18-4-3887 Foreign producers' questionnaire

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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS FROM KOREA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by May 21, 2018
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 large power transformers from Korea (Inv. No.
731-TA-1189 (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 large power transformers (as defined on next page) at any time since
January 1, 2012?

NO

(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the questionnaire to the Commission)

YES

(Complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire questionnaire to the Commission)

Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: TRANS)
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 August 31, 2012, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce") issued an antidumping
duty order on imports of large power transformers from Korea. On July 3, 2017, 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/701731/2017/large_power_transformers_korea/first_review_full.htm.

Large power transformers covers large liquid dielectric power transformers (“LPTs”) having a top power
handling capacity greater than or equal to 60,000 kilovolt amperes (60 megavolt amperes), whether
assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete.
Incomplete LPTs are subassemblies consisting of the active part and any other parts attached to,
imported with, or invoiced with the active parts of LPTs. The ‘‘active part’’ of the transformer consists of
one or more of the following when attached to or otherwise assembled with one another: The steel core
or shell, the windings, electrical insulation between the windings, or the mechanical frame for an LPT.
The product definition encompasses all such LPTs regardless of name designation, including but not
limited to step-up transformers, step-down transformers, autotransformers, interconnection
transformers, voltage regulator transformers, rectifier transformers, and power rectifier transformers.
The LPTs subject to this order are currently classifiable under subheadings 8504.23.0040, 8504.23.0080,
and 8504.90.9540 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope
of this order is dispositive.
Reporting of information.-- If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates. If your firm is completing more than one questionnaire (i.e., a producer, importer,
purchaser and/or foreign producer questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions.
Confidentiality.--The commercial and financial data furnished in response to this questionnaire that
reveal the individual operations of your firm will be treated as confidential by the Commission to the
extent that such data are not otherwise available to the public and will not be disclosed except as may
be required by law (see 19 U.S.C. § 1677f). Such confidential information will not be published in a
manner that will reveal the individual operations of your firm; however, general characterizations of
numerical business proprietary information (such as discussion of trends) will be treated as confidential
business information only at the request of the submitter for good cause shown.
Verification.--The information submitted in this questionnaire is subject to audit and verification by the
Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep all files, worksheets, and supporting
documents used in the preparation of the questionnaire response. Please also retain a copy of the final
document that you submit.
Release of information.--The information provided by your firm in response to this questionnaire, as
well as any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to the Commission in
connection with this proceeding, may become subject to, and released under, the administrative
protective order provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1677f) and section 207.7 of the

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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 is provided at the end of this questionnaire and is available upon request from
Nathanael Comly (202-205-3174, [email protected]) or Christopher Robinson (202-205-2542;
[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.
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 Korea involved in the production or export of large
power transformers, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not
physically separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in Korea
should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.

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U.S. importers.--Please provide the names, contacts, email addresses, and telephone numbers
of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s large power transformers in 2017.

No.

Importer’s name

Contact person

Email address

Share of
Area code
your firm’s
and
2017 U.S.
telephone
exports
number
(%)

1
2
3
4
5
I-4.

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 large power transformers in the United
States or other countries?
No

Yes--Please name the firm(s) and country(ies) below and, if U.S. producer(s),
ensure that they complete the Commission’s producer questionnaire.

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U.S. importation.--Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import large
power transformers 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 Part II 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 large power
transformers?
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 Nathanael Comly (202-2053174, [email protected]) or Christopher Robinson (202-205-2542;
[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-2a.

Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of large power transformers since January 1, 2012.

Check as many as appropriate.
Plant openings
Plant closings
Relocations
Expansions
Acquisitions
Consolidations
Prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
Revised labor agreements
Corporate restructuring
Other (e.g., technology)

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

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II-2b.

Anticipated changes in operations.--Does your firm anticipate any changes in in the character of
its operations or organization relating to the production of large power transformers in the
future?

No

II-3a.

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Yes

If 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
documentations that address this issue. Include in your
response a specific projection of your firm’s capacity to
produce large power transformers (in MVA top rated) for 2018
and 2019.

Production using same machinery.-- Please report your firm’s production of products made on
the same equipment and machinery used to produce large power transformers, 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 Korea, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
Quantity (in MVA top rated)
Calendar year
Item

2015

2016

January-March
2017

2017

2018

Overall production capacity
Production of:
Large power transformers (60 to
299 MVA)
Large power transformers (over
300 MVA)
Total large power transformers1
Other products
Total
1
2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Please see reconciliation below.
Please identify these products:

.

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RECONCILIATION OF LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS PRODUCTION.--Please ensure that the quantities
reported above for large power transformers (i.e., those of 60 to 299 MVA plus those over 300 MVA) in
each time period equal the quantity reported for large power transformers in II-11 (i.e., line C) in each
time period. 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.
Calendar year
Item

2015

Total large power transformers –
question II-11 line C = zero ("0"), if
not revise.

2016

0

January-March
2017

0

2017

0

2018

0

II-3b.

Operating parameters.--The production capacity reported in II-3a is based on operating
per week,
weeks per year.

II-3c.

Capacity calculation.--Please describe the methodology used to calculate overall production
capacity reported in II-3a, and explain any changes in reported capacity.

II-3d.

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

II-3e.

Product shifting.
(i).

hours

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between large power transformers and
other products using the same equipment and/or labor?
No

(ii).

0

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, qualification or lack thereof, etc.),
and the degree to which these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.

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Product shifting by MVA rating.--Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between large
power transformers with a rating of 60 to 299 MVA and large power transformers with a rating of
300 MVA or more 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-3g.

Product shifting factors by MVA rating.--Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to
shift production capacity between between large power transformers with a rating of 60 to 300
MVA and large power transformers with a rating of 300 MVA or more (e.g., time, cost, relative price
change, qualification or lack thereof, etc.), and the degree to which these factors enhance or
constrain such shifts.

II-4.

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

II-5.

Firm's estimated share of production in country.--Please estimate the percentage of total
production of large power transformers in the country specified on the certification page accounted
for by your firm’s production in 2017.
percent.

II-6.

Firm's estimated share of country's exports.--Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of large power transformers from the country specified on the certification
page accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2017.
percent.

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Third country trade actions.--Are the large power transformers 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-8.

Other export markets.--Identify export markets (other than the United States) that your firm
has developed or where it has increased its sales of large power transformers since 2012. Please
identify and discuss below.

II-9.

Significance of antidumping duty order.--Describe the significance of the existing antidumping
duty order covering imports of large power transformers from Korea 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-10.

Likely impact of revocation.--Would your firm anticipate any changes in the character of its
operations or organization, including its production capacity, production, U.S. shipments,
inventories, purchases, employment, revenues, costs, profits, cash flow, capital expenditures,
research and development expenditures, or asset values relating to the production of large
power transformers in the future if the antidumping duty order on large power transformers
from Korea were to be revoked?

No

Yes

If 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
documentations that address this issue. Include in your
response a specific projection of your firm’s capacity to
produce large power transformers (in MVA top rated) for 2018
and 2019.

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Trade data.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of large power transformers in your establishment(s) in Korea during
the specified periods. Do not include resales of large power transformers 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-14.
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 Korea, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Korea. 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 Korea.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Korea.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in Korea, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside Korea, 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-11.

Quantity (in MVA top rated) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item

2015

2016

January-March
2017

2017

2018

1

Average production capacity (A)
Beginning-of-period inventories (B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/ transfers
quantity (D)
value (E)
Commercial shipments
quantity (F)
value (G)
Export shipments:
to the United States:
quantity (H)
value (I)
2

to the European Union:
quantity (J)
value (K)
3

to Asia:
quantity (L)
value (M)
to all other markets:
quantity (N)

4

value (O)
Total exports (quantity) (P)

0

0

0

0

0

Total shipments (quantity) (Q)

0

0

0

0

0

End-of-period inventories (R)
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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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

B + C – D – F – H –J – L – N – R=
should equal zero ("0") or provide
an explanation.1
1

2015

2016

0

January-March
2017

0

2017

0

2018

0

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

0

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Total shipments by MVA rating.--Report your firm’s total shipments of large power
transformers produced in your establishment(s) in Korea during the specified periods.
Calendar year
Item

2015

2016

2017

Total shipments:
60 MVA to 299 MVA
Quantity (MVA top rated) (S)
Quantity (Units) (T)
Value ($1,000) (U)
300 MVA or more
Quantity (MVA) (V)
Quantity (Units) (W)
Value ($1,000) (X)
RECONCILIATION OF TOTAL SHIPMENTS.--Please ensure that the quantities and value reported for total
shipments in this question (i.e., lines S and V and lines U and X) in each time period equal the quantities
and value reported for total shipments (i.e., lines D through O) in each time period in question II-11. 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.
Calendar year
Reconciliation

2015

2016

2017

Quantity: S + V – D – F – H – J – L
– N = zero ("0"), if not revise.

0

0

0

Value: U + X – E – G – I – K –M –
O = zero ("0"), if not revise.

0

0

0

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Exports to the United States by MVA rating.--Report your firm’s exports to the United States of
large power transformers produced in your establishment(s) in Korea during the specified
periods.
Calendar year
Item

2015

2016

2017

Exports the United States:
60 MVA to 299 MVA
Quantity (MVA top rated) (Z)
Quantity (Units) (AA)
Value ($1,000) (AB)
300 MVA or more
Quantity (MVA top rated) (AC)
Quantity (Units) (AD)
Value ($1,000) (AE)
RECONCILIATION OF EXPORTS TO US.--Please ensure that the quantities and value reported for exports
to the United States in this question (i.e., lines Z and AB and lines AC and AE) in each time period equal
the quantities and value reported for exports to the United States (i.e., lines H and I) in each time period
in question II-11. 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.
Calendar year
Reconciliation

2015

2016

2017

Quantity: Z + AC – H = zero ("0"),
if not revise.

0

0

0

Value: AB + AE– I = zero ("0"), if
not revise.

0

0

0

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Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.--Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of large power transformers that were produced in Korea but not by your firm
during the specified periods. Note these data should not be included in question II-11 or II-13.
Calendar year
Item

2015

2016

January-March
2017

2017

2018

Exports of large power transformers
to the United States not produced
1
by your firm .—
1
Quantity
Value
1

List the producer(s).

II-15.

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 Cindy Cohen (202-205-3230,
[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.

Lead times.--What is the average lead time between a customer’s order and the date of delivery
for your firm’s sales of large power transformers to the U.S. market?
days

III-3.

Raw materials.--Indicate how large power transformers raw materials prices have changed since
January 1, 2012, 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 large power
transformers.

Changes since
January 1,
2012
Anticipated
changes
III-4.

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 Korea-produced large power
transformers in the U.S. market since January 1, 2012?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

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Availability of SUBJECT import supply.--Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the
availability of Korea-produced large power transformers 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-6.

Product shifting.--Describe how easily your firm can shift its sales of large power transformers
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 large power transformers between the U.S. and alternative country markets
within a 12-month period.

III-7.

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

III-8.

Yes

If yes, please explain.

Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix,
or marketing of large power transformers in your firm’s home market, for export to the United
States, or for export to third-country markets since January 1, 2012? Do you anticipate any
future changes?
Changes in
product range,
product mix, or
marketing
No Yes
Changes since
January 1, 2012
Anticipated
changes

Explain

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Interchangeability.--Are the large power transformers produced by your firm and sold in its
home market interchangeable (i.e., can be used in the same applications) with your firm’s large
power transformers 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-10. End uses.—
(a)

Describe the end uses of the large power transformers that your firm manufactures and
sell to your firm’s home market. If these end uses differ from those of the large power
transformers 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 large power transformers since January
1, 2012? Do you anticipate any future changes?

Changes in end
uses
Changes since
January 1, 2012
Anticipated
changes

No

Yes

Explain

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III-11. Demand trends.--Indicate how demand in the following markets for large power transformers
has changed since January 1, 2012, 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

Overall
increase

Fluctuate
No
Overall
with no
change decrease clear trend

Explanation and factors (including any
major changes in demand during any
particular year since 2012)

Demand since January 1, 2012
Home market
United States
Other markets
Anticipated future demand
Home market
United States
Other markets
III-12. Price differences.--Please compare market prices of large power transformers in your firm’s
home market, the United States, and third-country markets.

III-13. Description of home market.--Describe briefly your firm’s home market for large power
transformers, including the number of, and competition between, producers.

III-14. Import competition.--Does your firm face competition from imports of large power
transformers in your firm’s home market?
No

Yes

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

III-15. 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 large power transformers
supply (including production capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United
States, (2) each of the other major producing/consuming countries, including Korea, and (3) the
world as a whole. Of particular interest is such data from 2012 to the present and forecasts for
the future.

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III-16. 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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Correcting Valid number error messages.--If you are completing a Commission

questionnaire in a country that uses periods (“.”) to delineate multiples of 1000 (e.g., one million would
appear as $1.000.000 instead of as $1,000,000), you may be unable to enter in numbers greater than
999 in numeric form fields. This issues stem from your computer number formatting setting (e.g., not
the MS Word document itself, but the computer from which you are opening up the document). In the
United States commas (,) delineate multiples of 1000 and periods (.) delineate fractions less than one.
Many EU countries use the reverse where multiples of 1000 are delineated with periods (.) and
fractions less than one are delineated with commas (,). The US International Trade Commission’s
questionnaires are set-up in the United States with the U.S. number formatting. When this formatting
interacts with a computer set to EU number formatting, we believe this may cause this issue.
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 the
questionnaire.
To temporarily change your computer’s number settings to U.S. settings, please do the following (for
Microsoft Windows Operating system):
•
•
•
•
•

START
Control Panel
Region and Language (under Clock, Language, and Region category)
Format tab
Change the Format from your existing one (e.g. “Italian (Italy)”) to “English (United States)” (see
screen shots below)

When you do this the number “twelve million dollars and thirty five cents” would change from
$12.000.000,35 (Italy format) to $12,000,000.35 (U.S. format), and then there will be no conflict with
the USITC foreign producer questionnaire form. When you finish reporting the data then you can close
the questionnaire and switch back to Italy settings.

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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/701731/2017/large_power_transformers_korea/f
irst_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: TRANS

• E-mail.—E-mail the MS Word questionnaire to Nathanael Comly (202-205-3174,
[email protected]) or Christopher Robinson (202-205-2542;
[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.