19-3-4075 US purchasers' questionnaire

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U.S. PURCHASERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
Strontium Chromate from Austria and France
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by August 7, 2019
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 investigations concerning strontium chromate from Austria and France (inv. No. 731TA-1422-1423 (Final)). The information requested in the questionnaire is requested under the authority of the Tariff Act
of 1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed can result in a subpoena or other order to
compel the submission of records or information in your possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)). Further information on this
questionnaire can be obtained from Carlos Payan (202-205-3216, carlos.payan@usitc.gov).

Name of firm
Address
City

State

Zip Code

Website
Has your firm purchased strontium chromate (as defined on next page) from any source (domestic or foreign) at
any time since January 1, 2016?

NO

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

YES

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

Return questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the
following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: SRCR)
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
submitting this certification I also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the
information provided in this questionnaire and throughout this proceeding in any other import-injury proceedings conducted by
the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
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

Signature

Phone

Email address

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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.-- This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on September 5, 2018, by
WPC Technologies, Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Antidumping duties may be assessed on the subject imports
as a result of these proceedings if the Commission makes an affirmative determination of injury, threat,
or material retardation, and if the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) makes an affirmative
determination of dumping. Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are
available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2018/strontium_chromate_austria_and_france/final.htm.
Strontium chromate.-- The merchandise covered by these investigations is strontium chromate,
regardless of form (including but not limited to, powder (sometimes known as granular), dispersions
(sometimes known as paste), or in any solution). The chemical formula for strontium chromate is SrCrO4
and the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number is 7789–06–2.
Strontium chromate that has been blended with another product or products is included in the scope if
the resulting mix contains 15 percent or more of strontium chromate by total formula weight. Products
with which strontium chromate may be blended include, but are not limited to, water and solvents such
as Aromatic 100 Methyl Amyl Ketone (MAK)/2-Heptanone, Acetone, Glycol Ether EB, Naphtha Leicht,
and Xylene. Subject merchandise includes strontium chromate that has been processed in a third
country into a product that otherwise would be within the scope of these investigations if processed in
the country of manufacture of the in-scope strontium chromate.
The merchandise subject to these investigations is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTSUS) under subheading 2841.50.9100. Subject merchandise may also enter
under HTSUS subheading 3212.90.0050. While the HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry number are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope is dispositive.
Purchaser.-- Any firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in purchasing
strontium chromate from another firm that produces, imports, or otherwise distributes strontium
chromate.
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.

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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.
I-1.

Establishments covered.--Provide the name and address of your U.S. 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 strontium chromate,
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

Yes--List the following information.
Address

Extent of ownership
(percent)

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I-3.

Related importers/exporters.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, which import strontium chromate into the United States or which export strontium
chromate to the United States?
No
Firm name

I-4.

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Yes--List the following information.
Country

Affiliation

Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which
produce strontium chromate?
No
Firm name

Yes--List the following information.
Country

Affiliation

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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
Purchases and imports.--Report separately your firm’s domestic purchases and imports of
strontium chromate, in any form (see definition on page 2).

II-1a.

“Purchase” – Purchase from a U.S. entity such as a U.S. producer, a U.S. importer, or other U.S.
firm.
“Import” – Purchase directly from a foreign supplier and your firm is the importer of record.
2016
Item

2017

JanuaryJune 2019

2018

Quantity (in pounds dry weight)

Purchases of strontium chromate
produced in-United States
Austria
France
All other countries1
Sources unknown2
Total purchases

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Imports of strontium chromate from-Austria
France
All other countries1
Total imports3

Please identify these countries:
Please indicate the firm(s) from which you purchased this merchandise:
3 If your firm imported strontium chromate at any time since January 1, 2016, please also
complete and return a U.S. importers' questionnaire in this proceeding.
1
2

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II-1a.

Purchases and imports by form.--Report the share of your firm’s 2018 purchases of powder
strontium chromate and strontium chromate in dispersion/paste form.
Source of purchases and
imports

II-2.

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Share of 2018 purchases and imports
Powder

Dispersion/paste

Total

United States

%

%

0.0%

Austria

%

%

0.0%

France

%

%

0.0%

All other countries

%

%

0.0%

Changes in purchasing patterns.--Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of
strontium chromate, in any form, from different sources have changed since January 1, 2016.

Source of
purchases

Did not
purchase Decreased Increased Constant Fluctuated

Explanation for trend

United States
Austria
France
All other
countries
Sources
unknown
II-3.

Country knowledge.--Please indicate the countries of origin with which your firm has
experience or information in the strontium chromate market.
United
States

Austria

France

Other
countries

Other countries (specify)

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II-4a.

Supplier identification.--Please list your firm’s FIVE largest suppliers for strontium chromate, in
any form, since January 1, 2016. Also, provide the share of the quantity of your firm’s total
purchases of strontium chromate that each of these suppliers accounted for in 2018.

No.

II-4b.

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Supplier’s name

City and state

Share of quantity of
2018 purchases

1

%

2

%

3

%

4

%

5

%

Exclusive distribution agreements.--Does your firm have exclusive distribution agreement(s) in
the United States with a producer or producers of strontium chromate in any country?

Source
United
States
Austria
France
Other
countries

No

Yes

If yes, please provide details on producer(s) involved and
dates/periods the agreement(s) cover

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Please respond to the questions in parts III and IV with respect to strontium chromate, in any form, as
defined on page 2. If your response varies by type of strontium chromate, please indicate in the
narrative section of the question or at question V-1.
PART III.--MARKET CHARACTERISTICS AND PURCHASING PRACTICES
III-1.

Firm type.--Which of the following best describes your firm as a purchaser of strontium
chromate (check all that apply)?
Paint/coatings
manufacturer
for aerospace
applications

Paint/coatings
manufacturer for
non-aerospace
applications

Distributor

Other

Describe other

If your firm is a distributor of strontium chromate, please answer questions III-2 and III-3.
III-2.

Competition for sales.--Does your firm compete for sales to customers with the manufacturers
or importers from which your firm purchases strontium chromate?
No

III-3.

Yes

If yes, please describe.

Types of customers.--What are the major types of consumers to which your firm sells strontium
chromate?

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If your firm is an end user of strontium chromate, please answer questions III-4 and III-5.
III-4.

End uses.--List the top 3 products your firm makes using strontium chromate and estimate the
percent of your total production cost that is accounted for by strontium chromate 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

III-5.

Strontium chromate

Total
(should
sum to
100.0%
across)

Other inputs

Paint

%

+

%

=

0.0 %

Coatings

%

+

%

=

0.0 %

%

+

%

=

0.0 %

Demand for end-use products.-(a)

Has the demand for your firm’s final products incorporating strontium chromate
changed since January 1, 2016?
Increased

(b)

No change

Decreased

Fluctuated

Has this had any effect on your firm’s demand for strontium chromate?
No

Yes

Explain

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Substitutes.--Can other products be substituted for strontium chromate?
No

Yes--Please fill out the table.
Have changes in the price of this substitute
affected the price for strontium chromate?
End use in which this
substitute is used

Substitute

Explanation (including the effectiveness
and price level of the substitute(s)
No Yes
relative to strontium chromate)

1.
2.
3.
III-7.

Demand trends.--Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United
States (if known) for strontium chromate has changed since January 1, 2016. Explain any trends
and describe the principal factors that have affected these changes in demand.

Overall
increase

Market

No
change

Overall
decrease

Fluctuate
with no
clear trend

Explanation and factors

Within the United States
Outside the United States
III-8.

Country preferences.--Do you or your customers ever specifically order strontium chromate
from one country in particular over other possible sources of supply?
No

Yes

If yes, identify the countries and explain.

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Importance of purchasing domestic product.--Please fill out the table below, estimating the
percentage of your firm’s total 2018 purchases of strontium chromate that required strontium
chromate produced in the United States.
Estimated percentage of
your firm’s total 2018
purchases of strontium
chromate

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 not required by law or regulation, but were required by
your customers to be domestic product
Purchases that were required to be domestic product for other reasons
(explain:
)
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
III-10. Conditions of competition.-(a)

Is the strontium chromate market subject to business cycles (other than general
economy-wide conditions) and/or other conditions of competition distinctive to
strontium chromate?

Check all that apply.

Please describe.

No

Skip to question III-11.

Yes-Business cycles (e.g.
seasonal business)
Yes-Other distinctive
conditions of competition
(b)

Have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for
strontium chromate since January 1, 2016?
No

Yes

If yes, describe.

%
%
0.0 %

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III-11. Decisions based on producer and country-of-origin.--How often does your firm, and if known,
do your customers, make purchasing decisions involving strontium chromate based on its
producer or country of origin?
Item

Always

Usually

Sometimes

Never

If at least sometimes, explain.

Decision based on producer
Your firm
Your
customers
Decision based on country of origin
Your firm
Your
customers
III-12. Availability of supply.--Has the availability of strontium chromate in the U.S. market changed
since January 1, 2016?
Availability in the U.S.
market
No
U.S.-produced product
Imports from Austria
Imports from France
Imports from other
countries

Please explain, noting the countries and reasons for the
Yes changes.

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III-13. Supply constraints.—
a. Has any firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply your firm with strontium chromate
since January 1, 2016 (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.)?
Year

No

Yes

If yes, please describe and identify the firm and/or source.

2016
2017
2018
2019

b. If you answered yes to part (a), has any supplier of strontium chromate directed your firm to
seek an alternative source of supply since January 1, 2016?
Year
2016
2017
2018
2019

No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

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III-14. REACH Regulations.—Have EU REACH regulations impacted the availability and/or price of
strontium chromate in the U.S. market since January 1, 2016?
No

Yes

Explain

III-15. Availability of specific product types.--Are certain grades/types/sizes of strontium chromate
only available from certain country sources?
No

Yes

If yes, please identify the countries and the grade/type/size.

III-16. Purchasing frequency.-(a)

How frequently does your firm make purchases of strontium chromate (check one)?
Daily

(b)

Weekly

Monthly

Quarterly

Annually

Other

If other, specify

Has this purchasing frequency changed since January 1, 2016?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

III-17. Raw material prices.—
(a)

Is your firm familiar with the prices for raw materials used in the production of
strontium chromate?
No

(b)

Yes – please answer (b)

Has information on raw material prices affected your firm’s negotiations or contracts to
purchase strontium chromate since 2016?
No

Yes Explain

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III-18. Number of suppliers contacted.--How many suppliers does your firm generally contact before
making a purchase? Between
and
firms
III-19. Diversity of supply.--Does your firm purposefully maintain multiple sources of supply for
strontium chromate?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe when and why your firm adopted this strategy.

III-20. Supplier negotiations.--Do your firm’s purchases of strontium chromate usually involve
negotiations between supplier and purchaser?

No

Yes

If yes, explain the factors your firm generally negotiates and note whether
your firm quotes competing prices during negotiations.

III-21. Change in suppliers.--Has your firm changed suppliers since January 1, 2016?

No

Yes

If yes, please list the supplier(s), whether the firm was added or dropped,
and the reasons for the change.

III-22. New suppliers.--Are you aware of any new suppliers, either foreign or domestic, that have
entered the market since January 1, 2016?
No

Yes

If yes, please identify the firms.

III-23. Supply contracts.--Does your firm have any supply contracts with U.S. or foreign suppliers? If
yes, please identify the supplier, the date entered into the contract, and the duration of the
contract.
If yes, please identify the following:
No

Yes

Supplier name

Date entered into

Contract duration

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III-24. Supplier qualification.--Do you require your suppliers to be or to become certified or qualified
to sell strontium chromate 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, ISO certification, etc.).

No

Yes

Number
of days Process and factors

III-25. Failure to certify.--Since January 1, 2016, have any domestic or foreign producers failed in their
attempts to certify or qualify their strontium chromate 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-26. Major purchasing factors.--Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase strontium chromate (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-27. Purchasing factors.--Please rate the importance of the following factors in your firm’s
purchasing decisions for strontium chromate.

Factor

Very
important

Somewhat
important

Not
important

Availability
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Minimum quantity requirements
Packaging
Payment terms
Price
Product consistency
Product range
Quality meets industry standards1
Quality exceeds industry standards1
Reliability of supply
Technical support/service
U.S. transportation costs
Standards include, but not limited to, ASTM D-153, D-1208, D-2448, D-280, D-281, D-4164, D1210 and ISO 787/9, 787/10, and 2040.
1

III-28. Quality characteristics.--What characteristics does your firm consider when determining the
quality of strontium chromate?

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III-29. Minimum quality.--How often does strontium chromate from the following countries meet
minimum quality specifications for your uses or your customers’ uses?

Source

Always

Usually

Sometimes

Rarely or
never

Don’t
know

United States
Austria
France
Other:
III-30. Frequency of decisions based on price.--How often does your firm purchase the strontium
chromate that is offered at the lowest price?
Always

Usually

Sometimes

Never

III-31. 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 strontium chromate
market since January 1, 2016.
Firm(s)

Describe how the firm(s) exhibited price leadership

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III-32. Purchasing subject imports rather than domestic products.—
(a)

Since January 2016, did your firm purchase imports of strontium chromate from Austria
and France instead of U.S.-produced strontium chromate? Respond for each country.

Source

Yes
(also respond to parts (b) and (c))

No
(If “No” for all countries, skip to next
question)

Austria
France
(b)

If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was the imported product priced lower than the
domestic product?
Source

Yes

No

Austria
France
(c)

If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was price a primary reason for purchasing subject
imports rather than domestic product?

Source

Austria
France

Yes

If Yes, estimate the quantity
of imports purchased instead
of domestic product since
January 2016
(in pounds dry weight)

No

If No, please indicate the
reason your firm purchased
imports instead of domestic
product

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III-33. U.S. producers and import competition.—
(a)

Since January 1, 2016, in connection with a sale or offer to sell strontium chromate to
your firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced strontium
chromate in order to compete with lower-priced imports of strontium chromate from
the subject countries? Respond for each country.
Source

Yes (also respond to
question part (b))

No (If “No” for all countries,
skip to next question)

Don’t know

Austria
France
(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

Estimated
reduction in U.S.
prices
(percent)

Austria

%

France

%

Additional explanation, including such information as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price
reductions, or other market/competitive factors

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PART IV.—PRODUCT COMPARISONS
IV-1.

Interchangeability.--Is strontium chromate 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

Austria

France

Other countries

United States
Austria
France
For any country-pair producing strontium chromate which is sometimes or never
interchangeable, please 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 strontium chromate
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

Austria

France

Other countries

United States
Austria
France
For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s purchases of strontium chromate, 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 strontium chromate
produced in each country you identified in your response to the first question in Part IV
compares with strontium chromate produced in each of the other countries you identified.

If you are unfamiliar with the product from a particular country, please leave the boxes for those
country comparisons blank.

Inferior

Comparable

Product from
Austria compared
to product from
France

Superior

Inferior

Comparable

Product from
United States
compared to
product from
France

Superior

Inferior

Comparable

Factor

Superior

Product from
United States
compared to product
from
Austria

Availability
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Minimum quantity
requirements
Packaging
Payment terms
Price1
Product consistency
Product range
Quality meets industry
standards2
Quality exceeds industry
standards2
Reliability of supply
Technical support/service
U.S. transportation costs1
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.
2 Standards include, but not limited to, ASTM D-153, D-1208, D-2448, D-280, D-281, D-4164, D-1210 and ISO
787/9, 787/10, and 2040.
1

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Continued.

If you are unfamiliar with the product from a particular country, please leave the boxes for those
country comparisons blank.

Inferior

Comparable

Product from
France compared to
product from
other countries

Superior

Inferior

Comparable

Product from
Austria
compared to
product from
other countries

Superior

Inferior

Comparable

Factor

Superior

Product from
United States
compared to product
from
other countries

Availability
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Minimum quantity
requirements
Packaging
Payment terms
Price1
Product consistency
Product range
Quality meets industry
standards2
Quality exceeds industry
standards2
Reliability of supply
Technical support/service
U.S. transportation costs1
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.
2 Standards include, but not limited to, ASTM D-153, D-1208, D-2448, D-280, D-281, D-4164, D-1210 and ISO
787/9, 787/10, and 2040.
1

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PART V.—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
V-1.

Other explanations.--If your firm would like to further explain a response to any question that
for which a narrative response box was not provided, please note the question number and the
explanation in the space provided below.

V-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
25 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/701731/2018/strontium_chromate_austria_and_f
rance/final.htm.
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the questionnaire
document. Please submit the completed questionnaire using one of the methods noted
below. If your firm is unable to complete the MS Word questionnaire or cannot use one
of the electronic methods of submission, please contact the Commission for further
instructions.
• Upload via Secure Drop Box.—Upload the MS Word questionnaire along with a scanned copy of the
signed certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure upload facility:
Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/

Pin: SRCR

• E-mail.—E-mail the MS Word questionnaire to carlos.payan@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 your firm submits (see
19 CFR § 207.7). Service of the questionnaire must be made in paper form.