Stainless steel plate from Belgium. Italy, Koream South Africa, and Taiwan

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND
DEFINITIONS FOR COMMISSION QUESTIONNAIRES

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils
from Belgium, Italy, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-376 and 379 and
731-TA-788, 790-793 (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 members of the Commission=s staff:
Keysha Martinez, investigator (202-205-2136; E-mail [email protected])
regarding general questions and trade and related information;
Mary Klir, auditor (202-205-3247; E-mail [email protected])
regarding financial information; and
Cindy Cohen, economist (202-205-3230; E-mail [email protected]
regarding pricing, market, and related information.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.-- On May 11, 1999, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued
countervailing duty orders on imports of stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium, Italy, and
South Africa (64 F.R. 25288). On May 21, 1999, Commerce also issued antidumping duty orders
on imports of stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium, Canada, Italy, Korea, South Africa, and
Taiwan (64 F.R. 27756).
On April 1, 2004, 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 (69 F.R. 17235). Following five year reviews by Commerce and the
Commission, effective July 18, 2005, Commerce issued a continuation of the countervailing duty
orders on stainless steel plate from Belgium, Italy, and South Africa and the antidumping duty
orders on stainless steel plate from Belgium, Italy, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan (70 FR
41202). Effective May 21, 2004, Commerce issued a revocation of the antidumping duty order on
stainless steel plate from Canada (70 F.R. 41207, July 18, 2005). Effective March 28, 2006
Commerce issued a revocation of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel plate from Italy
(71 FR 15380).
On June 1, 2010, 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 (75 F.R. 30434). Each order for which the Commission and
Commerce make affirmative determinations will remain in place. If the Commission makes a
negative determination on a particular order or suspension agreement, the Department of
Commerce will revoke that order or terminate that suspension agreement.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to these reviews are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2010/stainless_steel_pla
te/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).—Except where instructed otherwise, return the completed
questionnaire(s) to the United States International Trade Commission by no later than March 16,
2011. Use of an overnight mail service may be necessary to ensure that your response actually
reaches the Commission by March 16. Please make sure the completed questionnaire is sent to
the attention of Keysha Martinez (U.S. Producer, Importer, and Foreign Producer questionnaires)
or Cindy Cohen (Purchaser questionnaires). 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.

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GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
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).
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 proceedings 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.

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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, and/or purchaser
questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions in the questionnaires.
Consolidate all U.S. establishments.--Report the requested data for your establishment(s) located
in the United States. Firms operating more than one establishment should combine the data
for all establishments into a single report.
Electronic completion.--Your firm is encouraged (but not required) to complete the questionnaire
electronically in MS Word format. The MS Word versions of all the questionnaires in these
investigations are available online at the ITC web page or may be obtained directly from the
Commission’s Investigator, Keysha Martinez (202-205-2136, [email protected]).
Electronic submission.--To the degree that it is possible and not overly burdensome, the
Commission requests that responding firms submit their questionnaire responses electronically in
MS Word format. The completion and receipt of questionnaire responses in the MS Word format
allows the Commission to easily compile and analyze submitted data. There are three electronic
submissions options detailed below. Paper and hardcopy submissions are also accepted.
SUBMISSION OPTIONS
1) Upload via Secure Drop Box.--Upload the completed questionnaire in MS Word format
along with a scanned copy of the signed certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s
secure upload facility:
Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/
Pin: SSPR2
2) E-mail.--E-mail the completed questionnaire to Keysha Martinez
([email protected]) in MS Word format and include a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1).1

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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.

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INSTRUCTIONS--Continued
3) Compact disc (CD).--Copy or burn the completed questionnaires in MS Word format along
with a scanned copy of the signed certification page (page 1), and mail the CD to the address
below via overnight mail service (regular U.S. mail undergoes security treatments that often
damage CDs).
4) U.S. mail or 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 (overnight)
Washington, DC 20436 (U.S. mail)
5) Fax.--Fax to 202.205.3205.
Note to parties.--If you are a party to the investigations, and service of the questionnaire(s) is
required, such service should be made in paper form pursuant to the applicable Commission rules
for the purposes of service. However, all parties are instructed to encourage their clients to
complete the questionnaires electronically and to forward any electronically completed
questionnaires in the underlying MS Word format to the Commission’s Investigator (e-mail or
upload) at the time of service.

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DEFINITIONS
Stainless steel plate in coils.–Stainless steel is an alloy steel containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or
less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or without other elements. Stainless
steel plate in coils are stainless steel flat-rolled products, 254 mm or over in width and 4.75 mm or
more in thickness, in coils, and annealed or otherwise heat-treated and pickled or otherwise
descaled. Stainless steel plate in coils may also be further processed (e.g., cold-rolled, polished,
or “re-rolled” etc.) provided that it maintains the specified dimensions of plate following such
processing. Excluded from the scope of these reviews are the following: (1) plate not in coils, (2)
plate that is not annealed or otherwise heat-treated and pickled or otherwise descaled, (3) sheet and
strip, and (4) flat bars.2
Certain hot-rolled stainless steel plate in coils (“HRAP in coils”).–All stainless steel
plate in coils except for certain cold-rolled stainless steel plate in coils as defined below.
Certain cold-rolled stainless steel plate in coils (“cold-rolled in coils”).–All stainless
steel plate in coils that has undergone a cold-reduction process that reduces the
thickness of the steel by 25 percent or more, and has been annealed and pickled after
cold reduction.
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 the United States involved in the production,
importation, and/or purchase of stainless steel plate (as defined above), including auxiliary
facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such facilities.

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The subject plate products, if imported, are currently classified in or reported under subheadings/statistical reporting
numbers of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) as follows: 7219.11.0030, 7219.11.0060,
7219.12.0006, 7219.12.0021, 7219.12.0026, 7219.12.0051, 7219.12.0056, 7219.12.0066, 7219.12.0071,
7219.12.0081, 7219.31.0010, 7219.90.0010, 7219.90.0020, 7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060, 7219.90.0080,
7220.11.0000, 7220.20.1010, 7220.20.1015, 7220.20.1060, 7220.20.1080, 7220.20.6005, 7220.20.6010,
7220.20.6015, 7220.20.6060, 7220.20.6080, 7220.90.0010, 7220.90.0015, 7220.90.0060, and 7220.90.0080.

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DEFINITIONS--Continued
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 plate (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign
manufacturer or through its selling agent.
Imports.--Those products identified for Customs purposes as imports for consumption for which
your firm was the importer of record (i.e., was responsible for paying any import duty) or
consignee (i.e., to which the merchandise was first delivered).
Import quantities.--Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Import values.--Values reported should be landed, duty-paid values (but not including
antidumping and/or countervailing duties) at the U.S. port of entry, including ocean freight and
insurance costs, brokerage charges, and normal import duties (i.e., including all charges except
inland freight in the United States and antidumping and/or countervailing duties).
Purchaser.--Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or
subsidiary, in purchasing stainless steel plate (as defined above) from another firm that produces,
imports, or otherwise distributes stainless steel plate. A retail firm that is the importer of record
may be considered a purchaser.

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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Purchases.--Purchases from all sources, NOT including direct imports from foreign sources
located outside of the United States (which should be reported in an importer questionnaire).
Purchase quantities.--Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Purchase values.--Values reported should be net values (i.e., gross purchase values less all
discounts, allowances, rebates, and the value of returned goods), delivered to your U.S.
receiving point.
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in or imported by your U.S. establishment(s).
Include shipments to the contracting firm of product produced by your firm under a toll agreement.
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), f.o.b.
your U.S. point of shipment. The value of domestic shipments to the contracting firm
under a toll agreement is the conversion fee (including profit).
Types of shipments:
U.S. shipments.--Commercial shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related
firms within the United States.
Commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and transfers
to related firms, within the United States.
Internal consumption.--Product consumed internally by your firm.
Transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to related domestic firms.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside the United States, including
shipments to related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.
The following definitions apply only to the PRODUCER QUESTIONNAIRE.
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).
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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Toll agreement.--Agreement between two firms whereby the first firm furnishes the raw materials
and the second firm uses the raw materials to produce a product that it then returns to the first firm
with a charge for processing costs, overhead, etc.
Production.--All production in your U.S. establishment(s), including production consumed
internally within your firm and production for another firm under a toll agreement.
PRWs.--Production and related workers, including working supervisors and all nonsupervisory
workers (including group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling,
inspecting, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking, hauling,
maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard services, product development, auxiliary production for
plant=s own use (e.g., power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with the
above production operations.
Average number employed.--Add the number of employees, both full-time and part-time, for the
12 pay periods ending closest to the 15th of the month and divide that total by 12.
Hours worked.--Include time paid for sick leave, holidays, and vacation time. Include overtime
hours actually worked; do not convert overtime pay to its equivalent in straight-time hours.
Wages paid.--Total wages paid before deductions of any kind (e.g., withholding taxes, old-age and
unemployment insurance, group insurance, union dues, bonds, etc.). Include wages paid directly
by your firm for overtime, holidays, vacations, and sick leave.
Fiscal year.--The 12-month period between settlement of your firm=s financial accounts.
Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (Byrd Amendment) funds received.--Funds
disbursed by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection under the Continued Dumping and
Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (the AByrd Amendment@). The Byrd Amendment provides for the
annual distribution of the duties collected pursuant to antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
The distribution is available to Aaffected domestic producers for qualifying expenditures.@
Purchases other than direct imports.--Purchases from U.S. producers, U.S. importers, and other
U.S. sources.

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