Form 332-528Q Electronics Sector Questionnaire

Used Electronic Products: An Examination of U.S. Exports

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Electronics Sector Questionnaire

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ELECTRONICS SECTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
Interactive Completion Version
United States International Trade Commission
Attention: UE Project Team
Office of Industries, Room 501
500 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20436
Fax: 202-205-2018
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is conducting a fact-finding investigation to examine the electronics sector
to get a clearer picture of U.S. exports of used electronic products. This investigation has been requested by the United States
Trade Representative (USTR), who has directed the USITC to prepare a report that (1) provides estimates and details about
U.S. exports of used electronic products, and the share of exports compared to all used electronic products sold or processed
in the United States, (2) describes the types and activities of U.S. organizations that export used electronic products, and (3)
describes the types and activities of the foreign enterprises that import used electronic products from the United States.
According to the USTR, such data and analysis will aid the National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship in helping U.S. firms
and other groups to better manage electronic products throughout their lifecycles.
This questionnaire has been designed to collect information to fulfill this request. More information about this report and the
investigation for which it is being prepared (no. 332-528) can be found by clicking on the following button:
Link to USITC website

Your organization is required by law to respond to this questionnaire
Please read all instructions and return the completed questionnaire
to the USITC no later than July XX, 2012
The information is requested under the authority of section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. §
1332(g)). Completing the questionnaire 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)). For more information on this questionnaire, contact the following project team
members:
Andrea Boron (202-708-2719; [email protected])
Elli Nesbitt (202-708-4721; [email protected])

Confidentiality
The Commission has designated as “confidential business information” the information you provide in response to this
questionnaire, to the extent that such information would reveal the operations of your organization and is not otherwise
available to the public. The Commission will not disclose such confidential business information except as provided for in
section 9 of this questionnaire. Information received in response to this questionnaire will be aggregated with information
from other questionnaire responses and will not be published in a manner that would reveal the operations of your
organization.
OMB No. 3117-XXXX; Expiration Date: XX/XX/2012
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Completing the Questionnaire
1.

Retrieving the interactive completion version of the questionnaire. If you have not already done so, type the
address below into your web browser. Follow the instructions on this web page and save the questionnaire to your
computer. This version of the questionnaire is appropriate if you are completing it interactively. If your organization
would prefer to have a paper version for written responses, please contact the project team (see cover for contact
information).
http://www.usitc.gov/usedelectronics

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file (see cover for contact information).
Note: Once opened, the file will accept information. It has been designed to ease electronic completion of
the questionnaire and minimize the need for the Commission's project team to contact you for
clarifications. Do not print this file to enter information into it; you will not be able to see all the content. If
you would like a printable file, contact the project team.

Entering information. Provide responses for each question that applies to your organization. You can complete
questions using the provided checkbox, drop-down list, and type-in entry areas. These entry areas are normally
highlighted in blue, although this color may vary depending on your computer's settings. Some questions with dropdown lists allow you to customize the way you enter information (these cases will be indicated in the question text).
You will not be able to change the questionnaire itself or enter information outside the entry areas. Certain type-in
entry areas will accept only numbers and not text. Move to entry areas by clicking on them. You can use the tab key to
do this, but only within a page. Use the navigation buttons on the bottom of the page to move directly to a specific
section.

Numeric data. Note that data for sales, employees, shipments, exports, and imports should be entered as full figures,
not in thousands, millions, or similar format.

Submitting the questionnaire. After completing the questionnaire, there are four ways you can submit it. These
options are shown on the last page of the questionnaire. Please keep the file as an Acrobat file and do not convert it to
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General information
1.

Types of organizations that should complete this questionnaire. This questionnaire is intended for organizations
that refurbish, recycle, broker, resell, export, consolidate, or otherwise handle electronic products in the United States.
Organizations that participate in operations related to electronic products, but do not conduct any used electronic
products activities, will only have to complete a few questions in section 1 before submitting their response.

Coordinating your organization's response. If separate persons or departments within your organization will share
responsibility for completing this questionnaire, please make sure they coordinate their responses so that the
information your organization gives us is internally consistent. This will minimize our need to call you back for
clarifications.

Relationship to corporate structure. Please provide a single response for your organization's activities. This may
require that your organization combine information from two or more business units.
If it is not possible to combine responses, or it is unreasonably burdensome, then your organization may provide
separate responses for business units, but please ensure that the information is complete and there is no doublecounting.
Joint venture organizations operating in the United States should submit a separate response, and there should be
no double-counting with other business units of the joint venture partners.

U.S. affiliates of foreign companies. Please respond as if the affiliate were an independent organization operating in
the United States. For example, show total sales for the affiliate only, and not for the foreign corporation. When listing
investments, include both investments the affiliate has made in the United States, and investments in foreign countries
that can be directly linked to the U.S. affiliate.

Questionnaire structure. This questionnaire is composed of ten sections, as shown below.
Table of Contents

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1. Contact Information
2. Organization Information
3. Processing and Sales of Used
Electronic Products in the
United States
4. U.S. Exports of Refurbished or
Repaired Used Electronic Products
5. U.S. Exports of Recycled Used
Electronic Products
6. U.S. Exports of Used Electronic
Products for Disposal
7. Destination of U.S. Exports
8. Other Information
9. Certification
10. Submitting the Questionnaire
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Definitions
1. Used electronic products: Includes electronic products that have been refurbished, remanufactured, or repaired for
resale; products that are intended for refurbishment or repair when sold; and products that are at end of life, and are
recycled, disassembled, or disposed of, or sold to be recycled or disassembled.
2. Refurbished, remanufactured, and repaired products: Includes used electronic products that are collected from their
original users and then cleaned, fixed, or otherwise brought back to working condition and resold. This category includes
products that are disassembled and resold as reclaimed electronic parts for use in repairing of other electronic products.
3. Recycled: Refers to products that are demanufactured or disassembled to a point where they will no longer perform their
original functions. This category includes products that are resold as scrap materials, such as bulk metals or plastics, but
DOES NOT include products that are resold as working electronic parts for use in the repair of other electronic products. Also
includes leftover materials from products that have been harvested for parts.
4. Disposal: Refers to end-of-life disposition of used electronic products that a recycler or disassembler pays to dispose of,
rather than products that bring in income because they are sold as the output of a recycling process. Includes both goods
disposed of as trash, often in a landfill, and goods that your organization pays to have recycled, such as glass from cathode
ray tubes (CRTs).
5. Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Device Manufacturer (ODM): Original manufacturer of new
electronic products and parts. OEMs and ODMs of new equipment may or may not be involved in sales and distribution of
used electronic products.
6. Broker: Organization that buys and sells used electronic products. The brokerage function does not include refurbishing,
repairing, or recycling electronic products, although some organizations may do these things in addition to buying and
selling. In some cases, a broker may not even take physical possession of the used electronic product.
7. Collector: A for-profit or nonprofit organization that collects used electronic products from their original users. Collectors
generally decide whether used electronic products will be refurbished, repaired, or recycled. May include organizers of public
and charity collections, municipal waste collection sites, IT asset management organizations that collect used electronic
products from commercial organizations, and organizations that buy used computers and mobile phones from individuals.
8. Processed used electronic products: Products that have been broken down, stripped, shredded, disassembled, or
demanufactured by hand or using a machine.
9. Computers and parts: Includes desktop, laptop, and mainframe computers, network servers, netbooks, tablets, and ereaders, as well as parts integrated into a computer, such as hard drives, motherboards, and internal modems. Includes
laptop batteries integrated into the unit, but not other batteries collected separately.
10. Computer peripheral equipment: Includes flat screen monitors but NOT monitors containing CRTs. Also includes
equipment external to computers, such as external hard drives and other storage, external optical drives, keyboards, and
mice. Printers, including those that also copy, fax, and scan documents, should be included with office imaging equipment
(see next definition).

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Definitions (continued)
11. Office imaging equipment: Includes printers, copiers, fax machines, and scanners. Multipurpose machines that print as
well as fax, scan, and copy should be included here.
12. Medical imaging equipment: Scanning equipment for medical purposes, including but not limited to x-ray, MRI, and CT
scan machines.
13. Audio equipment: Stereo systems, microphones, MP3 players, and other sound equipment without integrated video
capabilities.
14. Video equipment: Televisions, video game systems and accessories, still image cameras and camcorders, both digital
and analog, NOT including CRT televisions. All CRTs, regardless of size, should be included in the "Monitors and televisions
containing CRTs" category.
15. Mobile handsets (cell phones) and other telecommunication equipment: Refers to telephones and electronic
communication devices such as cell phones, smartphones, pagers, radios, personal digital assistants (PDAs), GPS navigation
devices, Bluetooth headsets, and handheld scanners, including batteries and peripheral equipment that are part of those
handsets. Also includes telecommunications network devices such as routers, switches, modems, hubs, network cards, and
mobile communications equipment.
16. Cathode ray tube (CRT): A glass vacuum tube used in some televisions and monitors.
17. R2 certification: The R2 Standard is an electronics recycling standard that sets forth requirements for the environmental,
health, safety, and security aspects of electronics recycling. The standard is administered by R2 Solutions, a nonprofit
organization. More information on the standard is available at http://www.r2solutions.org/.
18. e-Stewards certification: The e-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment® is an
industry-specific environmental management system standard for electronics recycling and reuse. The e-Stewards initiative
was developed by the Basel Action Network and incorporates the ISO 14001 standard. More information on the standard is
available at http://e-stewards.org/.
19. ISO 14001-ISO 14001:2004: This lays out the requirements for an environmental management system, giving a
framework for an organization's environmental policy, plans, and actions. More information on the standard is available at
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_14000_essentials.htm.
20. Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS): A third party certification standard for environmental management
systems.
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Section 1: Contact Information
1.1

Please list your organization's primary address and a contact person.

Organization name
Address
City

State

Web site address (www.name.domain)

Zip code

Contact person's name

Contact person's job title

Contact person's telephone number (xxx-xxx-xxxx)

Contact person's e-mail address ([email protected])

1.2

Does the organization named above have any joint ventures that operate in the United States?
Yes
No
Not applicable (check this box if the organization named above is a joint venture)
If your organization has joint venture operations, each should provide a separate questionnaire response.

1.3

Is the organization named above a subsidiary of a organization operating in the United States?
Yes
No
We developed the mailing list from many sources that may have not explicitly indicated company relationships.
Therefore, we may have sent this questionnaire to one or more subsidiaries, the related parent company, and
combinations of the foregoing. This submission should be coordinated with the parent company.

1.4

Is the organization named above a holding company operating in the United States?
Yes
No
If your organization is a holding company, then this submission should reflect all the activities of the held companies
that have U.S. operations. Alternatively, each held company with U.S. operations could provide a separate
questionnaire response.

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Section 2: Organization Information
The questions in this section refer to all of your organization's sales of used electronic products, parts,
components, and materials derived from recycled electronic products, not just exported goods. We
need this information so we can see how the amount of exports compares with total U.S. sales of these
products.
2.1

Did your organization do any of the following in 2011: acquire, refurbish, repair, resell, disassemble, recycle, export, or
otherwise process used electronic products? If so, select "Yes." Also select "Yes" if your organization has any activities
related to used electronics wholesale or distribution activities.
Yes. Continue to next question
No. Skip to section 9

Section 9

How to report numerical figures
If sales or costs are $1,200,500, report in full figures as:

Sales definition
2.2

1,200,500

If the number of employees or number of units is 1,550, report in full figures as:

1,550

If the weight of products sold is 1,000 pounds, report in full figures as:

1,000

Employee and FTE definitions

Please list (1) the value of your organization's total U.S. sales in 2011 for all activities, including but not limited to
activities related to used electronic products and (2) the number of employees in 2011 (on a full-time equivalent (FTE)
basis) for your organization's operations in the United States. Your best estimate is acceptable. If your organization
is an affiliate of a foreign organization, include only sales and employees that can be directly attributed to your
organization's U.S. operations.
Total sales should include sales to domestic and foreign markets from U.S. operations.

2011

Item

Total sales for all activities in the United States (in full figure dollars, not thousands or other
format)

Total number of employees engaged in activities in the United States, including part-time and
temporary workers, FTE basis (in full figures, not thousands or similar format)

2.3

How many years has your organization been working with used electronics?
Number of years

2.4

Is your organization a nonprofit entity?
Yes
No

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2.5

A. Did one or more foreign entities have a substantial ownership interest (10 percent or greater) in your organization as
of December 31, 2011? (An entity can include a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole
proprietorship, or any subsidiary related to the foregoing.) Include your entire organization, not just establishments
with used electronic products activities.
Yes. Continue with part B of this question
No. Go to next question
B. If you responded "Yes" to part A, indicate the country of origin of the foreign entities, up to a maximum of three.
Top country

Make selection if applicable

Second country

Make second selection if applicable

Third country

Make third selection if applicable

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C. Is the combined foreign ownership interest in your organization as of December 31, 2011 more than 50 percent?
Yes
No
D. Does at least one of these foreign entities have activities related to used electronic products in countries other than
the United States?
Yes. Continue with part E of this question
No. Go to next question

E. If you responded "Yes" to part D, indicate the country in which these activities take place, up to a maximum of three.
Country 1

Make selection if applicable

Country 2

Make second selection if applicable

Country 3

Make third selection if applicable

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Establishment definition

2.6

How many separate, used electronics-related establishments did your organization operate in the United States in
2011? Include facilities that collect, sort, refurbish, recycle, repair, disassemble, recover parts or metals, mechanically
process, or provide related support services such as brokering or wholesaling. Do not include facilities owned by other
organizations, even if those organizations perform work for your organization.
Number of establishments

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2.7

A. Did your organization hold a third-party certification for the processing and/or sales of used electronic products in
2011?
Yes. Continue with part B of this question
No. Go to next question
B. Please provide the following information on the type of certifications that apply to all of your organization's
establishments that are involved in used electronics. Answer only for establishments owned by your organization.
Number of establishments Number of establishments for
holding the certification
which certification was in
in 2011
process during 2011

# Certification
1 R2
2 e-Stewards
3 ISO 14001
4 RIOS
5 ISO 9001
6 Microsoft authorized or registered refurbisher program
7 Other-specify:
2.8

In which of the following activities related to used electronics did your organization engage in 2011 in the United
States? Check all that apply.
Collection
Sorting of incoming used electronic products (including for immediate resale of working goods)
Refurbishing/remanufacturing/repair for resale or donation (systems and/or parts)
Manual demanufacturing or disassembly
Parts recovery and reuse
Metals recovery/smelting/refining
Buying, selling, wholesaling, or brokering (equipment and parts)
Buying, selling, wholesaling, or brokering (commodity scrap materials)
Mechanical processing (shredding, shearing, baling of metals, plastics, glass), including sorting
Recycling services for businesses (asset management, data security, logistics)
Electronics retailer
IT asset management or asset disposition services
Logistics or consulting services
Other-specify:

2.9

Of the activities you checked in question 2.8, which do you consider to be your organization's most significant business
activity, based on hours of employment devoted to each of these activities? Select one in the drop-down list below.
Primary activity

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Section 3: Processing and Sales of Used Electronic Products in the United States
3.1

Please provide your organization's sources of used electronic products and parts, by weight (pounds), in 2011. Your
best estimate is acceptable.
#

Source

Weight (full figure pounds)

Commercial collections, including acquisitions from
businesses, institutions, and government agencies

Nongovernment public collection events

3
4

Local government consumer waste collection and dropoff sites
Contracts with takeback programs run by retailers
(phone carriers, retail electronics outlets), to take
products back directly from end users

Contracts with takeback programs run by OEMs or ODMs
(computer manufacturers, consumer electronics
manufacturers), to take products back directly from end
users

Another recycler or disassembler

Wholesaler or broker

IT asset manager

Direct from OEMs or ODMs, reflecting consumer returns
of new products, scrap from warehouses, production
scrap, etc.

10 Other-specify:
11 Unknown
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3.2

Please indicate the total sales value (excluding commercial asset disposition fees) and number of units of used
electronic products and parts that your organization refurbished or repaired in 2011. Your best estimate is acceptable.
1 Total sales value (in full figure dollars)

3.3

Please indicate the total sales value (excluding commercial asset disposition fees) and weight of used electronic
products and parts that your organization recycled (disassembled, not intended for reuse) in 2011. Exclude products
that you paid other organizations to recycle. Your best estimate is acceptable.
1 Total sales value (in full figure dollars)
2 Total weight (pounds, in full figures)

3.4

Please indicate the total sales value (excluding commercial asset disposition fees) and weight of scrap materials
(excluding circuit boards, whole or shredded) that resulted from your organization's recycling activities in 2011. Your
best estimate is acceptable.
1 Total sales value (in full figure dollars)
2 Total weight (pounds, in full figures)

3.5

Please indicate the total sales value (excluding commercial asset disposition fees) and weight of whole and shredded
circuit boards that resulted from your organization's recycling activities in 2011. Your best estimate is acceptable.
# Item

Whole circuit boards Shredded circuit boards

1 Total sales value (in full figure dollars)
2 Total weight (pounds, in full figures)

3.6

Please indicate the total recycling or disposal costs (excluding commercial asset disposition fees) and weight of used
electronic products that your organization sent for disposal or paid another organization to recycle in 2011. Your
best estimate is acceptable.
# Item
1

Sent for disposal

Sent to another
organization for recycling

Total disposal cost (in full figure dollars)
Enter zero if no costs were incurred

2 Total weight (pounds, in full figures)

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3.7

Please list the percentage of different products in your organization's total output of used electronic products, based
on weight, in 2011. Your best estimate is acceptable. Output includes products that your organization sold and
products that your organization disposed of.
Percent of 2011 output,
based on weight

Product group and related parts and components

Equipment sold, tested, and working for reuse

Equipment sold to other organization for
refurbishment, repair, or resale

Printed circuit boards (whole or shredded)

CRT monitors and televisions, including component
parts from CRTs disassembled by your organization

Commodity-grade scrap metals not including circuit
boards or CRTs

Commodity-grade scrap plastics, not including circuit
boards

Commodity-grade scrap glass, not including CRTs

Disposal and goods that you paid to recycle

Other-specify:

10 Unknown
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3.8

A. Does your organization have one or more internal processes for monitoring organizations that purchase your
recycled and/or refurbished products, and tracking the products you sell? Do not include buyers of tested and
working products that do not require further refurbishment or repair.
Yes. Complete parts B, C, and D of this question
No. Go to question 3.9
B. Does your organization perform audits of downstream customers?
Yes
No
C. How extensively do you track downstream channels? Check one.
To first sale only
To first and second sales only
To final destination
D. Which used electronic products does your organization track in downstream channels? Check all that apply. If none
apply, leave all boxes unchecked.
All goods
Sales of goods that are intended for refurbishment or repair
Printed circuit boards (whole or shredded)
CRT monitors and televisions
Other hazardous electronic waste, including batteries and devices containing mercury
Commodity scrap materials, including metals, plastics, and glass, but not printed
circuit boards or CRTs
Other-specify:

3.9

What types of requirements does your organization impose on buyers of your output of hazardous materials, including
CRTs, circuit boards, and batteries? Do not include buyers of tested and working products that do not require further
refurbishment or repair. Check all that apply. If none apply, leave all boxes unchecked.
Customers must be U.S. organizations
Customers must agree not to export
Customers must be R2 or e-Stewards certified
Customers must have passed your organization's qualifications

3.10 What types of requirements does your organization impose on buyers of your output of non-hazardous materials,
including ferrous and nonferrous metals and plastics? Do not include buyers of working products that do not require
further refurbishment or repair. Check all that apply. If none apply, leave all boxes unchecked.
Customers must be U.S. organizations
Customers must agree not to export
Customers must be R2 or e-Stewards certified
Customers must have passed your organization's qualifications

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3.11 Please rank the factors below as to whether they discouraged or encouraged your organization from exporting in 2011,
even if your organization did not export any used electronic products. If your organization has no knowledge about a
factor, leave all boxes in that row unchecked.
For example, if labor costs in foreign countries are lower than labor costs in the United States, you
may consider this as encouraging exports by your organization, in which case you would check box
4 or 5 for factor number 3.
Rank from 1 (strongly discouraged exporting)
to 5 (strongly encouraged exporting)
#

Strongly
discouraged Discouraged
exporting
exporting

Factor your company faces

No impact

Encouraged
exporting

Strongly
encouraged
exporting

Requirements of certification program
(e-Stewards, R2, or other)

Market demand for your products in
foreign countries

Labor costs in foreign markets

Lack of recycling or processing capacity
in the United States

Environmental concerns

General commitment to keeping work
in the United States

Commodity prices

State laws requiring used electronics
collection/take back

Transportation costs

10 Low product volume

11 Knowledge of foreign markets

14 Other-specify:

15 Other-specify:

Foreign tariffs, taxes, or regulations
12 governing trade in used electronic
products
Existing relationship between U.S. and
13
foreign organizations

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3.12 Please indicate the share of your organization's U.S. output of used electronic products in 2011 that you believe (or
are reasonably certain) was later exported by another organization, by weight. Do not include your organization's
direct exports. Your best estimate is acceptable.
Percent of 2011 output,
based on weight

Product group and related parts and components

Equipment sold, tested, and working for reuse

Equipment sold to other organization for
refurbishment, repair, or resale

Printed circuit boards (whole or shredded)

CRT monitors and televisions, including component
parts from CRTs disassembled by your organization

Commodity-grade scrap metals not including circuit
boards or CRTs

Commodity-grade scrap plastics, not including circuit
boards

Commodity-grade scrap glass, not including CRTs

Disposal and goods that you paid to recycle

Other-specify:

10 Unknown
11

Total (the sum of the figures above should equal 100)

3.13 Please indicate which product groups your organization exported in 2011. Only consider products your organization
exported directly (not products that were later exported by another organization). Check all that apply.
Refurbished or repaired electronic products, sold tested and working
Used electronic products destined to be refurbished or repaired
CRT monitors or televisions
Whole or shredded circuit boards
Commodity-grade scrap from used electronic products
Wires and cables from used electronic products
3.14 Did you check any of the boxes in the previous question?
Yes. Go to section 4
No. Skip to section 8

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Section 4: U.S. Exports of Refurbished or Repaired Used Electronic Products
In this section we are requesting information about your organization's exports of refurbished or repaired used
electronic products.
4.1

Did your organization export refurbished or repaired used electronic products during 2011?
Yes. Continue to next question
No. Go to section 5

4.2

Section 5

Which of the following best describes your export shipments of used electronic products in 2011? Check one.
Shipments including only a single type of used electronic product
Shipments including mixed types of used electronic products
Shipments including used electronic products mixed with other types of products
Shipments of used electronic products for repair overseas that were expected to be
shipped back to the United States after repair

4.3

For your organization, please compare 2011 exports of refurbished or recycled used electronic products (by number of
units), with exports in previous years. Check one.
About the same
Higher than most years
Lower than most years

4.4

For the refurbished or repaired used electronic products (including related parts and components) that your
organization exported in 2011, please list the export classification codes in the format shown for your top five
products, ranked by weight. These export categories can be found at U.S. Schedule B: Statistical Classification of
Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States
Rank (by weight,
descending order)
1

Schedule B 10-digit subheading
(xxxx.xx.xxxx)

2
3
4
5

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4.5

Sales by value: For used electronic products that your organization refurbished or repaired in 2011, or that your
organization processed but sold to another organization for refurbishment or repair, please indicate where and how
those products were sold. For each product group, please estimate the value of sales by destination. Your best
estimate is acceptable. In all columns, include sales to affiliates of your organization.
Sold to another
Sold, tested and Sold to another organization
outside the U.S.
working,
U.S.
Sold, tested and outside the
organization for for refurbishing
working, in the United States
refurbishing or or repair
United States
(exported)
repair
(exported)
Unknown
Sales in 2011 (full figure dollars)

Product group and
related parts and
components

Computers

Computer peripheral
equipment

Flat screen monitors

Monitors and televisions
containing CRTs

Televisions and other
video and audio
equipment, not
including CRTs, but
including still-image
cameras and
camcorders

8
9

Total sales of
repaired or
refurbished
products ($)

Mobile handsets (cell
phones) and other
telecommunication
equipment
Office imaging
equipment (printers,
copiers, fax machines,
scanners, etc.)
Medical imaging
equipment (x-ray, MRI,
CT scan machines, etc.)
Whole printed circuit
boards

10 Other-specify:
11 All other and unknown
12

Total sales ($)

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4.6

Sales by number of units: For used electronic products that your organization refurbished or repaired in 2011, or
that your organization processed but sold to another organization for refurbishment or repair, please indicate where
and how those products were sold. For each product group, please estimate the number of units sold by destination.
Your best estimate is acceptable. In all columns, include sales to affiliates of your organization.
Sold to another
Sold, tested and Sold to another organization
outside the U.S.
working,
U.S.
Sold, tested and outside the
organization for for refurbishing
working, in the United States
refurbishing or or repair
United States
(exported)
repair
(exported)
Unknown
Sales in 2011 (number of units)

Product group and
related parts and
components

Computers

Computer peripheral
equipment

Flat screen monitors

Monitors and televisions
containing CRTs

Televisions and other
video and audio
equipment, not
including CRTs, but
including still-image
cameras and
camcorders

8
9

Total sales of
repaired or
refurbished
products

10 Other-specify:
11 All other and unknown
12

Total units

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Section 5: U.S. Exports of Recycled Used Electronic Products
In this section we are requesting information about your organization's exports of recycled used electronic
products.
5.1

Did your organization export recycled or disassembled used electronic products, or export used electronic products for
recycling or disassembly during 2011? Do not include used electronic products that you paid another organization to
recycle or dispose of.
Yes. Continue to next question
No. Go to section 6

5.2

Section 6

Which of the following best describes your export shipments of used electronic products that were recycled or
disassembled by your organization, that you paid another organization to recycle, or that you exported for final
disposal in 2011? Check one.
Shipments including only a single type of used electronic product
Shipments including mixed types of used electronic products
Shipments including used electronic products mixed with other types of products

5.3

For your organization, please compare 2011 exports of used electronic products that were recycled or disassembled by
your organization (by weight) with exports in previous years. Check one.
About the same
Higher than most years
Lower than most years

5.4

For the recycled used electronic products (including related parts and components) that your organization exported in
2011, please list the export classification codes in the format shown for your top five products, ranked by weight.
These export categories can be found at U.S. Schedule B: Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign
Commodities Exported from the United States
Rank (by weight,
descending order)
1

Schedule B 10-digit subheading
(xxxx.xx.xxxx)

2
3
4
5

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Sales by value: For used electronic products that your organization recycled (or sold to another organization for
recycling) in 2011, please indicate where and how those products were sold. For each product group, estimate the
value of sales by destination. Your best estimate is acceptable. Your response should reflect the state of the product
when it left your organization. In all columns, include sales to affiliates of your organization. Do not include used
electronic products that you paid another organization to recycle or dispose of.
Sold
Sold
electronic
products or
electronic
parts for
Sold recycled products or
recycling
parts
for
Sold recycled materials
Sold recycled
materials to a outside the recycling by outside the or whole,
Product group and related parts U.S.
United States another U.S. United States unknown
organization (exported)
# and components
organization (exported)
destination Total sales ($)
Sales in 2011 (full figure dollars)
1 Computers

5.5

2 Computer peripheral equipment
3 Flat screen monitors
Monitors and televisions
containing CRTs
Televisions and other video and
audio equipment, not including
5
CRTs, but including still image
cameras and camcorders
Mobile handsets (cell phones)
6 and other telecommunication
equipment
Office imaging equipment
7 (printers, copiers, fax machines,
scanners, etc.)
4

Medical imaging equipment (xray, MRI, CT scan machines, etc.)

Separated CRTs, mercury lamps,
and batteries

10 Whole printed circuit boards
11 Shredded printed circuit boards
12

Wires and cables from any
electronic product

Commodity metals, plastics, and
glass (not including CRTs)

Not applicable Not applicable

14 Other-specify:
15 All other and unknown
16

Total sales ($)

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5.6

Sales by weight: For used electronic products that your organization recycled (or sold to another organization for
recycling) in 2011, please indicate where and how those products were sold. For each product group, estimate the
weight of the recycled products by destination. Your best estimate is acceptable. Your response should reflect the
state of the product when it left your organization. In all columns, include sales to affiliates of your organization. Do not
include used electronic products that you paid another organization to recycle or dispose of.

Sold
Sold electronic
electronic
products or
products
or
parts for
Sold recycled
parts for
recycling
Sold recycled materials
Sold recycled
materials to a outside the recycling by outside the
or whole,
Total sales
Product group and related parts U.S.
United States another U.S. United States
unknown
organization
(exported)
# and components
organization (exported)
destination weight
Weight of sales in 2011 (full figure pounds)
1 Computers
Computer peripheral
2
equipment
3 Flat screen monitors
Monitors and televisions
containing CRTs
Televisions and other video and
audio equipment, not including
5
CRTs, but including still image
cameras and camcorders
4

Mobile handsets (cell phones)
6 and other telecommunication
equipment
Office imaging equipment
7 (printers, copiers, fax machines,
scanners, etc.)
8

Medical imaging equipment (xray, MRI, CT scan machines, etc.)

Separated CRTs, mercury lamps,
and batteries

9 Whole printed circuit boards
11 Shredded printed circuit boards
12

Wires and cables from any
electronic product

Commodity metals, plastics,
and glass (not including CRTs)

Not applicable

14 Other-specify:
15 All other and unknown
16

Total sales by weight

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Section 6: U.S. Exports of Used Electronic Products For Disposal
In this section we are requesting information about used electronic products that your organization paid another
organization to recycle or dispose of.
6.1

Did your organization export used electronic products that you paid a foreign organization to recycle or dispose of
during 2011?
Yes. Continue to next question
No. Go to section 7

6.2

Section 7

Which of the following best describes your export shipments of used electronic products that you paid another
organization to recycle, or that you exported for final disposal in 2011? Check one.
Shipments including only a single type of used electronic product
Shipments including mixed types of used electronic products
Shipments including used electronic products mixed with other types of products

6.3

For your organization, please compare 2011 exports of used electronic products that you paid another organization to
recycle, or that you exported for final disposal (by weight) with exports in previous years. Check one.
About the same
Higher than most years
Lower than most years

6.4

For the used electronic products (including related parts and components) that your organization paid another
organization to recycle or dispose of, and exported in 2011, please list the export classification codes in the format
shown for your top five products, ranked by weight. These export categories can be found at U.S. Schedule B:
Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States
Rank (by weight,
descending order)
1

Schedule B 10-digit subheading
(xxxx.xx.xxxx)

2
3
4
5

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6.5

Payments for recycling or disposal by value: For used electronic products that your organization paid to recycle or
dispose of in 2011, please indicate what happened to those products. For each product group, estimate the disposal
costs by destination. Your best estimate is acceptable. In all columns, include sales to affiliates of your organization.
Paid for recycling Paid for recycling
Total recycling
Paid for recycling or disposal outside or disposal,
and disposal
or disposal in the the United States destination
costs ($)
United States
(exported)
unknown
Costs in 2011 (full figure dollars)

Product group and related parts and
components

Computers

Computer peripheral equipment

Flat screen monitors

Monitors and televisions containing CRTs

Televisions and other video and audio
equipment, not including CRTs, but including
still image cameras and camcorders

Mobile handsets (cell phones) and other
telecommunication equipment

Office imaging equipment (printers, copiers,
fax machines, scanners, etc.)

Medical imaging equipment (x-ray, MRI, CAT
scan machines, etc.)

Whole printed circuit boards

10 Shredded printed circuit boards
11 Wires and cables from any electronic product
12

Commodity metals, plastics, and glass (not
including CRTs)

13 Separated CRTs, mercury lamps, and batteries
14 Other-specify:
15 All other and unknown
16

This figure should match the sum of the figures in both
columns in question 3.6, line 1
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6.6

Payments for recycling or disposal by weight: For used electronic products that your organization paid to recycle or
dispose of in 2011, please indicate what happened to those products. For each product group, estimate the weight of
the material disposed of by destination. Your best estimate is acceptable. In all columns, include sales to affiliates of
your organization.
Paid for
Paid for recycling or recycling or
Total recycling
Paid for recycling disposal outside the disposal,
and disposal
or disposal in the United States
location
weight
United States
unknown
(exported)
Weight of disposed products in 2011 (full figure pounds)

Product group and related parts and
components

Computers

Computer peripheral equipment

Flat screen monitors

Monitors and televisions containing CRTs

Televisions and other video and audio
equipment, not including CRTs, but including
still image cameras and camcorders

Mobile handsets (cell phones) and other
telecommunication equipment

Office imaging equipment (printers, copiers,
fax machines, scanners, etc.)

Medical imaging equipment (x-ray, MRI, CAT
scan machines, etc.)

Whole printed circuit boards

10 Shredded printed circuit boards
11 Wires and cables from any electronic product
12

Commodity metals, plastics, and glass (not
including CRTs)

13 Separated CRTs, mercury lamps, and batteries
14 Other-specify:
15 Unknown
16

This figure should match the sum of the figures in both
columns in question 3.6, line 2
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Section 7: Destination of U.S. Exports of Used Electronic Products
We are requesting the data in this section to help us track trends in U.S. export markets. There is no need to
separate your exports by product group. Include goods that were repaired, refurbished, recycled, or disassembled
by your organization; products that your organization is selling to a foreign organization to repair, refurbish,
recycle, or disassemble; or goods that your organization is paying another organization to recycle or dispose of
overseas.
7.1

7.2

Please list your organization's 2011 exports by weight of used electronic products that went to each type of foreign
enterprise shown below. Your best estimate is acceptable. Do not include products that your organization sold in the
United States that were later exported by another organization.
#

Foreign enterprise type

Export weight (full figure pounds)

Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)/Original
device manufacturer (ODM)

Recycler of used electronics

Refurbisher/remanufacturer

Reseller/broker

Non-profit organization/charity

Smelter/metal foundry

Plastics reprocessor

Other-specify:

Unknown

Total

Please list your organization's 2011 exports by weight of used electronic products that went to each product end use
shown below. Your best estimate is acceptable. Do not include products that your organization sold in the United
States that were later exported by another organization.
#
End use
Export weight (full figure pounds)
1

Resale of whole equipment or working parts without
further processing (tested/working in the United States)

Resale of whole equipment or working parts with further
processing (recycle, repair, refurbish, etc.)

Charitable donation (operational goods)

Recycling or disassembly

Materials processing (smelting, refining, sorting)

Final disposal

Other-specify:

Unknown

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7.3

In 2011, did your organization export any used electronic products to foreign affiliates of your organization?
Yes
No
If yes, what share of your organization's exports of used electronic
products, by weight, was shipped to affiliates (percent)?

7.4

Please list your organization's 2011 exports by weight of used electronic products that went to each destination
country. Your best estimate is acceptable. Do not include products that your organization sold in the United States
that were later exported by another organization.
#

Export by weight (full figure
pounds)

Country
European Union (EU):

Belgium

Germany

Sweden

Other EU

Brazil

Canada

China

Colombia

Ghana

Hong Kong

India

Japan

Kenya

Mexico

Nigeria

Philippines

Singapore

South Africa

Vietnam

Other-specify:

Make first selection if applicable

Other-specify:

Make second selection if applicable

Other-specify:

Make third selection if applicable

Unknown country

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7.5

For your organization's top three export markets of used electronic products identified in question 7.4, please list the
top three products exported based on weight. First select a country in the country column. Then select the
appropriate product group(s) in the product columns, up to a maximum of three.

Country

Leading product group

Second leading product group

Third leading product group

1
2
3

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Section 8. Other Information
8.1

If your organization would like to further explain any of the responses in this questionnaire, use the space below (400
character limit). Please do not use the return or tab keys when entering text.

out of 400

Character count

8.2

If your organization would like to give more details about your own organization's exports of used electronic products,
or about U.S. exports of such products more generally, use the space below (400 character limit). Please do not use the
return or tab keys when entering text.

out of 400

Character count

8.3

If your organization would like to give us a written submission for the public record, click on the link below to view the
Federal Register notice regarding this investigation and go to page 2 for submission instructions.
Federal Register notice

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Section 9. Certification
The undersigned certifies that the information supplied herein in response to this questionnaire is complete and correct to
the best of his/her knowledge and belief and understands that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification
by the USITC.
Section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) provides that the Commission may not release information which it
considers to be confidential business information unless the party submitting such information had notice, at the time of
submission, that such information would be released by the Commission, or such party subsequently consents to the release
of the information. The undersigned acknowledges that information submitted in this questionnaire response and
throughout this investigation may be used by the USITC, its employees, and contract personnel who are acting in the
capacity of USITC employees, for the purposes of developing or maintaining the records of this investigation or related
proceedings for which this information is submitted, or in internal audits and in investigations relating to the programs and
operations of the USITC pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3. The undersigned understands that all contract personnel will sign
nondisclosure agreements.
The information your organization provides in response to this questionnaire will be treated by the Commission as
confidential and will not be disclosed to the public unless required by law. The information will be aggregated with
information from other questionnaire responses and will be published in a manner that will not reveal the operations of your
organization. The USTR has asked that the Commission not include any confidential business information in the report it
transmits to him.

Certifier's name and title

Date of certification

Certifier's signature (not necessary if submitting electronically)
If submitting an electronic version of this certificate to the Commission, check the box below in place of a written signature to
indicate that the authorized official listed has certified the information provided.
Certified

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Section 10. Submitting the Questionnaire
10.1 Before submitting your organization's completed questionnaire, please report the actual number of hours required and
the cost to your organization of completing this questionnaire, including all preparatory activities.
Hours

Cost ($)

10.2 Please make sure that the following items have been addressed before submitting your organization's questionnaire.
All responders:
Contact information is shown in section 1
Responders that selected "Yes" for question 2.1:
All numeric data are in full figures, not thousands, millions, or similar format
Rest of section 2 and all of section 3 has been completed
Responders that selected "Yes" for question 3.14:
Total in questions 4.5 matches the total in line 1 of question 3.2
Totals in questions 6.5 and 6.6 match the sum of totals in both columns in question 3.6

10.3 Please save the questionnaire and use one of the submission options shown below.

Use this option to transmit your completed questionnaire through our secure
electronic drop box facility. Click on the link in this button and follow the
instructions. In the PIN entry box, type: elec

Web submit

Use this option to send your completed questionnaire as an email attachment.
Click on this button and follow the instructions. Note that submitting your
questionnaire response by e-mail will subject your organization's confidential
business information (CBI) to transmission over an unsecured environment and to
possible disclosure to third parties. Any risk of disclosure of CBI during
transmission is assumed by your organization and not us. However, once the
email is received, the questionnaire response will be stored in our secured
environment and will receive safeguards detailed in the certification in section 9.

E-mail submit

Use this option if you would prefer to send your completed questionnaire on a
CD (or other removable media). Click on the button and save the questionnaire to
a CD. Mail the CD to us (see address on page 1). Sending the CD by regular U.S.
mail is not recommended because this type of mail undergoes additional
processing to screen for hazardous material that will likely substantially delay the
delivery and may cause damage to the CD. Overnight mail service is
recommended.

Save to CD

Use this option if you would prefer to send your completed questionnaire in hard
copy form. Click on the button and your print screen will appear. After printing,
mail or fax the completed questionnaire to us (see address and fax number on
page 1). Sending the questionnaire by regular U.S. mail is not recommended
because this type of mail undergoes additional processing to screen for
hazardous material that will likely substantially delay the delivery. Overnight mail
service is recommended.

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