14-2-3164 US Importer Questionnaire

OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 14-2-3164; Expiration Date: 6/30/2014
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U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES FROM CHINA AND JAPAN

This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by no later than SEPTEMBER 13, 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 countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning chlorinated isocyanurates
(“chlorinated isos”) from China and Japan (inv. Nos. 701-TA-501 and 731-TA-1226 (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 firm’s possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)).

Name of firm
Address
City

State

Zip Code

World Wide Web address
Has your firm imported chlorinated isos (as defined in the instruction booklet) from any country at any time since
January 1, 2010?

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: ISOS)
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

Phone:
Signature

Email 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 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.
Hours

Dollars

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
firm’s 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

Firm name

Yes--List the following information

Address

Extent of
ownership

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

Related importers/exporters.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, that are engaged in importing chlorinated isos from China and/or Japan into the United
States or that are engaged in exporting chlorinated isos from China and/or Japan to the United
States?
No

Yes--List the following information.

Firm name

I-5.

Address

Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, that are
engaged in the production of chlorinated isos?
No

Yes--List the following information.

Firm name

I-6.

Address

Affiliation

Importing operations.--Please indicate the nature of your firm’s importing operations on
chlorinated isos. More than one answer may be applicable.
Importer of record

I-7.

Affiliation

Takes title to the
imported product(s)

Consignee of the
imported products(s)

Customs broker or
freight forwarder

Consignee.--If your firm is an importer of record of chlorinated isos but is not the consignee,
please list the consignees below (firm name, address, telephone number, and individual to
contact).

Firm name

Address

Contact person and phone
number

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PART I.--GENERAL INFORMATION--Continued
I-8.

FTZ or bonded warehouses.--Please indicate whether your firm enters chlorinated isos into, or
withdraws such merchandise from, foreign trade zones or bonded warehouses.
No

Yes

Foreign trade zones
Bonded warehouses

I-9.

Temporary importation under bond.--Please indicate whether your firm imports chlorinated
isos under the TIB (temporary importation under bond) program.
No

I-10.

Yes

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.

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Joanna Lo (202-205-1888,
[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 importation of chlorinated isos since January 1, 2010.
(check as many as appropriate)
office/warehouse openings ...........

office/warehouse 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.

Arranged imports.--Has your firm imported or arranged for the importation of chlorinated isos
for delivery after June 30, 2013?
No

Yes–Fill out the table below.
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds)

Period/Source

Jul-Sept 2013

Sept-Dec 2013

Jan-Mar 2014

Apr-Jun 2014

China
Japan
Other sources:1
1

Identify your other sources:

II-4.

Reasons for importing.--If your firm also produces chlorinated isos in the United States, please
indicate the reasons for importing this product. If your firm’s reasons differ by source, please
elaborate.

II-5.

EPA registrations.--Please indicate the EPA registrations you have obtained for chlorinated isos,
listing the producers and countries of production and the dates of the registrations:.

II-6.

Producer/tableter.--Since January 1, 2010, has your firm imported granular/powder chlorinated
isos and processed them into tablets?
No

Yes--COMPLETE AND RETURN A U.S. PRODUCERS’
QUESTIONNAIRE

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-7.

GRANULAR/POWDER/TABLETED TRICHLOR CHLORINATED ISOS IMPORTS
FROM CHINA.--Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories of
granular/powder/tableted TRICHLOR chlorinated isos imported from China by your firm
during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

CHINA
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-June
2012

2012

2013

Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:5
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to repackers/tableters
(quantity)
U.S. shipments to retailers (quantity)
U.S. shipments to industrial market (quantity)
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 your firm uses
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 firm’s principal export markets:
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?
Yes
No--Please explain:
5
Please ensure that the total for all channels of distribution is equal to commercial shipments.
4

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

GRANULAR/POWDER/TABLETED DICHLOR CHLORINATED ISOS IMPORTS
FROM CHINA.--Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories of
granular/powder/tableted DICHLOR chlorinated isos imported from China by your firm
during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

CHINA
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-June
2012

2012

2013

Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:5
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to repackers/tableters
(quantity)
U.S. shipments to retailers (quantity)
U.S. shipments to industrial market (quantity)
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 your firm uses
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 firm’s principal export markets:
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?
Yes
No--Please explain:
5
Please ensure that the total for all channels of distribution is equal to commercial shipments.
4

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

II-9.

GRANULAR/POWDER/TABLETED TRICHLOR CHLORINATED ISOS IMPORTS
FROM JAPAN.--Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories of
granular/powder/tableted TRICHLOR chlorinated isos imported from Japan by your firm
during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

JAPAN
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-June
2012

2012

2013

Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:5
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to repackers/tableters
(quantity)
U.S. shipments to retailers (quantity)
U.S. shipments to industrial market (quantity)
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 your firm uses
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 firm’s principal export markets:
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?
Yes
No--Please explain:
5
Please ensure that the total for all channels of distribution is equal to commercial shipments.
4

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-10.

GRANULAR/POWDER/TABLETED DICHLOR CHLORINATED ISOS IMPORTS
FROM JAPAN.--Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories of
granular/powder/tableted DICHLOR chlorinated isos imported from Japan by your firm
during the specified periods. (See definitions in the instruction booklet.)

JAPAN
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-June
2012

2012

2013

Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:5
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to repackers/tableters
(quantity)
U.S. shipments to retailers (quantity)
U.S. shipments to industrial market (quantity)
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 your firm uses
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 firm’s principal export markets:
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?
Yes
No--Please explain:
5
Please ensure that the total for all channels of distribution is equal to commercial shipments.
4

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

II-11.

GRANULAR/POWDER/TABLETED TRICHLOR CHLORINATED ISOS IMPORTS
FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments
and inventories of granular/powder/tableted TRICHLOR chlorinated isos imported from all
other sources combined by your firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the
instruction booklet.)

ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-June
2012

2012

2013

Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:5
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to repackers/tableters
(quantity)
U.S. shipments to retailers (quantity)
U.S. shipments to industrial market (quantity)
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 your firm uses
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 firm’s principal export markets:
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?
Yes
No--Please explain:
5
Please ensure that the total for all channels of distribution is equal to commercial shipments.
4

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
II-12.

GRANULAR/POWDER/TABLETED DICHLOR CHLORINATED ISOS IMPORTS
FROM NONSUBJECT SOURCES.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments
and inventories of granular/powder/tableted DICHLOR chlorinated isos imported from all
other sources combined by your firm during the specified periods. (See definitions in the
instruction booklet.)

ALL OTHER SOURCES COMBINED
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds), value (in $1,000)
Calendar years
Item

2010

2011

January-June
2012

2012

2013

Beginning-of-period inventories (quantity)
Imports:1
Quantity of imports
Value of imports
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity of commercial shipments
Value of commercial shipments
Internal consumption/company transfers:
Quantity of internal consumption/transfers
Value2 of internal consumption/transfers
Export shipments:3
Quantity of export shipments
Value of export shipments
End-of-period inventories4 (quantity)
Channels of distribution:5
U.S. shipments to distributors (quantity)
U.S. shipments to repackers/tableters
(quantity)
U.S. shipments to retailers (quantity)
U.S. shipments to industrial market (quantity)
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 your firm uses
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 firm’s principal export markets:
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?
Yes
No--Please explain:
5
Please ensure that the total for all channels of distribution is equal to commercial shipments.
4

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

Comparability of types of chlorinated isos.--For each of the following indicate whether the
product comparisons are: fully (“F”) comparable or the same, i.e., have no differentiation
between them; mostly (“M”) comparable or similar; somewhat (“S”) comparable or similar;
never or not-at-all (“N”) comparable or similar; or no familiarity (“0”) with products. 1 Leave
blank if you do not have any familiarity with a specific product comparison.
(a)

Characteristics and Uses.-- The differences and
similarities in the physical characteristics and end uses.

Legend:
F = Fully comparable; M = Mostly comparable; S =
Somewhat comparable; N = Not at all comparable;
0 = No familiarity

Granular/powder form
Product-comparison
Trichlor

Dichlor

Both
Combined

Tablet form
Trichlor

Dichlor

All forms
chlorinated
Both
isos
Combined

Trichlor
Granular/
powder form

Dichlor
Both
Combined
Trichlor

Tablet form

Dichlor
Both
Combined

1

Please provide a narrative discussion for the comparability ratings you provided for each product
comparison in terms of their characteristics and uses:

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

Comparability of types of chlorinated isos.--Continued
(b)

Legend:
F = Fully interchangeable; M = Mostly
interchangeable; S = Somewhat interchangeable; N
= Not at all interchangeable; 0 = No familiarity

Interchangeability.--The ability to substitute one
product for another in the same application.

Granular/powder form
Product-comparison
Trichlor

Dichlor

Both
Combined

Tablet form
Trichlor

Dichlor

All forms
chlorinated
Both
isos
Combined

Trichlor
Granular/
powder form

Dichlor
Both
Combined
Trichlor

Tablet form

Dichlor
Both
Combined

1
Please provide a narrative discussion for the comparability ratings you provided for each product
comparison in terms of their interchangeability:

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

Comparability of types of chlorinated isos.--Continued
(c)

Manufacturing facilities, production processes, and
production employees.-- Whether products are
manufactured in the same facilities, from the same
inputs, on the same machinery and equipment, and
using the same employees.

Legend:
F = Fully the same; M = Mostly the same; S =
Somewhat the same; N = Not at all the same; 0 =
No familiarity

Granular/powder form
Product-comparison
Trichlor

Dichlor

Both
Combined

Tablet form
Trichlor

Dichlor

All forms
chlorinated
Both
isos
Combined

Trichlor
Granular/
powder form

Dichlor
Both
Combined
Trichlor

Tablet form

Dichlor
Both
Combined

1

Please provide a narrative discussion for the comparability ratings you provided for each product
comparison in terms of their manufacturing processes:

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

Comparability of types of chlorinated isos.--Continued
(d)

Channels of distribution.-- Channels of
distribution/market situation through which the
products are sold (i.e., sold direct to end users,
through distributors, etc.).

Legend:
F = Fully the same; M = Mostly the same; S =
Somewhat the same; N = Not at all the same; 0 =
No familiarity

Granular/powder form
Product-comparison
Trichlor

Dichlor

Both
Combined

Tablet form
Trichlor

Dichlor

All forms
chlorinated
Both
isos
Combined

Trichlor
Granular/
powder form

Dichlor
Both
Combined
Trichlor

Tablet form

Dichlor
Both
Combined

1

Please provide a narrative discussion for the comparability ratings you provided for each product
comparison in terms of their channels of distribution:

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

Comparability of types of chlorinated isos.--Continued
(e)

Customer and producer perceptions.--Perceived
differences and/or similarities in the two products
(e.g., sales/marketing practices)

Legend:
F = Fully the same; M = Mostly the same; S =
Somewhat the same; N = Not at all the same; 0 =
No familiarity

Granular/powder form
Product-comparison
Trichlor

Dichlor

Both
Combined

Tablet form
Trichlor

Dichlor

All forms
chlorinated
Both
isos
Combined

Trichlor
Granular/
powder form

Dichlor
Both
Combined
Trichlor

Tablet form

Dichlor
Both
Combined

1

Please provide a narrative discussion for the comparability ratings you provided for each product
comparison in terms of their customer and producer perceptions:

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

Comparability of types of chlorinated isos.--Continued
(f)

Price.--Whether prices are comparable or differ
among the product types.

Legend:
F = Fully the same; M = Mostly the same; S =
Somewhat the same; N = Not at all the same; 0 =
No familiarity

Granular/powder form
Product-comparison
Trichlor

Dichlor

Both
Combined

Tablet form
Trichlor

Dichlor

All forms
chlorinated
Both
isos
Combined

Trichlor
Granular/
powder form

Dichlor
Both
Combined
Trichlor

Tablet form

Dichlor
Both
Combined

1
Please provide a narrative discussion for the comparability ratings you provided for each product
comparison in terms of their customer and producer perceptions:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from John Benedetto (202-205-3270
[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.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax

PRICE DATA
III-2.

These questions requests quarterly price and quantity data, f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of
shipment, for your firm’s commercial shipments to unrelated U.S. customers since January 1,
2010 of the following products your firm imported from China and Japan. If your firm imported
chlorinated isos in bulk and repackaged the materials, please report the prices of the repackaged
product.
Chlorinated Isos in granular form:
Product 1.–Granular trichloroisocyanuric acid with approximately 90 percent available
chlorine content (similar to ACL®90 PLUS Chlorinating Composition or CDB®90), sold in
2,205 lb. polypropylene bags
Product 2.–Granular sodium dichloroisocyanurate (dihydrate) with approximately 56
percent available chlorine content (similar to ACL®56 Chlorinating Composition or
CDB®56), sold in 2,205 lb.polypropylene bags, for repackaging for pool treatment use
Product 3.–Granular sodium dichloroisocyanurate (dihydrate) with approximately 56
percent available chlorine content (similar to ACL®56 Chlorinating Composition or
CDB®56), sold in 300 pound drums, for use in cleanser and/or sanitizer applications
Chlorinated Isos in tableted form:
Product 4.— 3-inch trichlor tablets with 85 to 90 percent available chlorine content, in 49-51
pound containers
Product 5. —Blended 3-inch trichlor tablets with 85 to 90 percent available chlorine content,
in 24-26 pound containers.

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
your firm (i.e., should be net of all deductions for discounts or rebates). See instruction booklet.

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China
and sold by your firm.

China
Report data in actual pounds and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value

Product 3
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2013:
January-March
1
Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of
returned goods), f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part III.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified
product, provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported
pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2a. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China
and sold by your firm.

China
Report data in actual pounds and actual dollars (not 1,000s).

(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 4
Quantity
Value
Quantity

Product 5
Period of shipment
Value
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2013:
January-March
1
Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of
returned goods), f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part III.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified
product, provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported
pricing data.
Product 4:
Product 5:

Note for products 4 and 5 only: Please specify the weight of the tablets for which pricing data are
reported.

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Japan
and sold by your firm.

Japan
Report data in actual pounds and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value

Product 3
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2013:
January-March
1
Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of
returned goods), f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part III.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified
product, provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported
pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-2b. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Japan
and sold by your firm.

Japan
Report data in actual pounds and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 4
Quantity
Value
Quantity

Product 5
Period of shipment
Value
2010:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2011:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2012:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2013:
January-March
1
Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of
returned goods), f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2
Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part III.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified
product, provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported
pricing data.
Product 4:
Product 5:

Note for products 4 and 5 only: Please specify the weight of the tablets for which pricing data are
reported.

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
Please note that the questions in this section refer to sales of granular, tabular, and blended
tableted chlorinated isos. If your response to any question differs depending on whether the
chlorinated isos are granular, tablets, or blended tablets, please note this in your response
OR provide information on such differences in response to question III-21 below.
III-3.

Price setting.-- How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of chlorinated
isos (check all that apply)? If your firm issues price lists, please submit sample pages of a recent
list.
Transaction
by
transaction

III-4.

Contracts

Other

If other, describe

Discount policy.-- Please indicate and describe your firm’s discount policies (check all that
apply).

Quantity
discounts

III-5.

Set
price
lists

Annual
total
volume
discounts

No
discount
policy

Other

Describe

Pricing terms.-(a)

What are your firm’s typical sales terms for chlorinated isos imported from China and
Japan?
Net 30
days

(b)

Net 60
days

2/10 net 30
days

Other

Other (specify)

On what basis are your firm’s prices of imported chlorinated isos from China and Japan
usually quoted (check one)?
Delivered

F.o.b.

If f.o.b., specify point

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-6.

Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of chlorinated isos
imported from China and Japan in 2012 were 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

III-7.

100

%

Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table with respect to provisions of your firm’s typical
sales contracts for chlorinated isos from China and Japan (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
No
Quantity

Fixed quantity and/or price

Price
Both

Meet or release provision
Not applicable

Yes
No

Short-term contracts

Long-term contracts

(multiple deliveries up to
and including 12 months)

(multiple deliveries for more
than 12 months)

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-8.

Lead times.--What is your firm’s share of sales of chlorinated isos imported from China and
Japan 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 chlorinated isos?
Share of
2012 sales

Source
From your firm’s U.S. inventory

%

From foreign manufacturers’ inventory

%

Produced to order

%

Total

III-9.

Lead time
(days)

100 %

Shipping information.—
(a)

What is the approximate percentage of the total delivered cost of chlorinated isos
imported from China and Japan that is accounted for by U.S. inland transportation costs?
percent.

(b)

Who generally arranges the transportation to your firm’s customers’ locations?
Your firm
Purchaser (check one)

(c)

When your firm sells chlorinated isos imported from China and Japan, from where is it
shipped?
Point of importation
Storage facility
(check one)

(d)

Indicate the approximate percentage of your firm’s sales of chlorinated isos imported
from China and Japan that are delivered the following distances from your firm’s U.S.
point of shipment.
Distance from your firm’s U.S. point of
shipment

Share

Within 100 miles

%

101 to 1,000 miles

%

Over 1,000 miles

%
Total

100

%

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-10. Geographical shipments--What is the geographic market area in the United States served by
your firm’s shipments of chlorinated isos imported from subject countries? (check all that apply)
Geographic area

China

Japan

Northeast.–CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT.
Midwest.–IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI.
Southeast.–AL, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA,
and WV.
Central Southwest.–AR, LA, OK, and TX.
Mountains.–AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.
Pacific Coast.–CA, OR, and WA.
Other.–All other markets in the United States not previously listed,
including AK, HI, PR, and VI, among others.

III-11. End uses-Describe the end uses uses (e.g., pool sanitizers, detergents, industrial water treatment
products) of the chlorinated isos that your firm imports from China and Japan. For each end-use
product, what percentage of the total cost is accounted for by chlorinated isos and other inputs?
Share of total cost of end use product
accounted for by

End use product

Chlorinated isos
(percent)

Other inputs (percent)

Total

%

%

100%

%

%

100%

%

%

100%

III-12. Substitutes.-- Can other products be substituted for chlorinated isos?
No

Substitute
1.
2.
3.

Yes--Please fill out the table.

End use in which this
substitute is used

Have changes in the prices of this substitute
affected the price for chlorinated isos?
No Yes

Explanation

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-13. Demand trends.-- Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United States
(if known) for chlorinated isos has changed since January 1, 2010. Explain any trends and
describe the principal factors that have affected these changes in demand.

Market

Overall
No
Overall Fluctuate with
increase change decrease no clear trend

Explanation and factors

Within
the United
States
Outside
the United
States

III-14. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product mix or marketing of
chlorinated isos since January 1, 2010?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

III-15. Business cycles.-a) Is the chlorinated isos market subject to business cycles (other than general economy-wide
conditions) and/or other conditions of competition distinctive to chlorinated isos?
No (skip to question III-10.)
Yes-Business cycles (e.g. seasonal business) or distinctive conditions (e.g., licensing).
Yes-Other distinctive conditions of competition.
If yes, describe below.
Business cycles
Other conditions
of competition

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-15. Business cycles.-(b) Have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for
chlorinated isos since January 1, 2010?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

III-16. Supply constraints.--Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply chlorinated isos
since January 1, 2010 (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

If yes, please describe.

III-17. Raw materials.--Please describe any trends in the prices of raw materials used to produce
chlorinated isos and whether your firm expects these trends to continue.

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-18. Interchangeability.--Are chlorinated isos 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
Country-pair

China

Japan

Other countries

United States
China
Japan

For any country-pair producing chlorinated isos that is sometimes or never interchangeable,
please explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-19. Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (i.e., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between chlorinated isos 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
Country-pair

China

Japan

Other countries

United States
China
Japan

For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s sales of chlorinated isos, identify the country-pair and report the advantages
or disadvantages imparted by such factors:

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-20. Customer Identification--Please identify the names and contact information for your firm’s
10 largest U.S. customers for chlorinated isos since January 1, 2010. Indicate the share of the
quantity of your firm’s total shipments of chlorinated isos that each of these customers accounted
for in 2012.

Customer’s name

1

Contact person

Email

Telephone

Street address (not P.O.
box), city, state, and zip
code

Street Address

,
City

2

State

Street Address

,
City

3

State

,
State

,
State

,
State

,
State

,
State

,
State

Zip Code

Street Address

,
City

10

Zip Code

Street Address
City

9

Zip Code

Street Address
City

8

Zip Code

Street Address
City

7

Zip Code

Street Address
City

6

Zip Code

Street Address
City

5

Zip Code

Street Address
City

4

Zip Code

State

Zip Code

Street Address

,
City

State

Zip Code

Share
of 2012
sales
(%)

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PART III.--PRICING AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued
III-21. If your response to any question in part III above differs depending on whether the chlorinated
isos are granular, tablets, or blended tablets, please use this space to describe any such
differences.