Brass Sheet and Strip from France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, Inv. No. 731-313 (3rd Review)

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

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

BRASS SHEET AND STRIP FROM
FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN
Investigation Nos. 731-TA-313, 314, 317, and 379 (Third Review)

Further information.--If you have any questions concerning the enclosed
questionnaire(s) or other matters related to this review, you may contact
the following member of the Commission=s staff (Fax 202-205-3205):
Joanna Lo, investigator (202-205-1888; E-mail [email protected])
regarding general questions and trade and related information;and
Amelia Preece, economist (202-205-3250; E-mail [email protected])
regarding pricing, market, and related information.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.-- On January 8, 1987; January 12, 1987; March 6, 1987; and August 12, 1988, the
Department of Commerce issued countervailing duty and/or antidumping duty orders on imports
of certain brass sheet and strip from Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, and Sweden (52 F.R. 698, 52 F.R. 1214, 52 F.R. 6995, and 53 F.R. 30454,
respectively). On April 18, 2000, the Commission determined that revocation of the
countervailing duty orders on brass sheet and strip from Brazil and France and the antidumping
duty orders on brass sheet and strip from Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan,
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United
States within a reasonably foreseeable time. The Commission further determined that revocation
of the antidumping duty orders on brass sheet and strip from Korea, the Netherlands, and Sweden
would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time (65 F.R. 20832). Consequently, the orders
with respect to Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan were continued, and the orders
with respect to Korea, the Netherlands, and Sweden were revoked (65 F.R. 25304, 25305). On
March 6, 2006, the Commission determined that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on
brass sheet and strip from France, Germany, Italy, and Japan would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a
reasonably foreseeable time. The Commission further determined that revocation of the
antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on brass sheet and strip from Brazil and the
antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from Canada would not be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a
reasonably foreseeable time (71 F.R. 14719). Consequently, the orders with respect to France,
Germany, Italy, and Japan were continued (71 F.R. 16552), and the orders with respect to Brazil
and Canada were revoked (71 F.R. 16115). On March 1, 2011, the Commission instituted third
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 (76 F.R. 11509).
If the Commission makes an affirmative determination, the orders will remain in place. If the
Commission makes a negative determination, the Department of Commerce will revoke the
orders.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this review are available at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2011/brass_sheet_and_
strip/reviewphase.htm. Address all correspondence to the United States International Trade
Commission, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information
regarding this review via the Commission=s TDD terminal (202-205-1810).
Due date of questionnaire(s).--Please submit the completed questionnaire(s) to the United States
International Trade Commission so as to be received by no later than November 23, 2011.
Because Commission staff might contact you with questions during the course of the proceeding,
save the final version of the document(s) and retain all files and worksheets associated with the
completed questionnaire(s). Please also retain a copy of any paper original document that you
submit.

GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
Service of questionnaire response(s).--In the event that your firm is a party to this review, 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 review, 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 this review 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.
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.@
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 this review (i.e., a producer,
importer, purchaser, and/or foreign producer questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated
questions in the questionnaires.

Consolidate all establishments in France, Germany, Italy, or Japan.--Report the requested data
for your establishment(s) located in France, Germany, Italy, and/or Japan. Firms operating more
than one establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.
Filing instructions.—Questionnaires may be filed either in paper form or electronically.
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 this
proceeding are available online at the ITC web page or may be obtained directly from the
Commission’s Investigator, Joanna Lo ([email protected], or 202-205-1888).
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 submission of questionnaire responses in the MS Word format allows the
Commission to compile, assess, and analyze submitted data more promptly. There are three
electronic submissions options detailed below. Paper submissions are also accepted.
OPTIONS FOR FILING
This questionnaire is available as a “fillable” form in MS Word format on the
Commission’s website at
http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2011/bra
ss_sheet_and_strip/reviewphase.htm. Please do not attempt to modify the
format or permissions of the questionnaire document. You may complete the
questionnaire and submit it, electronically, or you may print it out and submit it in
paper form, as described below:
• Compact disc (CD).—Copy your questionnaire onto a CD, include a signed certification page
(page 1) (either in paper form or scanned PDF copied onto CD), and mail to the address above. It
is strongly recommended that you use an overnight mail service. U.S. mail sent to government
offices undergoes additional processing which not only results in substantial delays in delivery but
may also damage CDs.
• 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: OINV

• E-mail.—E-mail your questionnaire to the investigator identified on page 1 of the Instruction
Booklet; include a scanned PDF of the signed certification page (page 1). Type the following in
the e-mail subject line: BPI Questionnaire, INV. NO. 313. 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.

INSTRUCTIONS--Continued
• Fax.—Fax to 202.205.3205.
• 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
• U.S. mail.—Mail to the address above, but use zip code 20436. This option is not recommended.
U.S. mail sent to government offices undergoes additional processing to screen for hazardous
materials; this additional processing results in substantial delays in delivery.
Note: If you are a party to the proceeding, and service of the questionnaire is required, such
service should be made in paper form.
DEFINITIONS
C20000-series brass sheet and strip.--The product covered by the orders is brass sheet and strip,
other than leaded and tinned brass sheet and strip. The chemical composition of the covered
product is currently defined in the Copper Development Association (C.D.A.) 200 Series or the
Unified Numbering System (U.N.S.) C20000. The orders do not cover products the chemical
compositions of which are defined by other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. In physical dimensions, the
product covered by the orders has a solid rectangular cross section over 0.006 inches (0.15
millimeters) through 0.188 inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished thickness or gauge, regardless of
width. Coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse wound), and cut-to-length products are included, The
merchandise is currently covered by statistical reporting numbers 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
Note that “brass sheet and strip” referred to in these questionnaires comprises only
C20000-series brass sheet and strip as defined above.
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 France, Germany, Italy, and/or Japan involved in the
production of brass sheet and strip (as defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in
conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such facilities.
Basic producer.--A firm that casts, rolls, and finishes brass sheet and strip.
Reroller.--A firm that purchases intermediate-to-heavy gauge brass sheet or strip for additional
processing (which includes at least a series of rolling and annealing steps) into finished (final
gauge) brass sheet or strip.
United States.--For purposes of this review, 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 brass sheet and strip (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign
manufacturer or through its selling agent.
Average production capacity.--The level of production that your establishment(s) could
reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods. Assume normal operating
conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to operate; normal operating
levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup;
and a typical or representative product mix).
Production.--All production in your establishment(s) in France, Germany, Italy, and/or Japan,
including production consumed internally within your firm.
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in France, Germany, Italy,
and/or Japan.
Shipment quantities.—Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Shipment values.—Values reported should be net values (i.e., gross sales values less all
discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods) in U.S.
dollars, f.o.b. your point of shipment in France, Germany, Italy, and/or Japan.
Home market commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within France, Germany, Italy, and/or Japan.
Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to
related firms in France, Germany, Italy, and/or Japan, including product consumed
internally by your firm.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside France, Germany, Italy, and/or
Japan, including shipments to related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.