13-4-3149 Foreign Producer Questionnaire

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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
LOW ENRICHED URANIUM FROM FRANCE

This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than July 16, 2013
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 antidumping review concerning low enriched uranium (LEU) from France (inv. No. 731-TA-909
(Second Review)). The information requested in the questionnaire is requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of
1930, title VII

Name of firm
Address
World Wide Web address
Has your firm produced or exported low enriched uranium (“LEU”) (as defined in the instruction booklet) at any
time since January 1, 2007?

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)

Return questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking
on the following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (use the following PIN: LEU2)
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 signing 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 review in any other import-injury investigations or reviews
conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise. (If you do not consent to such use, please note the certification
accordingly.)
I acknowledge that information submitted in this questionnaire response and throughout this review 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 review or related proceedings for which this information is submitted, or in internal audits and
investigations 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 and Title of Authorized Official

Date

Signature of Authorized Official

Phone

Ext.:

E-mail address

Fax

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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
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 30 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-1.

OMB statistics.-- (a) 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.
hours

dollars

OMB feedback.-- (b) 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 pages 3-4 of the instruction booklet for reporting guidelines). If your firm is
publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading symbol.

I-3.

U.S. importers.--Please provide the names, street addresses (not P.O. boxes), contacts, telephone
numbers, and e-mail addresses of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s LEU in 2012.

No.

1

2

3

4

5

Importer’s Name

Contact Person

Email

Area code
and
telephone
number

Share of
your 2012
exports to
the U.S.
(%)

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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-4.

Business plan.--In Parts II and III of this questionnaire we request a copy of your company’s
business plan. Does your company or any related firm have business plans, presentations,
business proposals, or any internal documents that describe, discuss, or analyze expected future
market conditions for LEU?
No

I-5.

U.S. production.--Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the capability to produce, or
have any plans to produce LEU in the United States or other countries?
No

I-6.

Yes--Please provide the requested documents. If you are not providing the
requested documents, please explain why not.

Yes--Please name the firm(s) and countries below and, if U.S. producer(s),
ensure that they complete the Commission’s producer questionnaire
(contact Chris Cassise; 202-708-5408; [email protected], for
copies of that questionnaire).

U.S. importation.--Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import LEU
into the United States?
No

Yes--Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire (contact Chris Cassise; 202-7085408; [email protected], for copies of that questionnaire).

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained contact Chris Cassise; 202-7085408; [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.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax

II-2.

Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of LEU since January 1, 2007.
(check as many as appropriate)
plant openings ..............................

plant closings................................

relocations ....................................

expansions ....................................

acquisitions...................................

consolidations...............................

prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments................
revised labor agreements ..............

other (e.g., technology) ................

(please describe)

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-3.

Anticipated changes in operations.--Does your firm anticipate any changes in the character of
your operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of LEU in the future?
No

II-4.

Anticipated changes in operations in the event the order is revoked.--Would your firm
anticipate any changes in the character of your operations or organization (as noted above)
relating to the production of LEU in the future if the antidumping duty order on LEU from France
were to be revoked?
No

II-5.

Yes--Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portion of
business plans or other supporting documentation, that address this
issue. Include in your response a specific projection of your firm’s
capacity to produce LEU (in 1,000 kgs of enriched U) for 2013 and
2014.

Yes--Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portion of
business plans or other supporting documentation, that address this
issue.

Describe the production technology used in the production of LEU in France and identify major
production inputs. Also discuss any significant changes in production technology since January 1,
2007. Why did your firm decide to proceed with George Besse II and not Eagle Rock? In
addition, what do you think will be the competitive impact of USEC’s American Centrifuge
Program?

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-6.

(a) Describe your firm’s or any related firm’s relationship with the ETC (Enrichment Technology
Company, Ltd) joint venture or its owners. Please provide the names of all other entities which
are involved in the venture (with shares of ownership). Please also provide a description of the
venture.

(b) Have any of the other owners of the venture supplied you or your customers with LEU in
order to meet delivery obligations of your in the United States that would otherwise have been
met with subject LEU? If so, please provide details of the quantities supplied (in kgs of U),
quantity of SWU in the SWU component of such LEU, the dates provided, the prices paid by you
under these arrangements, the manner in which the LEU was supplied, and to which U.S.
customers it was provided.

(c) Do you have any arrangements or agreements with the aforementioned owner or any of its
subsidiaries to supply LEU to you or your customers in order to meet your firm’s delivery
obligations in the United States in the next five years that would otherwise have to be met with
subject LEU? If so, please provide details of the quantities to be supplied (in kgs of U), quantity
of SWU in the SWU component of such LEU, the dates on which it will be provided, the prices
to be paid by you under these arrangements, the manner in which the LEU will be supplied and
the U.S. customers to which it will be provided.

II-7.

Same equipment, machinery, and workers.--Has your firm since January 1, 2007 produced, or
does your firm anticipate producing in the future, other products on the same equipment and
machinery used in the production of LEU?
No

Product
LEU

Yes--List the following information and report your firm’s combined
production capacity and production of these products and LEU in the
periods indicated.
Period

Basis for allocation of capacity data

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-8.

Same equipment, machinery, and workers.--Continued
Please report your firm’s combined production capacity and production of these products and
LEU in the periods indicated.
(Quantity in 1,000 kgs of enriched U)
Item

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Overall Production Capacity
Production of:
LEU
Other product 1:
Other product 2:

II-9.

Constraints on production.--Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your
production capacity.

II-10.

(a) What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was represented by
sales of LEU (under either SWU or EUP contracts)?
Percent
(b) What percentage of your firm’s total deliveries in its most recent fiscal year was represented
by sales of LEU (under either SWU or EUP contracts)?
Percent

II-11.

(a) What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was represented by
sales under EUP contracts?
Percent
(b) What percentage of your firm’s total deliveries in its most recent fiscal year was represented
by sales under EUP contracts?
Percent
(c) Please provide copies of your firm’s top three EUP contracts, by volume, (and any
amendments) that were entered, negotiated, or amended during the 2007-13 period.

II-12.

(a) What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was represented by
sales under SWU contracts?
Percent
(b) What percentage of your firm’s total deliveries in its most recent fiscal year was represented
by sales under SWU contracts?
Percent
(c) Please provide copies of your firm’s top ten SWU contracts, by volume, (and any related
amendments) that were entered, negotiated, or amended during the 2007-13 period.

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-13.

Does your firm or any related firm have contracts, agreements or other arrangement with
producers of natural uranium products in third countries under which your firm can obtain natural
uranium for enrichment?
No

II-14.

Has your firm, in the last five years, solicited, negotiated, signed, or been solicited to negotiate or
sign any firm or conditional contracts with U.S. customers for the supply in the future of any
uranium products, including the supply of natural uranium concentrates, natural uranium
hexafluoride, or EUP, conversion or enrichment?
No

II-15.

Yes--Please describe these contracts, agreements and other arrangements,
including the quantities of natural uranium that you can obtain, and
supply supporting documentation.

Yes--Please describe the contracts, correspondence, proposals, or
solicitations.

Production shifting.--Is your firm able to switch production between LEU and other products in
response to a relative price change in the price of LEU vis-a-vis the price of other products, using
the same equipment and labor?
No

Yes--Please identify below the other products, the approximate time and cost
involved in switching, and the minimum relative price change required
for your firm to switch production to or from LEU.

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-16.

Inventories in the United States.-- (a) Has your firm or any affiliated party, maintained any
inventories of uranium products, including LEU, in the United States (not including inventories
held by firms identified in questions I-3, I-5, or I-6 above1) since January 1, 2007?
No

Yes--Report the quantity of such end-of-period inventories below.
(Quantity in 1,000 kgs of enriched U)
Item

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Inventory

(b) Does your firm, or any affiliated party, maintain any inventories of uranium products,
including LEU, in any third countries?
No

Yes--Report the quantity of such end-of-period inventories below.
(Quantity in 1,000 kgs of enriched U)
Item

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Inventory

II-17.

Barriers.-- (a) Are your firm’s exports of LEU subject to tariff or non-tariff barriers to trade (for
example, antidumping or countervailing duty findings or remedies, tariffs, quotas, or regulatory
barriers) in any countries other than the United States?
No

Yes--Please describe the barrier.

(b) Are your firm’s exports of LEU subject to current investigations in any countries other than
the United States that might result in tariff or non-tariff barriers to trade?
No

II-18.

Yes--List the products(s), country(ies), and the type of barrier.

Barriers.--Is your firm aware of any tariff or non-tariff barriers to exports of LEU to France or
the European Union, such as, but not limited to, the Corfu Declaration?
No

Yes--Please describe the barrier, and, if applicable, provide a copy of the
Corfu Declaration.

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-19.

Other export markets.--Identify export markets (other than the United States) that you have
developed or where you have increased your sales of LEU as a result of the antidumping duty
orders on LEU from France. Please identify and discuss below.

II-20.

Significance of countervailing duty/antidumping duty order.--Describe the significance of the
existing antidumping duty order covering imports of LEU from France in terms of its effect on:
(a) Your firm’s production capacity, production, home market shipments, exports to the United
States and other markets, and inventories. You may wish to compare your firm’s operations
before and after the imposition of the order.

(b) Your firm’s contracting practices, terms, coverage, etc.

II-21.

Anticipated changes if order revoked.--Would your firm anticipate any changes in its
production capacity, production, home market shipments, exports to the United States and other
markets, or inventories relating to the production of LEU in the future if the antidumping duty
order on LEU from France were to be revoked?
No

Yes--Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of
business plans or other supporting documentation, for any trends or
projections you may provide.

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-22.

Please give the average product and tail assays for the LEU for which you report quantities in
questions II-20. If there is a significant variation in these assays, please attach a description of
the variation to the appropriate page and identify which quantities reported the variation applies
to.

II-23.

Do you produce any LEU by any means other than enrichment of natural UF6?
No

Yes--Identify the quantities in kg of enriched U produced by the method
used (e.g., enrichment of slightly enriched UF6, blending down of HEU,
etc.).
Quantity in 1,000 kg of enriched U
Calendar years

Production Method
2007

2008

1

(Specify):

(Specify):2
(Specify):3
(Specify):4
1

Provide the typical product assay for the LEU produced:

2

Provide the typical product assay for the LEU produced:

3

Provide the typical product assay for the LEU produced:

4

Provide the typical product assay for the LEU produced:

2009

2010

Jan-March
2011

2012

2012

2013

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-24.

Please report production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories of LEU produced by your
firm in France since January 1, 2007.
(Quantity in 1,000 SWUs and 1,000 kilograms of enriched U, and value in $1,000)
Calendar years

Item

2007
1

AVERAGE PRODUCTION CAPACITY

BEGINNING-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES2:
Quantity (kg of enriched U)
Quantity of SWUs required to produce
inventories (SWUs)
PRODUCTION3:
Quantity (kg of enriched U)
Quantity of SWUs to produce LEU (SWUs)
SHIPMENTS OF LEU UNDER SWU CONTRACTS:
Home market:
Quantity of SWU sold (SWUs)
Estimated quantity delivered
(kg of enriched U)
Exports to-United States:4
Quantity of SWU sold (SWUs)
Estimated quantity delivered
(kg of enriched U)
Quantity of natural UF6 received (kg of U)
Estimated value of natural UF6 received
All other export markets:5
Quantity of SWU sold (SWUs)
Estimated quantity delivered
(kg of enriched U)
Total exports:
Quantity of SWU sold (SWUs)
Estimated quantity delivered
(kg of enriched U)
Total shipments:
Quantity of SWU sold (SWUs)
Estimated quantity delivered
(kg of enriched U)
SHIPMENTS OF LEU UNDER EUP CONTRACTS:
Home market:
Quantity of EUP sold (kg of enriched U)
SWU component (estimated SWUs)
Table continued

2008

2009

2010

2011

Jan-March
2012

2012

2013

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-24.—Table continued
(Quantity in 1,000 SWUs and 1,000 kilograms of enriched U, and value in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

Jan-March
2012

2013

Exports to-United States:4
Quantity of EUP sold (kg of enriched U)
SWU component (estimated SWUs)
Total value of EUP sold
Estimated value SWU component
All other export markets: 5
Quantity of SWU sold (SWUs)
Estimated quantity delivered
(kg of enriched U)
Total exports:
Quantity of EUP sold (kg of enriched U)
SWU component (estimated SWUs)
Total sales:
Quantity of EUP sold (kg of enriched U)
SWU component (estimated SWUs)
END-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES:
Quantity (kg of enriched U)
Quantity of SWUs required to produce
inventories (SWUs)
1

Report 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). Please explain any changes in reported capacity.

2

Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period inventories, plus
production, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?
SWUs

Yes

No--Please explain:

Kg of enriched U

Yes

No--Please explain:

3

Please estimate the percentage of total production of LEU in France accounted for by your firm’s Production in 2012.
Percent
4
Please estimate the percentage of total exports to the United States of LEU from France accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2012.
Percent
5
Identify principal other export markets and the approximate share of your exports shipped to each market in 2012.

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-25

OTHER END-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES: For the specified periods, please report your end-ofperiod inventories of natural UF6 feed other listed forms of uranium available to your firm, by ownership
(See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

Item

(Quantity in 1,000 kgs of U and 1,000 kgs)
Calendar years
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

2012

Jan-March
2012
2013

NATURAL UF6:
Inventories owned by your customers1
Inventories owned by your firm where-Your firm purchased the material
Your firm otherwise acquired the
material2
Other inventories in your
3
establishments
OTHER:
Uranium tails (kgs)
Uranium concentrates
Less-enriched LEU
Reprocessed uranium
1

Specify type of customer(s) (e.g. utilities):

2

Please explain how acquired:

3

Who owns this material?

II-26.

(a) Please discuss how the following parameters changed during the period of review and how
these parameters are expected to change in the foreseeable future.
Load factor
Tail assay (percent)
Burn up
Reactor power
Overfeeding or underfeeding
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Program
MOX, recycling, and plutonium disposition
(b) Please describe the impact of these parameter changes on your firm’s production, sales, and
profitability.

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PART II—TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-27.

Please describe how the scheduled termination of the HEU agreement in 2013 will impact your
firm.

II-28.

(a) Please discuss how reprocessing of uranium is changing and is likely to change in the
foreseeable future in France, the United States and other countries.

(b) Please describe the impact of these changes on your firm’s production, sales, and profitability.

II-29.

(a) Please discuss your progress in completing a gaseous centrifuge plant or any other new
enrichment facility, and how this development is likely to impact your operations.

(b) Please discuss your evolving strategy regarding the disposition of depleted uranium. Has your
firm enriched depleted uranium and/or does it plan to do so within the next five years?

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PART III.—MARKET FACTORS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Aimee Larsen (202-205-3179,
[email protected])
III-1.

Contact information.-- Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which
Commission staff may contact the individual regarding the confidential information submitted in
part III.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax

III-2.

Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of LEU to U.S. customers
in 2012 was on a (1) long-term contract basis, (2) short-term contract basis, and (3) spot sales
basis?
Share of
2012 sales

Type of sale
Long-term contracts (multiple deliveries for more
than 12 months)

%

Short-term contracts (multiple deliveries up to and
including 12 months)

%

Spot sales (for a single delivery)

%

Total

100

%

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PART III.—MARKET FACTORS--Continued
III-3.

Please fill out the table with respect to provisions of your typical sales contracts with U.S.
customers for LEU (or check “not applicable” if your firm does not sell on a long term and/or
short term contract basis).

Typical sales contract
provisions

Item

Average contract duration

Number of days

Price renegotiation (during the
contract period)

Yes

Short term contracts

Long term contracts

(multiple deliveries up to
and including 12 months)

(multiple deliveries for more
than 12 months)

No
Quantity

Fixed quantity and/or price

Price
Both
Yes

Standard quantity requirements
No
Yes

Meet or release provision

No

Not applicable

III-4.

Lead times.--What is the average lead time for LEU to U.S. customers between a customer’s
order and the date of delivery for your firm’s sales of LEU?
Source
From inventory

%

Produced to order

%

Total

III-5.

Share of
2012 sales

Lead time (days)

100 %

Raw materials.--To what extent have changes in the prices of raw materials affected your firm’s
selling prices for LEU since January 1, 2007? Also discuss any anticipated changes in your raw
material costs.

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PART III.—MARKET FACTORS--Continued
III-6.

Changes in factors affecting supply.--Have any changes occurred in any other factors affecting
supply (e.g., changes in availability or prices of energy or labor; transportation conditions;
production capacity and/or methods of production; technology; export markets; or alternative
production opportunities) that affected the availability of France-produced LEU in the U.S.
market since January 1, 2007?
No

III-7.

Yes-- Please describe.

Availability of SUBJECT import supply.-(a)

Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the availability of LEU produced in Fance in
the U.S. market in the future?
Increase

(b)

III-8.

No change

Decrease

If you anticipate changes in supply, please identify the changes, including the time period
and the impact of such changes on shipment volumes and prices.

Product shifting.--Describe your firm’s ability to shift sales of LEU between the U.S. market
and alternative country markets. In your discussion, please describe any contracts, other sales
arrangements, or other constraints (including any third-country trade barriers such as tariffs,
quotas, or other non-tariff barriers) that would prevent or retard your firm from shifting LEU
between the U.S. and alternative country markets within a 12-month period.

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PART III.—MARKET FACTORS--Continued
III-9.

Product range.--Is the product range, product mix, or marketing of LEU in your home market
different from that of LEU for export to the United States or to third-country markets?
No

Yes—Please explain.

III-10. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix, or
marketing of LEU in your home market, for export to the United States, or for export to thirdcountry markets since January 1, 2007? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Changes in product
range, product mix,
or marketing

No

Yes

Explain

Changes since 2007
Anticipated changes

III-11. Substitutes.— Can other products be substituted for LEU?
No

Substitute

Yes--Please fill out the table.

End use in which this
substitute is used

Have changes in the price of this substitute
affected the price for LEU?
No Yes

Explanation

1.
2.
3.

III-12. Changes in substitutes.-- Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that
can be substituted for LEU since January 1, 2007? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Changes in
substitutes
Changes since
2007
Anticipated
changes

No Yes

Explain

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PART III.—MARKET FACTORS--Continued
III-13. Interchangeability.--Is the LEU produced by your firm and sold in its home market
interchangeable (i.e., can be used in the same applications) with your firm’s LEU exported to the
United States and/or to third-country markets?
Yes

No--Identify the market(s) and any differences in the products.

III-14. End uses.--Describe the end uses of the LEU that you manufacture and sell in your home market.
If these end uses differ from those of the LEU you export to the U.S. market or to third-country
markets, explain.

III-15. Changes in end uses.-- Have there been any changes in the end uses of LEU since January 1,
2007? Do you anticipate any changes?
Changes in end
uses
Changes since
2007
Anticipated
changes

No

Yes

Explain

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PART III.—MARKET FACTORS--Continued
III-16. Demand trends.-- Indicate how demand in the following markets for LEU has changed since
January 1, 2007, and how you anticipate demand will change in the future. Describe the principal
factors that have affected, and that you anticipate will affect, these changes in demand.

Market

No
Increase change Decrease Fluctuate

Factors

Demand since 2007
Your
home
market
United
States
Other
markets
Anticipated future demand
Your
home
market
United
States
Other
markets

III-17. Price differences.--Please compare market prices of LEU in your home market, the United
States, and third-country markets.

III-18. Description of home market.--Describe briefly your home market and the EU market for LEU,
including the number of, and competition between, producers.

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III-19. Import competition.--Do you face competition from imports of LEU in your home market?
No

Yes--Please identify the country sources of any imports of LEU into your
home market.

III-20. Market studies.--Please provide as a separate attachment to this request any studies, surveys, etc.
that you are aware of that quantify and/or otherwise discuss LEU supply (including production
capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United States, (2) each of the other major
producing/consuming countries, including France, and (3) the world as a whole. Of particular
interest is such data from 2007 to the present and forecasts for the future.
III-21. Please discuss your firm’s, or affiliated firm’s, agreement with any electricity suppliers, such as
EDF (Électricité de France), to supply SWU and/or EUP in exchange for electricity, and how this
agreement has changed since January 1, 2007.

III-22. Please discuss the likelihood of future large-scale U.S., Russian, or any other country production
and sales of LEU product blended-down from highly enriched uranium, including both uranium
from existing inventories and/or new production, and identify any technical and/or commercial
roadblocks to such production/sales. In addition, discuss any possible changes in the domestic
French uranium industry that might be expected to result from such production/sales, especially
the impact on your domestic producers/facilities that produce uranium concentrates, natural UF6,
and conversion and enrichment products. Also discuss the likely impact of such product on your
firm’s plans for future uranium production in your country. Specify the time period involved.