Corrosion-resistant Carbon Steel Flate Products from Germany and Korea, Inv. No. 701-350 (3rd Review)

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

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

CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM
GERMANY AND KOREA
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-350 and 731-TA-616 and 618 (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):
Mary Messer, investigator (202-205-3193; E-mail [email protected])
regarding general questions and trade and related information;
Samantha Day, economist (202-205-2088; E-mail [email protected])
regarding pricing, market, and related information.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.-- On August 17, 1993, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued a
countervailing duty order on imports of corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea
(58 FR 43752). On August 19, 1993, Commerce issued antidumping duty orders on imports of
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Germany and Korea (58 FR 44159 and 44170).
Following first five-year reviews by Commerce and the Commission, effective December 15,
2000, Commerce issued a continuation of the countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant
carbon steel flat products from Korea and the antidumping duty orders on corrosion-resistant
carbon steel flat products from Germany and Korea (65 FR 78469). Following second five-year
reviews by Commerce and the Commission, effective February 14, 2007, Commerce issued a
continuation of the countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from
Korea and the antidumping duty orders on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from
Germany and Korea (72 FR 7009). Effective January 3, 2012, 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 (77 FR 301, January 4, 2012).
If the Commission makes affirmative determinations, the orders will remain in place. If the
Commission makes negative determinations, the Department of Commerce will revoke the
orders/terminate the suspension agreement.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to these reviews are available at
http://usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2012/corrosion_resistant_carbon_
steel_flat_products/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 August 15, 2012. 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.
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).

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GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
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.
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. 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, purchaser, and/or
foreign producer questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions in the
questionnaires. Questionnaires may be filed either electronically or in paper form.
Consolidate all establishments in each subject country.--Report the requested data for your
establishment(s) located in each subject country of Germany and Korea. Firms operating more
than one establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.

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INSTRUCTIONS--Continued
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, Mary Messer ([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 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 COPY AND PASTE LINK TO INVESTIGATION
FROM ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS PAGE. 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:
• 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: CORE

• 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.
• 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. Nos. 731-TA-350 and 731-TA-616 and 618
(Third Review). 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.
• Fax.—Fax to 202.205.3205.

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INSTRUCTIONS--Continued
• 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
Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (“CORE”).-- The products subject to these orders
include flat-rolled carbon steel products, of rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or coated with
corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based
alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic
substances in addition to the metallic coating, in coils (whether or not in successively
superimposed layers) and of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths which, if of a
thickness less than 4.75 mm, are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and which measures at least 10
times the thickness, or if of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more, are of a width which exceeds 150 mm
and measures at least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in the HTS under item numbers:
7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095,
7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000,
7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000,
7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000,
7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, and 7217.90.5090. Included in these orders are flat-rolled products
of nonrectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling
process (i.e., products which have been “worked after rolling”) - for example, products which have
been beveled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from the scope of these orders are flat-rolled steel
products either plated or coated with tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead
(“terne plate”), or both chromium and chromium oxides (“tin-free steel”), whether or not painted,
varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in addition to the metallic
coating. Also excluded from the scope of these orders are clad products in straight lengths of
0.1875 inch or more in composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures
at least twice the thickness. Also excluded from the scope of the orders are certain clad stainless
flat-rolled products, which are three-layered corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products
less than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled product clad on
both sides with stainless steel in a 20%- 60%-20% ratio.
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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Also, with respect to EXPORTS, IMPORTS, OR PURCHASES OF IMPORTS FROM
GERMANY ONLY: Commerce issued a partial revocation that applies to certain
corrosion-resistant deep-drawing carbon steel strip, roll-clad on both sides with aluminum (AlSi)
foils in accordance with St3 LG as to EN 10139/10140. The merchandise’s chemical composition
encompasses a core material of U St 23 (continuous casting) in which carbon is less than 0.08 by
weight; manganese is less than 0.30; phosphorous is less than 0.20; sulfur is less than 0.015;
aluminum is less than 0.01; and the cladding material is a minimum of 99 percent aluminum with
silicon/copper/iron of less than 1 percent. The products are in strips with thicknesses of 0.07mm
to 4.0mm (inclusive) and widths of 5mm to 800mm (inclusive). The thickness ratio of aluminum
on either side of steel may range from 3%/94%/3% to 10%/80%/10%.
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 Germany and/or Korea involved in the production of
CORE (as defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or
not physically separate from) such facilities.
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 CORE (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 Germany and/or Korea, including
production consumed internally within your firm.

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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Germany and/or Korea.

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 Germany and/or Korea.
Home market commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Germany and/or Korea.
Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to
related firms in Germany and/or Korea, including product consumed internally by your
firm.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside Germany and/or Korea, including
shipments to related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.

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