19-4-4068 Foreign producers' questionnaire

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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
FRESH TOMATOES FROM MEXICO
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by July 15, 2019
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 antidumping duty investigation concerning fresh tomatoes from Mexico (Inv. No. 731-TA-747
(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 in or exported from Mexico fresh tomatoes (as defined on next page) at any time
since January 1, 2016?

NO

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

YES

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

Commission)

Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: FRESH)
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

Signature

Phone

Email address

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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background. --On April 1, 1996, the Commission instituted a preliminary antidumping investigation in
response to a petition filed by the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, Orlando, FL; Florida Fruit and
Vegetable Association, Orlando, FL; Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Gainesville, FL; South Carolina
Tomato Association, Inc., Charleston, SC; Gadsden County Tomato Growers Association, Inc., Quincy, FL;
Accomack County Farm Bureau, Accomack, VA; Florida Tomato Exchange, Orlando, FL; Bob Crawford,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee, FL;
and the Ad Hoc Group of Florida, California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and
Virginia Tomato Growers (61 FR 15968, April 10, 1996). On May 16, 1996, the Commission notified the
Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) of its affirmative preliminary injury determination. On October
28, 1996, Commerce preliminarily determined that imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico were being
sold at less than fair value in the United States.
On November 1, 1996, Commerce suspended the investigation pursuant to a suspension
agreement with growers and processors that accounted for substantially all imports of fresh tomatoes
from Mexico. A suspension agreement has been terminated and renegotiated three times previously.
The most recent agreement was terminated on May 7, 2019, and on that date, Commerce resumed its
investigation. Accordingly, the Commission is resuming the final phase of its antidumping duty
investigation on fresh tomatoes from Mexico.
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
Commerce makes an affirmative determination of dumping. Questionnaires and other information
pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2019/fresh_tomatoes_mexico/final.htm
Fresh tomatoes covered by this investigation are all fresh or chilled tomatoes (fresh tomatoes) which
have Mexico as their origin, except for those tomatoes which are for processing. Processing is defined to
include preserving by any commercial process, such as canning, dehydrating, drying, or the addition of
chemical substances, or converting the tomato product into juices, sauces, or purees. Fresh tomatoes
that are imported for cutting up, not further processing (e.g., tomatoes used in the preparation of fresh
salsa or salad bars), are covered by the investigation.
Commercially grown tomatoes, both for the fresh market and for processing, are classified as
Lycopersicon esculentum. Important commercial varieties of fresh tomatoes include common round,
cherry, grape, plum, greenhouse, and pear tomatoes, all of which are covered by this investigation.
Tomatoes imported from Mexico covered by this investigation are classified under the following
subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), according to the season of
importation: 0702. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description of the scope of this investigation 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

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numerical business proprietary information (such as discussion of trends) will be treated as confidential
business information only at the request of the submitter for good cause shown.
Verification.--The information submitted in this questionnaire is subject to audit and verification by the
Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep all files, worksheets, and supporting
documents used in the preparation of the questionnaire response. Please also retain a copy of the final
document that you submit.
Release of information.--The information provided by your firm in response to this questionnaire, as
well as any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to the Commission in
connection with this proceeding, may become subject to, and released under, the administrative
protective order provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1677f) and section 207.7 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR § 207.7). This means that certain lawyers and
other authorized individuals may temporarily be given access to the information for use in connection
with this proceeding or other import-injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or
similar merchandise; those individuals would be subject to severe penalties if the information were
divulged to unauthorized individuals.
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 Christopher W.
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 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.

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Establishments covered.--Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire. If your firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading
symbol.
“Establishment”-- Each facility of a firm in Mexico involved in the production or export of fresh
tomatoes, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically
separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in Mexico should
combine the data for all establishments into a single report.

I-3.

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

No

I-4.

Yes

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
fresh tomatoes into the United States?

No

Yes

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

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U.S. importers.--Please provide the names, contacts, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses
of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s fresh tomatoes in 2018.

Importer’s name

1
2
3
4
5

Page 5

Contact person

Email

Telephone

Share of your
firm’s 2018
exports to the
United States

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Christopher W. Robinson
(202-205-2542, [email protected]). Supply all data requested on a calendar-year basis.
For definitions of open field and adapted environment tomatoes and greenhouse and controlledenvironment tomatoes, see page 11.
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

II-2a.

Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of fresh tomatoes since January 1, 2016.
(check as many as appropriate)
plant openings
plant closings
relocations
expansions
acquisitions
consolidations
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
revised labor agreements
weather-related events
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 the character of
its operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of fresh tomatoes in
the future?

No

Yes

If yes, supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such
changes and provide underlying assumptions.

“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 Mexico, including production consumed
internally within your firm.
II-3a.

Product shifting.—
(i).

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between fresh tomatoes 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.

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Product shifting—continued.
(i).

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between open field and adaptedenvironment tomatoes and greenhouse and controlled-environment tomatoes using the
same equipment and/or labor?

No

(ii).

II-4a.

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.

Growth and peak production: Periods.--Please indicate your firm’s crop cycle (growing period
and peak production/harvest periods) for tomatoes by type of production (greenhouse and
controlled-environment vs. open field and adapted-environment). Please check all that apply.
Item

Open field and adapted
environment.-Growing period
Peak production /
harvest
Greenhouse and
controlled environment.-Growing period
Peak production /
harvest
II-4b.

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Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Month
Jun
Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Growth and peak production: Discussion.—Please indicate the most important factors driving the
above reported data and discuss any efforts your firm has made to manage the impact of the
growth cycle or seasonality (if applicable) of its tomato production.

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Total acreage.--Please report (if your firm is a grower) your firm’s acreage dedicated to fresh
tomatoes and other crops in each specified period.
Land (in acres)
Calendar Years
Item

2016

2017

January-March
2018

2018

2019

Tomato land/acreage:
Fresh tomatoes only
Fresh tomatoes and
other crops1
Other crops only
Left fallow for entire
period
All crops / land usages
1

II-6a.

0

Please list in order of importance these other crops:

0

0

0

0

.

Growing environment. Does your firm produce open field and/or adapted-environment
tomatoes?

No

Yes

If yes— please desribe your tomato growing operations in terms of the
technologies employed and please check all types of environments
within the open field and/or adapted-environment category that
your firm maintains (check all that apply).

Open field and adapted environment
Open field
Tunnel
Shade house
Netting
Plastic
Glass
Other

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Growing environments—continued. Does your firm produce greenhouse and/or controlledenvironment tomatoes?

No

Yes

If yes— please desribe your tomato growing operations in terms of the
technologies employed and please check all types of environments
within the greenhouse and controlled-environment category that
your firm maintains (check all that apply).

Greenhouse and controlled environment
Fully enclosed structure
Steel structure
Aluminum structure
Glass
Impermeable plastic
Polycarbonate
Automated irrigation
Climate control
Heating facilities
Cooling or air conditioning facilities
Hydroponics
Other
II-7.

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

II-8.

Firm's estimated share of production in Mexico.--Please estimate the percentage of total
production of fresh tomatoes in Mexico accounted for by your firm’s production in 2018.
percent.

II-9.

Firm's estimated share of country's exports.--Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of fresh tomatoes from Mexico accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2018.
percent.

II-10.

Third-country trade actions.--Are the fresh tomatoes exported by your firm subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty/safeguard findings, remedies, or proceedings?

No

Yes

If yes--List the product(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 fresh tomatoes in your establishment(s) in Mexico during the
specified periods. Do not include resales of fresh tomatoes 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 Mexico, including production
consumed internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Mexico. Quantities
reported should be net of returns.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Mexico.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in Mexico, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside of the country indicacted on page 1
(Mexico), including shipments to related firms.
“Inventories”--Finished goods inventory, not raw materials or work-in-progress.
“Greenhouse and controlled-environment tomatoes,” for purposes of this questionnaire, are
defined as tomatoes grown in a fully-enclosed permanent aluminum or fixed steel structure clad
in glass, impermeable plastic, or polycarbonate using automated irrigation and climate control,
including heating and ventilation capabilities, in an artificial medium using hydroponic methods.
“Open field and adapted-environment tomatoes,” for purposes of this questionnaire, are
defined as tomatoes other than tomatoes grown in greenhouses and controlled environments,
including, but not limited to, tomatoes grown in protected agricultural structures, including
tunnels, shade houses, and other temporary or permanent structures, except for those grown in
greenhouses and controlled environments, as defined above.
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) and Value (in dollars)
Actual Experience

Projections

Calendar years

January-March

January-March

2018

2019

Item

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Average production capacity (A)
1

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
to Related firms
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
to Unrelated firms
Quantity (J)
Value (K)
to all other markets2
Quantity (N)
Value (O)
Total exports (Quantity) (P)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total shipments (Quantity) (Q)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

End-of-period inventories (R)
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 other export markets:
.
3
Please confirm that your firm has reported these value data in $USD. If not, please revise prior to submission to the
Commission. Yes
No
1

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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 P) should be equal to the beginning-of-period inventories (i.e., line A),
plus production (i.e., line C), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, H, J, and L). 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.
Quantity (in pounds) and Value (in dollars)
Actual Experience
Calendar years
Item

2016

2017

Projection
January-March

2018

2018

2019

Calendar years
2019

2020

B+C–D–F–H–J–L–P–N–R=
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:
II-12.

0

Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.--Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of fresh tomatoes that were produced in Mexico but not by your firm during the
specified periods. Note these data should not be included in question II-8.
Quantity (in pounds) and Value (in dollars)
Actual experience
Calendar years
Item

2016

2017

Projections

January-March
2018

2018

2019

Calendar years
2019

2020

Exports of fresh tomatoes to the
United States not produced by
your firm1
Quantity
Value2
List the producer(s).
.
Please confirm that your firm has reported these value data in $USD. If not, please revise prior to submission
to the Commission. Yes
No
1
2

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Exports to the United States by growing method.—Report the share of your firm’s fresh
tomatoes exports to the United States by growing method for the specified periods, by quantity.
Quantity (in pounds) and Value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item

2016

2017

January-March
2018

2018

2019

Exports to the United States
Open field and adapted-environment
Quantity (S)
Value (T)
Greenhouse and controlled-environment
Quantity (U)
Value (V)
RECONCILIATION OF EXPORTS TO US BY GROWING METHOD.--Please ensure that the quantities and
values reported for your firm's exports to the United States in this question (i.e., lines S through V) in
each time period equal the quantities and values reported for exports to the United States in question II12 (i.e., lines H through K) 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 years
Item

2016

2017

January-March
2018

2018

2019

S + U - H - J = should equal zero ("0") or
provide an explanation.1

0

0

0

0

0

T + V - I - K = should equal zero ("0") or
provide an explanation.1

0

0

0

0

0

II-14.

Other explanations.--If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part II
for which a narrative box was not provided, 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/701731/2019/fresh_tomatoes_mexico/final.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: FRESH

• 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.