Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden and Taiwan, Inv. No. 701-TA-506-508 and 731-1238-1243 (Preliminary)

INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND
DEFINITIONS FOR COMMISSION QUESTIONNAIRES

NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL (“NOES”) FROM CHINA,
GERMANY, JAPAN, KOREA, SWEDEN, AND TAIWAN
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-506-508 and 731-TA-1238-1243 (Preliminary)

Further information.--If you have any questions concerning the enclosed
questionnaire(s) or other matters related to this proceeding, you may contact
the following members of the Commission’s staff (Fax 202-205-3205):
Edward Petronzio, investigator (202-205-3176; Email [email protected])
regarding general questions and trade and related information;
Charles Yost, auditor (202-205-3432; Email [email protected])
regarding financial information; and
John Benedetto, economist (202-205-3270; Email [email protected])
regarding pricing, market, and related information.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on September 30, 2013
by AK Steel, West Chester, Ohio. Countervailing and/or antidumping duties may be assessed on the
subject imports as a result of this proceeding if the Commission makes an affirmative determination
of injury, threat, or material retardation, and if the U.S. Department of Commerce makes an
affirmative determination of subsidization and/or dumping.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available
at http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/731_ad_701_cvd/investigations/2013/noes/prelimphase
.htm.
Please direct questions regarding the questionnaire and correspondence to Edward Petronzio
([email protected], 202-205-3176) at the U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20436. Correspondence may be sent to the above address or via FAX to
202-205-3205.Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information regarding this proceeding 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 October 3115, 2013.
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 the final document that you submit.
Service of questionnaire response(s).--In the event that your firm is a party to this proceeding, 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,
general 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
of your files, worksheets, and supporting documents used in the preparation of the
questionnaire response(s).

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GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
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 this proceeding, 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 proceeding or other import-injury proceedings 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. In addition, if your firm is a U.S. producer,
the information you provide on your production and imports of NOES and your responses to the
questions in Part I of the producer questionnaire will be provided to the U.S. Department of
Commerce, upon its request, for use in connection with (and only in connection with) its requirement
pursuant to section 702(c)(4) and 732(c)(4) of the Act (19 U.S.C. ' 1671a(c)(4) and 1673a(c)(4)) to
make a determination concerning the extent of industry support for the petition requesting this
proceeding. Any information provided to Commerce will be transmitted under the confidentiality
and release guidelines set forth above. Your response to these questions constitutes your consent
that such information be provided to Commerce under the conditions described above.
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 zero or “none”,
enter the number zero or “none”. 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 entered in the space provided or in a separate MS
Word document submitted along with the questionnaire(s). If your firm is completing more than one
questionnaire in connection with this proceeding (i.e., a producer, importer, and/or purchaser
questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions in the questionnaires.
Consolidate all U.S. establishments.--Report the requested data for your establishment(s) located in
the United States. Firms operating more than one establishment should combine the data for
all establishments into a single report.
Electronic completion.—Please electronically enter your responses into the Commission
provided MS Word document. 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, Edward Petronzio ([email protected], or 202-205-3176).

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Electronic submission.-- Responding firms should submit their questionnaire responses
electronically in MS Word format. The submission of questionnaire responses in the MS Word
format allows the Commission to electronically extract data from questionnaires and thus, compile,
assess, and analyze submitted data more efficiently and promptly. Furthermore, the electronic
submission of questionnaires completed in MS Word facilitates the Commission’s ability to produce
documents that comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. There are three
electronic submissions options detailed below.

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/2013/noe
s/prelimphase.htm. Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of
the questionnaire document. Please complete the questionnaire and submit it
electronically using one of the methods noted below. If your firm is unable to
complete the MS Word questionnaire or cannot use one of the electronic methods of
submission, please contact the Commission for further instructions.
• 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: NOES

• E-mail.—E-mail your questionnaire to the investigator identified on page 1 of the Instruction
Booklet; include a scanned copy of the signed certification page (page 1). Type the following in the
e-mail subject line: BPI Questionnaire, INV. NOS..701-TA-506-508 AND 731-TA-1238-1243
(Preliminary). 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.
• Compact disc (CD).—Copy your MS Word questionnaire onto a CD. Also please include a signed
certification page (page 1), and mail to the U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E. Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20024. 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.
Note: If you are a party to the proceeding, and service of the questionnaire is required, such
service should be made in paper form

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DEFINITIONS
Product--The merchandise subject to these investigations consists of nonoriented electrical steel
(“NOES”), which includes cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products, whether or not in coils,
regardless of width, having a thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core loss is substantially
equal in any direction of magnetization in the plane of the material. The term “substantially equal”
in the prior sentence means that the cross grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss. NOES contains by weight at least
1.25 percent of silicon and less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not
more than 1.5 percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that would give the steel the
characteristics of another alloy steel.
NOES is subject to these investigations whether it is fully processed (fully annealed to
develop final magnetic properties) or semi-processed (finished to final thickness and physical form
but not fully annealed to develop final magnetic properties); whether or not it is coated (e.g., with
enamel, varnish, natural oxide surface, chemically treated or phosphate surface, or other
non-metallic materials). Fully processed NOES is typically made to the requirements of ASTM
specification A 677, JIS specification C 2552, and/or IEC specification 60404-8-4. Semi-processed
NOES is typically made to the requirements of ASTM specification A 683. The scope of these
investigations is not limited to merchandise meeting the specifications noted above.
The term “non-oriented” is used to differentiate NOES from grain-oriented electrical steel
(“GOES”), in which the core loss is strongly oriented in the direction of the rolling. The term
“strongly oriented” in the prior sentence means that the cross grain direction of the core loss is more
than 3.0 times the straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of the core loss. NOES and
GOES can be clearly differentiated by measuring the magnetic permeability (B) at a field of 800 A/m
(equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet. This
measurement is referred to as the "B 800 ", "B 8 ", or "H-10" magnetic permeability, magnetic induction,
or polarization. GOES has a B 800 value greater than 1.80 Tesla when tested parallel to the rolling
direction, and NOES has a B 800 value not exceeding 1.65 Tesla when tested parallel to the rolling
direction. The specifics of the GOES property specification and the method of testing are described
in ASTM standard specifications A 876 and A 343, respectively. NOES is sometimes referred to as
cold-rolled non-oriented electrical steel (“CRNO”), non-grain oriented (“NGO”), or cold-rolled
non-grain oriented (“CRNGO”). These terms are interchangeable.
The subject merchandise is classifiable in subheadings 7225.19.00, 7226.19.10, and
7226.19.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”). Certain products
subject to these petitions may also be imported under statistical reporting numbers 7225.50.8085,
7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, 7226.92.8050, 7226.99.0180 of the HTSUS. Although
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of
the scope is dispositive.
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.
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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Establishment.--Each facility of a firm involved in the production, importation, and/or purchase of
GOES (as defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not
physically separate from) such facilities.
United States.--For purposes of this proceeding, 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 NOES (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or through its
selling agent.
Imports.--Those products identified for Customs purposes as imports for consumption for which
your firm was the importer of record (i.e., was responsible for paying any import duty) or consignee
(i.e., to which the merchandise was first delivered).
Import quantities.--Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Import values.--Values reported should be landed, duty-paid values at the U.S. port of entry,
including ocean freight and insurance costs, brokerage charges, and import duties (i.e., all
charges except inland freight in the United States).
Purchaser.--Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary,
in purchasing NOES (as defined above) from another firm that produces, imports, or otherwise
distributes NOES.
Purchases.--Purchases from all sources, NOT including direct imports from foreign sources located
outside of the United States (which should be reported in an importer questionnaire).
Purchase quantities.--Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Purchase values.--Values reported should be net values (i.e., gross purchase values less all
discounts, allowances, rebates, and the value of returned goods), delivered to your U.S.
receiving point.
Shipments.--Shipments of products produced in or imported by your establishment(s). Include
shipments to the contracting firm of product produced by your firm under a toll agreement.
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 the United States.

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DEFINITIONS--Continued
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), f.o.b. your
U.S. point of shipment. The value of domestic shipments to the contracting firm under a toll
agreement is the conversion fee (including profit).
Types of shipments:
U.S. shipments.--Commercial shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related
firms within the United States.
Commercial shipments.--Shipments, other than internal consumption and transfers
to related firms, within the United States.
Internal consumption.--Product consumed internally by your firm.
Transfers to related firms.--Shipments made to related domestic firms.
Export shipments.--Shipments to destinations outside the United States, including
shipments to related firms.
Inventories.--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.
The following definitions apply only to the PRODUCER QUESTIONNAIRE.
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).
Toll agreement.--Agreement between two firms whereby the first firm furnishes the raw materials
and the second firm uses the raw materials to produce a product that it then returns to the first firm
with a charge for processing costs, overhead, etc.
Production.--All production in your U.S. establishment(s), including production consumed
internally within your firm and production for another firm under a toll agreement.
PRWs.--Production and related workers, including working supervisors and all nonsupervisory
workers (including group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling,
inspecting, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking, hauling,
maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard services, product development, auxiliary production for
plant=s own use (e.g., power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with the
above production operations.
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DEFINITIONS--Continued
Average number employed.--Add the number of employees, both full-time and part-time, for the 12
pay periods ending closest to the 15th of the month and divide that total by 12. For the
January-June periods, calculate similarly and divide by 6.
Hours worked.--Include time paid for sick leave, holidays, and vacation time. Include overtime
hours actually worked; do not convert overtime pay to its equivalent in straight-time hours.
Wages paid.--Total wages paid before deductions of any kind (e.g., withholding taxes, old-age and
unemployment insurance, group insurance, union dues, bonds, etc.). Include wages paid directly by
your firm for overtime, holidays, vacations, and sick leave.
Fiscal year.--The 12-month period between settlement of your firm=s financial accounts.
Purchases other than direct imports.--Purchases from U.S. producers, U.S. importers, and other
U.S. sources.

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