10-1-2803 US producer questionnaire

OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 10-1-2803; Expiration Date: 6/30/2011
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U.S. PRODUCERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
PRESSURE SENSITIVE PLASTIC TAPE FROM ITALY

This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than NOVEMBER 6, 2009
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 antidumping duty finding concerning pressure sensitive plastic tape from Italy (Inv. No.
AA1921-167 (Third 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
State

City

Zip Code

World Wide Web address
Has your firm produced pressure sensitive plastic tape (as defined in the instruction booklet) at any time since
January 1, 1977?

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

Signature

Phone: (
Fax ( )

E-mail address

)

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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
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.

OMB statistics.--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.

OMB feedback.--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.

Establishments covered.--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.

Support for continuation of finding.--Do you support or oppose continuation of the
antidumping duty finding currently in place for pressure sensitive plastic tape from Italy?
Support

I-4.

Oppose

Take no position

Ownership.--Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No
Firm name

Yes--List the following information.
Address

Extent of ownership

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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-5.

I-6.

Related importers/exporters from Italy.--Does your firm have any related firms, either
domestic or foreign, which are engaged in importing pressure sensitive plastic tape from Italy into
the United States or which are engaged in exporting pressure sensitive plastic tape from Italy to
the United States?
No

Yes--List the following information.

Firm name

Address

Affiliation

Related importers/exporters from all other countries.--Does your firm have any related firms,
either domestic or foreign, which are engaged in importing pressure sensitive plastic tape from
countries other than Italy into the United States or which are engaged in exporting pressure
sensitive plastic tape from countries other than Italy to the United States?
No

Yes--List the following information.

Firm name and country

Address

Affiliation

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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-7.

I-8.

Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which
are engaged in the production of pressure sensitive plastic tape?
No

Yes--List the following information.

Firm name

Address

Affiliation

Business plan.--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 market conditions for pressure sensitive
plastic tape?
No

Yes--Please provide the requested documents. If you are not providing the
requested documents, please explain why not.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Edward Petronzio (202-2053176, [email protected]). Supply all data requested on a calendar-year basis.
II-1.

Contact information (Trade).--Who should be contacted regarding the requested trade and
related information?
Company contact:
Name and title
(
)
Phone number

II-2.

E-mail address

Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of pressure sensitive plastic tape since October 21, 1977?
(check as many as appropriate)
plant openings ..........................

plant closings............................

relocations ................................

expansions ................................

acquisitions...............................

consolidations...........................

prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments .................
revised labor agreements ..........

other (e.g., technology) ............

(please describe)

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-3.

Anticipated changes in operations.--Does your firm anticipate any changes in the character of
your operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of pressure sensitive
plastic tape 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 pressure sensitive plastic tape (in 1,000 square
yards) for 2009 and 2010.

Conversion notes:
Square meters to square yards: Multiply by 1.196 (1 square meter = 1.196 square yards)
Square feet to square yards: Divide by 9 (9 square feet = 1 square yard)

II-4.

Anticipated changes in operations in the event the finding is revoked.--Would your firm
anticipate any changes in the character of your operations or organization (as noted above)
relating to the production of pressure sensitive plastic tape in the future if the antidumping duty
finding on pressure sensitive plastic tape from Italy 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.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-5.

Same equipment, machinery, and workers.--Does your firm produce, or does your firm
anticipate producing in the future, other products on the same equipment and machinery used in
the production of pressure sensitive plastic tape and/or using the same production and related
workers employed to produce pressure sensitive plastic tape?
No

Yes--List the following information and report your firm’s combined
production capacity and production of these products and pressure
sensitive plastic tape in the periods indicated.

Product

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

Period

(Quantity in 1,000 square yards)
Calendar years
Item

2006

2007

January-September
2008

2008

2009

Overall Production
Capacity
Production of:
Pressure sensitive plastic
tape

II-6.

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

II-7.

Production shifting.--Is your firm able to switch production between pressure sensitive plastic
tape and other products in response to a relative change in the price of pressure sensitive plastic
tape 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 pressure sensitive plastic
tape.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-8a.

Trade data.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, inventories, and
employment related to the production of pressure sensitive plastic tape in your U.S.
establishment(s) during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

Conversion notes:
Convert square meters to square yards: Multiply by 1.196 (1 square meter = 1.196 square yards)
Square feet to square yards: Divide by 9 (9 square feet = 1 square yard)
Quantity (in 1,000 square yards) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2006

2007

January-September
2008

2008

2009

Average production capacity1
(quantity) (A)
Beginning-of-period inventories
(quantity) (B)
Production (quantity) (C)
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
quantity (D)
value (E)
Internal consumption:2
quantity (F)
value (G)
Transfers to related firms:2
quantity (H)
value (I)
Export shipments:3
quantity (J)
value (K)
End-of-period inventories (quantity)
(L)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments to distributors
(quantity) (M)
U.S. shipments to end users
(quantity) (N)
Employment data:
Average number of PRWs
(number) (O)
Hours worked by PRWs (1,000
hours) (P)
Wages paid to PRWs (value) (Q)
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 each period specified above:

3

Identify your principal export markets:

.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-9.

Reconciliation of trade data.-(a)

Please note that the quantities reported in question II-8 should reconcile as follows in
each period (i.e., in each column):
Reconciliation
B+C–D–F–H–J=L
D+F+H=M+N

(b)

Do these data reconcile?
explain
Do these data reconcile?
explain

Yes

No--Please

Yes

No--Please

Please note that the quantities reported for end of period inventories should equal the
beginning of period inventories reported in the subsequent calendar year (i.e., line L of
year 2006 should equal line B of year 2007). Do these data reconcile for each adjacent
calendar year?
Yes.

No--Please explain.

II-10.

Transfers to related firms.--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-11.

Pressure sensitive plastic tape by type.-- Please indicate the type(s) of tape that your firm
produces:
Carton sealing

Masking

Electrical/Electronic

Sanitary, medical, or health-related

Other

If other, please specify:

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-12.

Shipments by tape material.-- Please report the relative share of your firm’s 2008 and JanuarySeptember 2009 U.S. shipments for pressure sensitive plastic tape by specified material below.
Quantity (in percent)
Tape material:

2008

January-September 2009

Polyester
Polypropylene
UPVC
Other1

1

Total
Please specify “other” :

100%

100%

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-13.

Purchases.--Other than direct imports, has your firm otherwise purchased pressure sensitive
plastic tape since January 1, 2006? (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
No

Yes-- Please indicate the reasons for your purchases (if your reasons differ by
source, please elaborate) and report the quantity and value of such
purchases below for the specified periods

Reasons:
Conversion notes:
Convert square meters to square yards: Multiply by 1.196 (1 square meter = 1.196 square yards)
Square feet to square yards: Divide by 9 (9 square feet = 1 square yard)
Quantity in (1,000 square yards) and value in ( $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2006

2007

January-September
2008

2008

2009

PURCHASES FROM U.S.
IMPORTERS1 OF PRESSURE
SENSITIVE PLASTIC TAPE
FROM.—
Italy:
quantity
value
All other countries:
quantity
value
PURCHASES FROM
2
DOMESTIC PRODUCERS:
quantity
value
PURCHASES FROM OTHER
SOURCES:
quantity
Value
1
Please list the name of the importer(s) from which you purchased this product. If your suppliers differ by source,
please identify the source for each listed supplier.

2

Please list the name of the domestic producer(s) from which you purchased this product.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-14.

Toll production.--Since January 1, 2006, has your firm been involved in a toll agreement (see
definition in the instruction booklet) regarding the production of pressure sensitive plastic tape?
No

II-15.

.

FTZ.--Does your firm produce pressure sensitive plastic tape in a foreign trade zone (FTZ)?
No

II-16.

Yes--Name firm(s):

Yes--Identify FTZ(s):

.

Direct imports.--Since January 1, 2006, has your firm imported pressure sensitive plastic tape?
No

Yes--COMPLETE AND RETURN A U.S. IMPORTERS’
QUESTIONNAIRE

II-17.

Effect of finding.--Describe the significance of the existing antidumping duty finding covering
imports of pressure sensitive plastic tape from Italy 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 finding.

II-18.

Likely effect of revocation of finding.--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 pressure sensitive plastic tape in the future if the antidumping
duty finding on pressure sensitive plastic tape from Italy 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.

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Address questions on this part of the questionnaire to Justin Jee (202-205-3186, [email protected]).
III-1.

Contact information (Financial).--Who should be contacted regarding the requested financial
information?
Company contact:
Name and title
(
)
Phone number

III-2.

(
)
Fax number

E-mail address

Accounting system.--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.
3.

4.

Does your firm prepare profit/loss statements for the subject merchandise:
Yes
No
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
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
pressure sensitive plastic tape, as well as those statements and worksheets used to compile data
for your firm’s questionnaire response.

III-3.

Cost accounting system.--Briefly describe your cost accounting system (e.g., standard cost, job
finding cost, etc.).

III-4.

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

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-5.

Other products.--Please list any other products you produced in the facilities in which you
produced pressure sensitive plastic tape, and provide the share of net sales accounted for by these
other products in your most recent fiscal year:
Products

III-6.

Raw materials from related firms.--Does your company receive inputs (raw materials, labor,
energy, or any other services) used in the production of pressure sensitive plastic tape from any
related company whose financial statements are ultimately consolidated with the financial
statements of your firm?
Yes--Continue to question III-7 below

III-7.

Share of sales

No--Continue to question III-9 below

Inputs from related firms.--In the space provided below, identify the inputs used in the
production of pressure sensitive plastic tape that your firm receives from related parties whose
financial statements are consolidated with the financial statements of your firm.
Input

Related party

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-8.

Inputs from related firms at cost.--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-10 (i.e., costs reported in
question III-10, 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

III-9.

No—Please contact Justin Jee (202-205-3186, [email protected]).

Nonrecurring charges.--For each annual and interim period for which financial results are
reported in question III-10, 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 pressure sensitive plastic tape
operations. (In the far left column, please provide a brief description of each nonrecurring charge
and indicate the particular expense line items where the associated charges are included in
question III-10).

Fiscal years ended-Item
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

2006

2007

2008

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-10. Operations on pressure sensitive plastic tape.--Report the revenue and related cost information
requested below on the pressure sensitive plastic tape 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 three most recently completed fiscal years in chronological finding from left to
right. If your firm was involved in tolling operations (either as the toller or as the tollee) please
contact Justin Jee (202-205-3186), before completing this section of the questionnaire.
Quantity (in 1,000 square yards) and value (in $1,000)
Item
2007
2006
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

2008

Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act
5
funds received

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.
Please indicate the amount of profits or (losses) on inputs from related firms that were eliminated pursuant question III-8.
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.
2
3

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-10. Operations on pressure sensitive plastic tape.--Continued
Quantity (in 1,000 square yards) and value (in $1,000)
Item

January-September 2008

January-September 2009

3

Net sales quantities:
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
5
received

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.
Please indicate the amount of profits or (losses) on inputs from related firms that were eliminated pursuant question III-8:
January-September 2009
January-September 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.
2

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-11. Asset values.--Report the total assets associated with the production, warehousing, and sale of
pressure sensitive plastic tape. 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. Provide data as of the end of your three most recently completed fiscal years in
chronological finding from left to right.
Value (in $1,000)
Fiscal year ended-Item
2007
2006
ASSETS associated with the production, warehousing, and sale of product:
1. Current assets:

2008

A. Cash and equivalents
B. Accounts receivable, net
C. Inventories
D. All other current
E. Total current assets (lines 1.A.
through 1.D)
2. Non current assets:
Property, plant, and equipment (PPE):
A. Original cost of PPE
B. Less: Accumulated depreciation
C. Equals: Book value of PPE
D. All other non-current
E. Total non-current assets (lines
2.C plus 2.D)
3. Total assets (lines 1.E and 2.E)

III-12. Capital expenditures and research and development (R&D) expenditures.--Report your
firm’s capital expenditures and research and development expenditures on pressure sensitive
plastic tape. Provide data for your three most recently completed fiscal years in chronological
finding from left to right, and for the specified interim periods.
Value (in $1,000)
Fiscal year
Item
Capital expenditures
R & D expenses

2006

2007

January-September
2008

2008

2009

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Clark Workman (202-2053248, [email protected])
IV-1.

Contact information (Price).--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, f.o.b. your U.S. point of shipment, for your
commercial shipments to unrelated U.S. customers during January 2006–September 2009 of the
following products produced by your firm.
Product 1.—Pressure sensitive plastic tape with a thickness of 1.6 to 1.7 mil (inclusive),
width of 42 to 75 millimeters (inclusive), and a length of less than 200 meters. Similar to
Tartan ™ box sealing tape 369 produced by 3M.
Product 2.-- Pressure sensitive plastic tape with a thickness of 1.8 to 2.0 mil (inclusive), a
width of 42 to 75 millimeters (inclusive), and a length of less than 200 meters. Similar to
Scotch ™ box sealing tape 371 produced by 3M.
Product 3.-- Pressure sensitive plastic tape with a thickness of 1.8 to 2.0 mil (inclusive), a
width of 42 to 75 millimeters (inclusive), and a length of 900 to 2,000 meters (inclusive).
Similar to Scotch ™ box sealing tape 371 produced by 3M.
Product 4.-- Pressure sensitive plastic tape with a thickness of 2.4 to 2.6 mil (inclusive), a
width of 42 to 75 millimeters (inclusive), and a length of less than 200 meters. Similar to
Scotch ™ box sealing tape 373 produced by 3M.

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.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-2.

Pricing data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 produced and sold by
your firm.

Period of shipment

(Quantity in square yards, value in dollars)
Product 1
Quantity
Value

2006
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2007
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2008
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009
January-March
April-June
July-September
Period of shipment

Product 2
Quantity

Product 3
Quantity

Value

Product 4
Value

Quantity

Value
2006
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2007
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2008
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009
January-March
April-June
July-September
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:
Product 3:
Product 4:

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-3. Price setting.-- How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of pressure
sensitive plastic tape (check all that apply)? 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 only submit some sample pages.
Transaction by transaction

Contracts

Set price lists

Other--Please describe:

IV-4.

Discount policy.-- Please indicate and describe your firm’s discount policies (check all that
apply).
Quantity discounts

Annual total volume discounts

No discount policy

Other--Please describe:

IV-5.

IV-6.

Pricing terms for pressure sensitive plastic tape.-(a)

What are your firm’s typical sales terms for its U.S.-produced pressure sensitive plastic
tape (e.g., 2/10 net 30 days)?
.

(b)

On what basis are your prices of domestic pressure sensitive plastic tape usually quoted?
(check one)
F.o.b.--Please specify point:
Delivered

Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of its U.S.-produced
pressure sensitive plastic tape in 2008 were on a (1) long-term contract basis (multiple deliveries
for more than 12 months), (2) short-term contract basis (multiple deliveries up to and including
12 months), and (3) spot sales basis (for a single delivery)?
Type of sale
Long-term contracts
Short-term contracts
Spot sales

Share of sales (percent)

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-7.

IV-8.

IV-9.

Long-term contact provisions.--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?

(c)

Does the contract fix quantity, price, or both?

(d)

Does the contract have a meet or release provision?

Yes

Quantity

No
Price

Yes

Both
No

Short-term contract provisions.--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?

(c)

Does the contract fix quantity, price, or both?

(d)

Does the contract have a meet or release provision?

Yes

Quantity

No
Price

Yes

Both
No

Lead times.--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 pressure sensitive plastic tape?
Source

Share of sales in 2008

Lead time

From inventory
Produced to order
Total

100 %

IV-10. Shipping information.-(a)

What is the approximate percentage of the total delivered cost of pressure sensitive
plastic tape 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 are delivered within 100 miles of your production facility?
percent. Within 101 to 1,000 miles?
percent. Over 1,000 miles?
percent.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-11. Geographical shipments.-- Based on the quantity of your firm’s U.S. shipments in 2008 as
reported in response to question II-8 above, please indicate the percentage share for which each of
the following geographic markets account. Please answer this question in reference to your sales
to ultimate delivery destinations to customers in the United States.
Share of U.S.
shipments in 2008
(in percent)

Geographic area
Northeast.–CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT.
Midwest.–IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI.
Southeast.–AL, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, and WV.
Central Southwest.–AR, LA, OK, and TX.
Mountains.–AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.
Pacific Coast.–CA, OR, and WA.
Other.–All other markets in the United States not previously listed, including AK, HI,
PR, VI, among others.

Note.--These shares should be calculated from all reported U.S. shipments in 2008 (lines D, F, and H) from question II8.

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

Share of total cost (percent)

IV-13. Changes in end uses.--Have there been any changes in the end uses of pressure sensitive plastic
tape since the imposition of the finding in 1977?
No

Yes--Please describe.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-14. Anticipated changes in end uses.--Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the end uses of
pressure sensitive plastic tape 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. Substitutes.--Please list in order of importance any products that may be substituted for pressure
sensitive plastic tape. For each possible substitute product, please describe the degree of
substitutability and indicate whether changes in the price of the substitute affect the price for
pressure sensitive plastic tape, and to what degree, the length of any time lag of such an effect.

Substitute

Description

Have changes in the prices of this
substitute affected the price for pressure
sensitive plastic tape?

1.

No

Yes--Please explain.

2.

No

Yes--Please explain.

3.

No

Yes--Please explain.

4.

No

Yes--Please explain.

5.

No

Yes--Please explain.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-16. Changes in substitutes.--Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that
can be substituted for pressure sensitive plastic tape since the imposition of the finding in 1977?
No

Yes--Please explain.

IV-17. Anticipated changes in substitutes.--Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the
substitutability of other products for pressure sensitive plastic tape 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. Raw materials.--To what extent have changes in the prices of raw materials affected your firm’s
selling prices for pressure sensitive plastic tape since the imposition of the finding in 1977? 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.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-19. Changes in factors affecting supply.--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 pressure sensitive plastic
tape in the U.S. market since the imposition of the finding in 1977?
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. Availability of supply (U.S.-produced).-(a)

Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the availability of U.S.-produced pressure
sensitive plastic tape in the U.S. market in the future?
Increase

(b)

No change

Decrease

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. Availability of “nonsubject” import supply.--Has the availability of NONSUBJECT pressure
sensitive plastic tape (i.e., pressure sensitive plastic tape imported from countries other than Italy)
changed since the imposition of the finding in 1977?
No

Yes--Please explain.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-22. Shifting sales.--Describe how easily your firm can shift its sales of pressure sensitive plastic tape
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 pressure sensitive plastic tape 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. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix, or
marketing (including sales over the internet) of pressure sensitive plastic tape since the imposition
of the finding in 1977?
No

Yes--Please describe and quantify if possible.

IV-24. Anticipated product changes.--Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the product range,
product mix, or marketing (including sales over the internet) of pressure sensitive plastic tape 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.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-25. Demand trends.-(a)

How has the demand within the United States for pressure sensitive plastic tape changed
since the imposition of the finding in 1977? What principal factors affect changes in
demand?
Increased

(b)

No Change

Decreased

Fluctuated

How has the demand outside the United States (if known) for pressure sensitive plastic
tape changed since the imposition of the finding in 1977? What principal factors affect
changes in demand?
Increased

No Change

Decreased

Fluctuated

IV-26. Anticipated demand trends.—
(a)

Do you anticipate any future changes in pressure sensitive plastic tape demand within the
United States?
No

(b)

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.

Do you anticipate any future changes in pressure sensitive plastic tape demand outside
the United States?
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.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-27. Price comparisons.--Please compare market prices of pressure sensitive plastic tape 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. Market studies.--Please provide as a separate attachment to this request any studies, surveys, etc.
that you are aware of that quantify and/or otherwise discuss pressure sensitive plastic tape supply
(including production capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United States, (2)
each of the other major producing/consuming countries, including Italy, and (3) the world as a
whole. Of particular interest is historical data and forecasts for the future.
IV-29. Barriers to trade.--Are your exports of pressure sensitive plastic tape 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 the
imposition of the finding in 1977, or that are expected to occur in the
future.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-30. Interchangeability.--Is pressure sensitive plastic tape 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

2

Italy (subject)

Italy (nonsubject)3

Other countries

United States
Italy (subject)
Italy
(nonsubject)
1
For any country-pair producing pressure sensitive plastic tape which is sometimes or never
interchangeable, please explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:

2

Includes imports from companies other than Autoadesivitalia S.p.A., Boston Tapes S.p.A., and
Plasturopa S.p.A.
3
Includes only imports from Autoadesivitalia S.p.A., Boston Tapes S.p.A., and Plasturopa S.p.A.

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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS--Continued
IV-31. Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (i.e., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between pressure sensitive plastic
tape 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

2

Italy (subject)

Italy (nonsubject)3

Other countries

United States
Italy (subject)
Italy
(nonsubject)
1

For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant factor in
your firm’s sales of pressure sensitive plastic tape, identify the country-pair and report the advantages
or disadvantages imparted by such factors:

2

Includes imports from companies other than Autoadesivitalia S.p.A., Boston Tapes S.p.A., and
Plasturopa S.p.A.
3
Includes only imports from Autoadesivitalia S.p.A., Boston Tapes S.p.A., and Plasturopa S.p.A.