10-1-2852 US producer questionnaire

OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 10-1-2852; Expiration Date: 6/30/2011
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U.S. PRODUCERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
CERTAIN STEEL GRATING FROM CHINA

This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than March 31, 2010
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 countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning certain steel grating from China (Inv.
Nos. 701-TA-465 and 731-TA-1161 (Final)). 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 and/or further processed certain steel grating (as defined in the instruction booklet) at any
time since January 1, 2007?

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 these investigations in any other import-injury investigations conducted
by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I acknowledge that information submitted in this questionnaire response and throughout these investigations 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 these investigations 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
Phone: (

Date

)

Signature

E-mail address
Fax (

)

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PART II.—TRADE AND RELATED 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.

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 the petition?
Support

Oppose

Take no position

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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-4.

Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No

Firm name

I-5.

Address

Extent of
ownership

Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which are engaged in
importing certain steel grating from China into the United States or which are engaged in
exporting certain steel grating from China to the United States?
No
Firm name

I-6.

Yes--List the following information.

Yes--List the following information.
Address

Affiliation

Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which are engaged in the
production of certain steel grating?
No
Firm name

Yes--List the following information.
Address

Affiliation

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

Please check the box which best describes your business (and add any additional
comments regarding your firm’s business, if needed):
A PRODUCER of certain steel grating, i.e., your company’s principal raw material is
steel mill products which are used to produce certain steel grating but may also include
processing and/or fabricating of panels ancillary to the business of producing and selling
certain steel grating. Please complete the remainder of this producer questionnaire.
A FABRICATOR of certain steel grating, i.e., an entity that principally purchases
certain steel grating for further fabricating per a submitted set of construction drawings
and specifications, but may also purchase some certain steel grating as stock inventory
for sale to customers. Please complete this page and question V-1 of this producer
questionnaire only. If certain steel grating is not the principal input for your
fabricating operations, please do not complete any more of the producer questionnaire.
Fabricators should complete a purchaser questionnaire as well.
A PROCESSOR or SERVICE CENTER of certain steel grating, i.e., an entity that
purchases certain steel grating from a producer in order to stock it along with a larger line
of processed steel products for customers; or sells steel mill products, purchased from
steel mills, as raw materials to a producer of certain steel grating. Please do not
complete any more of this producer questionnaire. However, please complete a
purchaser questionnaire.
A DISTRIBUTOR of certain steel grating, i.e., an entity that principally purchases
certain steel grating from producers and then sells it to others but may also include some
processing/fabricating (e.g., as maintenance items for end-user accounts or as an ancillary
business). Please do not complete any more of this producer questionnaire.
However, please complete a purchaser questionnaire.

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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-8.

Is your firm a distributor or fabricator that further processes certain steel grating

produced by another firm (whether related or unrelated to your firm)?

No

Yes—Please provide the following information:

1. The source and extent of your firm’s capital investment.

2. The technical expertise involved in your U.S. processing activities.

3. The value added (in percent) added by your firm to the product in the United States.
4. The number of your employees involved in processing the product in 2009.
5. The quantity and type of any parts or materials you sourced in the United States.

6. Any other costs or activities in the United States directly leading to further processing of
certain steel grating.

%

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PART II.—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Fred Ruggles (202-205-3187,
[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

II-2.

Has your firm experienced any plant openings, relocations, expansions, acquisitions,
consolidations, closures, or prolonged shutdowns because of strikes or equipment failure;
curtailment of production because of shortages of materials; or any other change in the character
of your operations or organization relating to the production of certain steel grating since January
1, 2007?
No

II-3.

E-mail address

Yes--Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes.

Does your firm produce other products on the same equipment and machinery used in the
production of certain steel grating?
No

Yes--List the following information.

Basis for allocation of capacity data (e.g., sales):
Products produced on same equipment and share of total production in 2009 (in percent):
Product
Certain steel grating

Percent

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-4.

Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your production capacity and your ability
to shift production capacity between products.

II-5.

Does your firm produce other products using the same production and related workers employed
to produce certain steel grating?
No

Yes--List the following information.

Basis for allocation of capacity data (e.g., sales):
Products produced using the same workers and share of total production in 2009 (in percent):
Product

Percent

Certain steel grating

II-6.

Since January 1, 2007, has your firm been involved in a toll agreement (see definition in the
instruction booklet) regarding the production of certain steel grating?
No

II-7.

.

Does your firm produce certain steel grating in a foreign trade zone (FTZ)?
No

II-8.

Yes--Name firm(s):

Yes--Identify FTZ(s):

Since January 1, 2007, has your firm imported certain steel grating?
No

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

.

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

Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, inventories, and employment
related to the production of certain steel grating in your U.S. establishment(s) during the specified
periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
Quantity (in 1,000 kgs) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
2009
Item

2007

2008

January-June

July-December

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 each of the periods noted above:
3

Identify your principal export markets:
.
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?
4

Yes

No--Please explain:

.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-10.

If you reported transfers to related firms in question II-9, 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.

What share (in percent) of the quantity of certain steel grating that your firm produced in 2009
was galvanized?
%

II-12.

Other than direct imports, has your firm otherwise purchased certain steel grating since January 1,
2007? (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
No

Yes--Report such purchases below for the specified periods.1
(Quantity in 1,000 kgs, value in $1,000)
Calendar years
2009

Item

2007

2008

January-June

July-December

2

PURCHASES FROM U.S. IMPORTERS OF CERTAIN STEEL GRATING FROM-CHINA:
Quantity
Value
All other countries:
Quantity
Value
PURCHASES FROM DOMESTIC PRODUCERS:2
Quantity
Value
PURCHASES FROM OTHER SOURCES:2
Quantity
Value
1

2

Please indicate your reasons for purchasing this product. If your reasons differ by source, please elaborate.

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.

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Address questions on this part of the questionnaire to Charles Yost (202-205-3432,
[email protected]).
III-1.

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

III-2.

E-mail address

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
certain steel grating, 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.

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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 certain steel grating, and provide the share of net sales accounted for by these other
products in your most recent fiscal year:
Products

III-6.

Share of sales

Does your firm receive inputs (raw materials, labor, energy, or any other services) used in the
production of certain steel grating from any related firm?
Yes—Continue to question III-7 below.

III-7.

In the space provided below, identify the inputs related to the production of certain steel grating
that your firm receives from related parties whose financial statements are consolidated with the
financial statements of your firm.
Input

III-8.

No--Continue to question III-10 below.

Related party

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.

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
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 Charles Yost (202- 205-3432, [email protected]).

III-10. Nonrecurring charges.--For each calendar year and January-June 2009 and July-December 2009
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 certain steel
grating operations.
Value (in $1,000)
2009
Item

2007

2008

January-June

July-December

Non-recurring charges: (In this 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-11.)
1.

, classified in

2.

, classified in

3.

, classified in

4.

, classified in

5.

, classified in

6.

, classified in

7.

, classified in

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-11. Operations on certain steel grating.--Report the revenue and related cost information requested
below on the certain steel grating 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 on a calendar year
basis for the three most recently completed calendar years in chronological order from left to
right; for 2009 please split your reporting into January-June and July-December. If your firm was
involved in tolling operations (either as the toller or as the tollee) please contact Charles Yost at
(202) 205-3432 before completing this section of the questionnaire.
Quantity (in 1,000 kgs) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
2009
Item

2007

2008

January-June

July- December

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
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 list the expense categories and amounts of any profits on internal inputs or inputs from related firms that are reflected on your
books but which are eliminated from the costs reported below.
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.
2

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-12. Variable and fixed costs.—For the costs reported in III-11, please provide a breakdown between
variable and fixed costs for 2009 IN PERCENT as follows.
In percent (%)
Variable costs
Fixed costs

Cost category
Raw materials
Direct labor
Other factory costs
SG&A expenses

Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

III-13. Asset values.--Report the total assets associated with the production, warehousing, and sale of
certain steel grating. 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 three most recently completed calendar years in
chronological order from left to right.
Value (in $1,000)
Calendar years-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. All other (describe:

)

4. Total assets (lines 1.F., 2.C., and 3)

2007

2008

2009

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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION--Continued
III-14. Capital expenditures and research and development expenditures.--Report your firm’s capital
expenditures and research and development expenditures on certain steel grating. Provide data on
a calendar year basis for the three most recently completed calendar years in chronological order
from left to right; for 2009 please split your reporting into January-June and July-December.
Value (in $1,000)
2009
Item

2007

2008

January-June

July-December

Capital expenditures
Research and development expenditures

III-15. Since January 1, 2007, has your firm experienced any actual negative effects on its return on
investment or its growth, investment, ability to raise capital, existing development and production
efforts (including efforts to develop a derivative or more advanced version of the product), or the
scale of capital investments as a result of imports of certain steel grating from China?
No

Yes--My firm has experienced actual negative effects as follows:
Cancellation, postponement, or rejection of expansion projects
Denial or rejection of investment proposal
Reduction in the size of capital investments
Rejection of bank loans
Lowering of credit rating
Problem related to the issue of stocks or bonds
Other (specify)

III-16. Does your firm anticipate any negative impact of imports of certain steel grating from China?

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PART IV.— PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Amelia Preece (202-205-3250,
[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 2007–December 2009 of the following
products produced by your firm.
Product 1.-- 1.25 inches deep by 3/16 inch thick, 19-4 (bearing bars spaced at 19/16" on center
(or metric equivalent), cross bars spaced at 4" on center (or metric equivalent)),
3 foot x 20 foot welded bar grating panel, carbon steel, unserrated, unpainted,
ungalvanized, excluding alloy, microalloy, and stainless
Product 2.-- 1.00 inches deep by 3/16 inch thick, 19-4 (bearing bars spaced at 19/16" on center
(or metric equivalent), cross bars spaced at 4" on center (or metric equivalent)), 3
foot x 20 foot welded bar grating panel, carbon steel, serrated, galvanized, excluding
alloy, microalloy, and stainless
Product 3.-- 1.25 inches deep by 3/16 inch thick, 19-4 (bearing bars spaced at 19/16" on center
(or metric equivalent), cross bars spaced at 4" on center (or metric equivalent)),
3 foot x 20 foot welded bar grating panel, carbon steel, serrated, galvanized,
excluding alloy, microalloy, and stainless
Product 4.-- 1.50 inches deep by 3/16 inch thick, 19-4 (bearing bars spaced at 19/16" on center
(or metric equivalent), cross bars spaced at 4" on center (or metric equivalent)),
3 foot x 20 foot welded bar grating panel, carbon steel, serrated, galvanized,
excluding alloy, microalloy, and stainless
Product 5.-- 1.25 inches deep by 3/16 inch thick, 19-4 (bearing bars spaced at 19/16” on center
(or metric equivalent), cross bars spaced at 4” on center (or metric equivalent)),
3 foot x 24 foot welded bar grating panel, carbon steel, unserrated, unpainted,
ungalvanized, excluding alloy, microalloy, and stainless

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 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-2.

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

Period of shipment
2007
January-March

(Quantity in number of square feet and kilos, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Number of
Number of
Value
Number of
Number of
square feet
kilos
square feet
kilos

Value

April-June
July-September
October-December
2008
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
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:

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-2.

Pricing data.—Continued

Period of shipment
2007
January-March

(Quantity in number of square feet and kilos, value in dollars)
Product 3
Product 4
Number of
Number of
Value
Number of
Number of
square feet
kilos
square feet
kilos

Value

April-June
July-September
October-December
2008
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
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:

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-2.

Pricing data.—Continued

Period of shipment
2007
January-March

(Quantity in number of square feet and kilos, value in dollars)
Product 5
Number of square feet
Number of kilos

Value

April-June
July-September
October-December
2008
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2009
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
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 5:

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-3.a. Price setting.-- How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of certain steel
grating (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

Internet sales
Other--Please describe:

IV-3.b Pricing of galvanized steel grating.—Does your firm produce and sell galvanized steel grating?
No
Yes – Is there a price premium for galvanized steel grating compared to ungalvanized steel
No
Yes- What is the price premium?
percent.
grating?
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 certain steel grating.-(a)

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

(b)

On what basis are your prices of domestic certain steel grating usually quoted? (check
F.o.b.--Please specify point:
Delivered
one).

Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of its U.S.-produced
certain steel grating in 2009 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 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --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

No

Quantity

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

No

Quantity

Price
Yes

Both
No

Lead times.--What is your share of sales both from inventory and produced to order and 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 certain steel grating?
Source

Share of sales in 2009

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 certain steel grating 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 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-11. Geographical shipments.-- What is the geographic market area in the United States served by
your firm’s shipments of certain steel grating? (check all that apply)
Geographic area

√ if applicable

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.

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

Share of total cost (percent)

IV-13. Inventories
a) What percentage of your firm’s inventories of certain steel grating at the end of calendar year
2009 was committed to customers by supply agreements?
percent.
b) For how many months do you expect to hold any inventories your firm had at the end of 2009?
c) Compared to your firm’s experience, were your 2009 end of period inventories of certain steel
grating low, typical, or high, based on anticipated business? Please explain.
Low

Typical

High

d) Have existing inventories in the steel grating industry affected prices of certain steel grating?
No

Yes--Please explain.

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-14. Substitutes.--Please list in order of importance any products that may be substituted for
certain steel grating. 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
certain steel grating, and to what degree, the length of any time lag of such an effect.

Substitute

Application

Have changes in the prices of this
substitute affected the price for certain
steel grating?

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 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-15. Demand trends.-(a)

How has the demand within the United States for certain steel grating changed since
January 1, 2007? What principal factors affect changes in demand?
Increased

(b)

No Change

Decreased

Fluctuated

How has the demand outside the United States (if known) for certain steel grating
changed since January 1, 2007? What principal factors affect changes in demand?
Increased

No Change

Decreased

Fluctuated

IV-16. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix, or
marketing (including sales over the internet) of certain steel grating since 2007?
No

Yes--Please describe and quantify if possible.

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-17. Business cycles.-(a) Is certain steel grating market subject to business cycles or conditions of competition
(including seasonal business) distinctive to certain steel grating?
No (skip to question IV-18.)

Yes-- Please describe below and then answer part (b).

(b) If yes, have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for
certain steel grating since January 1, 2007?
No

Yes-- Please describe.

IV-18. Supply constraints.--Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply certain steel
grating since January 1, 2007 (examples include placing customers on allocation or “controlled
order entry,” declining to accept new customers or renew existing customers, delivering less than
the quantity promised, been unable to meet timely shipment commitments, etc.)?
No

Yes-- Please describe.

IV-19. Raw materials.--Please describe any trends in the prices of raw materials used to produce certain
steel grating and whether your firm expects these trends to continue.

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-20. Interchangeability.--Is certain steel grating 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

China

Other countries

United States
China
For any country-pair producing certain steel grating which is sometimes or never
interchangeable, please explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:
1

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-21. Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (i.e., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between certain steel grating
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

China

Other countries

United States
China
For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s sales of certain steel grating, identify the country-pair and report the
advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:
1

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-22. Customer Identification--Please identify below the names and addresses of your firm’s 10
largest customers for certain steel grating during 2007-2009. Please also provide the name and
telephone number of a contact person and the share of the quantity of your firm’s total shipments
of certain steel grating that each of these customers accounted for in 2009.

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Customer’s name

Street address (not P.O.
box), city, state, and zip
code

Contact person

Area
code and
telephone
number

Share of
2009
sales
(%)

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-23. COMPETITION FROM IMPORTS--LOST REVENUES.-- THIS SECTION IS TO BE
COMPLETED ONLY BY NON-PETITIONERS. (Note: petitioners may provide allegations
involving quotes made AFTER the filing of the petition.)
Since January 1, 2007: To avoid losing sales to competitors selling certain steel grating from
China, did your firm:
Reduce prices

No

Yes

Roll back announced price increases

No

Yes

If yes, please furnish as much of the following information as possible for each affected
transaction. Document such allegations of lost revenues whenever possible (documentation could
include copies of invoices, sales reports, or letters from customers). Please note that the
Commission may contact the firms named to verify the allegations reported.
Customer name, contact person, phone and fax numbers
Specific product(s) involved
Date of your initial price quotation
Quantity involved
Your initial rejected price quotation (total delivered value)
Your accepted price quotation (total delivered value)
The country of origin of the competing imported product
The competing price quotation of the imported product (total delivered value)
Customer name,
contact person,
phone and fax
numbers

Product

Date of
quote

Quantity
(number
of short
tons)

Initial
rejected U.S.
price (total
value-dollars)

Accepted
U.S. price
(total value-dollars)

Country of
origin

Competing
import price
(total
value—
dollars)

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PART 1V.-- PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION --Continued
IV-24. COMPETITION FROM IMPORTS--LOST SALES.-- THIS SECTION IS TO BE
COMPLETED ONLY BY NON-PETITIONERS. (Note: petitioners may provide allegations
involving quotes made AFTER the filing of the petition.)
Since January 1, 2007: Did your firm lose sales of certain steel grating to imports of these
products from China?
No

Yes

If yes, please furnish as much of the following information as possible for each affected
transaction. Document such allegations of lost sales whenever possible (documentation could
include copies of invoices, sales reports, or letters from customers). Please note that the
Commission may contact the firms named to verify the allegations reported.
Customer name, contact person, phone and fax numbers
Specific product(s) involved
Date of your price quotation
Quantity involved
Your rejected price quotation (total delivered value)
The country of origin of the competing imported product
The accepted price quotation of the imported product (total delivered value)
Customer name,
contact person,
phone and fax
numbers

Product

Date of
quote

Quantity
(number
of short
tons)

Rejected
U.S. price
(total value-dollars)

Country of
origin

Competing
import price
(total
value—
dollars)

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PART V.--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION--Continued
V-1. Processor/Fabricator: Processing or fabrication of certain steel grating.–For the operations
of your U.S. establishment(s), report the information requested below.
(Quantity in 1,000 kilograms, value in $1,000)
2009
Item

2007

2008

JanuaryJune

JulyDecember

Average capacity (quantity)
Production (quantity)
Total shipments:

1

(quantity)

Value
End of period inventories (quantity)
Average number of PRWs
Hours worked by PRWs (1,000 hours)
Wages paid to PRWs (value)
Financial information based on
Total net sales:

12

□ Calendar year / fiscal year ending Dec. 31 or □ Fiscal year ending _________

(quantity)

Value
Cost of goods sold (value)
Raw materials sourced in the United States3
Raw materials sourced outside the United States3 4
Direct labor
Other factory costs
Total cost of goods sold
SG&A expenses (value)
Operating income or (loss) (value)
Capital expenditures (value)
R&D expenditures (value )
Property, plant, and equipment, net of depreciation (value)
Total of assets other than book value of property, plant,
equipment (value)
1

Report your firm’s shipments/net sales of CSG which it processed or fabricated. Quantity refers to the amount of CSG processed
or fabricated, and value refers to your firm’s sales of CSG, excluding services activities such as installation.
2
Less discounts, returns, allowances, and prepaid freight (namely on an f.o.b. basis your fabrication or processing plant).
3
Please state what raw materials are used in your fabrication process (e.g., purchased CSG):__________________________
4
Indicate the non-U.S. origin(s) of raw materials: _____________________________________________________________

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PART V.--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION--Continued
V-2
Combined operations of subject imports and domestic production on certain steel grating.-Report the combined data associated with your firm’s imports of subject certain steel grating together
with your firm’s domestic production and sales of certain steel grating
(Quantity in 1,000 kilograms, value in $1,000)
Calendar years
2009

Item
2007

2008

January-June

JulySeptember

BEGINNING-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES (quantity)
PRODUCTION (quantity)
TOTAL U.S. SHIPMENTS:1
Quantity of total U.S. shipments
Value of total U.S. shipments
EXPORT SHIPMENTS:2
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
END-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES3 (quantity)
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PRWs
HOURS WORKED BY PRWs (1,000 hours)
WAGES PAID TO PRWs (value)
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Net sales:4
Total Quantity of net sales
Total Value of net sales
Cost of goods sold (value)
Gross profit or (loss) (value)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses (value)
Operating income or (loss) (value)
Capital expenditures (value)
1

Including commercial sales, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms. Sales to related firms (including internal consumption and
transfers) must be valued at fair market value.
2
Identify your principal export markets:
3

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:
4

Including internal consumption, transfers to related firms and exports. Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued
at fair market value; all sales must be reported net of discounts, returns, allowances, and prepaid freight.