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U.S. PURCHASERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS FROM KOREA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by May 21, 2018
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 antidumping duty order concerning large power transformers from Korea (Inv. No.
731-TA-1189 (Review)). 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 possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)). Further information on this
questionnaire can be obtained from Cindy Cohen (202-205-3230, cindy.cohen@usitc.gov).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm purchased large power transformers (as defined on the next page) from any source (domestic or
foreign) at any time since January 1, 2012?
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: TRANS)
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 proceedings 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
Email address
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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--On August 31, 2012, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce") issued an antidumping
duty order on imports of large power transformers from Korea. On July 3, 2017, the Commission
instituted a review 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 order 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 order 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/701731/2017/large_power_transformers_korea/first_review_full.htm.
Large power transformers covers large liquid dielectric power transformers (“LPTs”) having a top power
handling capacity greater than or equal to 60,000 kilovolt amperes (60 megavolt amperes), whether
assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete.
Incomplete LPTs are subassemblies consisting of the active part and any other parts attached to,
imported with, or invoiced with the active parts of LPTs. The ‘‘active part’’ of the transformer consists of
one or more of the following when attached to or otherwise assembled with one another: The steel core
or shell, the windings, electrical insulation between the windings, or the mechanical frame for an LPT.
The product definition encompasses all such LPTs regardless of name designation, including but not
limited to step-up transformers, step-down transformers, autotransformers, interconnection
transformers, voltage regulator transformers, rectifier transformers, and power rectifier transformers.
The LPTs subject to this order are currently classifiable under subheadings 8504.23.0040, 8504.23.0080,
and 8504.90.9540 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope
of this order is dispositive.
Purchaser.--Any firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in purchasing
large power transformers from another firm that produces, imports, or otherwise distributes large
power transformers.
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 in connection with this
proceeding (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.
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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 of your 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.
I-1.
Establishments covered.--Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire, if different from that listed on the cover page. Firms operating more than one
establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a single response.
“Establishment”--Each facility of a firm involved in the purchase of large power transformers,
including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate
from) such facilities.
I-2.
Ownership.--Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No
Firm name
I-3.
Yes--List the following information.
Address
Extent of ownership
(percent)
Related importers/exporters.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, that import large power transformers into the United States or that export large power
transformers to the United States?
No
Firm name
Yes--List the following information.
Country
Affiliation
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I-4.
Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, that
produce large power transformers?
No
Yes--List the following information.
Firm name and country
I-5.
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Country
Affiliation
Business plan.--Does your company or any related firm have a business plan or any internal
documents that describe, discuss, or analyze expected market conditions for large power
transformers?
No
Yes
If yes, please provide these documents. If you are not providing the
requested documents, please explain why not.
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PART II.--PURCHASES
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 questionnaire.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
II-1.
Purchases.—
(a)
Please estimate your firm’s total U.S. purchases of large power transformers in 2017.
(Do not include imports for which your firm was the importer of record; such imports
should be reported in your U.S. importer’s questionnaire.)
Quantity (MVA top rated)
(b)
Value (1,000 dollars)
Estimate the percentage of the value of your firm’s purchases of large power
transformers in 2017 that were produced in each of the specified countries.
Large power transformers produced in:
Share of value of 2017
purchases
United States
%
Korea
%
All other countries1
%
Sources unknown
%
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
1
Please identify these countries:
0.0
%
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II-2.
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Purchases before and after order.-(a)
Did your firm purchase large power transformers from Korea before 2012?
No--skip to (c)
(b)
Yes
If yes, has your pattern of purchasing large power transformers from Korea changed
since 2012?
No, our pattern of purchasing is essentially unchanged.
Yes, we discontinued purchases from Korea because of the order.
Yes, we reduced purchases from Korea because of the order.
Yes, but we changed the pattern of purchases from Korea for reasons other
than the order (please explain below).
(c)
Has your pattern of purchasing large power transformers from nonsubject foreign
sources (i.e., countries other than Korea) changed since 2012?
We did not purchase from nonsubject foreign sources before or after the order.
No, our pattern of purchasing is essentially unchanged.
Yes, we increased purchases from nonsubject foreign sources because of the
order.
Yes, but we changed our pattern of purchases from nonsubject foreign sources
for reasons other than the order (please explain below).
II-3.
Changes in purchasing patterns.--Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of
large power transformers from different sources have changed since January 1, 2012.
Source of
purchases
United States
Korea
All other countries
Sources unknown
Did not
purchase Decreased Increased Constant Fluctuated
Explanation for trend
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II-4.
Country knowledge.--Please indicate the countries of origin with which your firm has
experience or information in the large power transformers market.
United
States
II-5.
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Korea
Other
countries
Other countries (specify)
Supplier identification.--Please list your firm’s FIVE largest suppliers for large power
transformers since January 1, 2012. Also, provide the share of the value of your firm’s total
purchases of large power transformers that each of these suppliers accounted for during 20152017.
Supplier’s name (and
No. producer’s name, if different)
Location of production facility
(city, state, country)
Share of value of
2015-17 purchases
1
%
2
%
3
%
4
%
5
%
PART III.--MARKET CHARACTERISTICS AND PURCHASING PRACTICES
III-1.
Firm type.--Which of the following best describes your firm as a purchaser of large power
transformers (check all that apply)?
Public
utility
Investorowned
utility
Describe other:
Industrial
user
Engineering or
construction company/
power project developer
Distributor
Other
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End uses.—
(a)
For the products you make using large power transformers, please estimate the percent
of your total production cost that is accounted for by large power transformers and by
other inputs (such as labor, energy, and other raw materials).
Share of total cost in each of the product(s) your
firm produces accounted for by
Product(s) your firm
produces
Large power
transformers
Total
(should
sum to
100.0%
across)
Other inputs
Distribution substations
% +
%
=
0.0 %
Generating facility
substations
% +
%
=
0.0 %
Transmission line
substations
% +
%
=
0.0 %
Wind farms
% +
%
=
0.0 %
% +
%
=
0.0 %
(b)
Have there been any changes in the end uses of large power transformers since January
1, 2012? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Changes in end uses
No
Yes
Explain
Changes since
January 1, 2012
Anticipated changes
III-3.
Demand for end use products.-(a)
Has the demand for your firm’s final products or services incorporating large power
transformers changed since January 1, 2012?
Increased
No change
Decreased
Fluctuated
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III-3.
Demand for end use products.--Continued
(b)
Has this had any effect on your firm’s demand for large power transformers?
No
III-4.
Yes
Yes
Explain
Impact of smart grid technology on firm.--Has smart grid technology had an impact on your
firm's purchases of large power transformers since January 1, 2012?
No
III-6.
Explain (noting any major changes in demand during any particular
year since 2012)
Replacement rate.--Has your firm’s demand for large power transformers changed since
January 1, 2012 due to a change in the rate of replacement of aging transformers?
No
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Yes
If yes, describe.
Impact of increase in renewable energy on firm.--Has growth in renewable energy had an
impact on your firm's purchases of large power transformers since January 1, 2012?
No
Yes
If yes, describe.
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Section 232 relief effects.-(a) Familiarity.--Are you familiar with the 232 national security investigation or the subsequent
imposition of tariffs on imported steel products?
Yes--Continue to question III-7(b).
No--Continue to question III-8.
(b) Raw materials impact.--Rate and describe the effect of the announcement of the 232
national security investigation in April 2017 or the subsequent imposition of tariffs on
imported steel products in March 2018 on the price of raw materials used to make large
power transformers.
Rating of the factor
No/minimal effect
Factor
1
2
Substantial effect
3
4
5
Describe your rating and
the impact of the event
(including timing and
quantification as applicable)
Announcement of the 232
investigation in April 2017
Imposition of tariffs on
imported steel products in
March 2018
(c) Overall conditions impact.--Rate and describe the effect of the announcement of the 232
national security investigation in April 2017 or the subsequent imposition of tariffs on
imported steel products in March 2018 on other conditions of competition for large power
transformers.
Rating of the factor
No/minimal effect
Factor
Announcement of the 232
investigation in April 2017
Imposition of tariffs on
imported steel products in
March 2018
1
2
Substantial effect
3
4
5
Describe your rating and
the impact of the event
(including timing and
quantification as applicable)
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Demand trends.-- Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United
States (if known) for large power transformers has changed since January 1, 2012, 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.
Overall
increase
Market
No
change
Overall
decrease
Fluctuate Explanation and factors (including any
with no
major changes in demand during any
clear trend
particular year since 2012)
Demand since January 1, 2012
Within the United States
Outside the United States
Anticipated future demand
Within the United States
Outside the United States
III-9.
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 large power transformers
supply (including production capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United
States, (2) each of the other major producing/consuming countries, including Korea, and (3) the
world as a whole. Of particular interest is such data from 2012 to the present and forecasts for
the future.
III-10. Country preferences.--Do you ever specifically order large power transformers from one
country in particular over other possible sources of supply?
No
Yes
If yes, identify the countries and explain.
III-11. Importance of purchasing domestic product.--Please fill out the table below, estimating the
percentage of your firm’s total 2017 purchases of large power transformers that required large
power transformers produced in the United States.
Purchases that did not require domestic product
Purchases that were required by law or regulation to be domestic
product (e.g., government purchases under “Buy American” provisions)
Purchases that were required to be domestic product for other reasons
(explain:
)
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
Estimated percentage of
your firm’s total 2017
purchases of large power
transformers
%
%
%
0.0 %
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III-12. Conditions of competition.-(a) Is the large power transformers market subject to business cycles (other than general
economy-wide conditions) and/or other conditions of competition distinctive to large power
transformers?
Check all that apply.
Please describe.
No
Skip to question III-12.
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
large power transformers since January 1, 2012?
No
Yes
If yes, describe.
III-13. Decisions based on producer and country of origin.--How often does your firm make
purchasing decisions involving large power transformers based on its producer or country of
origin?
Item
Decision based on
producer
Decision based on
country of origin
Always
Usually
Sometimes
Never
If at least sometimes, explain.
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III-14. Availability of supply.--Has the availability of large power transformers in the U.S. market
changed since January 1, 2012? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Availability in the U.S.
market
Please explain, noting the countries and reasons for the
No Yes changes.
Changes since January 1, 2012:
U.S.-produced product
Imports from Korea
Imports from all other
countries
Anticipated changes:
U.S.-produced product
Imports from Korea
Imports from all other
countries
III-15. Availability of specific product types.--Are certain types/capacities/sizes of large power
transformers only available from certain country sources?
No
Yes
If yes, please identify the countries and the type/capacity/size.
III-16. Supply constraints.--Has any firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply your firm with
large power transformers since January 1, 2012 (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, being unable to meet timely shipment
commitments, etc.)?
If yes, please describe, noting
No Yes any differences by MVA size.
Also, explain any actions your firm took to cope
with or overcome such supply constraints (e.g.,
purchasing from other countries, purchasing from
other suppliers in the same country, rescheduling
production plans, etc.)
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III-17. Purchasing frequency.--Does your firm purchase large power transformers on a regular/fixed
schedule?
No
Yes
Explain.
III-18. Number of suppliers contacted.-- To how many suppliers do you generally send a Request for
Quotation (RFQ) or other request before making a purchase? Between
and
firms.
III-19. Supplier negotiations.—
(a) Do your firm’s purchases of large power transformers usually involve negotiations between
supplier and purchaser?
No
Yes
If yes, explain the factors you generally negotiate, and answer
the question below.
(b) Does your firm typically quote competing prices during negotiations?
No
Yes
If yes, describe the type of feedback given to suppliers during
the negotiation.
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III-20. Blanket agreements.—
(a) Has your firm purchased large power transformers pursuant to blanket agreements, alliance
agreements, master contracts, master service agreements, outline agreements, or any other
type of long-term supply agreements since January 1, 2015?
No (skip to III-20)
Yes (fill out table below)
(b) Report your five largest agreements that were in effect since 2015.
Supplier, producer
(if different), and
country
Dates
covered
Range of
MVA sizes
covered
Value
(in $1,000)
Agreement 1
Agreement 2
Agreement 3
Agreement 4
Agreement 5
Exclusive
supplier?
(check if yes)
Are you required
to buy from this
supplier?
(check if yes)
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III-20. Blanket agreements.--Continued
(c) If you identified more than one supplier for any of the long-term agreements above, describe
how you determine which of the qualified suppliers will supply each of your transformer needs
over the life of the agreement. For example, will certain suppliers provide one type of
transformer exclusively? Can there be further competition among the qualified suppliers based
on price to supply any of the transformers while the agreement is in place?
III-21. New projects or rebids/renewals of agreements.--Please identify any new projects that are
planned or likely to be put out for bid in 2018 or 2019, and any blanket agreements that are
likely to be renewed or put out for bid in 2018 or 2019.
Range of MVA
sizes covered
Estimated
number of units
Anticipated
bid/renewal date
(month/year)
Locations
III-22. Initial vs. evaluated/lifetime cost.--Please rate how your firm weighs the initial cost of
purchasing large power transformers compared with the evaluated/lifetime cost of owning the
large power transformers, including maintenance cost, evaluated loss, and other operational
costs.
Only
consider
initial cost
Mostly
consider
initial cost
Consider initial
and
evaluated/lifetime
costs equally
Mostly consider
evaluated/lifetime
cost
Only consider
evaluated/lifetime
cost
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III-23. Bid competition.-(a) Have you ever attended a pre-bid meeting with a potential supplier?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe the general nature of the discussions and
whether pricing information was discussed.
(b) Have you ever attended a post-bid meeting with a supplier that bid on, but was not
awarded, the project?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe the general nature of the discussions and
whether any general discussions of bids, pricing, and the reason for
awards occurred.
(c) How does general pricing information become known in the U.S. market?
If yes, please describe the general nature of the discussions and whether any general
discussions of bids, pricing, and the reason for awards occurred.
III-24. Change in suppliers.--Has your firm changed suppliers since January 1, 2012?
No
Yes
If yes, please list the supplier(s), whether the firm was added or
dropped, and the reasons for the change.
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III-25. New suppliers.-(a)
Are you aware of any new suppliers, either foreign or domestic, that have entered the
market since January 1, 2012?
No
(b)
Yes
If yes, please identify the firms.
Do you expect new suppliers of large power transformers to enter the U.S. market?
No
Yes
If yes, please explain.
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III-26. Supplier qualification. –
(a)
Do you require your suppliers to be or to become certified or qualified to sell large
power transformers to your firm?
If yes, provide the following information.
• The number of days to qualify a new supplier.
• A general description of the certification or qualification process. Also, a brief
description of the factors that you consider when qualifying a new supplier (e.g., quality
of product, reliability of supplier, etc.).
No
(b)
Yes
Number
of days Process and factors
List the manufacturing facilities that your firm has qualified to supply large power
transformers.
Type of transformer
Standard
step-up/
step-down
Auto
transformers transformers
Production
facility
Country of
origin of
LPTs
Maximum toprated capacity
(MVA)
you have
qualified at that
facility
Maximum toprated capacity
(kV) you have
qualified at that
facility
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III-27. Failure to certify.--Since January 1, 2012, have any domestic or foreign producers failed in their
attempts to certify or qualify their large power transformers with your firm or have any
producers lost their approved status?
No
Yes
If yes, please identify these firms, the countries where they are located, and
the reasons why they failed the certification/qualification.
III-28. Major purchasing factors.-- Please list, in order of their importance, the three major factors
your firm considers in deciding from whom to purchase large power transformers (examples
include availability, extension of credit, contracts, price, quality, range of supplier’s product line,
traditional supplier, etc.).
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:
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III-29. Purchasing factors.--Please rate the importance of the following factors in your firm’s
purchasing decisions for large power transformers.
Factor
Availability
Country of origin
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Ease of doing business
Energy loss
Extension of credit
Evaluated cost
Long-term relationship
Minimum quantity requirements
Packaging
Price
Product consistency
Product range
Quality meets industry standards
Quality exceeds industry standards
Reliability of supply
Responsiveness of supplier
Shell or core design
Technical support/service
Time to fill order
U.S. transportation costs
Warranties
Very
important
Somewhat
important
Not
important
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III-30. Quality characteristics.--What characteristics does your firm consider when determining the
quality of large power transformers?
III-31. Minimum quality.--How often does large power transformers from the following countries meet
minimum quality specifications for your uses?
Source
Always
Usually
Sometimes
Rarely or
never
Don’t
know
United States
Korea
Other:
III-32. Frequency of decisions based on price.--How often does your firm purchase the large power
transformers that are offered at the lowest price?
Always
Usually
Sometimes
Never
III-33. Price leaders.--A price leader is defined as (1) one or more firms that initiate a price change,
either upward or downward, that is followed by other firms, or (2) one or more firms that have a
significant impact on prices. A price leader is not necessarily the lowest-priced supplier.
Please list the names of any firms you considered price leaders in the large power transformers
market since January 1, 2012.
Firm(s)
Describe how the firm(s) exhibited price leadership
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III-34. Changes in U.S. industry.-(a)
Please identify and discuss any improvements/changes in the U.S. large power
transformers industry since January 1, 2012 and explain the factors, including the order
under review, that were responsible for each improvement/change.
(b)
Please discuss any improvements/changes that you anticipate in the future in the U.S.
large power transformers industry. Identify the time period and causes for these
improvements/changes.
III-35. Effect of revocation of orders.-- What do you think will be the effects on your firm and on the
U.S. market of any revocation of the antidumping duty order on imports of large power
transformers from Korea?
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PART IV.--PRODUCT COMPARISIONS
IV-1.
Interchangeability.--Are large power transformers 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
Country-pair
Korea
Other countries
United States
Korea
For any country-pair producing large power transformers that is sometimes or never
interchangeable, identify the country-pair and explain the factors that limit or preclude
interchangeable use:
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Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (e.g., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between large power
transformers produced in the United States and in other countries a significant factor in your
firm’s purchases 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
Country-pair
Korea
Other countries
United States
Korea
For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s sales of large power transformers, identify the country-pair and report the
advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:
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Factor country comparisons.--For the factors listed below, please rate how large power
transformers produced in each specified country compares with large power transformers
produced in each of the other specified countries.
Availability
Country of origin
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Ease of doing business
Energy loss
Extension of credit
Evaluated cost
Long-term relationship
Minimum quantity requirements
Packaging
Price
Product consistency
Product range
Quality meets industry standards
Quality exceeds industry standards
Reliability of supply
Responsiveness of supplier
Shell or core design
Technical support/service
Time to fill order
U.S. transportation costs
Warranties
1
A rating of superior on price and U.S. transportation costs indicates that the first country generally has lower
prices/U.S. transportation costs than the second country.
Inferior
Comparable
Superior
Inferior
Comparable
Superior
Inferior
Comparable
Factor
Superior
If you are unfamiliar with the product from a particular country, please leave the boxes for those
country comparisons blank.
Product from
Product from
United States
Product from
United States
compared to
Korea compared to
product from
compared to
product from
product from
Nonsubject
Nonsubject
Korea
sources
sources
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Change in price.-(a)
Since January 1, 2012, has there been a change in the price of large power
transformers? If so, has the price of U.S.-produced large power transformers changed
more or less than the price of imported large power transformers from Korea?
No change in price.
Prices have changed by the same amount.
Price of U.S.-produced large power transformers has changed relative to
the price of large power transformers from Korea.
(b)
If the price of U.S.-produced large power transformers has changed relative to the price
of large power transformers from Korea, the price of U.S.-produced large power
transformers is now relatively
Higher
Lower
than those from Korea.
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PART V.—BIDS-V-1.
Bid information—
(a) Please fill out the following table with respect to projects which you put up for bid for large
power transformers since January 1, 2015.
Total number of projects for bid
Number of projects involving bids by domestic LPT producers
Number of projects involving bids by suppliers of LPTs from Korea
Number of projects involving bids by suppliers of LPTs from other
countries
(b) Did any of these projects involve bids by both domestic producers of large power
transformers and suppliers of large power transformers from Korea?
No—Skip to question
V-3.
Yes—fill out the table below and
also answer question V-2.
Total number of projects involving bids by both domestic LPT
producers and suppliers of LPTs from Korea
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Bid Data (for purchases since January 1, 2015).— Please fill out the table below for each of your
firm’s five largest LPT purchases since January 1, 2015 for which your firm received at least one
bid from a supplier of domestic LPTs and at least one bid from a supplier of LPTs produced in
Korea.
Please list all bids for each purchase. The bid amounts reported below should include amounts
for any services proposed, such as installation or training, that were included in the requests for
quotation (RFQs).
Basic description of
bid requirements
(1)
Bid end date
Number of units
Base MVA/Top
MVA
High line kV
Load loss/
evaluation ($/kW)
No load loss
evaluation ($/kW)
(2)
Bid end date
Number of units
Base MVA/Top
MVA
High line kV
Load loss/
evaluation ($/kW)
No load loss
evaluation ($/kW)
(3)
Bid end date
Number of units
Base MVA/Top
MVA
High line kV
Load loss/
evaluation ($/kW)
No load loss
evaluation ($/kW)
Bidding firm
name
Country
produced
Winning
Base
Evaluated
bid
price
cost
Differences (yes/no/
($1,000s) ($1,000s) between bids
split)
Reason bid accepted or rejected
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Bid Data.--Continued.
Basic description of
bid requirements
(4)
Bid end date
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Bidding firm
name
Country
produced
Base
Evaluated
price
cost
Differences
($1,000s) ($1,000s) between bids
Winning
bid
(yes/no/
split)
Reason bid accepted or rejected
Number of units
Base MVA/Top
MVA
High line kV
Load loss/
evaluation ($/kW)
No load loss
evaluation ($/kW)
(5)
Bid end date
Number of units
Base MVA/Top
MVA
High line kV
Load loss/
evaluation ($/kW)
No load loss
evaluation ($/kW)
V-3.
Bid Opportunities.--How often do you allow/request sellers more than one chance to bid on a
particular sales agreement?
Always
V-4.
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely/Never
Bid Competition.--How often do you discuss with your suppliers the bids of competing firms
(whether or not you disclose who the competition is) in order to get a lower bid price?
Always
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely/Never
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PART VI.—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
VI-1.
Other explanations.--If your firm would like to further explain a response to any question that
did not provide a narrative response box, please note the question number and the explanation
in the space provided below.
VI-2.
OMB statistics.--Please report 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.
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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/701731/2017/large_power_transformers_korea/f
irst_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: TRANS
• E-mail.—E-mail the MS Word questionnaire to cindy.cohen@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 does not purchase 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.
| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | USITCQUESTIONNAIRE |
| Author | Duncan, Russell |
| File Modified | 2018-04-23 |
| File Created | 2018-04-23 |