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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
HOT‐ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by August 25, 2015
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this questionnaire is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in
connection with its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning hot‐rolled steel from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom (Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐545‐547 and
731‐TA‐1291‐1297 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the questionnaire is requested under the
authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII.
Name of firm
Address
Website
Has your firm produced or exported hot‐rolled steel (as defined on next page) at any time since January 1, 2012?
NO
(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the questionnaire to the Commission)
YES
(Complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire questionnaire to the Commission)
Data reported in this questionnaire relate to (Check one):
Australia
Brazil
Japan
Korea
Netherlands
Turkey
United Kingdom
Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: HRS)
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
Fax:
Email address
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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐ This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on August 11, 2015, by AK
Steel Corporation (West Chester, Ohio), ArcelorMittal USA LLC (Chicago, Illinois), Nucor Corporation
(Charlotte, North Carolina), SSAB Enterprises, LLC (Lisle, Illinois), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Fort Wayne,
Indiana), and United States Steel Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Antidumping and
countervailing duties may be assessed on the subject imports as a result of these proceedings 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 LINK.
Hot‐Rolled Steel.‐‐The products covered by these investigations are certain hot‐rolled, flat‐rolled steel
products, with or without patterns in relief, and that are neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal but
whether or not annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non‐metallic substances.
The products covered include coils that have a width of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of thickness, and
regardless of the form of the coil (e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The
products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of less than
4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater that measures at least 10 times the thickness. The
covered products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or other shapes and include
products of either rectangular or non‐rectangular cross‐section where such cross‐section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been “worked after rolling” (e.g., products
which have been beveled or rounded at the edges).
For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced above:
(1) where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is within the scope if application of
either the nominal or actual measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions set
forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product (e.g., the thickness of certain products with
non‐rectangular cross‐section, the width of certain products with non‐rectangular shape, etc.), the
measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of these investigations are products in which: (1) iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight,
respectively indicated:
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium, or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium.
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Hot‐Rolled Steel (Continued).‐‐
Unless otherwise specifically excluded, products are included in this scope regardless of levels of boron
and titanium. For example, specifically included within the scope of these investigations are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial‐free (“IF”)) steels, high strength low alloy
(“HSLA”) steels, and the substrate for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro‐alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon
and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro‐alloying levels of elements such
as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor
lamination steels contains micro‐alloying levels of elements such as silicon and aluminum.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in which the chemistry quantities do not
exceed any one of the noted element levels listed above, are within the scope of these investigations
unless specifically excluded.
The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the scope of these
investigations:
• Universal mill plates (i.e., hot‐rolled, flat‐rolled products not in coils that have been rolled on
four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm, of
a thickness not less than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in relief);
• Products that have been cold‐rolled (cold‐reduced) after hot‐rolling;
• Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
• Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
• Silico‐manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel with a silicon level
exceeding 3.30 percent.
• USS abrasion‐resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
• Non‐rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result of having been processed by cutting or
stamping and which have assumed the character of articles or products classified outside
chapter 72 of the HTSUS.
The merchandise subject to these investigations is classified in the HTSUS at subheadings:
7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30,
7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30,
7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30,
7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00,
7210.70.30.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00,
7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90, and 7211.90.00.00.
Certain hot‐rolled, flat‐rolled steel products covered by these investigations also enter under the
following tariff numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00,
7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00,
7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, and 7226.91.80.00. Subject merchandise may also enter under
7210.90.90.00, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00, and 7226.99.01.80. Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes, the written description of
the merchandise under investigation is dispositive.
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Reporting of information.‐‐ If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates. If your firm is completing more than one questionnaire (i.e., a producer, importer,
purchaser and/or foreign producer questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions.
Confidentiality.‐‐The commercial and financial data furnished in response to this questionnaire 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 this questionnaire is subject to audit and verification by the
Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep all files, worksheets, and supporting
documents used in the preparation of the questionnaire response. Please also retain a copy of the final
document that you submit.
Release of information.‐‐The information provided by your firm in response to this questionnaire, 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.
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I‐1.
I‐2.
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OMB statistics.‐‐Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your
firm of completing this questionnaire.
Hours
Dollars
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
20 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and
completing and reviewing the questionnaire.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for
reducing the burden, and any suggestions for improving this questionnaire. Please attach such
comments to your response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
Establishments covered.‐‐Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire. If your firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading
symbol.
“Establishment”‐‐ Each facility of a firm in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands,
Turkey, and/or the United Kingdom involved in the production or export of hot‐rolled steel,
including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate
from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in Australia, Brazil, Japan,
Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom should combine the data for all
establishments for any single country into a single report. If your firm has hot‐rolled steel
establishments in more than one subject country listed, please provide a separate questionnaire
response for each country.
I‐3.
Related U.S. producers.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the capability to
produce, or have any plans to produce hot‐rolled steel in the United States or other countries?
No
Yes‐‐Please name the firm(s) and country(ies) below and, if U.S. producer(s),
ensure that they complete the Commission’s producer questionnaire.
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Related U.S. importers.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import
hot‐rolled steel into the United States?
No
Yes‐‐Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.
I‐5.
U.S. importers.‐‐Please provide the names, street addresses (not P.O. boxes), contacts,
telephone numbers, and e‐mail addresses of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s hot‐
rolled steel in 2014.
Importer’s name
Contact
person
Email
Telephone
1
2
3
4
5
Share of
your
Street address (not
firm’s
P.O. box), city, state,
2014 U.S.
and zip code
exports
(%)
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code
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PART II.‐‐TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Justin Enck
([email protected], 202‐205‐3363) or Mary Messer ([email protected], 202‐205‐3193).
Supply all data requested on a calendar‐year basis.
II‐1. Contact information.‐‐ Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which
Commission staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted
in part II.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax
II‐2. Changes in operations.‐‐Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of hot‐rolled steel since January 1, 2012.
(check as many as appropriate)
(please describe)
plant openings
plant closings
relocations
expansions
acquisitions
consolidations
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
revised labor agreements
other (e.g., technology)
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Anticipated changes in operations.‐‐Does your firm anticipate any changes in the character of
its operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of hot‐rolled steel in
the future?
No
Yes–Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of
business plans or other supporting documentation that address this
issue. Include in the response a specific projection of your firm’s
capacity to produce hot‐rolled steel (in short tons) for 2015 and
2016.
II‐4a. Production using same machinery.‐‐ Please report your firm’s production of products made on
the same equipment and machinery used to produce hot‐rolled steel, and the combined
production capacity on this shared equipment and machinery.
“Overall production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
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).
“Production” ‐‐All production in your establishment(s) in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom, including production consumed internally within
your firm.
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item
Overall production capacity
Production of:
Hot‐rolled steel1
2
Other products
Total
1
2
2012
2013
January‐June
2014
2014
2015
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Data entered for production of hot‐rolled steel will populate here once reported in question II‐7.
Please identify these products: .
II‐4b. Operating parameters.‐‐The production capacity reported in II‐4a is based on operating hours
per week, weeks per year.
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Capacity calculation.‐‐Please describe the methodology used to calculate overall production
capacity reported in II‐4a, and explain any changes in reported capacity.
II‐4d. Production constraints.‐‐Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your firm’s
production capacity.
II‐4e. Product shifting.—
(i).
Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between hot‐rolled steel and other
products using the same equipment and/or labor?
No
Yes‐‐ (i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products). Please identify other actual or potential products: .
(ii).
Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.
II‐5.
Share of sales.‐‐What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of hot‐rolled steel? percent.
II‐6.
II‐7.
Firm's estimated share of production in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, or
the United Kingdom.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total production of hot‐rolled steel in the
country specified on the certification page accounted for by your firm’s production in 2014.
percent.
Firm's estimated share of country's exports.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of hot‐rolled steel from the country specified on the certification page
accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2014. percent.
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Inventories in the United States.‐‐Has your firm, since 2012, maintained any inventories of hot‐
rolled steel in the United States (not including inventories held by firms identified in
questionI‐3)?
“Inventories”‐‐Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work in progress.
No
Yes‐‐Report the quantity of such end‐of‐period inventories below.
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year
Item
Inventory
II‐9.
2013
2014
Third country trade actions.‐‐Is the hot‐rolled steel exported by your firm subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty/safeguard findings, remedies, or proceedings?
No
Yes‐‐List the products(s), countries affected, and the date of such
findings/remedies/proceedings.
2012
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II‐10. Trade data.‐‐Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of hot‐rolled steel in your establishment(s) in Australia, Brazil, Japan,
Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom during the specified periods.
Do not submit data by manufacturing facility if they are in the same country. If your firm has
multiple manufacturing establishments within one country, you are required to combine data
for those establishments within one foreign producer questionnaire response.
Do not submit data on multiple countries combined. The establishments reported here should
all be located in the country of the firm’s address reported on the certification page.
Multinational companies with production in multiple subject countries should submit separate
foreign producer questionnaire responses for each subject country.
“Average production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
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).
“Production” ‐‐All production in your establishment(s) in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom, including production consumed internally within
your firm.
“Shipments”‐‐Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Australia, Brazil,
Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom . Quantities
reported should be net of returns.
“Home market commercial shipments”‐‐Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, or the
United Kingdom.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”‐‐Shipments made to
related firms in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom,
including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”‐‐Shipments to destinations outside Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom, including shipments to related firms.
“Inventories”‐‐Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work‐in‐progress.
Note: As requested in Part I of this questionnaire, please keep all supporting documents/records
used in the preparation of the trade data, as Commission staff may contact your firm regarding
questions on the trade data. The Commission may also request that your company submit copies
of the supporting documents/records (such as production and sales schedules, inventory records,
etc.) used to compile these data.
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II‐10. Trade data‐‐Continued.
Quantity (in short tons)
Projections1
Actual experience
Calendar year
Item
2012
2
2013
January‐June
2014
2014
Calendar year
2015
2015
2016
Average production capacity (A)
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/
transfers (D)
Total exports (H)
(should equal F+G)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total shipments (I)
(should equal D+E+F+G)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Commercial shipments (E)
Exports to the United States (F)
3
Exports to all other markets (G)
End‐of‐period inventories (J)
1
Please explain the basis for your firm’s projections. .
The production capacity reported is based on operating hours per week, weeks per year. Please
describe the methodology used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity.
.
3
Identify principal other export markets. .
2
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II‐10. Trade data.—Continued.
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY.‐‐Generally, the data reported
for the end‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line J) should be equal to the beginning‐of‐period
inventories (i.e., line B), plus production (i.e., line C), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, E, F, and
G). Please ensure that any differences are not due to data entry errors in completing this form,
but rather actually reflect your firm’s records; and also provide any likely explanations for any
differences (e.g., theft, loss, damage, record systems issues, etc.) if they exist.
Actual experience
Projections
Calendar year
Item
2012
2013
January‐June
2014
2014
2015
Calendar year
2015
2016
B + C – D – E – F –G – J =
should equal zero ("0")
or provide an
explanation.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate.
II‐11. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part II
that did not provide a narrative box, please note the question number and the explanation in
the space provided below. Please also use this space to highlight any issues your firm had in
providing the data in this section, including but not limited to technical issues with the MS Word
questionnaire.
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HOW TO FILE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
This questionnaire is available as a “fillable” form in MS Word format on the
Commission’s website at: LINK
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the questionnaire
document. Please submit the completed questionnaire 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 MS Word questionnaire 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: HRS
• E‐mail.—E‐mail your questionnaire to [email protected] and [email protected]; include a
scanned copy of the signed certification page (page 1). 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.
If your firm did not produce or export this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a
scanned copy to the Commission.
Parties to this proceeding.—If your firm is a party to this proceeding, you are required to serve a copy of
the completed questionnaire on parties to the proceeding that are subject to administrative protective
order (see 19 CFR § 207.7). A list of such parties may be obtained from the Commission’s Secretary (202‐
205‐1803). A certificate of service must accompany the completed questionnaire you submit (see 19 CFR
§ 207.7). Service of the questionnaire must be made in paper form.
File Type | application/pdf |
File Title | Microsoft Word - Foreign producer questionnaire |
Author | justin.enck |
File Modified | 2015-08-12 |
File Created | 2015-08-12 |