18-4-3927 Foreign producers' questionnaire

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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
PLASTIC DECORATIVE RIBBON FROM CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by October 1, 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 countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning plastic decorative ribbon
from China (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-592 and 731-TA-1400 (Final)). The information requested in the questionnaire is
requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII.

Name of firm
Address
Website
Has your firm produced or exported plastic decorative ribbon (as defined on next page) at any time since
January 1, 2015?

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: DECO)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in response to this questionnaire is complete and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief and understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission. By
means of this certification I also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the
information provided in this questionnaire and throughout this proceeding in any other import-injury proceedings conducted by
the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
proceeding or other 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

Date

Phone:
Signature

Fax:

Email address

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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--This proceeding was instituted in response to petitions filed on December 27, 2017, by
Berwick Offray, LLC, Berwick, Pennsylvania. Countervailing and/or antidumping duties may be assessed
on the subject imports as a result of these proceedings if the Commission makes an affirmative
determination of injury, threat, or material retardation, and if the U.S. Department of Commerce
(“Commerce”) makes an affirmative determination of subsidization and/or dumping. Questionnaires
and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at:
https://usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2018/plastic_decorative_ribbon_china/final.htm.
Plastic decorative ribbon covered in these investigations are certain plastic decorative ribbon having a
width (measured at the narrowest span of the ribbon) of less than or equal to four (4) inches in actual
measurement, including but not limited to ribbon wound onto itself; a spool, a core or a tube (with or
without flanges); attached to a card or strip; wound into a keg- or egg-shaped configuration; made into
bows, bow-like items, or other shapes or configurations; and whether or not packaged or labeled for
retail sale. The subject merchandise is typically made of substrates of polypropylene, but may be made
in whole or in part of any type of plastic, including without limitation, plastic derived from petroleum
products and plastic derived from cellulose products. Unless the context otherwise clearly indicates, the
word “ribbon” used in the singular includes the plural and the plural “ribbons” includes the singular.
The subject merchandise includes ribbons comprised of one or more layers of substrates made, in whole
or in part, of plastics adhered to each other, regardless of the method used to adhere the layers
together, including without limitation, ribbons comprised of layers of substrates adhered to each other
through a lamination process. Subject merchandise also includes ribbons comprised of (a) one or more
layers of substrates made, in whole or in part, of plastics adhered to (b) one or more layers of substrates
made, in whole or in part, of non-plastic materials, including, without limitation, substrates made, in
whole or in part, of fabric.
The ribbons subject to these investigations may be of any color or combination of colors (including
without limitation, ribbons that are transparent, translucent or opaque) and may or may not bear words
or images, including without limitation, those of a holiday motif. The subject merchandise includes
ribbons with embellishments and/or treatments, including, without limitation, ribbons that are printed,
hot-stamped, coated, laminated, flocked, crimped, die-cut, embossed (or that otherwise have impressed
designs, images, words or patterns), and ribbons with holographic, metallic, glitter or iridescent finishes.
Subject merchandise includes “pull-bows” an assemblage of ribbons connected to one another, folded
flat, and equipped with a means to form such ribbons into the shape of a bow by pulling on a length of
material affixed to such assemblage, and “pre-notched” bows, an assemblage of notched ribbon loops
arranged one inside the other with the notches in alignment and affixed to each other where notched,
and which the end user forms into a bow by separating and spreading the loops circularly around the
notches, which form the center of the bow. Subject merchandise includes ribbons that are packaged
with non-subject merchandise, including ensembles that include ribbons and other products, such as gift
wrap, gift bags, gift tags and/or other gift packaging products. The ribbons are covered by the scope of
these investigations; the “other products” (i.e., the other, non-subject merchandise included in the
ensemble) are not covered by the scope of these investigations.
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are the following: (1) ribbons formed exclusively by
weaving plastic threads together; (2) ribbons that have metal wire in, on, or along the entirety of each of
the longitudinal edges of the ribbon; (3) ribbons with an adhesive coating covering the entire span
between the longitudinal edges of the ribbon for the entire length of the ribbon; (4) ribbon formed into

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a bow without a tab or other means for attaching the bow to an object using adhesives, where the bow
has: (a) an outer layer that is either flocked or made of fabric, and (b) a flexible metal wire at the base
which permits attachment to an object by twist-tying; (5) elastic ribbons, meaning ribbons that elongate
when stretched and return to their original dimension when the stretching load is removed; (6) ribbons
affixed as a decorative detail to non-subject merchandise, such as a gift bag, gift box, gift tin, greeting
card or plush toy, or affixed (including by tying) as a decorative detail to packaging containing nonsubject merchandise; (7) ribbons that are (a) affixed to non-subject merchandise as a working
component of such non-subject merchandise, such as where the ribbon comprises a book marker, bag
cinch, or part of an identity card holder, or (b) affixed (including by tying) to non-subject merchandise as
a working component that holds or packages such non-subject merchandise or attaches packaging or
labeling to such non-subject merchandise, such as a “belly band” around a pair of pajamas, a pair of
socks or a blanket; (8) imitation raffia made of plastics having a thickness not more than one (1) mil
when measured in an unfolded/untwisted state; and (9) ribbons in the form of bows having a diameter
of less than seven-eighths (7/8) of an inch, or having a diameter of more than 16 inches, based on actual
measurement. For purposes of this exclusion, the diameter of a bow is equal to the diameter of the
smallest circular ring through which the bow will pass without compressing the bow.
The scope of these investigations is not intended to include shredded plastic film or shredded plastic
strip, in each case where the shred does not exceed 5 mm in width and does not exceed 18 inches in
length, imported in bags, typically labeled as artificial Easter grass or as decorative packaging shred.
Further, excluded from the scope of the antidumping duty investigation are any products covered by the
existing antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from the
People's Republic of China (China). See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Brazil, the
People's Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value for the United Arab Emirates, 73 FR 66595 (November 10,
2008).
Merchandise covered by these investigations are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 3920.20.0015 and 3926.40.0010. Merchandise covered
by these investigations also may enter under subheadings 3920.10.0000; 3920.20.0055; 3920.30.0000;
3920.43.5000; 3920.49.0000; 3920.62.0050; 3920.62.0090; 3920.69.0000; 3921.90.1100; 3921.90.1500;
3921.90.1910; 3921.90.1950; 3921.90.4010; 3921.90.4090; 3926.90.9996; 5404.90.0000; 9505.90.4000;
4601.99.9000; 4602.90.0000; 5609.00.3000; 5609.00.4000; and 6307.90.9889. These HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope
of these investigations 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

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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.
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 Calvin
Chang (202-205-3062, [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
20 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and
completing and reviewing the questionnaire.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for
reducing the burden, and any suggestions for improving this questionnaire. Please attach such
comments to your response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
I-2.

Establishment(s) 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 plastic
decorative ribbon, 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.

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I-3.

Related producers.--Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the capability to produce,
or have any plans to produce plastic decorative ribbon in the United States or other countries?

No

I-4.

Yes

Yes

2
3
4
5

If yes, please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire:

U.S. importers.--Please provide the names, street addresses (not P.O. boxes), contacts,
telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s
plastic decorative ribbon in 2017.

Importer’s name
1

If 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:

Related U.S. importers.--Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import
plastic decorative ribbon into the United States?

No

I-5.

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Contact person

Email

Telephone

Share of your
firm’s 2017 U.S.
exports (%)

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Calvin Chang (202-205-3062,
[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 plastic decorative ribbon since January 1, 2015.
(check as many as appropriate)
plant openings
plant closings
relocations
expansions
acquisitions
consolidations
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
revised labor agreements
other (e.g., technology)

(If checked, please describe; leave blank if not applicable)

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II-2b.

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 plastic decorative
ribbon in the future?
No

II-3a.

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Yes–Supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such changes
and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant portions of
business plans or other supporting documentation that address this
issue. Include in the response a specific projection of your firm’s
capacity to produce plastic decorative ribbon (in pounds) 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 plastic decorative ribbon, 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).
Note.--If your firm does not produce any out-of-scope merchandise on the same machinery and
equipment as scope merchandise, then the "overall production capacity" numbers reported in
this question should be exactly equal to the "average production capacity" numbers reported in
question II-8. If, however, your firm does produce out-of-scope merchandise using the same
machinery and equipment as scope merchandise, then the "average production capacity"
reported in question II-8 should exclude the portion of "overall production capacity" that was
used to produce this out-of-scope merchandise.
“Production” --All production in your establishment(s) in China, including production consumed
internally within your firm.

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Production using same machinery.--Continued
Quantity (in pounds)
Calendar years
Item

2015

2016

January-June
2017

2017

2018

Overall production capacity
Production of:
Plastic decorative ribbon1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other ribbon
Other products2
Subtotal, out-of-scope
Total, same machinery
1
2

Data entered for production of plastic decorative ribbon will populate here once reported in question II-8.
Please identify these products:
.

II-3b.

Operating parameters.-- The production capacity reported in II-3a is based on the following
operating paramaters:
Hours 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.

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Product shifting.—
(i).

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between plastic decorative ribbon and
other products using the same equipment and/or labor?

No

(ii).

Yes

If yes—(i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products), please identify other actual or potential products:

Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.

II-4.

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

II-5.

Firm's estimated share of production in China.--Please estimate the percentage of total production
of plastic decorative ribbon in China accounted for by your firm’s production in 2017.
percent.

II-6.

Firm's estimated share of China’s exports.--Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of plastic decorative ribbon from China accounted for by your firm’s exports in
2017.
percent.

II-7.

Third-country trade actions.--Is the plastic decorative ribbon exported by your firm subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty/safeguard findings, remedies, or proceedings?

No

Yes

If yes--List the products(s), countries affected, and the date of such
findings/remedies/proceedings.

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Trade data.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of plastic decorative ribbon in your establishment(s) in China during
the specified periods. Do not include resales of plastic decorative ribbon 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-9.
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.
“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 of the country indicated on page 1
(China), including shipments to related firms.
“Inventories”--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.
Note: As requested in Part I of this questionnaire, please keep all supporting documents/records
used in the preparation of the trade data, as Commission staff may contact your firm regarding
questions on the trade data. The Commission may also request that your company submit copies
of the supporting documents/records (such as production and sales schedules, inventory records,
etc.) used to compile these data.

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Trade data.--Continued.
Quantity (in pounds)
Actual experience
Calendar year

Item

2015

2016

Projections1
January-June

2017

2017

Calendar year

2018

2018

2019

Average production capacity (A)
2

Beginning-of-period inventories (B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/ transfers (D)
Commercial shipments (E)
Exports to the United States (F)
Exports to all other markets3 (G)
Total exports (H)
(should equal F+G)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total shipments (I)
(should equal D+E+F+G)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

End-of-period inventories (J)
Please explain the basis for your firm’s projections.
.
The production capacity reported is based on operating
hours per week,
weeks per year. Please
describe the methodology used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity.
3
Identify principal other export markets.
.
1
2

RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY.--Generally, the data reported for the
end-of-period inventories (i.e., line J) should be equal to the beginning-of-period inventories (i.e., line B),
plus production (i.e., line C), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, E, F, and G). Please ensure that any
differences are not due to data entry errors in completing this form, but rather actually reflect your firm’s
records; and also provide any likely explanations for any differences (e.g., theft, loss, damage, record
systems issues, etc.) if they exist.
Actual experience
Calendar year
Item

2015

2016

Projections
January-June

2017

2017

2018

Calendar year
2018

B + C – D – E – F –G – J =
should equal zero ("0") or
provide an explanation.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate.

2019

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 plastic decorative ribbon that was produced in China but not by your firm
during the specified periods. Note these data should not be included in question II-8.
Quantity (in pounds)
Actual experience
Calendar year
Item

2015

2016

Projections
January-June

2017

2017

2018

Calendar year
2018

2019

Exports of plastic decorative
ribbon to the United States not
produced by your firm1
1

List the producer(s).

II-10.

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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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://usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2018/plastic_decorative_ribbon_china/final.ht
m.
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: DECO

• E-mail.—E-mail your questionnaire to [email protected]; include a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents that are
electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from unauthorized
disclosure. The USITC secure drop-box system and the Electronic Document Information System (EDIS)
use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptographic algorithms to encrypt data in
transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these encryption algorithms
(such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized disclosure during
transmission. If you choose a non-encrypted method of electronic transmission, the Commission warns
you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you and not by the Commission.
If your firm did not produce or export this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a
scanned copy to the Commission.
Parties to this proceeding.—If your firm is a party to this proceeding, you are required to serve a copy of
the completed questionnaire on parties to the proceeding that are subject to administrative protective
order (see 19 CFR § 207.7). A list of such parties may be obtained from the Commission’s Secretary (202205-1803). A certificate of service must accompany the completed questionnaire you submit (see 19 CFR
§ 207.7). Service of the questionnaire must be made in paper form.