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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
PAPER CLIPS FROM CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by April 26, 2017
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 review of the antidumping duty order concerning paper clips from China (Inv. No. 731‐TA‐663
(Fourth 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 paper clips (as defined on next page) at any time since January 1, 2011?
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)
Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: PCFC)
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
Signature
Phone:
Fax:
Email address
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PART I.‐‐GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐ On November 25, 1994, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued an
antidumping duty order on imports of paper clips from China. On June 1, 2016, the Commission
instituted a review 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 order 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 an affirmative determination, the order will remain in place. If either the
Commission or Commerce makes a negative determination, Commerce will revoke the order.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/paper_clips_china/fourth_review_full.htm.
Paper clips covered by this review is certain paper clips, wholly of wire of base metal, whether or not
galvanized, whether or not plated with nickel or other base metal (e.g., copper), with a wire diameter
between 0.025 inches and 0.075 inches (0.64 to 1.91 millimeters), regardless of physical configuration,
except as specifically excluded. The products subject to the order may have a rectangular or ring‐like
shape and include, but are not limited to, clips commercially referred to as No. 1 clips, No. 3 clips, Jumbo
or Giant clips, Gem clips, Frictioned clips, Perfect Gems, Marcel Gems, Universal clips, Nifty clips,
Peerless clips, Ring clips, and Glide‐On clips. The products subject to the order are currently classifiable
under subheading 8305.90.3010 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Specifically excluded from the scope of the order are plastic and vinyl covered paper clips, butterfly
clips, binder clips, or other paper fasteners that are not made wholly of wire of base metal and are
covered under a separate subheading of the HTSUS.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.1
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
1
Certain Paper Clips From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of
Antidumping Duty Order, 81 FR 69512, October 6, 2016.
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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.
Valid number error messages.‐‐If you are completing this form in a country that uses periods (“.”) to
delineate multiples of 1000 (e.g., one million would appear as $1.000.000 rather than $1,000,000), you
may be unable to enter in numbers greater than 999 in numeric form fields. The solution to this data
entry issue is to temporarily change your operating system’s number formatting to be consistent with
the U.S. number formatting system while you complete this form. Detailed instructions on how to
resolve this issue are provided at the end of this questionnaire and are available upon request from
Justin Enck (202‐205‐3363, [email protected]).
I‐1.
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.
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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 paper
clips, 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 paper clips in 2016.
No. Importer’s name
Contact person
Email address
Share of
Area code
your firm’s
and
2016 U.S.
telephone
exports
number
(%)
1
2
3
4
5
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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 paper clips 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.
I‐5.
U.S. importation.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import paper
clips into the United States?
No
Yes‐‐Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.
I‐6.
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 paper clips?
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 paper clips since January 1, 2011.
Check as many as appropriate.
If checked, please describe; leave blank if not
applicable.
Plant openings
Plant closings
Relocations
Expansions
Acquisitions
Consolidations
Prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
Revised labor agreements
Other (e.g., technology)
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Anticipated changes in operations.‐‐Does your firm anticipate any changes in the character of
its operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of paper clips in the
future?
No
Yes–Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of
business plans or other supporting documentation that address this
issue. Include in your response a specific projection of your firm’s
capacity to produce paper clips (in million units) for 2017 and 2018.
II‐4.
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 paper clips in the future if the antidumping duty order on paper
clips from China were to be revoked?
No
Yes–Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of
business plans or other supporting documentation that address this
issue. Include in your response a specific projection of your firm’s
capacity to produce paper clips (in million units) for 2017 and 2018.
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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 paper clips, 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 million units)
Calendar year
Item
2014
Overall production
capacity
Production of:
Paper clips1
2015
0
0
0
2
Other products
Total
1
2
2016
0
0
0
Data entered for production of paper clips will populate here once reported in question II‐14.
Please identify these products: .
II‐5b. Operating parameters.‐‐The production capacity reported in II‐5a is based on operating hours
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.
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II‐5e. Product shifting.
(i).
Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between paper clips and other products
using the same equipment and/or labor?
No
Yes‐‐ (i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products). Please identify other actual or potential products.
(ii).
Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.
II‐6.
Share of sales.‐‐What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of paper clips? percent.
II‐7.
II‐8.
Firm's estimated share of production in country.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total
production of paper clips in the country specified on the certification page accounted for by your
firm’s production in 2016. percent.
Firm's estimated share of country's exports.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of paper clips from the country specified on the certification page accounted
for by your firm’s exports in 2016. percent.
II‐9.
Inventories in the United States.‐‐Has your firm, since 2014, maintained any inventories of
paper clips 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 million units)
Calendar year
Item
Inventory
2014
2015
2016
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II‐10. Third country trade actions.‐‐Is the paper clips 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 paper clips since 2011. Please identify and
discuss below.
II‐12. Significance of antidumping duty order.‐‐Describe the significance of the existing antidumping
duty order covering imports of paper clips 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 paper clips in the future if the
antidumping duty order on paper clips from China were to be revoked?
No
Yes–Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of
business plans or other supporting documentation for any trends or
projections you may provide.
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II‐14. Trade data.‐‐Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of paper clips in your establishment(s) in China during the specified
periods. Do not include resales of paper clips that your firm did not produce in this question;
those data to the degree they are exported to the United States should only be reported in
question II‐15.
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.
“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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II‐14. Trade data.‐‐Continued.
Quantity (in million units) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item
2014
2015
2016
Average production
capacity1 (A)
Beginning‐of‐period
inventories (B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/
transfers
quantity (D)
value (G)
Export shipments:
to the United States:
quantity (H)
Total exports (quantity) (P)
0
0
0
Total shipments (quantity)
(Q)
0
0
0
End‐of‐period inventories
(R)
value (E)
Commercial shipments
quantity (F)
value (I)
2
to the European Union:
quantity (J)
value (K)
3
to Asia:
quantity (L)
value (M)
4
to all other markets:
quantity (N)
value (O)
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
Identify your firm’s principal European Union export markets: .
3
Identify your firm’s principal Asian export markets: .
4
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
2014
B + C – D – F – H –J – L – N –
R= should equal zero ("0")
or provide an explanation.1
2015
2016
0
0
0
1
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 not produced by your firm.‐‐Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of paper clips that was produced in China but not by your firm during the specified
periods. Note these data should not be included in question II‐14. These are resales or sales of
your firm's purchases of paper clips that you did not produce.
Quantity (in million units) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item
2014
Exports of paper clips to
the United States not
produced by your firm1.—
Quantity 1 (S)
Value (T)
1
List the producer(s).
2015
2016
.
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II‐16. Exports to the United States and total shipments by product type.‐‐ Report your firm’s exports
to the Unites States and total shipments reported above in 2016 by product type.
Exports to the United States
in 2016
Item
Shipments
No. 1 paper clips
Quantity (U)
Value (V)
No. 3 paper clips
Quantity (W)
Value (X)
Jumbo paper clips
Quantity (Y)
Value (Z)
Other wire paper clips
Quantity (AA)
Value (AB)
Total shipments in 2016
(millions of units; values in $1,000)
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS.—Exports to the Unites States reported in this question should be equal
to exports to the United States in 2016 in the two previous questions combined. Likewise, total
shipments in this question should reconcile to total shipments in II‐14 plus your firm's resales exported to
the United States in II‐15. If the calculated fields below return values other than zero (i.e., “0”), the data
reported must be revised prior to submission to the Commission.
Exports to the United States
Calendar year 2016
Quantity reconciliation: W + W + Y + AA – H ‐ S =
zero ("0"), if not revise.
0
Value reconciliation: V + X + Z + AB – I ‐ T = zero
("0"), if not revise.
0
Total shipments
Quantity reconciliation: W + W + Y + AA – D – F –
H – J – L – N ‐ S = zero ("0"), if not revise.
Value reconciliation: V + X + Z + AB – E – G – I – K –
M – O ‐‐ T = zero ("0"), if not revise.
Calendar year 2016
0
0
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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 Arthur Gailes (202‐205‐3001,
[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 paper clips to U.S.
customers in 2016 was on a (1) long‐term contract basis, (2) annual contract basis, (3) short‐
term contract basis, and (4) spot sales basis?
Type of sale
Short‐term
Long‐term
Annual
Total
contracts
contracts
Spot sales
contracts
(should
(multiple
(multiple
(for a single
(multiple
sum to
deliveries for
deliveries for
delivery)
deliveries for 12
100.0%)
less than 12
more than 12
months)
months)
months)
Share of your
%
%
%
% 0.0 %
2016 sales
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Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table regarding your firm’s typical sales contracts with
U.S. customers for paper clips (or check “not applicable” if your firm does not sell on a long‐
term, short‐term and/or annual contract basis).
Item
Short‐term contracts
(multiple deliveries
for less than 12
months)
Annual contracts
(multiple
deliveries for 12
months)
Long‐term contracts
(multiple deliveries for
more than 12 months)
Average contract
duration
No. of
days
365
Price renegotiation
(during contract
period)
Yes
No
Quantity
Price
Both
Yes
No
Typical sales
contract provisions
Fixed quantity
and/or price
Meet or release
provision
Not applicable
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 paper clips?
Share of 2016
sales
Source
From inventory
%
Produced to order
%
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
III‐5.
Lead time (average
number of days)
0.0 %
Raw materials.‐‐ Indicate how paper clips 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
trend
increase change decrease
Explain, noting how raw material
price changes have affected your
firm’s selling prices for paper clips.
Changes since
January 1, 2011
Anticipated changes
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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 paper clips in the U.S.
market since January 1, 2011?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe.
Availability of SUBJECT import supply.‐‐ Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the
availability of China‐produced paper clips 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.
III‐8.
Product shifting.‐‐Describe how easily your firm can shift its sales of paper clips 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 paper clips 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 paper clips in your firm’s
home market different from that of paper clips for export to the United States or to third‐
country markets?
No
Yes
If yes, please explain.
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III‐10. Product changes.‐‐Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix,
or marketing of paper clips 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
Explain
Changes since January 1,
2011
Anticipated changes
III‐11. Substitutes. ‐‐
(a)
Can other products be substituted for paper clips?
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 paper clips?
No Yes
Explanation
1.
2.
3.
(b)
Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that can be
substituted for paper clips since January 1, 2011? Do you anticipate any future
changes?
Changes in
substitutes
No Yes
Explain
Changes since
January 1, 2011
Anticipated
changes
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III‐12. Interchangeability.‐‐Is the paper clips produced by your firm and sold in its home market
interchangeable (i.e., can be used in the same applications) with your firm’s paper clips sold to
the United States and/or to third‐country markets?
Yes
No
If no, identify the market(s) and any differences in the products.
III‐13. Demand trends.‐‐Indicate how demand in the following markets for paper clips 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 market
Fluctuate
Overall
No
Overall
with no
increase change decrease clear trend
Explanation and factors
Demand since January 1, 2011
Home market
United States
Other markets
Anticipated future demand
Home market
United States
Other markets
III‐14. Price differences.‐‐Please compare market prices of paper clips in your firm’s home market, the
United States, and third‐country markets.
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III‐15. Description of home market.‐‐Describe briefly your firm’s home market for paper clips,
including the number of, and competition between, producers.
III‐16. Import competition.‐‐Does your firm face competition from imports of paper clips in your firm’s
home market?
No
Yes
If yes, please identify the country sources of these imports.
III‐17. 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 paper clips 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‐18. Bundling sales of paper clips with other products.‐‐Does your firm bundle the sales of paper
clips with other office supply products?
Estimated share
of your sales of
paper clips in
2016 that were Describe the other products that are included in typical
No
Yes sold in a bundle bundled sales
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:
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/paper_clips_china/fourth_review
_full.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: PSFC
• 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 (202‐
205‐1803). A certificate of service must accompany the completed questionnaire you submit (see 19 CFR
§ 207.7). Service of the questionnaire must be made in paper form.
| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | Microsoft Word - PC Foreign Producer Questionnaire |
| Author | fred.ruggles |
| File Modified | 2017-03-07 |
| File Created | 2017-03-07 |