the face veneer, including, but not exclusively,
oil or oil-modified or water-based polyurethanes, ultra-violet light cured polyurethanes, wax, epoxyester finishes, moisture-cured urethanes and acid-curing formaldehyde finishes.) The veneers may be
also soaked in an acrylicimpregnated finish. All multilayered wood flooring is included within the
definition of subject merchandise regardless of whether the face (or back) of the product is smooth,
wire brushed, distressed by any method or multiple methods, or hand-scraped. In addition, all
multilayered wood flooring is included within the definition of subject merchandise regardless of
whether or not it is manufactured with any interlocking or connecting mechanism (for example, tongueand-groove construction or locking joints). All multilayered wood flooring is included within the
definition of the subject merchandise regardless of whether the product meets a particular industry or
similar standard.
The core of multilayered wood flooring may be composed of a range of materials, including but not
limited to hardwood or softwood veneer, particleboard, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), high-density
fiberboard (HDF), stone and/or plastic composite, or strips of lumber placed edge-to-edge.
Multilayered wood flooring products generally, but not exclusively, may be in the form of a strip, plank,
or other geometrical patterns (e.g., circular, hexagonal). All multilayered wood flooring products are
included within this definition regardless of the actual or nominal dimensions or form of the product.

1

A “veneer” is a thin slice of wood, rotary cut, sliced, or sawed from a log, bolt, or flitch. Veneer is referred to as a
ply when assembled.
2
Commerce interprets this language to refer to wood flooring products with a minimum of three layers.

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Specifically excluded from the scope are cork flooring and bamboo flooring, regardless of whether any
of the sub-surface layers of either flooring are made from wood. Also excluded is laminate flooring.
Laminate flooring consists of a top wear layer sheet not made of wood, a decorative paper layer, a corelayer of high-density fiberboard, and a stabilizing bottom layer.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the following statistical reporting numbers of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”):
4412.31.0520; 4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560; 4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520; 4412.31.4040; 4412.31.4050;
4412.31.4060; 4412.31.4070; 4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135; 4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 4412.31.3175;
4412.31.6000; 4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520; 4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0560; 4412.32.2510; 4412.32.2520;
4412.32.3125; 4412.32.3135; 4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165; 4412.32.3175; 4412.32.3185; 4412.32.5600;
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; 4412.94.1030; 4412.94.1050; 4412.94.3105; 4412.94.3111;
4412.94.3121; 4412.94.3131; 4412.94.3141; 4412.94.3160; 4412.94.3171; 4412.94.4100; 4412.94.5100;
4412.94.6000; 4412.94.7000; 4412.94.8000; 4412.94.9000; 4412.94.9500; 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; 4412.99.5100; 4412.99.5710; 4412.99.6000; 4412.99.7000;
4412.99.8000; 4412.99.9000; 4412.99.9500; 4418.71.2000; 4418.71.9000; 4418.72.2000; and
4418.72.9500.
The HTSUS provisions are for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope 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,
purchaser and/or foreign producer questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions.
Confidentiality.--The commercial and financial data furnished in response to this questionnaire that
reveal the individual operations of your firm will be treated as confidential by the Commission to the
extent that such data are not otherwise available to the public and will not be disclosed except as may
be required by law (see 19 U.S.C. § 1677f). Such confidential information will not be published in a
manner that will reveal the individual operations of your firm; however, general characterizations of
numerical business proprietary information (such as discussion of trends) will be treated as confidential
business information only at the request of the submitter for good cause shown.
Verification.--The information submitted in this questionnaire is subject to audit and verification by the
Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep all files, worksheets, and supporting
documents used in the preparation of the questionnaire response. Please also retain a copy of the final
document that you submit.

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Release of information.--The information provided by your firm in response to this questionnaire, as
well as any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to the Commission in
connection with this proceeding, may become subject to, and released under, the administrative
protective order provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1677f) and section 207.7 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR § 207.7). This means that certain lawyers and
other authorized individuals may temporarily be given access to the information for use in connection
with this proceeding or other import-injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or
similar merchandise; those individuals would be subject to severe penalties if the information were
divulged to unauthorized individuals.
Valid number error messages.--If you are completing this form in a country that uses periods (“.”) to
delineate multiples of 1000 (e.g., one million would appear as $1.000.000 rather than $1,000,000), you
may be unable to enter in numbers greater than 999 in numeric form fields. The solution to this data
entry issue is to temporarily change your operating system’s number formatting to be consistent with
the U.S. number formatting system while you complete this form. Detailed instructions on how to
resolve this issue is provided at the end of this questionnaire and is available upon request from Drew
Dushkes (202-205-3229, drew.dushkes@usitc.gov).
I-1.

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
30 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.

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Establishments covered.-- Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire. If your firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading
symbol.
“Establishment”-- Each facility of a firm in China involved in the production or export of
multilayered wood flooring, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether
or not physically separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in
China should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.

I-3.

U.S. importers.--Please provide the names, contacts, email addresses, and telephone numbers
of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s multilayered wood flooring in 2016.

No.

1
2
3
4
5

Importer’s name

Contact person

Email address

Share of
Area code
your firm’s
and
2016 U.S.
telephone
exports
number
(%)

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I-4.

U.S. or other country production.--Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the
capability to produce, or have any plans to produce multilayered wood flooring in the United
States or other countries?
No

I-5.

Yes--Please name the firm(s) and country(ies) below and, if U.S. producer(s),
ensure that they complete the Commission’s producer questionnaire.

U.S. importation.--Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import
multilayered wood flooring into the United States?
No

I-6.

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Yes--Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.

Business plan.--In Parts II and III of this questionnaire we request a copy of your company’s
business plan. Does your company or any related firm have a business plan or any internal
documents that describe, discuss, or analyze expected future market conditions for multilayered
wood flooring?
No

Yes--Please provide the requested documents. If you are not providing the
requested documents, please explain why not.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Drew Dushkes (202-2053229, drew.dushkes@usitc.gov). Supply all data requested on a calendar-year basis.
II-1.

Contact information.--Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which
Commission staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted
in part II.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax

II-2.

Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of multilayered wood flooring since January 1, 2011.

Check as many as appropriate.
Plant openings
Plant closings
Relocations
Expansions
Acquisitions
Consolidations
Prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
Revised labor agreements
Other (e.g., technology)

If checked, please describe; leave blank if not
applicable.

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Production using same machinery.-- Please report your firm’s production of products made on
the same equipment and machinery used to produce multilayered wood flooring, and the
combined production capacity on this shared equipment and machinery.
“Overall production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup).
“Production” --All production in your establishment(s) in China, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
Quantity (in 1,000 square feet)
Calendar year

Item

2011

2012

2013

January-June

2014

2015

2016

2016

2017

Overall production capacity
Production of:
Multilayered wood flooring1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other flooring (i.e. bamboo or
cork flooring)
Hardwood plywood
Other products2
Total
1
2

Data entered for production of multilayered wood flooring will populate here once reported in question II-12.
Please identify these products:
.

II-3b.

Operating parameters.--The production capacity reported in II-5a is based on operating
per week,
weeks per year.

II-3c.

Capacity calculation.--Please describe the methodology used to calculate overall production
capacity reported in II-5a, and explain any changes in reported capacity.

hours

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II-3d.

Production constraints.--Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your firm’s
production capacity.

II-3e.

Product shifting.
(i).

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between multilayered wood flooring and
other products using the same equipment and/or labor?
No

(ii).

Yes-- (i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products). Please identify other actual or potential products.

Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.

II-4.

Share of sales.--What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of multilayered wood flooring?
percent.

II-5.

Firm's estimated share of production in country.--Please estimate the percentage of total
production of multilayered wood flooring in the country specified on the certification page
accounted for by your firm’s production in 2016.
percent.

II-6.

Firm's estimated share of country's exports.--Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of multilayered wood flooring from the country specified on the certification
page accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2016.
percent.

II-7.

Inventories in the United States.--Has your firm, since 2011, maintained any inventories of
multilayered wood flooring in the United States (not including inventories held by firms
identified in question I-3)?
“Inventories”--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work in progress.
No

Yes--Report the quantity of such end-of-period inventories below.
Quantity (in 1,000 square feet)
Calendar year

Item
Inventory

2011

2012

2013

2014

January-June
2015

2016

2016

2017

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Third country trade actions.--Is the multilayered wood flooring exported by your firm subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty/safeguard findings, remedies, or proceedings?
No

Yes--List the products(s), countries affected, and the date of such
findings/remedies/proceedings.

II-9.

Other export markets.--Identify export markets (other than the United States) that your firm
has developed or where it has increased its sales of multilayered wood flooring since 2011.
Please identify and discuss below.

II-10.

Significance of countervailing and antidumping duty orders.--Describe the significance of the
existing countervailing and antidumping duty orders covering imports of multilayered wood
flooring from China in terms of its effect on your firm’s production capacity, production, home
market shipments, exports to the United States and other markets, and inventories. You may
wish to compare your firm’s operations before and after the imposition of the order.

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Anticipated changes in operations.--Would your firm anticipate any changes in the character of
its operations or organization, including its production capacity, production, home market
shipments, exports to the United States and other markets, or inventories, relating to the
production of multilayered wood flooring in the future? Please consider both anticipated
changes if the countervailing and antidumping duty orders were to remain in place, and
anticipated changes if the orders on multilayered wood flooring from China were to be revoked.
Please also note that imports from Chinese firms Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd. (“Yuhua
Timber”) and Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd (“Layo Wood”) are not subject to the orders
and should not be considered as a part of your response for if the orders were revoked.

No
If orders
remain in place
If orders are
revoked

Yes

If yes, supply details as to the time, nature, and significance
of such changes and provide underlying assumptions, along
with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting
documentation that address this issue. Include in your
response a specific projection of your firm’s capacity to
produce multilayered wood flooring (in 1,000 square feet)
for 2017 and 2018.

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Trade data.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of multilayered wood flooring in your establishment(s) in China during
the specified periods. Do not include resales of multilayered wood flooring that your firm did
not produce in this question; those data to the degree they are exported to the United States
should only be reported in question II-15.
Do not submit data by manufacturing facility if they are in the same country. If your firm has
multiple manufacturing establishments within one country, you are required to combine data
for those establishments within one foreign producer questionnaire response.
“Average production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup; and a typical or representative product mix).
“Production” --All production in your establishment(s) in China, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in China. Quantities
reported should be net of returns. 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 in China.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within China.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in China, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside China, 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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Trade data.--Continued.

II-12.

Quantity (in 1,000 square feet) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item

2011

2012

2013

January-June

2014

2015

2016

2016

2017

1

Average production capacity (A)
Beginning-of-period inventories (B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/ transfers
quantity (D)
value (E)
Commercial shipments
quantity (F)
value (G)
Export shipments:
to the United States:
quantity (H)
value (I)
2

to the European Union:
quantity (J)
value (K)
3

to Asia:
quantity (L)
value (M)
to all other markets:
quantity (N)

4

value (O)
Total exports (quantity) (P)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total shipments (quantity) (Q)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

End-of-period inventories (R)
1

The production capacity reported is based on operating
hours per week,
weeks per year. Please describe
the methodology used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity:
.
2
Identify your firm’s principal European Union export markets:
.
3
Identify your firm’s principal Asian export markets:
.
4
Identify your firm’s principal other export markets:
.

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Trade data.—Continued.
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY.--Generally, the data reported
for the end-of-period inventories (i.e., line R) should be equal to the beginning-of-period
inventories (i.e., line B), plus production (i.e., line C), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, H, J, L,
and N). 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 year
Item

2011

B + C – D – F – H –J – L – N –
R= should equal zero ("0")
or provide an explanation.1

2012

0

2013

0

January-June

2014

0

2015

0

2016

0

2016

0

2017

0

0

1

Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate:
.
II-13.

Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.--Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of multilayered wood flooring that was produced in China but not by your firm
during the specified periods. Note these data should not be included in question II-12.
Quantity (in 1,000 square feet) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item

2011

2012

2013

2014

January-June
2015

2016

2016

2017

Exports of multilayered wood
flooring to the United States
1
not produced by your firm .—
1
Quantity
Value
1

List the producer(s).

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 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.--MARKET FACTORS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Craig Thomsen
(202-205-3226, craig.thomsen@usitc.gov).
III-1.

Contact information.-- Please identify the responsible individual and how Commission staff may
contact the individual regarding the confidential information submitted in part III.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax

III-2.

Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of multilayered wood
flooring to U.S. customers in 2016 was on a (1) long-term contract basis, (2) annual contract
basis, (3) short-term contract basis, and (4) spot sales basis?

Item
Share of your
2016 sales

Long-term
contracts
(multiple
deliveries for
more than 12
months)
%

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

%

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Contract provisions.—Please fill out the table regarding your firm’s typical sales contracts with
U.S. customers for multilayered wood flooring (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

Average contract
duration

No. of
days

Price renegotiation
(during contract
period)

Yes

Short-term contracts
(multiple deliveries
for less than 12
months)

Annual contracts
(multiple
deliveries for 12
months)

Long-term contracts
(multiple deliveries for
more than 12 months)

365

No
Quantity

Fixed quantity
and/or price

Price
Both
Yes

Meet or release
provision

No

Not applicable
III-4.

Lead times.—What is your firm’s share of sales 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 multilayered wood flooring?

Source

Share of 2016 sales

From inventory

%

Produced to order

%

Total (should sum to 100.0%)

0.0 %

Lead time (average
number of days)

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Raw materials.--Indicate how multilayered wood flooring raw materials prices have changed
since January 1, 2011, and how you expect they will change in the future.

Raw
materials
prices

Fluctuate
with no
clear
Overall
No
Overall
increase change decrease trend

Explain, noting how raw material
price changes have affected your
firm’s selling prices for multilayered
wood flooring.

Changes since
January 1,
2011
Anticipated
changes
III-6.

Changes in factors affecting supply.--Have any changes occurred in any other factors affecting
supply (e.g., changes in availability or prices of energy or labor; transportation conditions;
production capacity and/or methods of production; technology; export markets; or alternative
production opportunities) that affected the availability of China-produced multilayered wood
flooring in the U.S. market since January 1, 2011?
No

III-7.

Yes

If yes, please describe.

Availability of SUBJECT import supply.-- Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the
availability of China-produced multilayered wood flooring in the U.S. market in the future?
If you anticipate changes in supply, please identify the changes,
No
including the time period and the impact of such changes on
Increase change Decrease shipment volumes and prices.

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III-8.

Product shifting.--Describe how easily your firm can shift its sales of multilayered wood flooring
between the U.S. market and alternative country markets. In your discussion, please describe
any contracts, other sales arrangements, or other constraints (including any third-country trade
barriers such as tariffs, quotas, or other non-tariff barriers) that would prevent or retard your
firm from shifting multilayered wood flooring between the U.S. and alternative country markets
within a 12-month period.

III-9.

Product range.--Is the product range, product mix, or marketing of multilayered wood flooring
in your firm’s home market different from that of multilayered wood flooring for export to the
United States or to third-country markets?
No

Yes

If yes, please explain.

III-10. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix,
or marketing of multilayered wood flooring in your firm’s home market, for export to the United
States, or for export to third-country markets since January 1, 2011? Do you anticipate any
future changes?
Changes in
product range,
product mix, or
marketing
No Yes
Changes since
January 1, 2011
Anticipated
changes

Explain, noting the relevant market and time period

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III-11. Substitutes. -(a)

Can other products be substituted for multilayered wood flooring?
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 multilayered wood
flooring?
No Yes

Explanation

1.
2.
3.
(b)

Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that can be
substituted for multilayered wood flooring since January 1, 2011? Do you anticipate any
future changes?
Changes in
substitutes

No Yes

Explain

Changes since
January 1, 2011
Anticipated
changes
III-12. Interchangeability.--Is the multilayered wood flooring produced by your firm and sold in its
home market interchangeable (i.e., can be used in the same applications) with your firm’s
multilayered wood flooring sold to the United States and/or to third-country markets?
Yes

No

If no, identify the market(s) and any differences in the products.

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III-13. End uses.—
(a)

Describe the end uses of the multilayered wood flooring that your firm manufactures
and sell to your firm’s home market. If these end uses differ from those of the
multilayered wood flooring your firm sells to the U.S. market or to third-country
markets, explain.

(b)

Have there been any changes in the end uses of multilayered wood flooring since
January 1, 2011? Do you anticipate any future changes?

Changes in end
uses

No

Yes

Explain

Changes since
January 1, 2011
Anticipated
changes

III-14. Demand trends.--Indicate how demand in the following markets for multilayered wood flooring
has changed since January 1, 2011, and how you anticipate demand will change in the future.
Explain any trends and describe the principal factors that have affected, and that you anticipate
will affect, these changes in demand.

Your firm’s market

Overall
increase

Fluctuate
No
Overall
with no
change decrease clear trend
Demand since January 1, 2011

Home market
United States
Other markets
Anticipated future demand
Home market
United States
Other markets

Explanation and factors

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III-15. Price differences.--Please compare market prices of multilayered wood flooring in your firm’s
home market, the United States, and third-country markets.

III-16. Description of home market.--Describe briefly your firm’s home market for multilayered wood
flooring, including the number of, and competition between, producers.

III-17. Import competition.--Does your firm face competition from imports of multilayered wood
flooring in your firm’s home market?
No

Yes

If yes, please identify the country sources of these imports.

III-18. Market studies.--Please provide as a separate attachment to this request any studies, surveys,
etc. that you are aware of that quantify and/or otherwise discuss multilayered wood flooring
supply (including production capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United
States, (2) each of the other major producing/consuming countries, including China, and (3) the
world as a whole. Of particular interest is such data from 2011 to the present and forecasts for
the future.
III-19. 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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Correcting Valid number error messages.--If you are completing a Commission

questionnaire in a country that uses periods (“.”) to delineate multiples of 1000 (e.g., one million would
appear as $1.000.000 instead of as $1,000,000), you may be unable to enter in numbers greater than
999 in numeric form fields. This issues stem from your computer number formatting setting (e.g., not
the MS Word document itself, but the computer from which you are opening up the document). In the
United States commas (,) delineate multiples of 1000 and periods (.) delineate fractions less than
one. Many EU countries use the reverse where multiples of 1000 are delineated with periods (.) and
fractions less than one are delineated with commas (,). The US International Trade Commission’s
questionnaires are set-up in the United States with the U.S. number formatting. When this formatting
interacts with a computer set to EU number formatting, we believe this may cause this issue.
The solution to this data entry issue is to temporarily change your operating system’s number
formatting to be consistent with the U.S. number formatting system while you complete the
questionnaire.
To temporarily change your computer’s number settings to U.S. settings, please do the following (for
Microsoft Windows Operating system):
•
•
•
•
•

START
Control Panel
Region and Language (under Clock, Language, and Region category)
Format tab
Change the Format from your existing one (e.g. “Italian (Italy)”) to “English (United States)” (see
screen shots below)

When you do this the number “twelve million dollars and thirty five cents” would change from
$12.000.000,35 (Italy format) to $12,000,000.35 (U.S. format), and then there will be no conflict with
the USITC foreign producer questionnaire form. When you finish reporting the data then you can close
the questionnaire and switch back to Italy settings.

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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:
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/multilayered_wood_flooring_china
/first_review_full.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: MLWF

• E-mail.—E-mail the MS Word questionnaire to drew.dushkes@usitc.gov; include a scanned copy of the
signed certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents
that are electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from
unauthorized disclosure. The USITC secure drop-box system and the Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptographic algorithms to
encrypt data in transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these
encryption algorithms (such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized
disclosure during transmission. If you choose a non-encrypted method of electronic transmission, the
Commission warns you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you and not
by the Commission.
If your firm did not produce or export this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a
scanned copy to the Commission.
Parties to this proceeding.—If your firm is a party to this proceeding, 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 (202205-1803). 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.