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U.S. PURCHASERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
CASED PENCILS FROM CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by April 14, 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 cased pencils from China (Inv. No. 731‐TA‐669
(Fourth Review)). The information requested in the questionnaire is requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of
1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed can result in a subpoena or other order to compel
the submission of records or information in your possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)). Further information on this
questionnaire can be obtained from Grace Kenneally (202‐708‐1669, [email protected]).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm purchased cased pencils (as defined on the next page) from any source (domestic or foreign) 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: PENCIL)
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 proceedings 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
Phone:
Date
Signature
Email address
Fax
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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐On December 28, 1994, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued an
antidumping duty order on imports of cased pencils 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://usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/cased_pencils_china/fourth_review_full.htm
Cased pencils covered by these investigations are shipments of certain cased pencils of any shape or
dimension (except as described below) which are writing and/or drawing instruments that feature cores
of graphite or other materials, encased in wood and/or man‐made materials, whether or not decorated
and whether or not tipped (e.g., with erasers, etc.) in any fashion, and either sharpened or
unsharpened.
The pencils subject to the order are currently classifiable under subheading 9609.10.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (`HTSUS').
Specifically excluded from the scope of the order are mechanical pencils, cosmetic pencils, pens,
noncased crayons (wax), pastels, charcoals, chalks, and pencils produced under U.S. patent number
6,217,242, from paper infused with scents by the means covered in the above‐referenced patent,
thereby having odors distinct from those that may emanate from pencils lacking the scent infusion. Also
excluded from the scope of the order are pencils with all of the following physical characteristics: (1)
Length: 13.5 or more inches; (2) sheath diameter: not less than one‐and‐one quarter inches at any point
(before sharpening); and (3) core length: Not more than 15 percent of the length of the pencil. In
addition, pencils with all of the following physical characteristics are excluded from the scope of the
order: Novelty jumbo pencils that are octagonal in shape, approximately ten inches long, one inch in
diameter before sharpening, and three‐and‐one eighth inches in circumference, composed of turned
wood encasing one‐and‐one half inches of sharpened lead on one end and a rubber eraser on the other
end. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.
Purchaser.‐‐Any firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in purchasing
cased pencils from another firm that produces, imports, or otherwise distributes cased pencils.
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 in connection with this
proceeding (i.e., a producer, importer, and/or purchaser 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
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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 of your 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.
I‐1.
I‐2.
OMB statistics.‐‐Please report 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
40 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and
completing and reviewing the questionnaire.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for
reducing the burden, and any suggestions for improving this questionnaire. Please attach such
comments to your response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
Establishments covered.‐‐Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire, if different from that listed on the cover page. Firms operating more than one
establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.
“Establishment”‐‐Each facility of a firm involved in the purchase of cased pencils, including
auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such
facilities.
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I‐3.
Ownership.‐‐Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information.
Extent of ownership
Firm name
Address
(percent)
I‐4.
I‐5.
I‐6.
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Related importers/exporters.‐‐Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, that import cased pencils into the United States or that export cased pencils to the
United States?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information.
Firm name
Country
Affiliation
Related producers.‐‐Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, that
produce cased pencils?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information.
Firm name and country
Country
Affiliation
Business plan.‐‐Does your company or any related firm have a business plan or any internal
documents that describe, discuss, or analyze expected market conditions for cased pencils?
No
If yes, please provide these documents. If you are not providing the
Yes requested documents, please explain why not.
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PART II.‐‐PURCHASES
Contact information.‐‐ Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission
staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in this questionnaire.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax
II‐1. Purchases.—
(a)
Please estimate your firm’s total U.S. purchases of cased pencils in 2016. (Do not include
imports for which your firm was the importer of record; such imports should be
reported in your U.S. importer’s questionnaire.) ( Note 1 gross=144 pencils).
Quantity (in 1,000 gross)
(b)
Estimate the percentage of the quantity of your firm’s purchases of cased pencils in
2016 that were produced in each of the specified countries.
Item
Cased pencils produced in.‐‐
United States
%
China (All other)
%
All other countries:
%
Please identify these countries:
%
China (Beijing FILA Dixon Stationary Co.)
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
1
Share of quantity of 2016
purchases (percent)
0.0 %
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Changes in purchasing patterns.‐‐Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of
cased pencils from different sources have changed since January 1, 2011.
Source of purchases
Did not
purchase Decreased Increased Constant Fluctuated
Explanation for trend
United States
China (Beijing FILA
Dixon Stationary Co.)
China (All other)
All other countries
Sources unknown
II‐3.
Purchases from one country only.‐‐If your firm has purchased cased pencils from only one
country, please explain the reasons for doing so.
II‐4.
Supplier identification.‐‐ Please list your firm’s FIVE largest suppliers for cased pencils since
January 1, 2011. Also, provide the share of the quantity of your firm’s total purchases of cased
pencils that each of these suppliers accounted for in 2016.
No.
Supplier’s name
City and state
Share of quantity of
2016 purchases
1
%
2
%
3
%
4
%
5
%
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II‐5.
Bundled purchases of cased pencils with other products.‐‐Does your firm purchase cased
pencils in bundles that include other products?
Estimated share
of your
purchases of
pencils in 2016
that were
purchased in a
bundle with Describe the other products that are included in typical
other products bundled purchases
No
Yes
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PART III.‐‐ MARKET CHARACTERISTICS AND PURCHASING PRACTICES
III‐1. Firm type.‐‐Which of the following best describes your firm as a purchaser of cased pencils
(check all that apply)?
Office
School
Distributor
Other
Describe other
Retailer
supply
suppliers
superstore
III‐2.
Competition for sales.‐‐Do you compete for sales to your customers with the manufacturers or
importers from which you purchase cased pencils?
No
Yes If yes, please describe.
III‐3.
Types of customers.‐‐What are the major types of consumers to which you sell cased pencils?
III‐4.
Substitutes.—
(a)
Can other products be substituted for cased pencils?
No
Yes‐‐Please fill out the table.
Substitute
End use in which this
substitute is used
Have changes in the price of this substitute
affected the price for cased pencils?
No Yes
1.
2.
3.
Explanation
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Substitutes.‐‐Continued
(b)
Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that can be
substituted for cased pencils since January 1, 2011? Do you anticipate any future
changes?
Changes in substitutes No Yes
III‐5.
Explain
Changes since January
1, 2011
Anticipated changes
Demand trends.‐‐ Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United
States (if known) for cased pencils 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.
Fluctuate
Overall
No
Overall
with no
increase change decrease clear trend
Market
Explanation and factors
Demand since January 1, 2011
Within the United States
Outside the United States
Anticipated future demand
Within the United States
Outside the United States
III‐6.
III‐7.
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 cased pencils 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.
Country preferences.‐‐Do you or your customers ever specifically order cased pencils from one
country in particular over other possible sources of supply?
No
Yes
If yes, identify the countries and explain.
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Importance of purchasing domestic product.‐‐Please fill out the table below, estimating the
percentage of your firm’s total 2016 purchases of cased pencils that required cased pencils
produced in the United States.
Purchases that did not require domestic product
Purchases that were required by law or regulation to be domestic
product (e.g., government purchases under “Buy American” provisions)
Purchases that were not required by law or regulation, but were
required by your customers to be domestic product
Purchases that were required to be domestic product for other reasons
(explain: )
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
III‐9.
Estimated percentage of
your firm’s total 2016
purchases of cased
pencils
%
%
%
%
0.0 %
Conditions of competition.‐‐
(a) Is the cased pencils market subject to business cycles (other than general economy‐wide
conditions) and/or other conditions of competition distinctive to cased pencils?
Check all that apply.
Please describe.
No
Skip to question III‐12.
Yes‐Business cycles (e.g.
seasonal business)
Yes‐Other distinctive
conditions of competition
(b) If yes, have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for
cased pencils since January 1, 2011?
No
Yes
If yes, describe.
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III‐10. Decisions based on producer and country‐of‐origin.‐‐How often does your firm, and if you
know, do your customers, make purchasing decisions involving cased pencils based on its
producer or country of origin?
Always
Usually
Sometimes
Never
If at least sometimes, explain.
Decision based on producer
Your firm
Your
customers
Decision based on country of origin
Your firm
Your
customers
III‐11. Availability of supply.‐‐Has the availability of cased pencils in the U.S. market changed since
January 1, 2011? Do you anticipate any future changes? Note: Nonsubject imports include
imports from Beijing FILA Dixon Stationary Company.
Availability in the U.S.
Please explain, noting the countries and reasons for the
market
No Yes changes.
Changes since January 1, 2011:
U.S.‐produced product
Subject imports
Nonsubject imports
U.S.‐produced product
Subject imports
Nonsubject imports
Anticipated changes:
III‐12. Availability of specific product types.‐‐Are certain grades/types/sizes of cased pencils only
available from certain country sources?
No
Yes
If yes, please identify the countries and the grade/type/size.
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III‐13. Supply constraints.‐‐Has any firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply your firm with
cased pencils since January 1, 2011 (examples include placing customers on allocation or
“controlled order entry,” declining to accept new customers or renew existing customers,
delivering less than the quantity promised, been unable to meet timely shipment commitments,
etc.)?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe.
III‐14. Purchasing frequency.‐‐
(a)
How frequently do you make purchases of cased pencils (check one)?
Daily Weekly
(b)
Monthly
Quarterly Annually
Other If other, specify
Do you expect this purchasing frequency to change in the next two years?
No
Yes If yes, explain.
III‐15. Number of suppliers contacted.‐‐How many suppliers do you generally contact before making a
purchase? Between and firms.
III‐16. Supplier negotiations.‐‐Do your purchases of cased pencils usually involve negotiations between
supplier and purchaser?
No
If yes, explain the factors you generally negotiate and note whether
Yes your firm quotes competing prices during negotiations.
III‐17. Change in suppliers.‐‐ Has your firm changed suppliers since January 1, 2011?
No
If yes, please list the supplier(s), whether the firm was added or
Yes dropped, and the reasons for the change.
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III‐18. New suppliers.‐‐
(a)
Are you aware of any new suppliers, either foreign or domestic, that have entered the
market since January 1, 2011?
No
Yes If yes, please identify the firms.
(b)
Do you expect new cased pencils suppliers to enter the U.S. market?
No
Yes If yes, please explain.
III‐19. Supplier qualification.‐‐Do you require your suppliers to be or to become certified or qualified
to sell cased pencils to your firm?
If yes, provide the following information.
The number of days to qualify a new supplier.
A general description of the certification or qualification process. Also, a brief
description of the factors that you consider when qualifying a new supplier (e.g., quality
of product, reliability of supplier, etc.).
No
Yes
Number
of days Process and factors
III‐20. Failure to certify.‐‐Since January 1, 2011, have any domestic or foreign producers failed in their
attempts to certify or qualify their cased pencils with your firm or have any producers lost their
approved status?
No
Yes
If yes, please identify these firms, the countries where they are located, and
the reasons why they failed the certification/qualification.
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III‐21. Major purchasing factors.‐‐ Please list, in order of their importance, the three major factors
your firm considers in deciding from whom to purchase cased pencils (examples include
availability, extension of credit, contracts, price, quality, range of supplier’s product line,
traditional supplier, etc.).
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:
III‐22. Purchasing factors.‐‐Please rate the importance of the following factors in your firm’s
purchasing decisions for cased pencils.
Factor
Very
important
Somewhat
important
Not
important
Availability
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Extension of credit
Minimum quantity requirements
Packaging
Price
Product consistency
Product range
Quality exceeds industry standards
Quality meets industry standards
Reliability of supply
Technical support/service
U.S. transportation costs
III‐23. Quality characteristics.‐‐What characteristics does your firm consider when determining the
quality of cased pencils?
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III‐24. Minimum quality.‐‐How often do cased pencils from the following countries meet minimum
quality specifications for your uses or your customers’ uses?
Rarely or
Don’t
Source
Always
Usually
Sometimes
never
know
United States
China
Other:
III‐25. Frequency of decisions based on price.‐‐How often does your firm purchase the cased pencils
that is offered at the lowest price?
Always
Usually
Sometimes
Never
III‐26. Choice of product not based on price.‐‐If you purchased cased pencils from one country source
although a comparable product was available from another country source at a lower price,
please explain your reasons for doing so (please specify by country).
III‐27. Price leaders.‐‐A price leader is defined as (1) one or more firms that initiate a price change,
either upward or downward, that is followed by other firms, or (2) one or more firms that have a
significant impact on prices. A price leader is not necessarily the lowest‐priced supplier.
Please list the names of any firms you considered price leaders in the cased pencils market since
January 1, 2011.
Firm(s)
Describe how the firm(s) exhibited price leadership
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III‐28. Changes in U.S. industry.‐‐
(a)
Please identify and discuss any improvements/changes in the U.S. cased pencils industry
since January 1, 2011 and explain the factors, including the order(s) under review, that
were responsible for each improvement/change.
(b)
Please discuss any improvements/changes that you anticipate in the future in the U.S.
cased pencils industry. Identify the time period and causes for these
improvements/changes.
III‐29. Effect of revocation.‐‐What do you think will be the likely effects of any revocation of the
antidumping duty order for imports of cased pencils from China? As appropriate, please discuss
any potential effects of revocation of the antidumping duty order on (1) the future activities of
your firm and (2) the U.S. market as a whole. Please note the future time period to which you
are referring.
Activities of your firm
Entire U.S. market
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PART IV.‐‐ PRODUCT COMPARISIONS
IV‐1. Country knowledge.‐‐Please indicate the countries of origin for cased pencils for which your
firm has actual marketing/pricing knowledge.
United
States
China
Other
countries
Other countries (specify)
IV‐2.
Interchangeability.‐‐Are cased pencils produced in the United States and in other countries
interchangeable (i.e., can they physically be used in the same applications)? If your answer
differs for China (all other firms) and China (Beijing FILA Dixon Stationary Company), please
explain.
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = the products from a specified country‐pair are always interchangeable
F = the products are frequently interchangeable
S = the products are sometimes interchangeable
N = the products are never interchangeable
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country‐pair
Country‐pair
China
Other countries
United States
China
For any country‐pair producing cased pencils which is sometimes or never interchangeable,
please identify the country‐pair and explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable
use:
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Factors other than price.‐‐Are differences other than price (e.g., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between cased pencils produced
in the United States and in other countries a significant factor in your firm’s purchases of the
products? If your answer differs for China (all other firms) and China (Beijing FILA Dixon
Stationary Company), please explain.
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = such differences are always significant
F = such differences are frequently significant
S = such differences are sometimes significant
N = such differences are never significant
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country‐pair
Country‐pair
China
Other countries
United States
China
For any country‐pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s purchases of cased pencils, identify the country‐pair and report the
advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:
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Factor country comparisons.‐‐For the factors listed below, please rate how cased pencils
produced in each country you identified in your response to the first question in Part IV
compares with cased pencils produced in each of the other countries you identified.
Superior
Comparable
Inferior
Superior
Comparable
Inferior
Superior
Comparable
Inferior
If you are unfamiliar with the product from a particular country, please leave the boxes for those
country comparisons blank.
Product from
Product from
United States
China
Product from
compared to
compared to
United States
compared to
product from
product from
product from
Nonsubject
Nonsubject
China
countries
countries
Availability
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Extension of credit
Minimum quantity requirements
Packaging
Price1
Product consistency
Product range
Quality exceeds industry standards
Quality meets industry standards
Reliability of supply
Technical support/service
U.S. transportation costs1
Factor
1
A rating of superior on price and U.S. transportation costs indicates that the first country generally has lower
prices/U.S. transportation costs than the second country.
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Change in price.‐‐
(a)
Since January 1, 2011, has there been a change in the price of cased pencils? If so, has
the price of U.S.‐produced cased pencils changed more or less than the price of
imported cased pencils from China?
No change in price.
Prices have changed by the same amount.
Price of U.S.‐produced cased pencils has changed relative to the price of
cased pencils from China (Beijing FILA Dixon Stationary Company).
Price of U.S.‐produced cased pencils has changed relative to the price of
cased pencils from China (all other firms).
(b)
If the price of U.S.‐produced cased pencils has changed relative to the price of cased
pencils from China, the price of U.S.‐produced cased pencils is now relatively
Higher
Lower
than those from China (Beijing FILA
Dixon Stationary Company).
than those from China (all other
firms).
PART V.—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
V‐1. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to any question that
did not provide a narrative response box, please note the question number and the explanation
in the space provided below.
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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://usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2016/cased_pencils_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: PENCIL
• 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 does not purchase 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 - CP--US Purchaser--to Commission |
Author | jordan.harriman |
File Modified | 2017-03-02 |
File Created | 2017-03-02 |