10-2-2853 US importer questionnaire

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U.S. IMPORTERS’ 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 imported certain steel grating (as defined in the instruction booklet) from any country 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: (

Signature

Date

)
E-mail address

Fax (

)

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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 40 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.

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-4.

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

Yes--List the following information

Firm name

I-5.

I-7.

Affiliation

Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which are engaged in the
production of certain steel grating?
Firm name

I-6.

Address

Address

Affiliation

Please indicate the nature of your firm’s importing operations on certain steel grating. More than
one answer may be applicable.
Importer of record

Takes title to the imported product(s)

Consignee of the imported products(s)

Customs broker or freight forwarder

If your firm is an importer of record of certain steel grating but is not the consignee, please list the
consignees below (firm name, address, telephone number, and individual to contact).

Firm name

Address

Contact person and phone
number

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

I-9.

Please indicate whether your firm enters certain steel grating into, or withdraws such merchandise
from, foreign trade zones or bonded warehouses.
Foreign trade zones

No

Yes

Bonded warehouses

No

Yes

Please indicate whether your firm imports certain steel grating under the TIB (temporary
importation under bond) program.
No

I-10.

To your knowledge, have the products subject to these investigations been the subject of any
other import relief investigations in the United States or in any other countries?
No

I-11.

Yes

Yes–Please specify.

Is your firm a distributor or fabricator of certain steel grating that further processes certain steel
grating in the United States?
No

Yes

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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; or any
other change in the character of your operations or organization relating to the importation of
certain steel grating since January 1, 2007?
No

II-3.

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

Has your firm imported or arranged for the importation of certain steel grating from China for
delivery after December 31, 2009?
No

II-4.

E-mail address

Yes–Indicate when such orders are to be delivered and the quantities
involved.

If your firm also produces certain steel grating in the United States, please indicate your reasons
for importing this product. If your reasons differ by source, please elaborate.

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

IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories of certain steel grating imported from China by your firm during the
specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

CHINA
Quantity (in 1,000 kgs), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2007

2008

2009

Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/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)
1

Please identify the foreign producers, if known:

2
Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a
different basis for valuing these sales within your company, 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 imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
4

Yes

II-5b.

No--Please explain:

Approximately what share (in percent) of the quantity of certain steel grating that you imported
from China in 2009 was in the finished but unfabricated form, known as a “panel” or “mat?”
:

%

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-6.

IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s
shipments and inventories of certain steel grating imported from all other sources combined by
your firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in 1,000 kgs), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2007

2008

2009

Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/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)
1

Please identify the foreign producers, if known:

2

Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a
different basis for valuing these sales within your company, 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 imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
4

Yes

No--Please explain:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Amelia Preece (202-205-3250,
[email protected])
III-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 price and quantity 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 you imported from China and certain other sources:

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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.-- Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China
and sold by your firm.

China

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 III.
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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China and sold by
your firm.

China

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 III.
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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China and sold by
your firm.

China

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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Canada and sold by
your firm.

Canada

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 III.
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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Canada and sold by
your firm.

Canada

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 III.
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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Canada and sold by
your firm.

Canada
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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2c. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from YOUR LARGEST
NONSUBJECT COUNTRY SOURCE OTHER THAN CANADA and sold by your firm.
Please specify country below.

COUNTRY (

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 III.
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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2c. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from YOUR LARGEST
NONSUBJECT COUNTRY SOURCE OTHER THAN CANADA and sold by your firm.
Please specify country below.

COUNTRY (

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 III.
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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2c. Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from YOUR LARGEST
NONSUBJECT COUNTRY SOURCE OTHER THAN CANADA and sold by your firm.
Please specify country below.

COUNTRY (
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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-3.

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?
III-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:

III-5.

Pricing terms for certain steel grating.-(a)

What are your firm’s typical sales terms for certain steel grating imported from China
(e.g., 2/10 net 30 days)?
.

(b) On what basis are your prices of certain steel grating imported from China usually quoted?
(check one)
F.o.b.--Please specify point:
Delivered
III-6.

Contract versus spot.--Approximately what shares of your firm’s sales of certain steel grating
imported from China 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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-7.

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?

(c) Does the contract have a meet or release provision?
III-8.

III-9.

Short-term contact 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?

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
certain steel grating?

Source

Share of sales,
2009

Lead time

From inventory
Produced to order
Total

100 %

III-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 occur within 100 miles of your storage or production
percent. Within 101 to 1,000 miles?
percent. Over 1,000 miles?
facility?
percent.

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-11. Geographical shipments--What is the geographic market area in the United States served by
your firm’s shipments of certain steel grating imported from any source? (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.

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

Share of total cost (percent)

III-13. Inventories
a) What percentage of your firm’s inventories of certain steel grating at the end of calendar year
2009 were 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 III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-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 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.

III-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

No Change

Decreased

Fluctuated

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(b)

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

III-16. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range or marketing of
certain steel grating since January 1, 2007?
No

Yes-- Please describe.

III-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.

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III-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.

III-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.

III-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

United States

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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III-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

United States

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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III-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 from China 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
(%)