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Digital Goods Questionnaire

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Digital Goods Questionnaire

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DRAFT DIGITAL TRADE QUESTIONNAIRE
Interactive Completion Version
United States International Trade Commission
Attention: Digital Trade Project Team
Office of Industries, Room 511
500 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20436
Fax: 202-205-2018
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has been asked by the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance to estimate the
value, linkages, and contributions of U.S. digital trade to the U.S. economy and examine the effect of notable barriers to such
trade. The USITC's report is intended to help policymakers better understand the role of digital trade in the U.S. economy.
This report will consider U.S. commercial activity related to products and services advertised, ordered, or sold online
(regardless of their mode of delivery); and also digitally intensive industries where Internet technologies are a key element
in the production process.
This questionnaire has been designed to collect information to fulfill this request. More information about this report and
the investigation for which it is being prepared (no. 332-540) can be found by clicking on the following button:
Link to USITC website

Your organization is required by law to respond to this questionnaire.
Please read all instructions and return the completed questionnaire
to the USITC no later than November XX, 2013.
The information is requested under the authority of section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. §
1332(g)). Completing the questionnaire is mandatory, and failure to reply as directed can result in a
subpoena or other order to compel the submission of records or information in your possession (19
U.S.C. § 1333(a)). For more information on this questionnaire, contact these project team members:
David Coffin (202-708-4721; [email protected])
James Stamps (202-708-2719; [email protected])

Confidentiality
The Commission has designated as “confidential business information” the information you provide in response to this
questionnaire, to the extent that such information would reveal the operations of your organization and is not otherwise
available to the public. The Commission will not disclose such confidential business information except as provided for in
section 7 of this questionnaire. Information received in response to this questionnaire will be aggregated with information
from other questionnaire responses and will not be published in a manner that would reveal the operations of your
organization.
OMB No. 3117-XXXX; Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
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Instructions
1.

Completing the questionnaire. The best way to answer this questionnaire is to use an interactive version that is
available online. To retrieve this version, go to the website shown below. Follow the instructions on this web page and
save the questionnaire to your computer. This version of the questionnaire is appropriate only if you are completing it
interactively.
http://www.usitc.gov/digitaltrade
If you prefer not to use the interactive version, you must contact the project team (see cover for contact information)
and request a hard copy of the questionnaire. This is the only way to obtain a hard copy of the questionnaire; if you
print out the interactive version, you will not have access to drop-down menus and critical information will be missing.

Accessing the file. Open the questionnaire file using Adobe Reader software. If you have an old version of this
software, you may be prompted by your computer operating system to upgrade (this is free software). Contact the
project team if you cannot open the file (see cover for contact information).
Note: Once opened, the file will accept information. It has been designed to make it easy for you to
complete the questionnaire electronically, and minimize the need for the Commission's project team to
contact you for clarifications.

Entering information. Please answer each question that applies to your organization. You can answer questions using
the provided checkboxes, drop-down lists, and type-in entry areas. These entry areas are normally highlighted in blue,
although this color may vary depending on your computer's settings. Some questions with drop-down lists let you
customize the way you enter information (these cases will be indicated in the question text).
You will not be able to change the questionnaire itself or enter information outside the entry areas. Certain type-in
entry areas will accept only numbers and not text.

Navigation. Move to entry areas by clicking on them. You can use the tab key to do this, but only within a page. Use
the navigation buttons on the bottom of the page to move directly to a specific section.

Entering numeric data. Note that data for sales, employees, etc. should be entered as full figures, not in thousands,
millions, or similar format. For example, enter "123,400,000," not "123.4 million."

Entering percentage data. Enter data in percentages as whole numbers or up to two decimal positions. For example,
"78", "78.1", or "78.15 are all acceptable.

Submitting the questionnaire. After completing the questionnaire, there are four ways you can submit it. These
options are shown on the last page of the questionnaire. Please keep the file as an Acrobat pdf file and do not convert it
to another file format.

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General information
1.

Coordinating your organization's response. If separate persons or departments within your organization will share
responsibility for completing this questionnaire, please coordinate your responses so that the information your
organization gives us is consistent. This will minimize our need to call you back for clarifications.

Relationship to corporate structure. Please provide a single response for your organization's activities. This may
require your organization to combine information from two or more business units.
If it is not possible to combine responses, or it is unreasonably burdensome, then your organization may provide
separate responses for business units, but please ensure that the information is complete and there is no doublecounting.
Joint venture organizations operating in the United States should submit their own response, and there should be
no double-counting with other business units of the joint venture partners.

U.S. affiliates of foreign companies. Please respond as if the affiliate were an independent organization operating in
the United States. For example, show total sales for the affiliate only, and not for the foreign corporation.

"You” and “Your.” Parts of the questionnaire refer to “you” and “your.” These words refer to the organization that is
responding to the questionnaire.

"United States." This refers to the Customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Questionnaire structure. This questionnaire is composed of eight sections, as shown below.
Table of Contents
Item

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Sections

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1. Contact information and Overview

2. Use of the Internet

3. The Internet and Your Business

4. International Trade on the Internet

5. Obstacles to International Trade on the Internet

6. Other Information

7. Certification

8. Submitting the Questionnaire

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Definitions
1. Cyber incident: An electronic attack that harmed the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of your organization's
network data or systems.
2. Data privacy and protection requirements: Laws that regulate the movement of personal data across borders.
3. Digital trade: the delivery of products and services over either fixed-line or wireless digital networks.
4. Digitally intensive industries: industries for which digital information and communication technologies, including the
Internet, play an important role in facilitating the design, development, production, marketing, or delivery of products and
services.
5. Intellectual property rights infringement: The violation of intellectual property rights, such as copyright, patent, or
trademark infringement, or trade secret misappropriation.
6. Localization requirements: Measures designed to protect, favor, or stimulate domestic industries, service providers, or
intellectual property (IP) at the expense of goods, services, or IP from other countries. Examples include:
A. Local-content requirements, including government procurement preferences for local goods, services, or IP;
B. Subsidies or other preferences conditioned on the use of local goods, services, or IP;
C. Requirements to provide services using local facilities, such as local servers or data storage requirements;
D. Measures or practices that force the transfer of technology or IP;
E. Domestic standards or duplicative conformity assessment requirements that create unnecessary obstacles to trade.
7. Market access limitations: Measures that limit the market access of foreign firms, including restrictions on investment,
trading rights, distribution rights, or other core business functions.
8. Online products or services: Products or services that are delivered over the Internet, such as books and other content,
games, music, videos that are downloaded or streamed, web-hosted email, software downloaded from the Internet or
accessed online, etc.
9. Products or services ordered online and delivered/received online: Includes all transactions online, whether the
payment occurred over the Internet or in person, and the product or service is delivered over the Internet. Examples include
purchasing MP3s, ordering software to be downloaded, buying online advertising space, online tax preparation, etc.
10. Products or services ordered online and delivered/received physically or in person: Includes all transactions online,
whether the payment occurred over the Internet or in person, and the product was received in person. Examples include
ordering parts online, reserving a car over the Internet, etc.
11. Social networking websites: Provides a means for people to connect to others who share interests, activities,
backgrounds, or real-life connections. For examples, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service
12. Telework: Work performed primarily on computers linked to other locations, especially from home or a remote location.

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Section 1: Contact Information and Overview
1.1

Please list your organization's primary address and a contact person.

Organization name
Address
City

State

Website address (www.name.domain)

Zip code

Contact person's name

Contact person's job title

Contact person's telephone number (xxx-xxx-xxxx)

Contact person's e-mail address ([email protected])

1.2

Does the organization named above have any joint ventures that operate in the United States?
Yes
No
If your organization has joint venture operations, each of these operations should complete and submit its own
questionnaire.

1.3

Is the organization named above a subsidiary of an organization operating in the United States?
Yes
No
If this questionnaire has been sent to one or more subsidiaries and/or the related parent company, then there should
be one coordinated response. If it is not possible to coordinate responses, or it is unreasonably burdensome, then your
organization may provide separate responses for subsidiaries, but please ensure that the information is complete for
your entire organization and there is no double-counting.

1.4

Is the organization named above a holding company operating in the United States?
Yes
No
If your organization is a holding company, then this submission should reflect all the activities of the held companies
that have U.S. operations. Alternatively, each held company with U.S. operations could provide a separate
questionnaire response.

1.5

Does your organization have a chief privacy officer (or similar position focused on privacy)?
Yes
No

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How to report numerical figures
If sales or costs are $1,200,500, enter in full figures as:

1200500

If the number of employees is 1,550, enter in full figures as:

1550

If a figure is 49.5 percent, report in full figures as:

49.5

Note: After entering numeric data, commas between digits will appear automatically.
Sales definition
1.6

Employee definition

Please list (1) the value of your organization's total world sales in 2012 for all activities, and (2) the number of full-time
employees in 2012 for your organization's world operations. Your best estimates are acceptable. If your organization
is an affiliate of a foreign organization, include only sales and employees that can be directly attributed to your
organization's U.S. operations.
Total sales should include sales in both domestic and foreign markets.
Total employees should include employees in U.S. and foreign operations.

#
1

2012

Item
Total sales for all your organization's activities in the world (in full-figure dollars, not
"thousands" or other format)

Total number of full-time employees engaged in your organization's world activities (in full
figures, not "thousands" or other format)
Note: If your organization is an affiliate of a foreign organization, include only sales and employees that can be directly
attributed to your organization's U.S. operations.
2

1.7

Of the full-time employees shown in question 1.6, what percentage mainly develop, manufacture, sell, or support
online products or services (more than 50 percent of the time)?
Percent of total full-time employees
Do you expect this percentage to be higher in calendar year 2014?

Yes
No

1.8

Which category best describes your industry? If your organization is in multiple categories, please select the category
that composes the highest percentage of your revenue.
Category

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Section 2: Use of the Internet
2.1

In which of the following ways does your organization use the Internet and other digital networks?
#

Rank (1-5, with 1 being
never and 5 being always)

Use

1 Advertising and marketing

Make selection

2 Business-to-business communication

Make selection

3 Business-to-consumer communication

Make selection

4 Internal communication (email, videoconferencing, etc.)

Make selection

5 Market research

Make selection

6 Purchasing online products or services

Make selection

7 Purchasing physical products or services online

Make selection

8 Selling online products or services

Make selection

9 Selling physical products or services

Make selection

Supply chain management (automated procurement, automated sales,
10 data exchange with customers online, joint business process with
suppliers, cooperation with partners online, etc.)

Make selection

11 Other (specify):

Make selection

2.2 How has the Internet (and other digital networks) affected your organization's ability to do the following?

Rank (1-5, with 1 being
no effect to 5 being a
major effect)

Item

1 Process data or information

Make selection

2 Enter new businesses or markets

Make selection

3 Expand market for existing products or services

Make selection

4 Improve interaction with customers

Make selection

5 Improve interaction with suppliers

Make selection

6 Match competitor's offerings

Make selection

7 Reduce inventory costs

Make selection

8 Reduce other costs

Make selection

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2.3

Even though your organization may have access to the Internet or other digital networks, what would be the impact on
your organization's productivity (measured as the value of sales per employee) if it did not have access to the Internet
or other digital networks?

Item
Effect on
1
productivity

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Increase by
more than
Increase more than 5 Increase
Fall by 15 5 but less Fall by 5
but less
by 5
by 15
percent or than 15
percent
percent or than 15 percent or
more
percent
or less No change
percent
less
more
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Section 3: The Internet and Your Business
This section covers both sales and purchases your organization made using the Internet. These sales and purchases may
include either or both of the following:
Products or services ordered online and delivered/received online: Includes all transactions online, whether the payment
occurred over the Internet or in person. Examples include purchasing MP3s, ordering software to be downloaded, buying
online advertising space, online tax preparation, etc.
Products or services ordered online and delivered/received physically or in person: Includes all transactions online,
whether the payment occurred over the Internet or in person. Examples include ordering parts online, reserving a car over
the Internet, etc.
3.1A Please provide the following information about your global online sales. Your best estimates are acceptable.
#

2012 sales (full-figure
dollars)

Item

Products or services sold by your
organization online and delivered online
Products or services sold by your
2 organization online and physically
delivered
Total sales of products or services sold
3
online
1

Increase as compared
with 2011 (Y/N)

Do you project an
increase in 2013 (Y/N)?

Make selection

3.1B If you sell bundled Internet- and non-Internet-based products or services (e.g., antivirus software with updates,
hardcover books and e-books, DVD purchases and downloads, etc.) and cannot disaggregate the sales value, please
provide the bundled sales total for 2012. There should be no double counting with the sales reported in question 3.1A.
Your best estimate is acceptable.
Bundled sales (in full figure dollars)
3.2

Your global sales of products or services ordered online represent (check one):
Mostly existing customers shifting from traditional sales to online orders
Mostly new customers (i.e., customers that did not previously purchase your products or services)
An even mix of new and old customers

3.3

Please provide the following information about your global online purchases. Your best estimates are acceptable.

2012 purchases (full-figure
dollars)

Item

Products or services purchased online and
received online
Products or services purchased online and
2
physically received
Total purchases of products or services
3
ordered online
1

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Increase as compared
with 2011 (Y/N)

Do you project an
increase in 2013 (Y/N)?

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3.4

A. Has your organization replaced some of its traditional information technology (IT) services and other services with
services provided over the Internet or other digital networks (otherwise known as "cloud computing")? These could
include software services provided over the Internet; Internet-based data processing and storage; online
communication and network services (e.g., instant messaging, videoconferencing, Web-based email, etc.); online
computing platform services (such as platforms for application development and management); and nonbank
Internet payment systems.
Yes. Continue with parts B and C of this question
No. Skip parts B and C of this question and go to question 3.5
B. Does your organization expect the replacement of traditional services with Internet-based services to save money?
Yes
If yes, please estimate how much money your organization expects to
save per year using these services compared with traditional business
services. Your best estimate is acceptable.
Savings (full figure dollars)
No
If no, please estimate the additional costs your organization expects
to spend per year using these Internet-based services compared with
traditional business services. Your best estimate is acceptable.
Spending (full figure dollars)

C. Which services provided over the Internet or other digital networks have replaced your traditional services? Check all
that apply.
Software services provided over the Internet
Online communication services
Online infrastructure services
Online computing platform services
Online nonbank payment processing
Other-specify

3.5

How much did you spend on Internet-based services in 2012? Your best estimate is acceptable.
Amount (in full-figure dollars)

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Advertising
3.6

How much did you spend on traditional advertising (billboards, magazines, newspapers, radio, television, etc.) in 2012?
Your best estimate is acceptable.
Amount spent (full-figure dollars)

3.7

Does your organization advertise its products or services on the Internet?
Yes

If yes, how much was spent in 2012 (full-figure dollars)?

No
3.8

On how many social networking websites do you pay for advertising?
Number of websites Make selection

3.9

Social networking definition

On how many social networking websites does your organization have an official page or account (this includes only
pages or accounts for the organization, not pages or accounts for individual employees)?
Number of websites Make selection

3.10 Does your organization provide an application (app) or website intended for use specifically on a smartphone or tablet?
Yes
No

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Cyber Incidents
A cyber incident is an electronic attack that harmed the confidentiality,
integrity, or availability of your organization's network data or systems.
3.11 How many cyber incidents did your organization experience in 2012?
Number of incidents

Make selection

3.12 How has your organization been impacted by cyber incidents in 2012? Check all that apply.
Compromise of brand or reputation
Financial losses
Information losses
Intellectual property theft
Loss of shareholder value
Loss of customers
Loss of partners or suppliers
Other (specify)

3.13 To whom do you attribute your most serious cyber incident in 2012. Pick only one entity and one country.
Entity

Country

Make selection

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Section 4: International Trade Over the Internet
In your responses for this section, please include all cross-border trade, regardless of the headquarters of the
organization that products or services are purchased from or sold to. Your best estimates are acceptable.
Imports
4.1

Item

Percentage

Of the 2012 purchases you reported in item 1 of question 3.3, what
percentage were from suppliers outside the United States?

Of the 2012 purchases you reported in item 2 of question 3.3, what
percentage were from suppliers outside the United States?

Exports
4.2

Of the 2012 sales you reported in item 1 of question 3.1, what percentage came
from customers outside the United States?

4.3

Customers from which foreign countries (up to 5) spent the most money on your organization's product or services
delivered over the Internet in 2012?
Country 1

Make first selection if applicable

Country 2

Make second selection if applicable

Country 3

Make third selection if applicable

Country 4

Make fourth selection if applicable

Country 5

Make fifth selection if applicable

Reset countries

4.4

Of the 2012 sales you reported in item 2 of question 3.1, what percentage came
from customers outside the United States?

4.5

What were your organization's top markets (up to 5) for exports of physical products or services outside the United
States?
Country 1

Make first selection if applicable

Country 2

Make second selection if applicable

Country 3

Make third selection if applicable

Country 4

Make fourth selection if applicable

Country 5

Make fifth selection if applicable

Reset countries
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4.6

Please list your top competitors (up to three) in the foreign markets shown in your responses to questions 4.3 and 4.5.
Name of competitor
1
2
3

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Section 5: Obstacles to Doing Business across Borders over the Internet
5.1

Please rate each of the following possible obstacles to your organization's current ability to conduct business across
borders over the Internet.
#

5.2

Rating (make selection for
each obstacle)

Obstacle

1 Localization requirements

Make selection

2 Privacy or data protection requirements

Make selection

3 Intellectual property rights infringement

Make selection

4 Uncertain legal liability rules

Make selection

5 Censorship

Make selection

6 Compliance with customs requirements

Make selection

7 Market access limitations

Make selection

Other (specify):

Please indicate the top foreign countries (up to three) where these obstacles have limited your organization's business
online.
#

Obstacle

Country 1

Country 2

Country 3

1 Localization requirements

Make first selection

Make second selection

Make third selection

2 Privacy or data protection requirements

Make first selection

Make second selection

Make third selection

3 Intellectual property rights infringement

Make first selection

Make second selection

Make third selection

4 Uncertain legal liability rules

Make first selection

Make second selection

Make third selection

5 Censorship

Make first selection

Make second selection

Make third selection

6 Compliance with customs requirements

Make first selection

Make second selection

Make third selection

7 Market access limitations

Make first selection

Make second selection

Make third selection

8 Other specified in previous question

Make first selection

Make second selection

Make third selection

Reset countries

5.3

As a percentage of global sales, how much did your organization spend in 2012 (including capital, human resources,
legal, financial, or other types of expenditures) to address the obstacles identified in response to question 5.1?
Percentage of global sales

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5.4

In your opinion, if all obstacles to doing business across borders over the Internet identified in question 5.1 were
removed, what would be the impact on your organization's sales in the United States and abroad?

Item
Sales in the United
1
States

2 Sales abroad

5.5

In your opinion, ff all obstacles to doing business across borders over the Internet identified in question 5.1 were
removed, what would be the impact on your organization's number of full-time employees in the United States and
abroad?

Item
Full-time
1 employment in
the United States

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more than
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by 5
but less
by 15
percent or than 15
percent
percent or than 15 percent or
more
or less No change
less
more
percent
percent
Unknown

Full-time
2 employment
abroad

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5.6

In which of the following countries do you have customers (or had them in the past)? Check all that apply.
Algeria

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Czech Rep.

Egypt

France

Germany

Greece

India

Indonesia

Israel

Italy

Japan

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Turkey

Ukraine

Switzerland
United
Kingdom

Taiwan

Thailand

Sweden
United Arab
Emirates

Vietnam

Other (choose up to one only):

Venezuela

Make selection if applicable

Unselect all
5.7

Of the countries in which you have customers, in which ones have you faced one or more of these obstacles
(localization requirements, privacy/data protection requirements, piracy or other IPR infringement, uncertain legal
liability rules, censorship, compliance with customs requirements, standards, or other obstacles)? Check all that apply.
Algeria

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Czech Rep.

Egypt

France

Germany

Greece

India

Indonesia

Israel

Italy

Japan

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab
Emirates

United
Kingdom

Venezuela

Vietnam

Other (make selection in question 5.6)

Unselect all
5.8

In which of the countries listed below have you decided not to do business because of one or more of the obstacles
listed in question 5.1? Check all that apply.
Algeria

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Czech Rep.

Egypt

France

Germany

Greece

India

Indonesia

Israel

Italy

Japan

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab
Emirates

United
Kingdom

Venezuela

Vietnam

Other (make selection in question 5.6)

Unselect all
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Section 6. Other Information
6.1

If your organization would like to further explain any of the responses in this questionnaire, use the space below (500
character limit). Please do not use the Enter or Tab keys when entering text.

out of 500

Character count

6.2

If your organization would like to give us a written submission for the public record, click on the link below to view the
Federal Register notice about this investigation and go to page 2 of this notice for instructions. All written submissions
are due by March 21, 2014.
Federal Register notice

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Section 7. Certification
The undersigned certifies that the information supplied herein in response to this questionnaire is complete and correct to
the best of his/her knowledge and belief and understands that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification
by the USITC.
Section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) provides that the Commission may not release information which it
considers to be confidential business information unless the party submitting such information had notice, at the time of
submission, that such information would be released by the Commission, or such party subsequently consents to the release
of the information. The undersigned acknowledges that information submitted in this questionnaire response and
throughout this investigation may be used by the USITC, its employees, and contract personnel who are acting in the
capacity of USITC employees, for the purposes of developing or maintaining the records of this investigation or related
proceedings for which this information is submitted, or in internal audits and in investigations relating to the programs and
operations of the USITC pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3. The undersigned understands that all contract personnel will sign
nondisclosure agreements.
The information your organization provides in response to this questionnaire will be treated by the Commission as
confidential and will not be disclosed to the public unless required by law. The information will be aggregated with
information from other questionnaire responses and will be published in a manner that will not reveal the operations of your
organization. The Senate Committee on Finance has asked that the Commission not include any confidential business
information in the report it transmits to it.

Certifier's name and title

Date of certification

Certifier's signature (not necessary if submitting electronically)
If submitting an electronic version of this certificate to the Commission, check the box below in place of a written signature to
indicate that the authorized official listed has certified the information provided.
Certified

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USITC Digital Trade Questionnaire - DRAFT Interactive completion version

Section 8. Submitting the Questionnaire
8.1

Before submitting your organization's completed questionnaire, please report the actual number of hours required and
the cost to your organization of completing this questionnaire, including all preparatory activities.
Hours

Cost ($)

8.2

Please make sure that all numeric data are in full-figures, not thousands, millions, or similar format.

8.3

For a final quality check, please click on the button below after you have completed the questionnaire. You may get
one or more error messages indicating which questions have possible inconsistencies. After completing the quality
check, please return to the question(s) shown in the error message(s) and make corrections, then perform this quality
check again. If you believe the responses are correct despite an error message, please explain in question 6.1.
Quality check

8.4

Please save the questionnaire.

8.5

Please use one of the submission options shown below.

Save

Use this option to transmit your completed questionnaire through our secure
electronic drop box. Click on the link in this button and follow the instructions. In
the PIN entry box, type: 1969

Web submit

Use this option to send your completed questionnaire as an email attachment.
Click on this button and follow the instructions. Note that submitting your
questionnaire response by email will subject your organization's confidential
business information (CBI) to transmission over an unsecured environment and to
possible disclosure to third parties. Any risk of disclosure of CBI during
transmission is assumed by your organization and not us. However, once we
receive the email, we will store your questionnaire response in our secured
environment and safeguard it as detailed in the certification in section 7.

E-mail submit

Use this option if you prefer to send your completed questionnaire on a CD (or
other removable media). Click on the button and save the questionnaire to a CD.
Mail the CD to us (see address on page 1). We don't recommend sending the CD
by regular U.S. mail because this type of mail undergoes extra processing to
screen for hazardous material that will likely delay the delivery and may damage
the CD. Instead, we recommend overnight mail service.

Save to CD

Use this option if you prefer to send your completed questionnaire in hard copy
(paper) form. Click on the button and your print screen will appear. After printing,
mail or fax the completed questionnaire to us (see address and fax number on
page 1). We don't recommend sending the questionnaire by regular U.S. mail
because this type of mail undergoes extra processing to screen for hazardous
material that will likely delay the delivery. Instead, we recommend overnight mail
service.

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