20-3-4231 U.S. purchasers' questionnaire

OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 20-3-4231; Expiration Date: 6/30/2020
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LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STEEL WIRE STRAND FROM
ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA, EGYPT, INDONESIA, ITALY, MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS,
SAUDI ARABIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, TAIWAN, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE,
AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
This survey must be received by the Commission by April 30, 2020.
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this survey is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in connection
with its countervailing duty investigation concerning imports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand (“PC strand”)
from Turkey and antidumping duty investigations concerning PC strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia,
Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and United Arab
Emirates (“UAE”) (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-646 and 731-TA-1502-1516 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the survey 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 survey can be obtained from Amelia Preece (202-205-3250,
amelia.preece@usitc.gov).
Name of firm
Address
City

State

Zip Code

Website
Has your firm purchased, or imported for its own use, PC strand (as defined on next page) at any time since
January 1, 2017?

NO

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

YES

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

Return questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the
following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: PCST)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in this survey is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and
understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission. By submitting this certification I
also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the information provided in this survey
and throughout this proceeding in any other import-injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or similar
merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
investigation or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits,
reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all
contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official

Title of Authorized Official

Date

Signature

Phone

Email address

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GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--These proceedings were instituted in response to petitions filed on April 16, 2020, by
Insteel Wire Products Company, Mount Airy, North Carolina, Sumiden Wire Products Corporation,
Dickson, Tennessee, and Wire Mesh Corp., Houston Texas. Countervailing and/or antidumping duties
may be assessed on the subject imports as a result of these proceedings if the Commission makes an
affirmative determination(s) of injury, threat, or material retardation, and if the U.S. Department of
Commerce (“Commerce”) makes an affirmative determination(s) of subsidization and/or dumping.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2020/prestressed_concrete_steel_wire_strand_argentina
/preliminary.htm
PC strand covered by these investigations is prestressed concrete steel wire strand (“PC strand”),
produced from wire of non-stainless, non-galvanized steel, which is suitable for use in prestressed
concrete (both pretensioned and post-tensioned) applications. The product definition encompasses
covered and uncovered strand and all types, grades, and diameters of PC strand. PC strand is normally
sold in the United States in sizes ranging from 0.25 inches to 0.70 inches in diameter. PC strand made
from galvanized wire is only excluded from the scope if the zinc and/or zinc oxide coating meets or
exceeds the 0.40 oz./ft2 standard set forth in ASTM-A-475.
The PC strand subject to this order is currently classifiable under subheadings 7312.10.3010 and
7312.10.3012 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.
Reporting of information.-- If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates.
Confidentiality.--The data furnished in response to this survey 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.
Release of information.--The information provided by your firm in response to this survey, 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. Please also retain a copy of the final document that you submit.

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Contact information.--Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission
staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in this survey. This
may or may not be the person whose signature is at the bottom of page 1.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Firms operating more than one establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a
single response.

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PURCHASE INFORMATION
1. Purchases and imports.— Report separately your firm’s domestic purchases and imports of PC
strand.
“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.
2017

2018

Item

2019

Quantity (in pounds)

Purchases of PC strand produced in—
United States
Argentina
Colombia
Egypt
Indonesia
Italy
Malaysia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
UAE
All other countries1
Sources unknown2
Total purchases

0

0

0

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1. Purchases and imports (continued).--Report separately your firm’s domestic purchases and imports
of PC strand.
“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.
2017

2018

Item

2019

Quantity (in pounds)

Imports of PC strand from—
Argentina
Colombia
Egypt
Indonesia
Italy
Malaysia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
UAE
All other countries1 2
Total imports3
1

0

0

Please identify these countries:
Please indicate the firm(s) from which you purchased this merchandise:
3
If your firm imported PC strand at any time since January 1, 2017, please also complete and
return a U.S. importers' questionnaire in this proceeding.
2

0

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2. Changes in purchasing patterns.—Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of PC
strand from different sources have changed since January 1, 2017.
Source of
purchases
United States
Argentina
Colombia
Egypt
Indonesia
Italy
Malaysia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
UAE
All other
countries
Sources
unknown

Did not
purchase

Decreased Increased

Constant Fluctuated

Explanation for trend

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3. Major purchasing factors.--Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase PC strand.
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:
4. Purchasing subject imports rather than domestic products.—
(a)

Since January 2017, did your firm import and/or purchase imports of PC strand from
Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and/or UAE instead of purchasing U.S.produced PC strand? Respond for each subject country.

Source
Argentina
Colombia
Egypt
Indonesia
Italy
Malaysia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
UAE

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

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

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(b)

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

Argentina
Colombia
Egypt
Indonesia
Italy
Malaysia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
UAE

Yes

No

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(c)

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

Source

Argentina
Colombia
Egypt
Indonesia
Italy
Malaysia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
UAE

Yes

If Yes, estimate the quantity
of imports purchased and/or
imported instead of domestic
product since January 2017
(in #units)

No

If No, please indicate the
reason your firm imported
and/or purchased imports
instead of domestic product

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5. U.S. producers and import competition.—
(a)

Since January 1, 2017, in connection with a sale or offer to sell PC strand to your firm,
did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced PC strand in order to
compete with lower-priced imports of PC strand from the subject countries? Respond
for each subject country.
Source

Argentina
Colombia
Egypt
Indonesia
Italy
Malaysia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
UAE

Yes (also respond to
question part (b))

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

Don’t know

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(b)

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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)

Argentina

%

Colombia

%

Egypt

%

Indonesia

%

Italy

%

Malaysia

%

Netherlands

%

Saudi Arabia

%

South Africa

%

Spain

%

Taiwan

%

Tunisia

%

Turkey

%

Ukraine

%

UAE

%

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

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6. Other explanations--Please provide any additional comments in this box.

7. Stock symbol information.-- If your firm or parent firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock
exchange and trading symbol:
.
8. External counsel.-- If your firm or parent firm is represented by external counsel in relation to this
proceeding, please specify the name of the law firm and the lead attorney(s).
Law firm:
Lead attorney(s):

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OMB INFORMATION
9. OMB statistics.--Please report the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of
completing this survey.
Hours

Dollars

The questions in this survey have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that issues of
concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful, and as limited
as possible. Public reporting burden for this survey is estimated to average 4 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the
survey.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for reducing
the burden, and any suggestions for improving this survey. Please attach such comments to your
response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20436.

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

Pin: PCST

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