Commodity Matchbooks from India (F)

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND
DEFINITIONS FOR COMMISSION FOREIGN
PRODUCER/EXPORTER QUESTIONNAIRES

Commodity Matchbooks from India
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-459 and 731-TA-1155 (Final)

Further information.--If you have any questions concerning the enclosed
questionnaire(s) or other matters related to this investigation, you may contact
the following member of the Commission=s staff (Fax 202-205-3205):
Amy Sherman, investigator (202-205-3289; E-mail [email protected])

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--This investigation was instituted in response to a petition filed on October 29,
2008 by D.D. Bean & Sons Co., Jaffrey, NH. Countervailing and antidumping duties may be
assessed on the subject imports as a result of this investigation if the Commission makes an
affirmative determination of injury, threat, or material retardation, and if the U.S. Department of
Commerce makes an affirmative determination of subsidization and/or dumping.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this investigation are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2009/commodity_matchboo
ks/finalphase.htm. Address all correspondence to the United States International Trade
Commission, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information
regarding this investigation via the Commission=s TDD terminal (202-205-1810).
Due date of questionnaire(s).--Return the completed questionnaire(s) to the United States
International Trade Commission by no later than September 1, 2009. Although the enclosed
postpaid envelope may be used to return the completed questionnaire, use of an overnight mail
service may be necessary to ensure that your response actually reaches the Commission by
September 1, 2009. If you do not use the enclosed envelope, please make sure the completed
questionnaire is sent to the attention of Amy Sherman. Return only one copy of the completed
questionnaire(s), but please keep a copy for your records so that you can refer to it if the
Commission staff contacts you with any questions during the course of the investigation.
Service of questionnaire response(s).--In the event that your firm is a party to this investigation,
you are required to serve a copy of the questionnaire(s), once completed, on parties to the
proceeding that are subject to administrative protective order (see 19 CFR ' 207.7). A list of such
parties is maintained by the Commission=s Secretary and may be obtained by calling
202-205-1803. A certificate of service must accompany the copy of the completed questionnaire(s)
you submit (see 19 CFR ' 207.7).
Confidentiality.--The commercial and financial data furnished in response to the enclosed
questionnaire(s) 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, nonnumerical 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.

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GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
Verification.--The information submitted in the enclosed questionnaire(s) is subject to audit
and verification by the Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep
all your workpapers and supporting documents used in the preparation of the questionnaire
response(s).
Release of information.--The information provided by your firm in response to the
questionnaire(s), as well as any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to
the Commission in connection with the investigation, 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 investigation or other import-injury investigations
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.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions.--Do not leave any question or section blank unless a questionnaire
expressly directs you to skip over certain questions or sections. If the answer to any question is
Anone,@ write Anone.@ If information is not readily available from your records in exactly the
form requested, furnish carefully prepared estimates--designated as such by the letter
AE@--and explain the basis of your estimates. Answers to questions and any necessary
comments or explanations should be supplied in the space provided or on separate sheets attached
to the appropriate page of the questionnaire(s). If your firm is completing more than one
questionnaire in connection with this investigation (i.e., a producer, importer, purchaser, and/or
foreign producer questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions in the
questionnaires.
Consolidate all establishments in India.--Report the requested data for your establishment(s)
located in India. Firms operating more than one establishment should combine the data for
all establishments into a single report.
Filing instructions.—Questionnaires may be filed either in paper form or electronically.

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INSTRUCTIONS--Continued
OPTIONS FOR FILING IN PAPER FORM
• Overnight mail service.—Mail to the following address:
United States International Trade Commission
Office of Investigations, Room 615
500 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
• Fax.—Fax to 202.205.3205.
• U.S. mail.—Mail to the address above, but use zip code 20436. This option is not recommended.
U.S. mail sent to government offices undergoes additional processing to screen for hazardous
materials; this additional processing results in substantial delays in delivery.
OPTIONS FOR FILING ELECTRONICALLY
This questionnaire is available as a “fillable” form in MS Word format on the
Commission’s website at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2009/commo
dity_matchbooks/finalphase.htm. Please do not attempt to modify the format or
permissions of the questionnaire document. You may complete the questionnaire
electronically, print it out, and submit it in paper form as described above, or you
may submit it electronically through one of the following means:
• Compact disc (CD).—Copy your questionnaire onto a CD, include a signed certification page
(page 1) (either in paper form or scanned PDF copied onto CD), and mail to the address above. It
is strongly recommended that you use an overnight mail service. U.S. mail sent to government
offices undergoes additional processing which not only results in substantial delays in delivery but
may also damage CDs.
• E-mail.—E-mail your questionnaire to the investigator identified on page 1 of the Instruction
Booklet; include a scanned PDF of the signed certification page (page 1). Type the following in
the e-mail subject line: BPI Questionnaire, INV. NOS. 701-TA-459 AND 731-TA-1155. Please
note that submitting your questionnaire by e-mail may subject your firm’s business proprietary
information to transmission over an unsecure environment and to possible disclosure. If you
choose this option, the Commission warns you that any risk involving possible disclosure of such
information is assumed by the submitter and not by the Commission.
Note: If you are a party to the investigation, and service of the questionnaire is required, such
service should be made in paper form.

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DEFINITIONS
Commodity Matchbooks. -- The subject product is commodity matchbooks, also known as
commodity book matches, paper matches or booklet matches. Such commodity matchbooks are
also referred to as “for resale” because they always enter into retail channels, meaning businesses
that sell a general variety of tangible merchandise, e.g., convenience stores, supermarkets, dollar
stores, drug stores and mass merchandisers. Commodity matchbooks typically, but do not
necessarily, consist of twenty match stems which are usually made from paperboard or similar
material tipped with a match head composed of any chemical formula. The match stems may be
stitched, stapled or otherwise fastened into a matchbook cover of any material, on which a striking
strip composed of any chemical formula has been applied to assist in the ignition process.
Commodity matchbooks included in the scope of this investigation may or may not contain
printing. For example, they may have no printing other than the identification of the manufacturer
or importer. Commodity matchbooks may also be printed with a generic message such as “Thank
You” or a generic image such as the American Flag, with store brands (e.g., Kroger, 7-Eleven,
Shurfine or Giant); product brands for national or regional advertisers such as cigarettes or
alcoholic beverages; or with corporate brands for national or regional distributors (e.g., Penley
Corp. or Diamond Brands). They all enter retail distribution channels. Regardless of the materials
used for the stems of the matches and regardless of the way the match stems are fastened to the
matchbook cover, all commodity matchbooks are included in the scope of this investigation.
All matchbooks, including commodity matchbooks, typically comply with the United States
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Safety Standard for Matchbooks, codified at 16
CFR 1202.1 et. seq.
The scope of this investigation excludes promotional matchbooks (defined below). Also excluded
are all other matches that are not fastened into a matchbook cover such as wooden matches, stick
matches, box matches, kitchen matches, pocket matches, penny matches, household matches,
strike-anywhere matches (aka “SAW”matches), strike-on-box matches (aka “SOB'” matches),
fireplace matches, barbeque/grill matches, fire starters, and wax matches.
Commodity matchbooks are imported under statistical reporting number 3605.00.0060 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). Subject merchandise may also enter
under statistical reporting number 3605.00.0030.
Promotional Matchbooks. -- These matchbooks are often referred to as “not for resale,” or
“specialty advertising” matchbooks, as they do not enter into retail channels and are normally sold
to businesses that provide hospitality, dining, drinking or entertainment services to their customers,
and are given away by these businesses as promotional items. Such promotional matchbooks are
distinguished by the physical characteristic of having the name and/or logo of a bar, restaurant,
resort, hotel, club, cafe/coffee shop, grill, pub, eatery, lounge, casino, barbecue or individual
establishment printed prominently on the matchbook cover. Promotional matchbook cover
printing also typically includes the address and the phone number of the business or establishment
being promoted.

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Matchbook Case. -- The measurement of quantity in these investigations, a case of matchbooks,
consists of 2,500 matchbooks (50 trays in a case, with 50 matchbooks in each tray).
Firm.--An individual proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation
(including any subsidiary corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee in bankruptcy, or
receiver under decree of any court.
Related firm.--A firm that your firm solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled; a
firm that solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled your firm; and/or a firm that
was solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled by a firm that also solely or jointly
owned, managed, or otherwise controlled your firm.
Establishment.--Each facility of a firm in India involved in the production of commodity
matchbooks (as defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with
(whether or not physically separate from) such facilities.
United States.--For purposes of this investigation, the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and the District of Columbia.
Importer.--Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary,
in importing commodity matchbooks (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign
manufacturer or through its selling agent.
Average production capacity.--The level of production that your establishment(s) could
reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods. Assume normal operating
conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to operate; normal operating
levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup;
and a typical or representative product mix).
Production.--All production in your establishment(s) in India, including production consumed
internally within your firm.

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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in India. Quantities
reported should be net of returns.
Home market commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within India.
Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to
related firms in India, including product consumed internally by your firm.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside India, including shipments to
related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.

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