Stainless steel wire rod from Italy, Japan, korea, Spain and Taiwan (2nd review)

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

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

Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan
Investigation Nos. 731-TA-770-773 and 775 (Second Review)

Further information.--If you have any questions concerning the enclosed
questionnaire(s) or other matters related to these reviews, you may contact
the following member of the Commission=s staff (Fax 202-205-3205):
Edward Petronzio, investigator (202-205-3176; E-mail [email protected])
regarding general questions and trade and related information; and
John Benedetto, economist (202-205-3270; E-mail [email protected])
regarding market related information.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.-- On September 15, 1998, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued a
countervailing duty order on imports of stainless steel wire rod from Italy (63 FR 49334) and
antidumping duty orders on imports of stainless steel wire rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain,
Sweden, and Taiwan (63 FR 49327). Following first five-year reviews by Commerce and the U.S.
International Trade Commission (“Commission”), effective September 13, 2004, Commerce
issued a continuation of the antidumping duty orders on imports of stainless steel wire rod from
Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan (69 FR 50167). On July 2, 2004, Commerce revoked the
countervailing duty order on imports of stainless steel wire rod from Italy (69 FR 40354).
Effective April 23, 2007, Commerce revoked the antidumping duty order on imports of stainless
steel wire rod from Sweden (72 FR 25261, May 4, 2007). On July 1, 2009, the Commission
instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c)) (the
Act) to determine whether revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time (74 FR
31765). On October 5, 2009, the Commission determined that responses to its notice of institution
of the subject five-year reviews were such that full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Act
should proceed (74 FR 54068). If the Commission makes affirmative determinations, the orders
will remain in place. If the Commission makes negative determinations, the Department of
Commerce will revoke the orders.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to these reviews are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2009/sswr/reviewphase.
htm. Address all correspondence to the United States International Trade Commission,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information regarding these
reviews 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 February 10, 2010. 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
February 10, 2009. If you do not use the enclosed envelope, please make sure the completed
questionnaire is sent to the attention of Edward Petronzio. 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 reviews.
Service of questionnaire response(s).--In the event that your firm is a party to these reviews, 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).

GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
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.
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 reviews, 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 these reviews or other import-injury investigations or
reviews 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 these reviews (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 the country for which you are reporting.--Report the requested
data for your establishment(s) located in the country for which you are reporting. 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.

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/ssw
r/reviewphase.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. 731-TA-770-773 and 775. 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 reviews, and service of the questionnaire is required, such service
should be made in paper form.

DEFINITIONS
Stainless steel wire rod.--Products of stainless steel that are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed
and/or pickled and/or descaled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in coils, that
may also be coated with a lubricant containing copper, lime or oxalate. Stainless steel wire rod is
made of alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more
of chromium, with or without other elements. These products are manufactured only by
hot-rolling or hot-rolling, annealing, and/or pickling and/or descaling, are normally sold in coiled
form, and are of solid cross-section. The majority of stainless steel wire rod sold in the United
States is round in cross-sectional shape, annealed and pickled, and later cold-finished into stainless
steel wire or small-diameter bar.
The most common size for such products is 5.5 millimeters or (0.217 inch) in diameter,
which represents the smallest size that normally is produced on a rolling mill and is the size that
most wire-drawing machines are set up to draw. The range of stainless steel wire rod sizes
normally sold in the United States is between 0.20 inch and 1.312 inch diameter. Two stainless
steel grades, SF20T and K-M35FL, are excluded from the scope of these reviews. The chemical
makeup (in percent by weight) for the excluded grades is as follows:
SF20T
Carbon--0.05 max
Manganese--2.00 max
Phosphorus--0.05 max
Sulfur--0.15 max
Silicon--1.00 max
Chromium--19.00/21.00
Molybdenum--1.50/2.50
Lead--added (0.10/0.30)
Tellurium--added (0.03 min)
K-M35FL
Carbon--0.015 max
Silicon--0.70/1.00
Manganese--0.40 max
Phosphorus--0.04 max
Sulfur--0.03 max
Nickel--0.30 max
Chromium--12.50/14.00
Lead--0.10/0.30
Aluminum--0.20-0.35
The products subject to these orders are currently covered by statistical reporting numbers
7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). Although the HTS statistical reporting numbers are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is
dispositive.

DEFINITIONS--Continued
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 Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, or Taiwan involved in the
production of stainless steel wire rod (as defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in
conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such facilities.
United States.--For purposes of these reviews, 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 stainless steel wire rod (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 Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, or Taiwan,
including production consumed internally within your firm.
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in a subject country.
Shipment quantities.—Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Shipment values.—Values reported should be net values (i.e., gross sales values less all
discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods) in U.S.
dollars, f.o.b. your point of shipment in the subject country.
Home market commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within the subject country.
Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to
related firms in the subject country, including product consumed internally by your firm.

DEFINITIONS--Continued
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside the subject country, including
shipments to related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.