Distribution Letter

POC Name
Company Name
Address Lines 1 & 2«Mailing_Address_Line_2»
City, State ZIP
Date
Dear [INSERT POC HERE],
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Technology Evaluation, is conducting a survey and
assessment of the U.S. electrical steel and transformer products industry. The resulting data will be used
to support an ongoing investigation on the effect of imports of laminations for stacked cores for
incorporation into transformers, stacked cores for incorporation into transformers, wound cores for
incorporation into transformers, electrical transformers, and transformer regulators on the national
security under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. The investigation was
initiated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, based on inquiries from multiple members of Congress, a
Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES) manufacturer, and producers of power and distribution
transformers.
The principal goal of this survey is to assist BIS in determining whether electrical steel and transformer
products are being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to
threaten to impair the national security. The survey will also assist in determining the overall health and
competitiveness of the industry in the United States. Information collected will include facility
information, production & inventory, suppliers and customers, financial information, national defense
and critical infrastructure support, competition and trade, and COVID-19 impacts. The resulting data
will provide BIS with information that is otherwise not available and needed to conduct its investigation.
Your organization has been identified as a manufacturer, distributor, and/or end-user of electrical steel
and transformer products with one or more facilities in the United States. Your participation in this
survey is vital to ensure a comprehensive dataset for the assessment. BIS has worked in successful
partnership with other U.S. industry sectors and we anticipate similar cooperation from your organization
on this effort.
To begin, download the Microsoft Excel formatted survey and corresponding instructions at
https://www.bis.doc.gov/ESProducts232. For internal data collection purposes, a PDF version of the
survey can also be downloaded at this website. BIS will only accept Excel survey submissions.
Your company is required by federal law (50 U.S.C. App. Sec. 2155) to complete the survey within
30 days of receipt of this letter. All information submitted to BIS is protected as Business Confidential
under provisions of the Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950, as amended, and will not be published or
disclosed, other than in aggregate form. At no time will such reporting identify your specific organization.
Such information is also protected from disclosure from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
If you have any questions regarding the survey, email ES232survey@bis.doc.gov, or contact U.S.
Department of Commerce staff at (202) 482-4952. Email is the preferred method of contact and will
allow for a detailed response to your organization’s questions.
Thank you for your cooperation. We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,

Jason D. Bolton
Jason D. Bolton
Program Manager, Industrial Studies
BIS/Export Administration/Office of Technology Evaluation