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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
LARGE RESIDENTIAL WASHERS FROM KOREA AND MEXICO
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by November 8, 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 countervailing and antidumping duty orders concerning large residential washers from
Korea and Mexico (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-488 and 731-TA-1199-1200 (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 residential washers (as defined on pages 2-3) 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)
Data reported in this questionnaire relate to (Check one):
KOREA
MEXICO
Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: WASH)
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 February 15, 2013, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued a
countervailing duty order on imports of large residential washers from Korea and antidumping duty
orders on imports of large residential washers from Korea and Mexico. On January 2, 2018, the
Commission instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c))
(the Act) to determine whether revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. If both the
Commission and Commerce make affirmative determinations, the orders will remain in place. If either
the Commission or Commerce makes negative determinations, Commerce will revoke the orders.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2018/large_residential_washers_korea_and_mexico/first
_review_full.htm.
Large residential washers covered by these reviews are all automatic clothes washing machines,
regardless of the orientation of the rotational axis, except as noted below, with a cabinet width
(measured from its widest point) of at least 24.5 inches (62.23 cm) and no more than 32.0 inches (81.28
cm).
Also covered are certain subassemblies used in large residential washers, namely: (1) all assembled
cabinets designed for use in large residential washers which incorporate, at a minimum: (a) at least
three of the six cabinet surfaces; and (b) a bracket; (2) all assembled tubs 1 designed for use in large
residential washers which incorporate, at a minimum: (a) a tub; and (b) a seal; (3) all assembled baskets 2
designed for use in large residential washers which incorporate, at a minimum: (a) a side wrapper; 3 (b) a
base; and (c) a drive hub; 4 and (4) any combination of the foregoing subassemblies.
Excluded from the scope are stacked washer-dryers and commercial washers. The term “stacked
washer-dryers” denotes distinct washing and drying machines that are built on a unitary frame and
share a common console that controls both the washer and the dryer. The term “commercial washer”
denotes an automatic clothes washing machine designed for the “pay per use” market meeting either of
the following two definitions:
(1) (a) it contains payment system electronics; 5 (b) it is configured with an externally mounted
steel frame at least six inches high that is designed to house a coin/token operated payment
system (whether or not the actual coin/token operated payment system is installed at the
time of importation); (c) it contains a push button user interface with a maximum of six
manually selectable wash cycle settings, with no ability of the end user to otherwise modify
water temperature, water level, or spin speed for a selected wash cycle setting; and (d) the
A “tub” is the part of the washer designed to hold water.
A “basket” (sometimes referred to as a “drum”) is the part of the washer designed to hold clothing or other
fabrics.
3
A “side wrapper” is the cylindrical part of the basket that actually holds the clothing or other fabrics.
4
A “drive hub” is the hub at the center of the base that bears the load from the motor.
5
“Payment system electronics” denotes a circuit board designed to receive signals from a payment acceptance
device and to display payment amount, selected settings, and cycle status. Such electronics also capture cycles and
payment history and provide for transmission to a reader.
1
2
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console containing the user interface is made of steel and is assembled with security
fasteners; 6 or
(2) (a) it contains payment system electronics; (b) the payment system electronics are enabled
(whether or not the payment acceptance device has been installed at the time of importation)
such that, in normal operation, 7 the unit cannot begin a wash cycle without first receiving a
signal from a bona fide payment acceptance device such as an electronic credit card reader;
(c) it contains a push button user interface with a maximum of six manually selectable wash
cycle settings, with no ability of the end user to otherwise modify water temperature, water
level, or spin speed for a selected wash cycle setting; and (d) the console containing the user
interface is made of steel and is assembled with security fasteners.
Also excluded from the scope are automatic clothes washing machines with a vertical rotational axis and
a rated capacity of less than 3.7 cubic feet, as certified to the U.S. Department of Energy pursuant to 10
CFR 429.12 and 10 CFR 429.20, and in accordance with the test procedures established in 10 CFR Part
430.
Large residential washers are currently imported under statistical reporting numbers 8450.20.0040 and
8450.20.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They may also be
imported under HTSUS subheadings 8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000. The
HTSUS provisions are for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope 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.
A “security fastener” is a screw with a non-standard head that requires a non-standard driver. Examples include
those with a pin in the center of the head as a “center pin reject” feature to prevent standard Allen wrenches or
Torx drivers from working.
7
“Normal operation” refers to the operating mode(s) available to end users (i.e., not a mode designed for testing
or repair by a technician).
6
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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 Drew
Dushkes (202-205-3229, [email protected]).
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OMB statistics.--Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your
firm of completing this questionnaire.
Hours
Dollars
The questions in this questionnaire have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that
issues of concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful,
and as limited as possible. Public reporting burden for this questionnaire is estimated to average
30 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and
completing and reviewing the questionnaire.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for
reducing the burden, and any suggestions for improving this questionnaire. Please attach such
comments to your response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
I-2.
Establishments covered.-- Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire. If your firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading
symbol.
“Establishment”-- Each facility of a firm in Korea or Mexico involved in the production or export
of large residential washers, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether
or not physically separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in
Korea or Mexico should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.
I-3.
U.S. importers.--Please provide the names, contacts, email addresses, and telephone numbers
of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s large residential washers in 2017.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
Importer’s name
Contact person
Email address
Share of
Area code
your firm’s
and
2017 U.S.
telephone
exports
number
(%)
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U.S. or other country production.--Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the
capability to produce, or have any plans to produce large residential washers in the United
States or other countries?
No
I-5.
Yes--Please name the firm(s) and country(ies) below and, if U.S. producer(s),
ensure that they complete the Commission’s producer questionnaire.
U.S. importation.--Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import large
residential washers into the United States?
No
I-6.
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Yes--Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.
Business plan.--In Parts II and III of this questionnaire we request a copy of your company’s
business plan. Does your company or any related firm have a business plan or any internal
documents that describe, discuss, or analyze expected future market conditions for large
residential washers?
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 Drew Dushkes (202-2053229, [email protected]). Supply all data requested on a calendar-year basis.
II-1.
Contact information.--Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which
Commission staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted
in part II.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Fax
II-2.
Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of large residential washers 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
Other (e.g., technology)
If checked, please describe; leave blank if not
applicable.
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Anticipated changes in operations.—Does your firm anticipate any changes in in the character
of its operations or organization relating to the production of large residential washers in the
future?
No
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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 residential washers (in units) for 2018 and 2019.
Production using same machinery.-- Please report your firm’s production of products made on
the same equipment, machinery, or employees as used to produce large residential washers,
and the combined production capacity on this shared equipment, machinery, or employees in
the periods indicated.
“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 or Mexico, including production
consumed internally within your firm.
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Production using same machinery.—Continued
Quantity (in units)
Calendar years
Item
2012
2013
2014
January-September
2015
2016
2017
2017
2018
Overall production capacity
1
Production of:
Large residential washers2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Out-of-scope production.-Out-of-scope top-load
washers
Commercial washers
Stacked washer-dryers
Other products3
Subtotal, out-of-scope
production
Total production
using same
machinery or workers
Data reported for capacity (first line) should be greater than data reported for total production (last line).
Data entered for production of large residential washers will populate here once reported in question II-11.
3
Please identify these products:
.
1
2
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.
hours
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Product shifting.
(i).
Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between large residential washers and
other products using the same equipment and/or labor?
No
(ii).
Yes-- (i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products). Please identify other actual or potential products.
Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.
II-4.
Share of sales.--What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of large residential washers?
percent.
II-5.
Firm's estimated share of production in country.--Please estimate the percentage of total
production of large residential washers 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 residential washers 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 residential washers exported by your firm subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty/safeguard findings, remedies, or proceedings in third
countries?
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 residential washers since January 1,
2012. Please identify and discuss below.
II-9.
Significance of countervailing and antidumping duty orders.--Describe the significance of the
existing countervailing and antidumping duty orders covering imports of large residential
washers from Korea and Mexico 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
residential washers in the future if the countervailing and antidumping duty orders on large
residential washers from Korea and Mexico were to be revoked? Please include how the section
201 safeguard measure would impact the effect of any revocation.
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 residential washers (in units) 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 residential washers in your establishment(s) in Korea or
Mexico during the specified periods. Do not include resales of large residential washers 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-12.
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.
Do not submit data on multiple countries combined. The establishments reported here should
all be located in the country of the firm’s address reported on the certification page.
Multinational companies with production in multiple subject countries should submit separate
foreign producer questionnaire responses for each subject country.
“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 or Mexico, including production
consumed internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Korea or Mexico.
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 or Mexico.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Korea or Mexico.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in Korea or Mexico, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside Korea or Mexico, 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 units) and value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item
2012
2013
2014
January-September
2015
2016
2017
2017
2018
Average production
capacity1 (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)
to other North America2
Quantity (J)
Value (K)
to Central/South
America3
Quantity (L)
Value (M)
to the European Union4
Quantity (N)
Value (O)
to Asia5
Quantity (P)
Value (Q)
to all other markets6
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
Total exports (quantity) (T)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total shipments (quantity)
(U)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
End-of-period inventories (V)
The production capacity reported is based on operating
hours per week,
used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity:
2 Identify your firm’s principal other North American export markets:
.
3 Identify your firm’s principal Central/South American export markets:
.
4 Identify your firm’s principal European Union export markets:
.
5 Identify your firm’s principal Asian export markets:
.
6 Identify your firm’s principal other export markets:
.
1
weeks per year. Please describe the methodology
.
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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, N,
P, and R). 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
2012
B + C – D – F – H –J – L – N –
P – R – V = should equal
zero ("0") or provide an
explanation.1
2013
0
2014
0
January-September
2015
0
2016
0
2017
0
2017
0
2018
0
0
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate:
.
1
II-12.
Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.--Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of large residential washers that were produced in Korea or Mexico but not by
your firm during the specified periods. Note these data should not be included in question II-11.
Quantity (in units) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item
2012
2013
2014
2015
January-September
2016
2017
2017
2018
Exports of large residential
washers to the United States
not produced by your firm1.—
Quantity (W)
Value (X)
1
List the producer(s).
II-13.
.
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 Tana von Kessler (202-2052389, [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 your firm’s share of sales from inventory and produced to order and what
is the typical lead time between a customer’s order and the date of delivery for your firm’s sales
of large residential washers?
Source
From inventory
%
Produced to order
%
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
III-3.
Share of 2017 sales
Lead time (Average
number of days)
0.0 %
Raw materials.-- Indicate how large residential washers raw materials prices have changed since
January 1, 2012, and how you expect they will change in the future.
Raw
materials
prices
Changes since
January 1,
2012
Anticipated
changes
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
residential washers.
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Changes in factors affecting supply.--Have any changes occurred in any other factors affecting
supply (e.g., changes in availability or prices of energy or labor; transportation conditions;
production capacity and/or methods of production; technology; export markets; or alternative
production opportunities) that affected the availability of Korea or Mexico-produced large
residential washers in the U.S. market since January 1, 2012?
No
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Yes
If yes, please describe.
Availability of SUBJECT import supply.-- Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the
availability of Korea or Mexico-produced large residential washers 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 residential washers
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 residential washers between the U.S. and alternative country markets
within a 12-month period.
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Product range.--Is the product range, product mix, or marketing of large residential washers in
your firm’s home market different from that of large residential washers for export to the
United States or to third-country markets?
No
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Yes
If yes, please explain.
Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix,
or marketing of large residential washers 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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Substitutes. --Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that can be
substituted for large residential washers since January 1, 2012? Do you anticipate any future
changes?
Changes in
substitutes
No Yes
Explain
Changes since
January 1, 2012
Anticipated
changes
III-10. Interchangeability.--Are the large residential washers 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
residential washers 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-11. Demand trends.--Indicate how demand in the following markets for large residential washers
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
Demand since January 1, 2012
Home market
United States
Other markets
Anticipated future demand
Home market
United States
Other markets
Explanation and factors
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III-12. Price differences.--Please compare market prices of large residential washers 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 residential
washers, including the number of, and competition between, producers.
III-14. Import competition.--Does your firm face competition from imports of large residential washers
in your firm’s home market?
No
III-15.
Yes
If yes, please identify the country sources of these imports.
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 residential washers
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
Mexico, and (3) the world as a whole. Of particular interest is such data from 2012 to the
present and forecasts for the future.
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/701731/2018/large_residential_washers_korea_a
nd_mexico/first_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: WASH
• E-mail.—E-mail the MS Word questionnaire to [email protected]; include a scanned copy of the
signed certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents
that are electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from
unauthorized disclosure. The USITC secure drop-box system and the Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptographic algorithms to
encrypt data in transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these
encryption algorithms (such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized
disclosure during transmission. If you choose a non-encrypted method of electronic transmission, the
Commission warns you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you and not
by the Commission.
If your firm did not produce or export this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a
scanned copy to the Commission.
Parties to this proceeding.—If your firm is a party to this proceeding, it is required to serve a copy of the
completed questionnaire on parties to the proceeding that are subject to administrative protective
order (see 19 CFR § 207.7). A list of such parties may be obtained from the Commission’s Secretary (202205-1803). A certificate of service must accompany the completed questionnaire you submit (see 19 CFR
§ 207.7). Service of the questionnaire must be made in paper form.
| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | Foreign producer questionnaire - sunst |
| Author | Dushkes, Andrew |
| File Modified | 2018-09-20 |
| File Created | 2018-09-20 |