Form OINV-Sunset-US Pro OINV-Sunset-US Pro US Producer (Sunset Investigation)

Information collections for import injury investigations (producers, importers, purchasers, and foreign producer questionnaires and institution notices for 5-year reviews)

Sunset US Producer Questionnaire

Sunset Investigations US Producer

OMB: 3117-0016

Value (in $1,000)

Capital expenditures

Research and development expenditures

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OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. xx-x-xxx; Expiration Date: 6/30/08

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U.S. PRODUCERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE

PRODUCT FROM COUNTRY

This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than INSERT DATE

See page 4 of the Instruction Booklet 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 countervailing duty/antidumping duty order concerning PRODUCT from COUNTRY (Inv. No. 701/731-TA-xxx (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)).

Name of firm

Address

City State Zip Code

World Wide Web address

Has your firm produced PRODUCT (as defined in the instruction booklet) at any time since January 1, 2002?

NO (Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the questionnaire to the Commission)

YES (Read the instruction booklet carefully, complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire

questionnaire to the Commission so as to be received by the date indicated above)

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 review in any other import-injury investigations or reviews conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.

I acknowledge that information submitted in this questionnaire response and throughout this review may be used by the Commission, its employees, and contract personnel who are acting in the capacity of Commission employees, for developing or maintaining the records of this review or related proceedings for which this information is submitted, or in internal audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations of the Commission pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3. I understand that all contract personnel will sign non-disclosure agreements.

Name of Authorized Official Title of Authorized Official Date

Phone: ( )

Signature Fax ( ) E-mail address

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 50 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering the data needed, and completing and reviewing the questionnaire. Send comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20436.

I-1a. Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of preparing the reply to this questionnaire and completing the form.

hours dollars

I-1b. We are interested in any comments you may have for improving this questionnaire in general or the clarity of specific questions. Please attach such comments to your response or send them to the above address.

I-2. Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this questionnaire (see page 3 of the instruction booklet for reporting guidelines). If your firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading symbol.

I-3. Do you support or oppose continuation of the antidumping and/or countervailing duty order currently in place for PRODUCT from the following countries?

County A	Support Oppose Take no position
County B	Support Oppose Take no position

I-4. Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?

No Yes--List the following information.

Firm name	Address	Extent of ownership

I-5. Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which are engaged in

importing PRODUCT from COUNTRY into the United States or which are engaged in exporting PRODUCT from COUNTRY to the United States?

No Yes--List the following information.

Firm name	Address	Affiliation

I-6. Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which are engaged in importing PRODUCT from countries other than COUNTRY into the United States or which are engaged in exporting PRODUCT from countries other than COUNTRY to the United States?

No Yes--List the following information.

Firm name and country	Address	Affiliation

I-7. Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which are engaged in the production of PRODUCT?

No Yes--List the following information.

Firm name	Address	Affiliation

I-8. In Parts II and IV of this questionnaire we request a copy of your company’s business plan. Does your company or any related firm have a business plan or any internal documents that describe, discuss, or analyze expected future market conditions for PRODUCT?

No Yes--Please provide the requested documents. If you are not providing the

requested documents, please explain why not.

Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from INVESTIGATOR (202-xxx-xxxx, [email protected]). Supply all data requested on a calendar-year basis.

II-1. Who should be contacted regarding the requested trade and related information?

Company contact:

Name and title

( )

Phone number E-mail address

II-2. Has your firm experienced any change in the character of its operations or organization relating to the production of PRODUCT since January 1, 2002?

Plant openings Relocations

Expansions Acquisitions

Consolidations Closures

Prolonged shutdowns¹ Revised labor agreements²

Other (please identify)

¹ Reasons include strikes or equipment failure; curtailment of production because of shortages of materials; or any other

change in the character of your operations or organization.

² Changes in wages, benefits, work rules, or other changes in labor agreements.

Please supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of any such changes, and provide underlying assumptions, together with relevant portions of business plans, public corporate filings, or other internal documentation that address this issue.

II-3. Does your firm anticipate any changes in the character of your operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of PRODUCT in the future?

No Yes--Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such

changes and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue. Include in your response a specific projection of your firm’s capacity to produce PRODUCT (in SPECIFY UNITS) for 2007 and 2008.

For question II-4, if your response differs for particular orders, please indicate and explain the particular effect of revocation of specific orders.

II-4. Would your firm anticipate any changes in the character of your operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of PRODUCT in the future if the countervailing duty/antidumping duty order on PRODUCT from COUNTRY were to be revoked?

No Yes--Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such

changes and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue.

II-5. Has your firm since YEAR OF ORDER (the year the countervailing duty/antidumping duty order under review became effective) produced, or does your firm anticipate producing in the future, other products on the same equipment and machinery used in the production of PRODUCT and/or using the same production and related workers employed to produce PRODUCT?

No Yes--List the following information and report your firm’s combined

production capacity and production of these products and PRODUCT in the periods indicated.

Product	Period	Basis for allocation of capacity and employment data (indicate if different)

(Quantity in SPECIFY UNITS)
Item	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
AVERAGE PRODUCTION CAPACITY
PRODUCTION

II-6. Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your production capacity.

II-7. Is your firm able to switch production between PRODUCT and other products in response to a relative change in the price of PRODUCT vis-a-vis the price of other products, using the same equipment and labor?

No Yes---Please identify the other products, the approximate time and cost

involved in switching, and the minimum relative price change required for your firm to switch production to or from PRODUCT.

II-8a. Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, inventories, and employment related to the production of PRODUCT in your U.S. establishment(s) during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

Quantity (in SPECIFY) and value (in $1,000)
Item	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Average production capacity¹ (quantity)
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Production (quantity)
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption:
Quantity of internal consumption
Value² of internal consumption
Transfers to related firms:
Quantity of transfers
Value² of transfers
Export shipments:³
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories⁴ (quantity)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to end users (quantity)
Employment data:
Average number of PRWs (number)
Hours worked by PRWs (1,000 hours)
Wages paid to PRWs (value)
¹ The production capacity (see definitions in instruction booklet) reported is based on operating hours per week, weeks per year. Please describe the methodology used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity (use additional pages as necessary). ² Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a different basis for valuing these transactions, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.) and provide value data using that basis for 2002-07 below: ³ Identify your principal export markets: . ⁴ Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period inventories, plus production, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile? Yes No--Please explain: .

II-8b. Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, inventories, and employment related to the production of PRODUCT in your U.S. establishment(s) during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

Quantity (in SPECIFY) and value (in $1,000)
Item	January-March 2007	January-March 2008
Average production capacity¹ (quantity)
Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Production (quantity)
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption:
Quantity of internal consumption
Value² of internal consumption
Transfers to related firms:
Quantity of transfers
Value² of transfers
Export shipments:³
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories⁴ (quantity)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to end users (quantity)
Employment data:
Average number of PRWs (number)
Hours worked by PRWs (1,000 hours)
Wages paid to PRWs (value)
¹ The production capacity (see definitions in instruction booklet) reported is based on operating hours per week, weeks per year. Please describe the methodology used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity (use additional pages as necessary). ² Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a different basis for valuing these transactions, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.) and provide value data using that basis for January-March 2007 and January-March 2008 below: ³ Identify your principal export markets: . ⁴ Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period inventories, plus production, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile? Yes No--Please explain: .

II-9. If you reported transfers to related firms in question II-8, please indicate the nature of the relationship between your firm and the related firms (e.g., joint venture, wholly owned subsidiary), whether the transfers were priced at market value or by a non-market formula, whether your firm retained marketing rights to all transfers, and whether the related firms also processed inputs from sources other than your firm.

II-10. Other than direct imports, has your firm otherwise purchased PRODUCT since January 1, 2002? (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

No Yes--Report such purchases below for the specified periods.¹

(Quantity in SPECIFY, value in $1,000)
Item	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
PURCHASES FROM U.S. IMPORTERS² OF PRODUCT FROM--
COUNTRY:
Quantity
Value
All other countries:
Quantity
Value
PURCHASES FROM DOMESTIC PRODUCERS:²
Quantity
Value
PURCHASES FROM OTHER SOURCES:²
Quantity
Value
¹ Please indicate your reasons for purchasing this product. If your reasons differ by source, please elaborate. ² Please list the name of the firm(s) from which you purchased this product. If your suppliers differ by source, please identify the source for each listed supplier.

II-11. Since January 1, 2002, has your firm been involved in a toll agreement (see definition in the instruction booklet) regarding the production of PRODUCT?

No Yes--Name firm(s): .

II-12. Does your firm produce PRODUCT in a foreign trade zone (FTZ)?

No Yes--Identify FTZ(s): .

II-13. Since January 1, 2002, has your firm imported PRODUCT?

No Yes--COMPLETE AND RETURN A U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE

For questions II-14 and II-15, if your response differs for particular orders, please indicate and explain the particular effect of imposition and/or revocation of specific orders.

II-14. Describe the significance of the existing countervailing duty/antidumping duty order covering imports of PRODUCT from COUNTRY in terms of its effect on your firm’s production capacity, production, U.S. shipments, inventories, purchases, employment, revenues, costs, profits, cash flow, capital expenditures, research and development expenditures, and asset values. You may wish to compare your firm’s operations before and after the imposition of the order.

II-15. Would your firm anticipate any changes in its production capacity, production, U.S. shipments, inventories, purchases, employment, revenues, costs, profits, cash flow, capital expenditures, research and development expenditures, or asset values relating to the production of PRODUCT in the future if the countervailing duty/antidumping duty order on PRODUCT from COUNTRY were to be revoked?

No Yes--Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes

and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation for any trends or projections you may provide.

Address questions on this part of the questionnaire to AUDITOR (202-xxx-xxxx, [email protected]).

III-1. Who should be contacted regarding the requested financial information?

Company contact:

Name and title

( )

Phone number E-mail address

III-2. Briefly describe your financial accounting system.

A. When does your fiscal year end (month and day)?

If your fiscal year changed during the period examined, explain below:

B.1. Describe the lowest level of operations (e.g., plant, division, company-wide) for which financial statements are prepared that include subject merchandise:

2. Does your firm prepare profit/loss statements for the subject merchandise:

Yes No

3. How often did your firm (or parent company) prepare financial statements (including annual reports, 10Ks)? Please check relevant items below.

Audited, unaudited, annual reports, 10Ks, 10 Qs,

Monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually

4. Accounting basis: GAAP, cash, tax, or other comprehensive (specify)

Note: The Commission may request that your company submit copies of its financial statements, including internal profit-and-loss statements for the division or product group that includes PRODUCT, as well as those statements and worksheets used to compile data for your firm’s questionnaire response.

III-3. Briefly describe your cost accounting system (e.g., standard cost, job order cost, etc.).

III-4. Briefly describe your allocation basis, if any, for COGS, SG&A, and interest expense and other income and expenses.

III-5. Other products.--Please list any other products you produced in the facilities in which you produced PRODUCT, and provide the share of net sales accounted for by these other products in your most recent fiscal year:

Products	Share of sales

III-6. Does your company receive inputs (raw materials, labor, energy, or any other services) used in the production of PRODUCT from any related company?

Yes—Continue to question III-7 below No—Continue to question III-10 below

III-7. In the space provided below, identify the inputs used in the production of PRODUCT that your firm receives from related parties whose financial statements are consolidated with the financial statements of your firm.

Input	Related party

III-8. With respect to the related companies identified in response to question III-7 above, are their financial statements consolidated with your firm’s financial statements? (In other words, are profits or losses arising from intercompany transactions eliminated?)

Yes—Continue to question III-9 below. No—Continue to question III-10 below.

III-9. All intercompany profit on inputs purchased from related parties that is eliminated pursuant to formal financial statement consolidation should also be eliminated from the costs reported to the Commission in question III-11 (i.e., costs reported in question III-11, to the extent that they reflect inputs purchased from related parties, should only reflect the related party’s cost and not include an associated profit component). Reasonable methods for determining and eliminating the associated profit on inputs purchased from related parties are acceptable.

Has your firm complied with the Commission’s instructions regarding costs associated with inputs purchased from related parties?

Yes No—Please contact AUDITOR (202-xxx-xxxx, [email protected]).

III-10. Nonrecurring charges.--For each annual and interim period for which financial results are reported in question III-11, please indicate in the schedule below the specific nonrecurring charges, the particular expense/cost line items from question III-11 where the associated charges are included, a brief description of the charges, and the associated values (in $1,000). Nonrecurring charges would include, but are not limited to, items such as asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation due to restructuring of the company’s PRODUCT operations.

Item	Fiscal years ended--	January-March
Item		2007	2008
Non-recurring charges:(In the far left column please provide a brief description of each nonrecurring charge and indicate the particular expense/cost line items where the associated charges are included in question III-11a and 11b.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

III-11a. Operations on PRODUCT.--Report the revenue and related cost information requested below on the PRODUCT operations of your U.S. establishment(s).¹ Do not report resales of products. Note that internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value and purchases from related firms must be at cost.² Provide data for your six most recently completed fiscal years in chronological order from left to right. If your firm was involved in tolling operations (either as the toller or as the tollee) please contact AUDITOR at (202) XXX-XXXX before completing this section of the questionnaire.

Quantity (in SPECIFY) and value (in $1,000)
Item
Net sales quantities:³
Commercial sales
Internal consumption
Transfers to related firms
Total net sales quantities
Net sales values:³
Commercial sales
Internal consumption
Transfers to related firms
Total net sales values
Cost of goods sold (COGS):⁴
Raw materials
Direct labor
Other factory costs
Total COGS
Gross profit or (loss)
Selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses:
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Total SG&A expenses
Operating income (loss)
Other income and expenses:
Interest expense
All other expense items
Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act funds received⁵
All other income items
All other income or expenses, net
Net income or (loss) before income taxes
Depreciation/amortization included above
¹ Include only sales (whether domestic or export) and costs related to your U.S. manufacturing operations. ² Please indicate the amount of profits or (losses) on inputs from related firms that were eliminated pursuant question III-9: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 . ³ Less discounts, returns, allowances, and prepaid freight. The quantities and values should approximate the corresponding shipment quantities and values reported in Part II of this questionnaire. ⁴ COGS should include costs associated with internal consumption and transfers to related firms. ⁵ Please report funds received under this act in the period(s) in which they were received. Do not report these funds as an offset to operating expenses.

III-11b. Operations on PRODUCT.--Report the revenue and related cost information requested below on the PRODUCT operations of your U.S. establishment(s).¹ Do not report resales of products. Note that internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value and purchases from related firms must be at cost.² Provide data for the specified interim periods. If your firm was involved in tolling operations (either as the toller or as the tollee) please contact AUDITOR at (202) XXX-XXXX before completing this section of the questionnaire.

Quantity (in SPECIFY) and value (in $1,000)
Item	January-March 2007	January-March 2008
Net sales quantities:³
Commercial sales
Internal consumption
Transfers to related firms
Total net sales quantities
Net sales values:³
Commercial sales
Internal consumption
Transfers to related firms
Total net sales values
Cost of goods sold (COGS):⁴
Raw materials
Direct labor
Other factory costs
Total COGS
Gross profit or (loss)
Selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses:
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Total SG&A expenses
Operating income (loss)
Other income and expenses:
Interest expense
All other expense items
Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act funds received⁵
All other income items
All other income or expenses, net
Net income or (loss) before income taxes
Depreciation/amortization included above
¹ Include only sales (whether domestic or export) and costs related to your U.S. manufacturing operations. ² Please indicate the amount of profits or (losses) on inputs from related firms that were eliminated pursuant question III-9: January-March 2007 January-March 2008 . ³ Less discounts, returns, allowances, and prepaid freight. The quantities and values should approximate the corresponding shipment quantities and values reported in Part II of this questionnaire. ⁴ COGS should include costs associated with internal consumption and transfers to related firms. ⁵ Please report funds received under this act in the period(s) in which they were received. Do not report these funds as an offset to operating expenses.

III-12a. Asset values.--Report the total assets associated with the production, warehousing, and sale of PRODUCT. If your firm does not maintain some or all of the specific asset data in the normal course of business, please estimate it based upon some rational method (such as production, sales, or costs) that is consistent with your cost allocations in the previous question. Your finished goods inventory value should reconcile with the inventory quantity data reported in Part II. Provide data as of the end of your six most recently completed fiscal years in chronological order from left to right.

Value (in $1,000)
Item
Assets associated with the production, warehousing, and sale of product:
1. Current assets:
A. Cash and equivalents
B. Accounts receivable, net
C. Inventories (finished goods)
D. Inventories (raw materials and work in process)
E. Other (describe: )
F. Total current assets (lines 1.A. through 1.E.)
2. Property, plant, and equipment
A. Original cost of property, plant, and equipment
B. Less: Accumulated depreciation
C. Equals: Book value of property, plant, and equipment
3. Other (describe: )
4. Other (describe: )
5. Total assets (lines 1.F., 2.C., 3 and 4)

III-12b. Asset values.--Report the total assets associated with the production, warehousing, and sale of PRODUCT. If your firm does not maintain some or all of the specific asset data in the normal course of business, please estimate it based upon some rational method (such as production, sales, or costs) that is consistent with your cost allocations in the previous question. Your finished goods inventory value should reconcile with the inventory quantity data reported in Part II. Provide data as of the end of the specified interim periods.

Value (in $1,000)
Item	January-March 2007	January-March 2008
Assets associated with the production, warehousing, and sale of product:
1. Current assets:
A. Cash and equivalents
B. Accounts receivable, net
C. Inventories (finished goods)
D. Inventories (raw materials and work in process)
E. Other (describe: )
F. Total current assets (lines 1.A. through 1.E.)
2. Property, plant, and equipment
A. Original cost of property, plant, and equipment
B. Less: Accumulated depreciation
C. Equals: Book value of property, plant, and equipment
3. Other (describe: )
4. Other (describe: )
5. Total assets (lines 1.F., 2.C., 3 and 4)

III-13. Capital expenditures and research and development expenditures.--Report your firm’s capital expenditures and research and development expenditures on PRODUCT. Provide data for your six most recently completed fiscal years in chronological order from left to right, and for the specified interim periods.

Value (in $1,000)
Item	January-March 2007	January-March 2008
Capital expenditures
Research and development expenditures

Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from ECONOMIST (202-xxx-xxxx, [email protected])

IV-1. Who should be contacted regarding the requested pricing and related information?

Company contact:

Name and title

( )

Phone number E-mail address

PRICE DATA

This section requests quarterly quantity and value data on your firm’s U.S. shipments of the following products during January 2002-March 2008.

Product 1.--DEFINE

Product 2.--DEFINE

Product 3.--DEFINE

Product 4.--DEFINE

Please note that total dollar values should be f.o.b., U.S. point of shipment and should not include U.S.-inland transportation costs. Total dollar values should reflect the final net amount paid to you (i.e., should be net of all deductions for discounts or rebates). See instruction booklet.

IV-2a. Report below the quarterly price data¹ for pricing products² produced and sold by your firm.

(Quantity in SPECIFY, value in dollars)
Period of shipment	Product 1		Product 2
Period of shipment	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
2002:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2003:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2004:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2005:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2006:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2007:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2008:
January-March
¹ Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods), f.o.b. your U.S. point of shipment. ² Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part IV. Note.--If your product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product, provide a description of your product: Product 1: Product 2:

IV-2b. Report below the quarterly price data¹ for pricing products² produced and sold by your firm.

(Quantity in SPECIFY, value in dollars)
Period of shipment	Product 3		Product 4
Period of shipment	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
2002:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2003:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2004:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2005:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2006:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2007:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2008:
January-March
¹ Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods), f.o.b. your U.S. point of shipment. ² Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part IV. Note.--If your product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product, provide a description of your product: Product 3: Product 4:

IV-3. Please describe how your firm determines the prices that it charges for sales of PRODUCT (transaction by transaction negotiation, contracts for multiple shipments, set price lists, etc.). If your firm issues price lists, please include a copy of a recent price list with your submission. If your price list is large, please submit sample pages.

IV-4. Please describe your firm’s discount policy (quantity discounts, annual total volume discounts, etc.).

IV-5. What are your firm’s typical sales terms for its U.S.-produced PRODUCT (e.g., 2/10 net 30 days)? . On what basis are your prices of domestic PRODUCT usually quoted (e.g., f.o.b. warehouse, or delivered)? .

IV-6. Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of its U.S.-produced PRODUCT in 2007 were on a (1) long-term contract basis (multiple deliveries for more than 12 months), (2) short-term contract basis (multiple deliveries up to 12 months), and (3) spot sales basis (for a single delivery)?

Type of sale	Share of sales (percent)
Long-term contracts
Short-term contracts
Spot sales

IV-7. If you sell on a long-term contract basis, please answer the following questions with respect to provisions of a typical long-term contract.

(a) What is the average duration of a contract?

(b) Can prices be renegotiated during the contract period?

(d) Does the contract have a meet or release provision?

IV-8. If you sell on a short-term contract basis, please answer the following questions with respect to provisions of a typical short-term contract.

(a) What is the average duration of a contract?

(b) Can prices be renegotiated during the contract period?

(d) Does the contract have a meet or release provision?

IV-9. What is the average lead time between a customer’s order and the date of delivery for your firm’s sales of your U.S.-produced PRODUCT?

Source	Share of sales, 2007	Lead time
From inventory
Produced to order
Total	100 %

IV-10. (a) What is the approximate percentage of the total delivered cost of PRODUCT that is accounted for by U.S. inland transportation costs? percent.

(b) Who generally arranges the transportation to your customers’ locations? (check one) Your firm or purchaser

(c) What proportion of your sales occur within 100 miles of your storage or production facility? percent. Within 101 to 1,000 miles? percent. Over 1,000 miles? percent.

IV-11. What is the geographic market area in the United States served by your firm’s PRODUCT? (check all that apply)

Northeast Mid-Atlantic Midwest Southeast

Southwest Rocky Mountains West Coast Northwest

National Other (describe: )

IV-12. Describe the end uses of the PRODUCT that you manufacture. For each end-use product, what percentage of the total cost is accounted for by PRODUCT?

End use	Share of total cost (percent)

IV-13. Have there been any changes in the end uses of PRODUCT since YEAR OF ORDER?

No Yes—Please describe.

IV-14. Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the end uses of PRODUCT in the future?

No Yes--Please describe and identify the time period. Provide any underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue.

IV-15. (a) Can other products be substituted for PRODUCT?

No Yes--Please list these substitute products in order of importance.

(1) (2) (3)

(b) For each possible substitute product, please give examples of applications and end uses for which they are substitutes.

IV-15. (c) Have changes in the prices of these products affected the price for PRODUCT?

No Yes--To what degree do changes in their prices affect the price for

PRODUCT? Does this effect have a time lag? If so, how long is the time lag for each substitute product? Does this vary by type of PRODUCT or final end use?

IV-16. Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that can be substituted for PRODUCT since YEAR OF ORDER?

No Yes—Please explain.

IV-17. Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the substitutability of other products for PRODUCT in the future?

No Yes—Please describe. Provide any underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue.

IV-18. To what extent have changes in the prices of raw materials affected your firm’s selling prices for PRODUCT during January 2002-March 2008? Also discuss any anticipated changes in your raw material costs in the future, identifying the time period(s) involved and the factor(s) that you believe would be responsible for such changes. Provide any underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue.

IV-19. Have any changes occurred in any other factors affecting supply (e.g., changes in availability or prices of energy or labor; transportation conditions; production capacity and/or methods of production; technology; export markets; or alternative production opportunities) that affected the availability of U.S.-produced PRODUCT in the U.S. market since YEAR OF ORDER?

No Yes--Please note the time period(s) of any such changes, the factors(s)

involved, and the impact such changes had on your shipment volumes and prices.

IV-20. (a) Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the availability of U.S.-produced PRODUCT in the U.S. market in the future?

Increase No change Decrease

(b) If you anticipate changes in supply, please identify the changes, including the time period and the impact of such changes on shipment volumes and prices. Provide any underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue.

IV-21. Has the availability of NONSUBJECT imported PRODUCT changed since YEAR OF ORDER?

No Yes--Please explain.

IV-22. Describe how easily your firm can shift its sales of PRODUCT between the U.S. market and alternative country markets. In your discussion, please describe any contracts, other sales arrangements, or other constraints that would prevent or retard your firm from shifting PRODUCT between the U.S. and alternative country markets within a 12-month period. Provide any underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue.

IV-23. Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix, or marketing (including sales over the internet) of PRODUCT since YEAR OF ORDER?

No Yes--Please describe and quantify if possible.

IV-24. Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the product range, product mix, or marketing (including sales over the internet) of PRODUCT in the future? Provide any underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue.

No Yes--Please identify, including the time period.

IV-25. How has demand within the United States (and outside the United States if known) for PRODUCT changed since YEAR OF ORDER?

Increased No change Decreased

What principal factors affect changes in demand?

IV-26. Do you anticipate any future changes in PRODUCT demand in the United States and, if known, the rest of the world?

No Yes--Please describe and identify the time period. Provide any underlying

assumptions, along with relevant portions of business plans or other supporting documentation that address this issue.

IV-27. Please compare market prices of PRODUCT in U.S. and non-U.S. markets, if known. Provide specific information as to time periods and regions for any price comparisons.

IV-28. Please provide as a separate attachment to this request any studies, surveys, etc. that you are

aware of that quantify and/or otherwise discuss PRODUCT supply (including production capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United States, (2) each of the other major producing/consuming countries, including COUNTRY, and (3) the world as a whole. Of particular interest is such data from YEAR OF ORDER to the present and forecasts for the future.

IV-29. Are your exports of PRODUCT subject to any tariff or non-tariff barriers to trade in other countries?

No Yes--Please list the countries and describe any such barriers and any

significant changes in such barriers that have occurred since YEAR OF ORDER, or that are expected to occur in the future.

IV-30. Does your firm sell PRODUCT over the internet?

No Yes--Please describe, noting the estimated percentage of your firm’s total

sales of PRODUCT in 2007 accounted for by internet sales.

IV-31. Is PRODUCT produced in the United States and in other countries interchangeable (i.e., can they physically be used in the same applications)? Please indicate below, using “A” to indicate that the products from a specified country-pair are always interchangeable, “F” to indicate that the products are frequently interchangeable, “S” to indicate that the products are sometimes interchangeable, “N” to indicate that the products are never interchangeable, and “0” to indicate no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair.¹

Country-pair	United States	COUNTRY 1	COUNTRY 2	COUNTRY 3	Other countries
United States
COUNTRY 1
COUNTRY 2
COUNTRY 3
¹ For any country-pair producing PRODUCT which is sometimes or never interchangeable, please explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:

IV-32. Are differences other than price (i.e., quality, availability, transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between PRODUCT produced in the United States and in other countries a significant factor in your firm’s sales of the products? Please indicate below, using “A” to indicate that such differences are always significant, “F” to indicate that such differences are frequently significant, “S” to indicate that such differences are sometimes significant, “N” to indicate that such differences are never significant, and “0” to indicate no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair.¹

Country-pair	United States	COUNTRY 1	COUNTRY 2	COUNTRY 3	Other countries
United States
COUNTRY 1
COUNTRY 2
COUNTRY 3
¹ For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant factor in your firm’s sales of PRODUCT, identify the country-pair and report the advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:

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