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LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
FLUID END BLOCKS FROM CHINA, GERMANY, INDIA, AND ITALY
This survey must be received by the Commission by January 2, 2020
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this survey is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in connection
with its countervailing duty/antidumping investigations concerning fluid end blocks from China, Germany, India, and
Italy (Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐632‐635 and 731‐TA‐1466‐1468 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the survey is
requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed
can result in a subpoena or other order to compel the submission of records or information in your possession (19 U.S.C.
§ 1333(a)). Further information on this survey can be obtained from Pamela Davis (202‐205‐2218,
[email protected]).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm purchased, or imported for its own use or retail sale, fluid end blocks (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 survey to the Commission)
YES
(Complete all parts of the survey, and return the entire survey to the Commission)
Return questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the
following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: FEBS)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in this survey 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 submitting this certification I
also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the information provided in this survey
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
investigation 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
Signature
Phone
Email address
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Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ Fluid End Blocks
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐ This proceeding was instituted in response to petitions filed on December 19, 2019, by
Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood Quality Steels Company, and Ellwood National Steel Company
(collectively the “Ellwood Group”), Ellwood City, Pennsylvania; A. Finkl & Sons (“Finkl Steel”), Chicago,
Illinois; and FEB Fair Trade Coalition (an ad hoc coalition whose members include the Forging Industry
Association, the Ellwood Group, and Finkl Steel), Cleveland, Ohio. Countervailing and 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 or dumping.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2019/fluid_end_blocks_china_germany_india_and_italy/prelim
inary.htm
Fluid end blocks covered by these investigations are forged steel fluid end blocks ("FEBs"), whether
unfinished, semi‐finished, or finished, and which are typically used in the manufacture or service of
hydraulic pumps.
The term "forged" is an industry term used to describe the grain texture of steel resulting from the
application of localized compressive force. Illustrative forging standards include, but are not limited to,
American Society for Testing and Materials ("ASTM") specifications A668 and A788.
For purposes of these petitions, the term "steel" denotes metal containing the following chemical
elements, by weight: (i) iron greater than or equal to 60 percent; (ii) nickel less than or equal to 8.5
percent; (iii) copper less than or equal to 6 percent; (iv) chromium greater than or equal to 0.4 percent,
but less than or equal to 20 percent; and (v) molybdenum greater than or equal to 0.15 percent, but less
than or equal to 3 percent. Illustrative steel standards include, but are not limited to, American Iron and
Steel Institute ("AISI") or Society of Automotive Engineers ("SAE") grades 4130, 4135, 4140, 4320, 4330,
4340, 8630, 15‐5, 17‐4, F6NM, F22, F60, and XM25, as well as modified varieties of these grades.
The products covered by these petitions are either (1) cut‐to‐length FEBs with a height (measured from
its highest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), a width (measured from its widest
point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and a length (measured from its longest point)
of 11 inches (279.4 mm) to 75 inches (1,905.0 mm), or (2) strings of FEBs with a height (measured from
its highest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), a width (measured from its widest
point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and a length (measured from its longest point)
up to 360 inches (9,144.0 mm).
The products included in the scope of these petitions have a tensile strength of at least 70 KSI
(measured in accordance with ASTM A370) and a hardness of at least 140 HBW (measured in
accordance with ASTM E10).
FEBs may be unfinished or have undergone one or more of the following finishing operations: (1) milling
one or more flat surfaces; (2) contour machining to custom shapes or dimensions; (3) drilling or boring
holes; (4) heat treating; (5) painting, varnishing, or coating; (6) threading; and/or (7) the attachment of
flanges, valves, seals, or connectors.
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Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ Fluid End Blocks
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Fluid end blocks are currently imported under statistical reporting numbers 7218.91.0030,
7218.99.0030, 7224.90.0015, 7224.90.0045, 7326.19.0010, 7326.90.8688, or 8413.91.9055 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS provisions are for convenience and
customs purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive.
Importer.‐‐Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in
importing fluid end blocks (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or
through its selling agent.
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,
and/or purchaser questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions.
Confidentiality.‐‐The commercial and financial data furnished in response to this questionnaire that
reveal the individual operations of your firm will be treated as confidential by the Commission to the
extent that such data are not otherwise available to the public and will not be disclosed except as may
be required by law (see 19 U.S.C. § 1677f). Such confidential information will not be published in a
manner that will reveal the individual operations of your firm; however, general characterizations of
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.
Contact information.‐‐Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission
staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in this survey. This
may or may not be the person whose signature is at the bottom of page 1.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Firms operating more than one establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a
single response.
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Lost Sales and Lost Revenue Survey‐ Fluid End Blocks
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PURCHASE INFORMATION
1. Purchases and imports.— Report separately your firm’s domestic purchases and imports of fluid
end blocks.
“Purchase” – Purchase from a U.S. entity such as a U.S. producer, a U.S. importer, or other U.S.
firm.
“Import” – Purchase directly from a foreign supplier and your firm is the importer of record.
2016
2017
2018
Item
Purchases of fluid end blocks produced
in—
United States
Quantity (in units)
China
Germany
India
Italy
1
All other countries
Sources unknown2
0
0
0
Germany
India
0
0
0
Total purchases
Imports of fluid end blocks from—
China
Italy
1
All other countries
3
Total imports
1
Please identify these countries:
Please indicate the firm(s) from which you purchased this merchandise:
3
If your firm imported fluid end blocks at any time since January 1, 2016, please also complete
and return a U.S. importers' questionnaire in this proceeding.
2
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2. Changes in purchasing patterns.—Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of fluid
end blocks from different sources have changed since January 1, 2016.
Source of
purchases
Did not
purchase Decreased Increased
Constant Fluctuated
Explanation for trend
United States
China
Germany
India
Italy
All other
countries
Sources
unknown
3. Major purchasing factors.‐‐Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase fluid end blocks.
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:
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4. Purchasing subject imports rather than domestic products.—
(a)
Since January 2016, did your firm import and/or purchase imports of fluid end blocks
from China, Germany, India, and Italy instead of purchasing U.S.‐produced fluid end
blocks? Respond for each subject country.
No
Yes
(If “No” for all countries, skip to next
Source
(also respond to parts (b) and (c))
question)
China
Germany
India
Italy
(b)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was the imported product priced lower than the
domestic product?
Source
Yes
No
China
Germany
India
Italy
(c)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was price a primary reason for importing and/or
purchasing subject imports rather than domestic product?
Source
Yes
If Yes, estimate the quantity
of imports purchased and/or
imported instead of domestic
product since January 2016
(in units)
China
Germany
India
Italy
No
If No, please indicate the
reason your firm imported
and/or purchased imports
instead of domestic product
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5. U.S. producers and import competition.‐‐
(a)
Since January 1, 2016, in connection with a sale or offer to sell fluid end blocks to your
firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced fluid end blocks in
order to compete with lower‐priced imports of fluid end blocks from the subject
countries? Respond for each subject country.
Yes (also respond to
No (If “No” for all countries,
Source
question part (b))
skip to next question)
Don’t know
(b)
China
Germany
India
Italy
If your firm responded “yes” to any of the above countries, please provide an estimate
of the reduction in U.S. producers’ prices, and any additional explanations, such as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price reductions, or other market/competitive
factors.
Source
Estimated
reduction in U.S.
prices
(percent)
Additional explanation, including such information as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price
reductions, or other market/competitive factors
China
%
Germany
%
India
%
Italy
%
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6.
Finishing operations.‐‐Does your firm contract with a machine shop to provide finishing
operations on the fluid end blocks your firm purchases, prior to final delivery to your customers
or incorporation into your end product (i.e., pumps)?
(a)
Check all that apply.
Please describe.
If yes, and your firm has not already
identified firms providing finishing services
for fluid end blocks in its response to
question I‐10b in the Importers’
questionnaire in this proceeding, please
identify the largest supplier of such services
below.
Yes
No‐Firm provides finishing operations itself
No‐Other
(b)
Firm name
Contact name
Contact e‐mail
Share (by quantity) of
your firm’s purchases,
from January 2016 to
September 2019
(percent)
%
7. Other explanations‐‐Please provide any additional comments in this box.
8. Stock symbol information.‐‐ If your firm or parent firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock
exchange and trading symbol: .
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9.
External counsel.‐‐ If your firm or parent firm is represented by external counsel in relation to
this proceeding, please specify the name of the law firm and the lead attorney(s).
Law firm:
Lead attorney(s):
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OMB INFORMATION
10. OMB statistics.‐‐Please report the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of
completing this survey.
Hours
Dollars
The questions in this survey 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 survey is estimated to average 4 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the
survey.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for reducing
the burden, and any suggestions for improving this survey. Please attach such comments to your
response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20436.
HOW TO FILE YOUR SURVEY RESPONSE
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the survey document.
Please submit the completed survey using one of the methods noted below. If your firm
is unable to complete the MS Word survey 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 survey 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: FEBS
• E‐mail.—E‐mail the MS Word survey 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 purchase this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a scanned copy
to the Commission.
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