20-3-4187 U.S. purchasers' questionnaire

OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 20-3-4187; Expiration Date: 6/30/2020
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LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
CORROSION INHIBITORS FROM CHINA
This survey must be received by the Commission by February 19, 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 and antidumping investigations concerning corrosion inhibitors from China (inv. Nos. 701TA-638 and 731-TA-1473 (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, corrosion inhibitors (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: CORR)
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. --This proceeding was instituted in response to petitions filed on February 5, 2020, by
Wincom Incorporated, Blue Ash, Ohio. 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 of injury, threat, or material retardation, and if the U.S. Department of Commerce
(“Commerce”) makes an affirmative determination of subsidization and/or dumping. Questionnaires
and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2020/corrosion_inhibitors_china/preliminary.htm.
Corrosion inhibitors covered by these investigations is tolyltriazole (“TTA”) and benzotriazole (“BTA”).
This includes tolyltriazole and benzotriazole of all grades and forms, including their sodium salt forms.
Tolyltriazole is technically known as Tolyltriazole IUPAC 4,5 methyl benzotriazole. It can also be
identified as methyl benzotriazole, tolutriazole, TTA, and TTZ.
Benzotriazole is technically known as IUPAC 1,2,3-Benzotriazole. It can also be identified as 1,2,3Benzotriazole, 1,2-Aminozophenylene, 1H-Benzotriazole, and BTA.
All forms of tolyltriazole and benzotriazole, including but not limited to flakes, granules, pellets, prills,
needles, powder, or liquids, are included within the scope of these petitions.
The scope includes tolyltriazole/sodium tolyltriazole and benzotriazole/sodium benzotriazole that are
combined or mixed with other products. For such combined products, only the tolyltriazole/sodium
tolyltriazole and benzotriazole/sodium benzotriazole component is covered by the scope of these
investigations. Tolyltriazole and sodium tolyltriazole that have been combined with other products is
included within the scope, regardless of whether the combining occurs in third countries.
Tolyltriazole, sodium tolyltriazole, benzotriazole and sodium benzotriazole that is otherwise subject to
these investigations is not excluded when commingled with tolyltriazole, sodium tolyltriazole,
benzotriazole, or sodium benzotriazole from sources not subject to these investigations. Only the
subject merchandise component of such commingled products is covered by the scope of these
investigations.
Tolyltriazole has the Chemical Abstracts Service (“CAS”) registry number 299385-43-1. Tolyltriazole is
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) subheading 2933.99.82.20.
Sodium Tolyltriazole has the CAS registry number 64665-57-2 and is classified under HTSUS
2933.99.82.90.
Benzotriazole has the CAS registry number #95-14-7 and is classified under HTSUS 2933.99.82.10.
Sodium Benzotriazole has the CAS registry number 15217-42-2. Sodium Benzotriazole is classified under
HTSUS 2933.99.82.90.
Although the HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry numbers are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the scope of these investigations is dispositive.

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Corrosion inhibitors are currently imported under statistical reporting numbers 2933.99.8210 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They may also be imported under HTSUS
statistical reporting numbers 2933.99.8220 and 2933.99.8290. In their solid form, tolyltriazole and
benzotriazole are imported under HTS numbers 2933.99.8210 and 2933.99.8220, respectively. The
liquid forms of tolyltriazole and benzotriazole are imported under the “other” HTS category, i.e. HTS
2933.99.8290. 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.
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.
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
corrosion inhibitors.
“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
Item

2018

2019

Quantity (in pounds contained weigh)

Purchases of corrosion inhibitors
produced in—
United States
China
All other countries1
Sources unknown2
Total purchases

0

0

0

0

0

0

Imports of corrosion inhibitors from—
China
All other countries1
Total imports3
1

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

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2. Changes in purchasing patterns.—Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of
corrosion inhibitors from different sources have changed since January 1, 2017.
Source of
purchases

Did not
purchase

Decreased Increased

Constant

Fluctuated

Explanation for trend

United States

China

All other
countries
Sources
unknown

3. Major purchasing factors.--Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase corrosion inhibitors.
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:

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4. Purchasing subject imports rather than domestic products.—
(a)

Since January 2017, did your firm import and/or purchase imports of corrosion
inhibitors from China instead of purchasing U.S.-produced corrosion inhibitors?
Source

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

No
(If “No” skip to next question)

China
(b)

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

Yes

No

China
(c)

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

Source

China

Yes

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

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 corrosion inhibitors to
your firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced corrosion
inhibitors in order to compete with lower-priced imports of corrosion inhibitors from
the subject countries?
Source

Yes (also respond to
question part (b))

No (If “No”, skip to next
question)

Don’t know

China
(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
China

Estimated
reduction in U.S.
prices
(percent)

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

%

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: CORR

• 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.