16-4-3502 Foreign Producers'/Exporters' Questionnaire

OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 16-4-3502; Expiration Date: 6/30/2017
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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
HOT-ROLLED STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by June 9, 2016
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 flat products
(“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 (Final)). 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, 2013?

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, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
proceeding or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used:
(i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a
related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and
operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or
(ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all contract
personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure 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
http://wwwadmin.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/hot_rolled_steel_flat_products_australia_braz
il/final.htm
Hot-Rolled Steel.-- The products covered by these investigations are certain hot-rolled, flat-rolled steel
products, with or without patterns in relief, and whether or not annealed, painted, varnished, or coated
with plastics or other non-metallic substances. The products covered do not include those that are clad,
plated, or coated with metal. The products covered include coils that have a width or other lateral
measurement (‘‘width’’) of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of thickness, and regardless of form of 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 and that measures at least 10 times the thickness. The products described above may be
rectangular, square, circular, or other shape and include products of either rectangular or nonrectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieve 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 unless the resulting measurement makes the product covered by the existing antidumping 1
or countervailing duty 2 orders on Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From the
Republic of Korea (A–580–836; C–580–837), and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product (e.g., the thickness of certain products with
non-rectangular crosssection, 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 this investigation 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

1

Notice of Amendment of Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders:
Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the
Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585 (February 10, 2000).
2
Notice of Amended Final Determinations: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From India and the
Republic of Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate
From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6587 (February 10, 2000).

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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.

Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope regardless of levels of boron and
titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized (commonly
referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, the substrate for motor
lamination steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS). 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. AHSS and UHSS are considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels,
although AHSS and UHSS are covered whether or not they are high tensile strength or high elongation
steels.
Subject merchandise includes hot-rolled steel that has been further processed in a third country,
including but not limited to pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing, tempering, temper rolling, skin passing,
painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of
manufacture of the hot-rolled steel.
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 this investigation
unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this investigation:
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);

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Products that have been cold-rolled (cold-reduced) after hot-rolling; 3
Ball bearing steels; 4
Tool steels; 5 and
Silico-manganese steels; 6

The products subject to this investigation are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7208.10.1500, 7208.10.3000, 7208.10.6000,
7208.25.3000, 7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030, 7208.26.0060, 7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030,
7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060, 7208.38.0015, 7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090, 7208.39.0015,
7208.39.0030, 7208.39.0090, 7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, 7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000, 7211.19.4500,
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560, 7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.30.3050,
7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030, 7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000,
7226.19.9000, 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and 7226.91.8000. The products subject to the
investigation may also enter under the following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7214.99.0060,
7214.99.0075, 7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7226.99.0180, and 7228.60.6000.The HTSUS subheadings
above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the investigation is dispositive.
Certain alloy hot‐rolled steel products (“Alloy hot‐rolled steel” or “Alloy within scope hot-rolled
steel”).‐‐Alloy hot‐rolled steel, a subset of hot-rolled steel, 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)
one or more of the elements listed below is present in the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
• 0.30 ‐ 1.50 percent of aluminum,
• 0.0008 – unlimited percent of boron,
• 0.40 – 1.50 percent of copper,
• 0.30 ‐ 1.25 percent of chromium,
• 1.65 – 2.50 percent of manganese,
• 0.08 – 0.80 percent of molybdenum,
• 0.30 ‐ 2.00 percent of nickel,
3

For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling operations such as a skin pass, levelling, temper rolling or other
minor rolling operations after the hot-rolling process for purposes of surface finish, flatness, shape control, or
gauge control do not constitute cold-rolling sufficient to meet this exclusion.
4
Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in addition to iron, each of the following elements by
weight in the amount specified: (i) Not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22
nor more than 0.48 percent of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not
more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less
than 1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none,
or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of molybdenum.
5
Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less
than 0.3 percent carbon and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85
percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not
less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
6
Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5
percent or more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or more but not more than 2.3
percent of silicon.

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• 0.06 – 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium),
• 0.60 – 3.30 percent of silicon,
• 0.05 – unlimited percent of titanium,
• 0.10 – 0.30 percent of vanadium,
• 0.05 – 0.30 percent of zirconium.
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, as indicated above on page 1. 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, or the United Kingdom engaged 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 the country specified on the
certification page should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.

Establishments covered

City

Description

1
2
3
4
5
6
I-3.

Related 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

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 hotrolled steel in 2015.

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
2015 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 hot-rolled steel since January 1, 2013.
(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, including the time period and volume
affected)

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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

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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 hot-rolled steel (in short tons) for 2016 and
2017.

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

2013

2014

January-March
2015

2015

2016

Overall production capacity
Production of:
Hot-rolled steel 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Other products
Total
1
2

II-4b.

Data entered for production of hot-rolled steel will populate here once reported in question II-10.
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 hot-rolled steel 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 hot-rolled steel?
percent.

II-6.

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 2015.
percent.

II-7.

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 2015.
percent.

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Inventories in the United States.--Has your firm, since 2013, maintained any inventories of hotrolled steel in the United States (not including inventories held by firms identified in question
I-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

2013

2014

2015

Inventory
II-9.

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.

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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
include resales of hot-rolled steel that your firm did not produce; those data to the degree they
are exported to the United States should only be reported in question II‐11.
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 outstide of the country indicacted on page 1
(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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Trade data--Continued.
Quantity (in short tons)
Projections1

Actual experience
Calendar year
Item

2013

2014

January-March
2015

2015

Calendar year

2016

2016

2017

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
Calendar year
Item

2013

2014

Projections
January-March

2015

2015

Calendar year

2016

2016

2017

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.

Exports to the United States by relationship of recipient.--Report the percentage (by quantity)
of your firm’s exports to the United States of hot-rolled steel destined to each of the following
categories of recipient in 2015:

Recipient
To affiliated firms for further processing
To unaffiliated customers with customer
relationships of 5 years or longer
To other firms/customers
Total

II-12.

2015

100%

Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.--Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of hot-rolled steel that was produced in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Turkey, or the United Kingdom but not by your firm during the specified periods.
Quantity (in short tons)
Projections1

Actual experience
Calendar year
Item
Exports to the United States not
produced by your firm1
1

0

List the producer(s).

2013

2014

January-March
2015

2015

2016

Calendar year
2016

2017

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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://wwwadmin.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/hot_rolled_steel_flat_products_a
ustralia_brazil/final.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: HRS

• E-mail.—E-mail your questionnaire to [email protected]; include a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents that are
electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from unauthorized
disclosure. The USITC secure drop-box system and the Electronic Document Information System (EDIS)
use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptographic algorithms to encrypt data in
transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these encryption algorithms
(such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized disclosure during
transmission. If you choose a non-encrypted method of electronic transmission, the Commission warns
you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you 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.