15-4-3415 Foreign Producer Questionnaire

OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 15-4-3415; Expiration Date: 6/30/2017
(No response is required if currently valid OMB control number is not displayed)

FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM OMAN, PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES, THE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AND VIETNAM

This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by November 12, 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 countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning concerning circular welded carbonquality steel pipe (“circular welded pipe”) from Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam
(Inv. Nos. 701-TA-549 and 731-TA-1299-1303 (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
Website
Has your firm produced or exported circular welded pipe (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):
OMAN

PAKISTAN

PHILIPPINES

UAE

VIETNAM

Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following
link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: CWP)
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 October 28, 2015, by Bull
Moose Tube Company, Chesterfield, MO; EXLTUBE, Kansas City, MO; Wheatland Tube, Chicago, IL; and
Western Tube & Conduit, Long Beach, CA. Countervailing and/or antidumping 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 http://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2015/circular_welded_carbon_quality_steel_pipe_oma
n/preliminary.htm.
Circular Welded Pipe covered by these investigations is . . . welded carbon-quality steel pipes and tube,
of circular cross-section, with an outside diameter (“O.D.”) not more than 16 inches (406.4mm),
regardless of wall thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end finish (plain end,
beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or industry specification (e.g. American
Society for Testing and Materials International (“ASTM”), proprietary, or other) generally known as
standard pipe, fence pipe and tube, sprinkler pipe, and structural pipe (although subject product may
also be referred to as mechanical tubing). Specifically, the term, “carbon quality” includes products in
which: (a) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (b) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity,
by weight, as indicated:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
(xi)
(xii)
(xiii)
(xiv)

1.80 percent of manganese;
2.25 percent of silicon;
1.00 percent of copper;
0.50 percent of aluminum;
1.25 percent of chromium;
0.30 percent of cobalt;
0.40 percent of lead;
1.25 percent of nickel;
0.30 percent of tungsten;
0.15 percent of molybdenum;
0.10 percent of niobium;
0.41 percent of titanium;
0.15 percent of vanadium;
0.15 percent of zirconium.

Subject pipe is ordinarily made to ASTM specifications A53, A135, and A795, but can also be
made to other specifications. Structural pipe is made primarily to ASTM specifications A252 and A500.
Standard and structural pipe may also be produced to proprietary specifications rather than to industry
specifications. Fence tubing is included in the scope regardless of certification to a specification listed in
the exclusions below, and can also be made to the ASTM A513 specification. Sprinkler pipe is designed
for sprinkler fire suppression systems and may be made to industry specifications such as ASTM A53 or
to proprietary specifications. These products are generally made to standard O.D. and wall thickness
combinations. Pipe multi-stenciled to a standard and/or structural specification and to other
specifications, such as American Petroleum Institute (“API”) API-5L specification, is also covered by the
scope of these investigations when it meets the physical description set forth above, and also has one or

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more of the following characteristics: is 32 feet in length or less; is less than 2.0 inches (50mm) in
outside diameter; has a galvanized and/or painted (e.g. polyester coated) surface finish; or has a
threaded and/or coupled end finish.
The scope of these investigations does not include: (a) pipe suitable for use in boilers,
superheaters, heat exchangers, refining furnaces and feedwater heaters, whether or not cold drawn; (b)
finished electrical conduit; (c) finished scaffolding; (d) tube and pipe hollows for redrawing; (e) oil
country tubular goods produced to API specifications; (f) line pipe produced to only API specifications;
and (g) mechanical tubing, whether or not cold-drawn. However, products certified to ASTM
mechanical tubing specifications are not excluded as mechanical tubing if they otherwise meet the
standard sizes (e.g., outside diameter and wall thickness) of standard, structural, fence and sprinkler
pipe. Also, products made to the following outside diameter and wall thickness combinations, which are
recognized by the industry as typical for fence tubing, would not be excluded from the scope based
solely on their being certified to ASTM mechanical tubing specifications:
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.035 inch wall thickness (gauge 20);
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall thickness (gauge 18);
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall thickness (gauge 17);
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall thickness (gauge 16);
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall thickness (gauge 15);
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.083 inch wall thickness (gauge 14);
1.315 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall thickness (gauge 13);
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall thickness (gauge 18);
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall thickness (gauge 17);
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall thickness (gauge 16);
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall thickness (gauge 15);
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.083 inch wall thickness (gauge 14);
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall thickness (gauge 13);
1.660 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gauge 12);
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall thickness (gauge 18);
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall thickness (gauge 17);
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall thickness (gauge 16);
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall thickness (gauge 15);
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall thickness (gauge 13);
1.900 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gauge 12);
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.047 inch wall thickness (gauge 18);
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.055 inch wall thickness (gauge 17);
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.065 inch wall thickness (gauge 16);
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.072 inch wall thickness (gauge 15);
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.095 inch wall thickness (gauge 13);
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gauge 12);
2.375 inch O.D. and 0.120 inch wall thickness (gauge 11);
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gauge 12);
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.134 inch wall thickness (gauge 10);
2.875 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall thickness (gauge 8);
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.109 inch wall thickness (gauge 12);
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.148 inch wall thickness (gauge 9);
3.500 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall thickness (gauge 8);

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4.000 inch O.D. and 0.148 inch wall thickness (gauge 9);
4.000 inch O.D. and 0.165 inch wall thickness (gauge 8);
4.500 inch O.D. and 0.203 inch wall thickness (gauge 7).
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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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.
I-2.

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 Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab
Emirates, or Vietnam involved in the production or export of circular welded pipe, including
auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such
facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the
United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam should combine the data for all establishments into a single
report.

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 circular welded pipe 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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I-4.

Related U.S. importers.--Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import
circular welded pipe into the United States?
No

I-5.

2

3

4

5

Yes--Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.

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
circular welded pipe in 2014.

Importer’s name

1

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Contact
person

Email

Telephone

Street address (not
P.O. box), city, state,
and 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
Street Address
,
City State Zip Code

Share of
your
firm’s
2014 U.S.
exports
(%)

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Justin Enck (202-205-3363,
[email protected]). Supply all data requested on a calendar-year basis.
II-1.

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

II-2.

Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of circular welded pipe since January 1, 2012.
(check as many as appropriate)
plant openings
plant closings
relocations
expansions
acquisitions
consolidations
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
revised labor agreements
other (e.g., technology)

(please describe)

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II-3.

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 circular welded pipe
in the future?
No

II-4a.

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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 circular welded pipe (in short tons) for 2015 and
2016.

Production using same machinery.-- Please report your firm’s production of products made on
the same equipment and machinery used to produce circular welded pipe, 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 Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the
United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam, including production consumed internally within your firm.
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item

2012

2013

January-September
2014

2014

2015

Overall production capacity
Production of:
Circular welded pipe1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Other products
Total
1
2

II-4b.

Data entered for production of circular welded pipe will populate here once reported in question II-7.
Please identify these products:
.

Operating parameters.--The production capacity reported in II-4a is based on operating
per week,
weeks per year.

hours

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II-4c.

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 circular welded pipe and other
products using the same equipment and/or labor?
No

(ii).

Yes-- (i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products). Please identify other actual or potential products:
.

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 circular welded pipe?
percent.

II-6.

Firm's estimated share of production in Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab
Emirates, or Vietnam.--Please estimate the percentage of total production of circular welded pipe in
the country specified on the certification page accounted for by your firm’s production in
2014.
percent.

II-7.

Firm's estimated share of country's exports.--Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of circular welded pipe 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
circular welded pipe 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

2012

2013

2014

Inventory
II-9.

Third country trade actions.--Is the circular welded pipe 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.

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Trade data.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of circular welded pipe in your establishment(s) in Oman, Pakistan, the
Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam 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 Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the
United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam, including production consumed internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Oman, Pakistan, the
Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam. Quantities reported should be net of returns.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, or
Vietnam.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam, including
product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, the
United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam, 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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Trade data--Continued.
Quantity (in short tons)
Projections1

Actual experience
Calendar year
Item

2012

2013

January-September
2014

2014

2015

Calendar year
2015

2016

2

Average production capacity (A)
Beginning-of-period inventories
(B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/
transfers (D)
Commercial shipments (E)
Exports to the United States (F)
Exports to all other markets3 (G)
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

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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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
JanuarySeptember

Calendar year
Item

2012

2013

Projections

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
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate.
II-11.

0

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: http://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2015/circular_welded_carbon_qua

lity_steel_pipe_oman/preliminary.htm
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: CWP

• E-mail.—E-mail your questionnaire to [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 (202205-1803). 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.