OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 13-4-3083; Expiration Date: 6/30/2014
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U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
HARDWOOD PLYWOOD FROM CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than October 11, 2012
See page 4 of the Instruction Booklet for filing instructions.
The information called for in this questionnaire is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in connection with its countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning hardwood plywood from China (inv. Nos. 701 TA-490 and 731-TA-1204 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the questionnaire is requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed can result in a subpoena or other order to compel the submission of records or information in your possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)).
Name of firm _________________________________________________________________ Address City State Zip Code World Wide Web address Has your firm imported hardwood plywood (as defined in the instruction booklet) from any country at any time since January 1, 2009? NO (Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the questionnaire to the Commission) YES (Read the instruction booklet carefully, complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire questionnaire to the Commission so as to be received by the date indicated above) |
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in response to this questionnaire is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission.
By means of this certification I also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the information provided in this questionnaire and throughout this proceeding in any other import-injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I acknowledge that information submitted in this questionnaire response and throughout this proceeding may be used by the Commission, its employees, and contract personnel who are acting in the capacity of Commission employees, for developing or maintaining the records of this proceeding or related proceedings for which this information is submitted, or in internal audits and proceedings relating to the programs and operations of the Commission pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3. I understand that all contract personnel will sign non-disclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official Title of Authorized Official Date
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The questions in this questionnaire have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that issues of concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful, and as limited as possible. Public reporting burden for this questionnaire is estimated to average 40 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering the data needed, and completing and reviewing the questionnaire. Send comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20436.
I-1a. OMB statistics.--Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of preparing the reply to this questionnaire and completing the form.
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I-1b. OMB feedback.--We are interested in any comments you may have for improving this questionnaire in general or the clarity of specific questions. Please attach such comments to your response or send them to the above address.
I-2. Establishments covered.--Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this questionnaire (see page 3 of the instruction booklet for reporting guidelines). If your firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading symbol.
I-3. Ownership.--Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No Yes--List the following information
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I-4. Related importers/exporters.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, that are engaged in importing hardwood plywood from China into the United States or that are engaged in exporting hardwood plywood from China to the United States?
No Yes--List the following information.
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I-5. Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, that are engaged in the production of hardwood plywood?
No Yes--List the following information.
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I-6. Importing operations.--Please indicate the nature of your firm’s importing operations on hardwood plywood. More than one answer may be applicable.
Importer of record Takes title to the imported product(s)
Consignee of the imported products(s) Customs broker or freight forwarder.
I-7. Consignee.--If your firm is an importer of record of hardwood plywood but is not the consignee, please list the consignees below (firm name, address, telephone number, and individual to contact).
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I-8. FTZ or bonded warehouses.--Please indicate whether your firm enters hardwood plywood into, or withdraws such merchandise from, foreign trade zones or bonded warehouses.
Foreign trade zones No Yes
Bonded warehouses No Yes
I-9. Temporary importation under bond.--Please indicate whether your firm imports hardwood plywood under the TIB (temporary importation under bond) program.
No Yes
I-10. Third-country trade activities.--To your knowledge, have the products subject to this proceeding been the subject of any other import relief proceedings in the United States or in any other countries?
No
Yes–Please specify.
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Fred Ruggles (202-205-3187, [email protected]). Supply all data requested on a calendar-year basis.
II-1. Contact information.-- Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in part II.
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II-2. Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following changes in relation to the importation of hardwood plywood since January 1, 2009.
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II-3. Arranged imports.--Has your firm imported or arranged for the importation of hardwood plywood from China for delivery after June 30, 2012?
No Yes–Indicate when such orders are to be delivered and the quantities involved.
II-4. Reasons for importing.--If your firm also produces hardwood plywood in the United States, please indicate your reasons for importing this product. If your reasons differ by source, please elaborate.
II-5. IMPORTS FROM SUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories of hardwood plywood imported from China by your firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
CHINA
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1 Please identify the foreign producers, if known: 2 Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a different basis for valuing these sales within your company, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.) and provide value data using that basis for each of the periods noted above: 3 Identify your principal export markets: 4 Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period inventories, plus imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
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II-6. IMPORTS FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories of hardwood plywood imported from all other sources combined by your firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)
ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
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1 Please identify the sources and foreign producers, if known: 2 Sales to related firms (including internal consumption) must be valued at fair market value. In the event that you use a different basis for valuing these sales within your company, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.) and provide value data using that basis for each of the periods noted above: 3 Identify your principal export markets: 4 Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period inventories, plus imports, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
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Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Cindy Cohen (202-205-3230, [email protected])
III-1. Contact information.-- Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in part III.
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PRICE DATA
III-2. These questions requests quarterly price and quantity data, f.o.b. your U.S. point of shipment, for your commercial shipments to unrelated U.S. customers since January 1, 2009 of the following products you imported from China and from Canada, Chile, Indonesia, and Russia:
Product 1.-- 12 mm (1/2") thickness (actual or nominal), 4x8 panel size, Birch face (whether white birch, natural birch or artisan birch; whole piece), face Grade C/D+ or substantially equivalent, Birch back (whether white birch, natural birch or artisan birch), back grade 2/3 or substantially equivalent, veneer core, unfinished.
Product 2.-- 12 mm (1/2") thickness (actual or nominal), 4x8 panel size, Birch face (whether white birch, natural birch or artisan birch; whole piece), face Grade C/D+ or substantially equivalent, Birch back (whether white birch, natural birch or artisan birch), back grade 2/3 or substantially equivalent, veneer core, prefinished.
Product 3.-- 18 mm (3/4") thickness (actual or nominal), 4x8 panel size, Birch face (whether white birch, natural birch or artisan birch), face Grade C/D+ or substantially equivalent, Birch back (whether white birch, natural birch or artisan birch), back grade 2/3 or substantially equivalent, veneer core, unfinished.
Product 4.-- 5.2 mm (1/4") thickness (actual or nominal), 4x8 panel size, Maple face (whether plain or rotary sliced), face Grade B or substantially equivalent, Maple back (whether plain or rotary sliced), back grade 2/3 or substantially equivalent, veneer core, unfinished.
Please note that total dollar values should be f.o.b., U.S. point of shipment and should not include U.S.-inland transportation costs. Total dollar values should reflect the final net amount paid to you (i.e., should be net of all deductions for discounts or rebates). See instruction booklet.
III-2a. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China and sold by your firm.
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III-2b. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Canada and sold by your firm.
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III-2c. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China and sold by your firm.
CHILE
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III-2d. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China and sold by your firm.
INDONESIA
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Note.--If your product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product, provide a description of your product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your reported pricing data. Product
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III-2e. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Russia and sold by your firm.
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III-3. Price setting.-- How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of hardwood plywood (check all that apply)? If your firm issues price lists, please submit sample pages of a recent list.
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III-4. Discount policy.-- Please indicate and describe your firm’s discount policies (check all that apply).
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III-5. Pricing terms for hardwood plywood.--
(a) What are your firm’s typical sales terms for hardwood plywood imported from China?
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(b) On what basis are your prices of imported hardwood plywood from China usually quoted (check one)?
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III-6. Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of hardwood plywood imported from China in 2011 were on a (1) long-term contract basis, (2) short-term contract basis, and (3) spot sales basis?
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III-7. Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table with respect to provisions of your typical sales contracts for hardwood plywood from China (or check “not applicable” if your firm does not sell on a long term and/or short term contract basis).
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III-8. Lead times.--What is your share of sales of hardwood plywood imported from China both from inventory and produced to order and what is the average lead time between a customer’s order and the date of delivery for your firm’s sales of hardwood plywood?
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III-9. Shipping information.—
(a) What is the approximate percentage of the total delivered cost of hardwood plywood imported from China that is accounted for by U.S. inland transportation costs? percent.
(b) Who generally arranges the transportation to your customers’ locations?
Your firm Purchaser (check one)
(c) When you sell hardwood plywood imported from China, from where is it shipped?
Point of importation Storage facility (check one)
(d) Indicate the approximate percentage of your sales of hardwood plywood imported from China that are delivered the following distances from your U.S. point of shipment.
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III-10. Geographical shipments--What is the geographic market area in the United States served by your firm’s shipments of hardwood plywood imported from any source? (check all that apply)
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Northeast.–CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT. |
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Midwest.–IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI. |
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Southeast.–AL, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, and WV. |
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Central Southwest.–AR, LA, OK, and TX. |
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Mountains.–AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY. |
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Pacific Coast.–CA, OR, and WA. |
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Other.–All other markets in the United States not previously listed, including AK, HI, PR, and VI, among others. |
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III-11. End uses-Describe the end uses of the hardwood plywood that you import from China. For each end-use product, what percentage of the total cost is accounted for by hardwood plywood and other inputs?
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III-12. Substitutes.-- Can other products be substituted for hardwood plywood?
No Yes--Please fill out the table.
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End use in which this substitute is used |
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III-13. Demand trends.-- Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United States (if known) for hardwood plywood has changed since January 1, 2009. Describe the principal factors that have affected these changes in demand.
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III-14. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product mix or marketing of hardwood plywood since January 1, 2009?
No Yes-- Please describe.
III-15. Business cycles.--
(a) Is the hardwood plywood market subject to business cycles or conditions of competition (including seasonal business) distinctive to hardwood plywood?
No (skip to question III-16.) Yes-- Please describe and then answer part (b).
(b) If yes, have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for hardwood plywood since January 1, 2009?
No Yes-- Please describe.
III-16. Supply constraints.--Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply hardwood plywood since January 1, 2009 (examples include placing customers on allocation or “controlled order entry,” declining to accept new customers or renew existing customers, delivering less than the quantity promised, been unable to meet timely shipment commitments, etc.)?
No Yes-- Please describe.
III-17. Raw materials.--Please describe any trends in the prices of raw materials used to produce hardwood plywood and whether your firm expects these trends to continue.
III-18. Interchangeability.--Is hardwood plywood produced in the United States and in other countries interchangeable (i.e., can they physically be used in the same applications)?
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = the products from a specified country-pair are always interchangeable
F = the products are frequently interchangeable
S = the products are sometimes interchangeable
N = the products are never interchangeable
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair
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China |
Canada |
Chile |
Indonesia |
Russia |
Other countries |
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For any country-pair producing hardwood plywood that is sometimes or never interchangeable, please explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:
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III-19. Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (i.e., quality, availability, transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between hardwood plywood produced in the United States and in other countries a significant factor in your firm’s sales of the products?
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = such differences are always significant
F = such differences are frequently significant
S = such differences are sometimes significant
N = such differences are never significant
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair
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China |
Canada |
Chile |
Indonesia |
Russia |
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For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant factor in your firm’s sales of hardwood plywood, identify the country-pair and report the advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:
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III-20. Customer Identification--Please identify the names and contact information for your firm’s 10 largest U.S. customers for hardwood plywood since January 1, 2009. Indicate the share of the quantity of your firm’s total shipments of hardwood plywood that each of these customers accounted for in 2011.
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Email |
Telephone |
Street address (not P.O. box), city, state, and zip code |
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| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | US importer questionnaire |
| Subject | Title 7 investigations |
| Author | USITC |
| Last Modified By | Cohen, Cindy E. |
| File Modified | 2012-09-27 |
| File Created | 2009-10-02 |