16-4-3582 Foreign Producers'/Exporters' Questionnaire

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Aluminum Extrusions from China

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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
CERTAIN ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS FROM CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by November 29, 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 reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders concerning aluminum extrusions from
China (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-475 and 731-TA-1177 (Review)). 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 aluminum extrusions (as defined on next page) at any time since January 1,
2011?

(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)

Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following
link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: ALUM)
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 or reviews
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.--On April 4, 2011, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued antidumping and
countervailing duty orders on imports of aluminum extrusions from China. On April 1, 2016, the
Commission instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c))
(the Act) to determine whether revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. If both the
Commission and Commerce make affirmative determinations, the orders will remain in place. If either
the Commission or Commerce makes negative determinations, Commerce will revoke the orders.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to these proceedings are available
at http://wwwadmin.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/aluminum_extrusions_china/full_review.ht
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Aluminum extrusions covered by these reviews are defined as follows:
Shapes and forms, produced by an extrusion process, made from aluminum alloys having metallic
elements corresponding to the alloy series designations published by The Aluminum Association
commencing with the numbers 1, 3, and 6 (or proprietary equivalents or other certifying body
equivalents). Specifically, the subject merchandise made from aluminum alloy with an Aluminum
Association series designation commencing with the number 1 contains not less than 99 percent
aluminum by weight. The subject merchandise made from aluminum alloy with an Aluminum
Association series designation commencing with the number 3 contains manganese as the major
alloying element, with manganese accounting for not more than 3.0 percent of total materials by
weight. The subject merchandise is made from an aluminum alloy with an Aluminum Association series
designation commencing with the number 6 contains magnesium and silicon as the major alloying
elements, with magnesium accounting for at least 0.1 percent but not more than 2.0 percent of total
materials by weight, and silicon accounting for at least 0.1 percent but not more than 3.0 percent of
total materials by weight. The subject aluminum extrusions are properly identified by a four-digit alloy
series without either a decimal point or leading letter. Illustrative examples from among the
approximately 160 registered alloys that may characterize the subject merchandise are as follows: 1350,
3003, and 6060.
Aluminum extrusions are produced and imported in a wide variety of shapes and forms, including, but
not limited to, hollow profiles, other solid profiles, pipes, tubes, bars, and rods. Aluminum extrusions
that are drawn subsequent to extrusion (drawn aluminum) are also included in the scope.
Aluminum extrusions are produced and imported with a variety of finishes (both coatings and surface
treatments), and types of fabrication. The types of coatings and treatments applied to subject aluminum
extrusions include, but are not limited to, extrusions that are mill finished (i.e., without any coating or
further finishing), brushed, buffed, polished, anodized (including brightdip anodized), liquid painted, or
powder coated. Aluminum extrusions may also be fabricated, i.e., prepared for assembly. Such
operations would include, but are not limited to, extrusions that are cut-to-length, machined, drilled,
punched, notched, bent, stretched, knurled, swedged, mitered, chamfered, threaded, and spun. The
subject merchandise includes aluminum extrusions that are finished (coated, painted, etc.), fabricated,
or any combination thereof.
Subject aluminum extrusions may be described at the time of importation as parts for final finished
products that are assembled after importation, including, but not limited to, window frames, door
frames, solar panels, curtain walls, or furniture. Such parts that otherwise meet the definition of

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aluminum extrusions are included in the scope. The scope includes the aluminum extrusion components
that are attached (e.g., by welding or fasteners) to form subassemblies, i.e., partially assembled
merchandise unless imported as part of the finished goods ‘kit’ defined further below. The scope does
not include the non-aluminum extrusion components of subassemblies or subject kits.
Subject extrusions may be identified with reference to their end use, such as fence posts, electrical
conduits, door thresholds, carpet trim, or heat sinks (that do not meet the finished heat sink
exclusionary language below). Such goods are subject merchandise if they otherwise meet the scope
definition, regardless of whether they are ready for use at the time of importation. The following
aluminum extrusion products are excluded: aluminum extrusions made from aluminum alloy with an
Aluminum Association series designations commencing with the number 2 and containing in excess of
1.5 percent copper by weight; aluminum extrusions made from aluminum alloy with an Aluminum
Association series designation commencing with the number 5 and containing in excess of 1.0 percent
magnesium by weight; and aluminum extrusions made from aluminum alloy with an Aluminum
Association series designation commencing with the number 7 and containing in excess of 2.0 percent
zinc by weight.
The scope also excludes finished merchandise containing aluminum extrusions as parts that are fully and
permanently assembled and completed at the time of entry, such as finished windows with glass, doors
with glass or vinyl, picture frames with glass pane and backing material, and solar panels. The scope also
excludes finished goods containing aluminum extrusions that are entered unassembled in a “finished
goods kit.” A finished goods kit is understood to mean a packaged combination of parts that contains, at
the time of importation, all of the necessary parts to fully assemble a final finished good and requires no
further finishing or fabrication, such as cutting or punching, and is assembled “as is” into a finished
product. An imported product will not be considered a “finished goods kit” and therefore excluded from
the scope of the investigation merely by including fasteners such as screws, bolts, etc. in the packaging
with an aluminum extrusion product.
The scope also excludes aluminum alloy sheet or plates produced by other than the extrusion process,
such as aluminum products produced by a method of casting. Cast aluminum products are properly
identified by four digits with a decimal point between the third and fourth digit. A letter may also
precede the four digits. The following Aluminum Association designations are representative of
aluminum alloys for casting: 208.0, 295.0, 308.0, 355.0, C355.0, 356.0, A356.0, A357.0, 360.0, 366.0,
380.0, A380.0, 413.0, 443.0, 514.0, 518.1, and 712.0. The scope also excludes pure, unwrought
aluminum in any form.
The scope also excludes collapsible tubular containers composed of metallic elements corresponding to
alloy code 1080A as designated by the Aluminum Association where the tubular container (excluding the
nozzle) meets each of the following dimensional characteristics: (1) length of 37 millimeters (“mm”) or
62 mm, (2) outer diameter of 11.0 mm or 12.7 mm, and (3) wall thickness not exceeding 0.13 mm.
Also excluded from the scope of this order are finished heat sinks. Finished heat sinks are fabricated
heat sinks made from aluminum extrusions the design and production of which are organized around
meeting certain specified thermal performance requirements and which have been fully, albeit not
necessarily individually, tested to comply with such requirements.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the following categories of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS): 8424.90.9080, 9405.99.4020, 9031.90.90.95,
7616.10.90.90, 7609.00.00, 7610.10.00, 7610.90.00, 7615.10.30, 7615.10.71, 7615.10.91, 7615.19.10,
7615.19.30, 7615.19.50, 7615.19.70, 7615.19.90, 7615.20.00, 7616.99.10, 7616.99.50, 8479.89.98,

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8479.90.94, 8513.90.20, 9403.10.00, 9403.20.00, 7604.21.00.00, 7604.29.10.00, 7604.29.30.10,
7604.29.30.50, 7604.29.50.30, 7604.29.50.60, 7608.20.00.30, 7608.20.00.90, 8302.10.30.00,
8302.10.60.30, 8302.10.60.60, 8302.10.60.90, 8302.20.00.00, 8302.30.30.10, 8302.30.30.60,
8302.41.30.00, 8302.41.60.15, 8302.41.60.45, 8302.41.60.50, 8302.41.60.80, 8302.42.30.10,
8302.42.30.15, 8302.42.30.65, 8302.49.60.35, 8302.49.60.45, 8302.49.60.55, 8302.49.60.85,
8302.50.00.00, 8302.60.90.00, 8305.10.00.50, 8306.30.00.00, 8414.59.60.90, 8415.90.80.45,
8418.99.80.05, 8418.99.80.50, 8418.99.80.60, 8419.90.10.00, 8422.90.06.40, 8473.30.20.00,
8473.30.51.00, 8479.90.85.00, 8486.90.00.00, 8487.90.00.80, 8503.00.95.20, 8508.70.00.00,
8515.90.20.00, 8516.90.50.00, 8516.90.80.50, 8517.70.00.00, 8529.90.73.00, 8529.90.97.60,
8536.90.80.85, 8538.10.00.00, 8543.90.88.80, 8708.29.50.60, 8708.80.65.90, 8803.30.00.60,
9013.90.50.00, 9013.90.90.00, 9401.90.50.81, 9403.90.10.40, 9403.90.10.50, 9403.90.10.85,
9403.90.25.40, 9403.90.25.80, 9403.90.40.05, 9403.90.40.10, 9403.90.40.60, 9403.90.50.05,
9403.90.50.10, 9403.90.50.80, 9403.90.60.05, 9403.90.60.10, 9403.90.60.80, 9403.90.70.05,
9403.90.70.10, 9403.90.70.80, 9403.90.80.10, 9403.90.80.15, 9403.90.80.20, 9403.90.80.41,
9403.90.80.51, 9403.90.80.61, 9506.11.40.80, 9506.51.40.00, 9506.51.60.00, 9506.59.40.40,
9506.70.20.90, 9506.91.00.10, 9506.91.00.20, 9506.91.00.30, 9506.99.05.10, 9506.99.05.20,
9506.99.05.30, 9506.99.15.00, 9506.99.20.00, 9506.99.25.80, 9506.99.28.00, 9506.99.55.00,
9506.99.60.80, 9507.30.20.00, 9507.30.40.00, 9507.30.60.00, 9507.90.60.00, and 9603.90.80.50.
The subject merchandise entered as parts of other aluminum products may be classifiable under the
following additional Chapter 76 subheadings: 7610.10, 7610.90, 7615.19, 7615.20, and 7616.99, as well
as under other HTSUS chapters. In addition, heat exchange systems may be classifiable under HTSUS
numbers: 8418.99.80.50 and 8418.99.80.60. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this AD Order is dispositive. 1
The following products are among those that Commerce determined to be within the scope of these
reviews pursuant to certain scope ruling requests:
Fin evaporator coil systems begin with extruded aluminum tubes that are bent into serpentine profiles.
The serpentine then undergoes a series of further manufacturing steps to be processed into a fin
evaporator coil system. Specifically, each serpentine first is run through a process on which a number of
stamped aluminum “fins” (made of aluminum alloy sheet) of multiples sizes are serially attached to the
coil. Following the attachment of the fins, two “stub” fittings made of copper—one smaller, one larger—
are welded to the open ends of the coil. In certain instances, these systems are imported in this
condition; in others, additional componentry, such as “capillaries”, suction tubes, foam “air dams”, or a
defrost heater attachment are added prior to importation.
Fittings for engine cooling systems consist of the following: (1) aluminum fittings for oil coolers; (2)
aluminum fittings for condensers; (3) aluminum fittings for radiators; (4) aluminum plugs for oil coolers;
(5) aluminum mounting pins for oil coolers; and (6) aluminum fasteners for oil coolers. All of these
fittings begin with rough blanks of extruded aluminum. The rough blanks then undergo several complex
processes in numerically controlled CNC machines, which fundamentally change the shape of the blanks.
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.

Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Antidumping duty order, 81 FR 51856, August 5, 2016.

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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
30 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 China involved in the production or export of
aluminum extrusions, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not
physically separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in China
should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.

I-3.

U.S. importers.--Please provide the names, contacts, email addresses, and telephone numbers
of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s aluminum extrusions in 2015.

No.

1
2
3
4
5

Importer’s name

Contact person

Email address

Share of
Area code
your firm’s
and
2015 U.S.
telephone
exports
number
(%)

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U.S. or other country production.--Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the
capability to produce, or have any plans to produce aluminum extrusions in the United States or
other countries?
No

I-5.

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.

U.S. importation.--Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import
aluminum extrusions into the United States?
No

I-6.

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

Business plan.--In Parts II and III of this questionnaire we request a copy of your company’s
business plan. Does your company or any related firm have a business plan or any internal
documents that describe, discuss, or analyze expected future market conditions for aluminum
extrusions?
No

Yes--Please provide the requested documents. If you are not providing the
requested documents, please explain why not.

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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 aluminum extrusions since January 1, 2011.

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)

If checked, please describe; leave blank if not
applicable.

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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 aluminum
extrusions in the future?
No

II-4.

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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 your response a specific projection of your firm’s
capacity to produce aluminum extrusions (in short tons) for 2016
and 2017.

Anticipated changes in operations in the event the order is revoked.--Would your firm
anticipate any changes in the character of its operations or organization (as noted above)
relating to the production of aluminum extrusions in the future if the antidumping and
countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China were to be revoked?
No

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II-5a. Production using same machinery.-- Please report your firm’s production of products made on
the same equipment and machinery used to produce aluminum extrusions, 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 China, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year
Item

2011

2012

2013

January-September
2014

2015

2016

Overall production
capacity
Production of:
Fin evaporator coil
systems (A)
Fittings for engine
cooling systems (B)
All other aluminum
extrusions (C)
Total in-scope
aluminum
extrusions (D)

Other (i.e., out-of1
scope) products (E)
Total (F)
1

Please identify these products:

II-5b.

Operating parameters.--The production capacity reported in II-5a is based on operating
per week,
weeks per year.

II-5c.

Capacity calculation.--Please describe the methodology used to calculate overall production
capacity reported in II-5a, and explain any changes in reported capacity.

II-5d.

Production constraints.--Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your firm’s
production capacity.

hours

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Product shifting.
(i).

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between aluminum extrusions 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-6.

Share of sales.--What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of aluminum extrusions?
percent.

II-7.

Firm's estimated share of production in country.--Please estimate the percentage of total
production of aluminum extrusions in China accounted for by your firm’s production in 2015.
percent.

II-8.

Firm's estimated share of country's exports.--Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of aluminum extrusions from China accounted for by your firm’s exports in
2015.
percent.

II-9.

Inventories in the United States.--Has your firm, since 2011, maintained any inventories of
aluminum extrusions 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
Inventory

2011

2012

2013

January-September
2014

2015

2016

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Third country trade actions.--Is the aluminum extrusions 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.

II-11.

Other export markets.--Identify export markets (other than the United States) that your firm
has developed or where it has increased its sales of aluminum extrusions since 2011. Please
identify and discuss below.

II-12.

Significance of antidumping and countervailing duty orders.--Describe the significance of the
existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering imports of aluminum extrusions
from China in terms of its effect on your firm’s production capacity, production, home market
shipments, exports to the United States and other markets, and inventories. You may wish to
compare your firm’s operations before and after the imposition of the order.

II-13.

Anticipated changes if order revoked.--Would your firm anticipate any changes in its
production capacity, production, home market shipments, exports to the United States and
other markets, or inventories relating to the production of aluminum extrusions in the future if
the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China were to
be revoked?
No

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Trade data.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of aluminum extrusions in your establishment(s) in China during the
specified periods.
Do not include resales of aluminum extrusions that your firm did not produce in this question;
those data to the degree your firm's purchases of aluminum extrusions are exported to the
United States those resales should only be reported in question II-16.
Do not submit data by manufacturing facility if they are in the same country. If your firm has
multiple manufacturing establishments within China, 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 China.
“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 China, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in China. Quantities
reported should be net of returns. Report net values (i.e., gross sales values less all
discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods) in U.S.
dollars, f.o.b. your point of shipment in China.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within China.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in China, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside China, 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.

II-14.

Quantity (in short tons) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item

2011

2012

2013

January-September
2014

2015

2016

Average production capacity
(G)
Beginning-of-period
inventories (H)
2

Production (I)

Total exports (quantity) (V)

Total shipments (quantity)
(W)

Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/
transfers
quantity (J)
value (K)
Commercial shipments
quantity (L)
value (M)
Export shipments:
3
to the United States:
quantity (N)
value (O)
4

to the European Union:
quantity (P)
value (Q)
5

to Asia:
quantity (R)
value (S)
to all other markets:
quantity (T)

value (U)

End-of-period inventories (X)
1

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:
.
2
Data on total production of in-scope aluminum extrusions will populate here from data entered in question II-5a.
3
Data on exports to the United States of in-scope aluminum extrusions will populate here from data entered in
question II-15.
4
Identify your firm’s principal European Union export markets:
.
5
Identify your firm’s principal Asian export markets:
.
6
Identify your firm’s principal other export markets:
.

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II-14. Trade data.—Continued.
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY.--Generally, the data reported
for the end-of-period inventories (i.e., line R) 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, F, H, J, L,
and N). 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.
Calendar year
Item

2011

H + I – J – L – Y - AA - AC –P
– R – T – X= should equal
zero ("0") or provide an
explanation.1

2012

2013

January-September
2014

2015

2016

Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate:
.
II-15.

Exports to the United States.--Report your firm’s exports to the United States of all in-scope
aluminum extrusions that are produced by your firm (no resales) by type.
Quantity (in short tons) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item

2011

2012

2013

January-September
2014

2015

2016

Export shipments to the
United States:
Fin evaporator coil
systems:
quantity (Y)
value (Z)
Fittings for engine cooling
systems:
Quantity (AA)
value (AB)
All other in-scope
aluminum extrusions:
Quantity (AC)
value (AD)
Total in-scope aluminum
extrusions:
quantity (AE)
value (AF)

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Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.--Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of aluminum extrusions that were produced in China but not by your firm during
the specified periods. Note these data should not be included in questions II-14 and II-15.
Quantity (in short tons) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item

2011

2012

2013

January-September
2014

2015

2016

Exports of aluminum
extrusions to the United
States not produced by your
1
firm .-Fin evaporator coil
systems:
quantity
value
Fittings for engine cooling
systems:
quantity
value
All other aluminum
extrusions:
quantity
value
Total aluminum
extrusions:
quantity
value
1

List the producer(s).

II-17.

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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PART III.--MARKET FACTORS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Emily Burke (202-2053191, [email protected]).
III-1.

Contact information.-- Please identify the responsible individual and how Commission staff may
contact the individual regarding the confidential information submitted in Part III.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax

III-2.

Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of aluminum extrusions to
U.S. customers in 2015 was on a (1) long-term contract basis, (2) annual contract basis, (3) shortterm contract basis, and (4) spot sales basis?

Share of your
2015 sales

Long-term
contracts
(multiple
deliveries for
more than 12
months)
%

Type of sale
Short-term
Annual
contracts
contracts
(multiple
(multiple
deliveries for
deliveries for 12
less than 12
months)
months)
%

Total
(should
sum to
100.0%)

Spot sales
(for a single
delivery)
%

0.0

Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table regarding your firm’s typical sales contracts with
U.S. customers for aluminum extrusions (or check “not applicable” if your firm does not sell on a
long-term, short-term and/or annual contract basis).
Short-term contracts Annual contracts
Long-term contracts
Typical sales
(multiple deliveries
(multiple
(multiple deliveries for
Item
contract provisions
for less than 12
deliveries for 12
more than 12 months)
months)
months)

III-3.

Average contract
duration

No. of
days

Price renegotiation
(during contract
period)

Yes

Fixed quantity
and/or price
Meet or release
provision
Not applicable

No
Quantity
Price
Both
Yes
No

365

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III-4.

Lead times.— What is your firm’s share of sales from inventory and produced to order and what
is the typical lead time between a customer’s order and the date of delivery for your firm’s sales
of aluminum extrusions?

Source

Share of 2015 sales

From inventory

Produced to order

Total (should sum to 100.0%)

III-5.

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Lead time (average
number of days)

0.0 %

Raw materials.-- Indicate how aluminum extrusions raw materials prices have changed since
January 1, 2011, and how you expect they will change in the future.
Raw
materials
prices

Fluctuate
with no
clear
Overall
No
Overall
increase change decrease trend

Explain, noting how raw material
price changes have affected your
firm’s selling prices for aluminum
extrusions.

Changes since
January 1,
2011
Anticipated
changes
III-6.

Changes in factors affecting supply.--Have any changes occurred in any other factors affecting
supply (e.g., changes in availability or prices of energy or labor; transportation conditions;
production capacity and/or methods of production; technology; export markets; or alternative
production opportunities) that affected the availability of China-produced aluminum extrusions
in the U.S. market since January 1, 2011?
No

III-7.

Yes

If yes, please describe.

Availability of SUBJECT import supply.-- Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the
availability of Chinese-produced aluminum extrusions in the U.S. market in the future?
If you anticipate changes in supply, please identify the changes,
No
including the time period and the impact of such changes on
Increase change Decrease shipment volumes and prices.

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III-8.

Product shifting.--Describe how easily your firm can shift its sales of aluminum extrusions
between the U.S. market and alternative country markets. In your discussion, please describe
any contracts, other sales arrangements, or other constraints (including any third-country trade
barriers such as tariffs, quotas, or other non-tariff barriers) that would prevent or retard your
firm from shifting aluminum extrusions between the U.S. and alternative country markets within
a 12-month period.

III-9.

Product range.--Is the product range, product mix, or marketing of aluminum extrusions in your
firm’s home market different from that of aluminum extrusions for export to the United States
or to third-country markets?
No

Yes

If yes, please explain.

III-10. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix,
or marketing of aluminum extrusions in your firm’s home market, for export to the United
States, or for export to third-country markets since January 1, 2011? Do you anticipate any
future changes?
Changes in
product range,
product mix, or
marketing
No Yes
Changes since
January 1, 2011
Anticipated
changes

Explain

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III-11. Substitutes. -(a)

Can other products be substituted for aluminum extrusions?
No

Yes--Please fill out the table.

End use in which this
substitute is used

Substitute

Have changes in the price of this substitute
affected the price for aluminum extrusions?
No Yes

Explanation

1.
2.
3.
(b)

Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that can be
substituted for aluminum extrusions since January 1, 2011? Do you anticipate any
future changes?
Changes in
substitutes

No Yes

Explain

Changes since
January 1, 2011
Anticipated
changes
III-12. Interchangeability.--Are the aluminum extrusions produced by your firm and sold in its home
market interchangeable (i.e., can be used in the same applications) with your firm’s aluminum
extrusions sold to the United States and/or to third-country markets?
Yes

If no, identify the market(s) and any differences in the products.

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III-13. End uses.—
(a)

Describe the end uses of the aluminum extrusions that your firm manufactures and sell
to your firm’s home market. If these end uses differ from those of the aluminum
extrusions your firm sells to the U.S. market or to third-country markets, explain.

(b)

Have there been any changes in the end uses of aluminum extrusions since January 1,
2011? Do you anticipate any future changes?

Changes in end
uses

Yes

Explain

Changes since
January 1, 2011
Anticipated
changes

III-14. Demand trends.--Indicate how demand in the following markets for aluminum extrusions has
changed since January 1, 2011, and how you anticipate demand will change in the future.
Explain any trends and describe the principal factors that have affected, and that you anticipate
will affect, these changes in demand.

Your firm’s Overall
market
increase

Fluctuate
No
Overall
with no
change decrease clear trend
Demand since January 1, 2011

Home
market
United
States
Other
markets
Anticipated future demand
Home
market
United
States
Other
markets

Explanation and factors

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III-15. Price differences.--Please compare market prices of aluminum extrusions in your firm’s home
market, the United States, and third-country markets.

III-16. Description of home market.--Describe briefly your firm’s home market for aluminum
extrusions, including the number of, and competition between, producers.

III-17. Import competition.--Does your firm face competition from imports of aluminum extrusions in
your firm’s home market?
No

Yes

If yes, please identify the country sources of these imports.

III-18. Market studies.--Please provide as a separate attachment to this request any studies, surveys,
etc. that you are aware of that quantify and/or otherwise discuss aluminum extrusions supply
(including production capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United States, (2)
each of the other major producing/consuming countries, including China, and (3) the world as a
whole. Of particular interest is such data from 2011 to the present and forecasts for the future.
III-19. Other explanations.--If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part III
that did not provide a narrative response 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/aluminum_extrusions_chin
a/full_review.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: ALUM

• E-mail.—E-mail the MS Word 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, it is 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.

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