20-1-4233 U.S. producers' questionnaire

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U.S. PRODUCERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
STEEL CONCRETE REINFORCING BAR FROM MEXICO AND TURKEY
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by June 5, 2020
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this questionnaire is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in
connection with its review of the antidumping duty order concerning rebar from Mexico and the countervailing duty
order concerning rebar from Turkey (Inv. No. 701-TA-502 and 731-TA-1227 (Review)). The information requested in the
questionnaire 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
firm’s possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)).

Name of firm
Address
City

State

Zip Code

Website
Has your firm produced rebar (as defined on the next page) at any time since January 1, 2014?

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: REBAR)
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 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

Signature

Title of Authorized Official

Phone

Date

Email address

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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--On November 6, 2014, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued an
antidumping duty order on imports of rebar from Mexico and a countervailing duty order on imports of
rebar from Turkey. On October 1, 2019, the Commission instituted a review pursuant to section 751(c)
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the 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/701731/2019/steel_concrete_reinforcing_bar_mexico_and_turke
y/first_review_full.htm.
Rebar covered by these reviews is steel concrete reinforcing bar imported in either straight length or
coil form (rebar) regardless of metallurgy, length, diameter, or grade. The subject merchandise is
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) primarily under item
numbers 7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010.
The subject merchandise may also enter under other HTSUS numbers including 7215.90.1000,
7215.90.5000, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, 7222.11.0001, 7222.11.0057, 7222.11.0059,
7222.30.0001, 7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6085, 7228.20.1000, and 7228.60.6000. Specifically excluded are
plain rounds (i.e., non-deformed or smooth rebar). Also excluded from the scope is deformed steel wire
meeting ASTM A1064/A1064M with no bar markings (e.g., mill mark, size or grade) and without being
subject to an elongation test. HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes;
however, the written description of the scope remains dispositive.
Reporting of information.--If information is not readily available from your records in exactly the form
requested, furnish carefully prepared estimates. If your firm is completing more than one questionnaire
in connection with this proceeding (i.e., a producer, importer, and/or purchaser questionnaire), you
need not respond to duplicated questions in the questionnaires.
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 of your 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

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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.
D-GRIDS tool.--The Commission has a tool that firms can use to move data from their own MS Excel
compilation files into self-contained data tables within this MS Word questionnaire, thereby reducing
the amount of cell-by-cell data entry that would be required to complete this form. This tool is a macroenabled MS Excel file available for download from the Commission's generic questionnaires webpage
(https://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/question.htm) called the "D-GRIDs tool." Use of this tool to help
your firm complete this questionnaire is optional. Firms opting to use the D-GRIDs tool to populate their
data into this questionnaire will need the D-GRIDs specification sheet PDF file specific to this proceeding
(available on the case page which is linked under the "Background" above) which includes the necessary
references relating to this questionnaire, as well as the macro-enable MS Excel D-GRIDs tool itself from
the generic questionnaires page. More detailed instructions on how to use the D-GRIDs tool are
available within the D-GRIDs tool itself.
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
50 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 city, state, zip code, and brief description of each
establishment covered by this questionnaire. Firms operating more than one establishment
should combine the data for all establishments into a single report.
“Establishment”--Each facility of a firm involved in the production of rebar, including auxiliary
facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such facilities.
Establishments
Covered1

City, State

Zip (5 digit)

Description

1
2
3
4
5
6
1

Additional discussion on establishments consolidated in this questionnaire:

I-2b.

Stock symbol information.-- If your firm or parent firm is publicly traded, please specify the
stock exchange and trading symbol:
.

I-2c.

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):

I-3.

Position regarding continuation of order.--Does your firm support or oppose continuation of
the following antidumping duty order on Mexico and countervailing duty order on Turkey
currently in place for rebar?
Country
Mexico (AD)
Turkey (CVD)

Support

Oppose

Take no position

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Ownership.--Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No

Firm name

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Yes--List the following information, relating to the ultimate parent/owner.

Country

Extent of
ownership
(percent)

Related importers/exporters.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, that are engaged in importing rebar into the United States or that are engaged in
exporting rebar to the United States?
No
Firm name

Yes--List the following information.
Country

Affiliation

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Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, that are
engaged in the production of rebar?
No

Yes--List the following information.

Firm name

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Country

Affiliation

Business plan.--In Parts II and IV 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 market conditions for rebar?

No

Yes

If 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 Amelia Shister (202-2052047, [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

II-2a.

Changes in operations.--Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of rebar since January 1, 2014.

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 rebar in the future?

No

II-3a.

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Yes

If yes, supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such
changes and provide underlying assumptions, along with relevant
portions of business plans or other supporting documentations that
address this issue.

Production using same machinery.-- Please report your firm’s production of products made
using the same equipment, machinery, or employees as used to produce rebar, 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. 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-4. 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-4 should exclude the portion of "overall production capacity" that was
used to produce this out-of-scope merchandise.
“Production” – All production in your U.S. establishment(s), including production consumed
internally within your firm and production for another firm under a toll agreement.

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Production using same machinery.--Continued
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year

Item

2014

2015

2016

January-March

2017

2018

2019

2019

2020

Overall production
capacity1 (A)
Production of:
Rebar in coils (B)
Rebar in straight
lengths (C)
Deformed wire (nonexcluded) (D)
Subtotal (E)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Additional
production.-Wire rod (F)
Merchant bar (G)
Other bar/rod
(including SBQ bar)
(H)
Deformed wire
(excluded)2 (I)
Other products3 (J)
Subtotal,
additional
production (K)
Total
production (L)

Data reported for capacity (first line) should be greater than data reported for total production (last line).
Excluded from the scope is deformed steel wire meeting ASTM A1064/A1064M with no bar markings (e.g., mill mark, size or grade)
and without being subject to an elongation test
3
Please identify these products:
.
1
2

RECONCILIATION OF PRODUCTION.--Generally, the data reported for production reported in question II-4
(i.e., line O) should be equal to the production broken out by type here (i.e., B, C, and D). If the calculated
fields below return values other than zero (i.e., “0”), the data reported must be revised prior to
submission to the Commission.
Calendar year
Item
B + C + D – O = zero ("0"),
if not revise.

2014

2015
0

2016
0

January-March

2017
0

2018
0

2019
0

2019
0

2020
0

0

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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.

II-3e.

Product shifting.—
(i)

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between rebar 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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Production, shipment, and inventory data.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production,
shipments, and inventories related to the production of rebar in its U.S. establishment(s) during the
specified periods.
“Average production capacity” or “capacity” – The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods. 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 U.S. establishment(s), including production consumed
internally within your firm and production for another firm under a toll agreement.
“Commercial U.S. shipments” –Shipments made within the United States as a result of an arm’s
length commercial transaction in the ordinary course of business. 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.
“Internal consumption” – Product consumed internally by your firm. Such transactions are
valued at fair market value.
“Transfers to related firms” –Shipments made to related firms. Such transactions are valued at
fair market value.
“Related firm” –A firm that your firm solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled;
a firm that solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled your firm; and/or a firm
that was solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled by a firm that also solely or
jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled your firm.
“Export shipments” –Shipments to destinations outside the United States, 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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Production, shipment, and inventory data. --Continued

II-4.

Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Calendar year
Item

2014

2015

2016

2017

January-March
2018

2019

2019

2020

Average production
capacity1 (quantity) (M)
Beginning-of-period
inventories (quantity) (N)
Production (quantity) (O)
U.S. shipments:
Commercial
shipments:
quantity (P)
value (Q)
Internal consumption:2
quantity (R)
value (S)
Transfers to related
firms:2
quantity (T)
value (U)
Export shipments:3
quantity (V)
value (W)
End-of-period inventories
(quantity) (X)
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 (use additional pages as
necessary).
.
2
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. Does your firm use a different
basis for valuing these transactions, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.):
(however, provide the data
above at fair market value).
3
Identify your firm’s principal export markets:
.
1

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Production, shipment, and inventory data.--Continued

RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY.--Generally, the data reported for the
end-of-period inventories (i.e., line X) should be equal to the beginning-of-period inventories (i.e., line N),
plus production (i.e., line O), less total shipments (i.e., lines P, R, T, and V). Please ensure that any
differences are not due to data entry errors in completing this form, but rather reflect your firm’s actual
records; and, also provide explanations for any differences (e.g., theft, loss, damage, record systems
issues, etc.) if they exist.
Calendar year
Item

2014

N+O–P–R–T–V–X
= should equal zero
("0") or provide an
explanation.1

2015

0

2016

0

January-March

2017

0

2018

0

2019

0

2019

0

2020

0

0

Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate:
.
1

II-5.

Channels of distribution.--Report your firm’s U.S. shipments (i.e. inclusive of commercial U.S.
shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) by channel of distribution in
the specified periods.
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year
Item

2014

2015

2016

January-March

2017

2018

2019

2019

2020

U.S. shipments.-to Distributors (Y)
to Fabricator
Distributors (Z)
to Fabricators (AA)
to End users (i.e.
construction) (AB)
RECONCILIATION OF CHANNELS.--Please ensure that the quantities reported for channels of distribution
(i.e., lines Y, Z, AA, and AB) in each time period equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments (i.e., lines
P, R, and T) in each time period. If the calculated fields below return values other than zero (i.e., “0”), the
data reported must be revised prior to submission to the Commission.
Calendar year
Reconciliation item
Y + Z + AA + AB – P – R
– T = zero ("0"), if not
revise.

2014

2015

0

2016

0

January-March

2017

0

2018

0

2019

0

2019

0

2020

0

0

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U.S. shipments by size.--Please report the quantity and value of your firm’s U.S. shipments (i.e.,
inclusive of commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) in
2019 by size.
Quantity (in short tons), Value (in $1,000)
Calendar year 2019
Item

Commercial

Internal consumption/
transfers

U.S. shipments.-No. 3
quantity (AC)
value (AD)
No. 4
quantity (AE)
value (AF)
No. 5
quantity (AG)
value (AH)
No. 6
quantity (AI)
value (AJ)
Other
quantity (AK)
value (AL)
RECONCILIATION OF U.S. SHIPMENTS BY SIZE.--Please ensure that the quantities and values
reported for U.S. shipments by size (i.e., lines AC through AL) in 2019 (i.e., across both columns)
equal the quantities and values reported for U.S. shipments (i.e., lines P through U) in 2019. 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.
Reconciliation
Quantity: AC + AE + AG + AI + AK – P – R – T = zero ("0"), if not
revise.
Value: AD + AF + AH + AJ + AL – Q – S – U = zero ("0"), if not
revise.

2019
0
0

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U.S. shipments by length.--Please report the quantity and value of your firm’s U.S. shipments
(i.e., inclusive of commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related
firms) in 2019 by length.
Quantity (in short tons), Value (in $1,000)
Shipment type, 2019
Item

Commercial

Internal consumption/
transfers

U.S. shipments.-Coiled
Quantity (AM)
Value (AN)
Less than 20”
Quantity (AO)
Value (AP)
20” to less than 40”
Quantity (AQ)
Value (AR)
40” to less than 60”
Quantity (AS)
Value (AT)
60” or greater
Quantity (AU)
Value (AV)
RECONCILIATION OF U.S. SHIPMENTS BY LENGTH.--Please ensure that the quantities and values
reported for U.S. shipments by length (i.e., lines AM through AV) in 2019 (i.e., across both
columns) equal the quantities and values reported for U.S. shipments (i.e., lines P through U) in
2019. 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.
Reconciliation
Quantity: AM + AO + AQ + AS + AU – P – R – T = zero ("0"), if not
revise.
Value: AN + AP + AR + AT + AV – Q – S – U = zero ("0"), if not
revise.

2019
0
0

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U.S. shipments by grade.--Please report the quantity and value of your firm’s U.S. shipments
(i.e., inclusive of commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related
firms) in 2019 by grade.
Quantity (in short tons), Value (in $1,000)
Shipment type, 2019
Item

Commercial

Internal consumption/
transfers

U.S. shipments.-Grade 40
quantity (AW)
value (AX)
Grade 60
quantity (AY)
value (AZ)
Other grades
quantity (BA)
value (BB)
RECONCILIATION OF U.S. SHIPMENTS BY GRADE.--Please ensure that the quantities and values
reported for U.S. shipments by grade (i.e., lines AW through BB) in 2019 (i.e., across both
columns) equal the quantities and values reported for U.S. shipments (i.e., lines P through U) in
2019. 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.
Reconciliation
Quantity: AW + AY + BA – P – R – T = zero ("0"), if not revise.
Value: AX + AZ + BB – Q – S – U = zero ("0"), if not revise.

2019
0
0

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U.S. shipments of hooked/bent rebar.--Please report the quantity of your firm’s U.S. shipments
of hooked or bent rebar not sold in connection with a specific, identified construction project
and produced according to an engineer’s structural design, consistent with industry standards
(i.e., inclusive of commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related
firms) in 2019 by quarter. These data should be subsets of U.S. shipments reported in question
II-4.
Quantity (in short tons), Value (in $1,000)
Calendar year 2019
January – March

April – June

July – September

October –
December

U.S. shipments.-Quantity
Value
II-10.

U.S. shipments of in-scope deformed steel wire.--Please report the quantity of your firm’s U.S.
shipments of deformed steel wire that meets ASTM A1064/A1064M, contains bar markings,
and/or is subject to an elongation test (i.e., inclusive of commercial U.S. shipments, internal
consumption, and transfers to related firms) in 2019 by quarter. These data should be subsets
of U.S. shipments reported in question II-4.
Quantity (in short tons), Value (in $1,000)
Calendar year 2019
January – March
U.S. shipments.-Quantity
Value

April – June

July – September

October –
December

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Employment data.--Report your firm’s employment-related data related to the production of
rebar and provide an explanation for any trends in these data.
“Production and Related Workers” (PRWs) includes working supervisors and all nonsupervisory
workers (including group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling,
inspecting, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking, hauling,
maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard services, product development, auxiliary production
for plant’s own use (e.g., power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with
the above production operations. Average number employed may be computed by adding the
number of employees, both full time and part time, for the 12 pay periods ending closest to the
15th of the month and divide that total by 12. For the January to March periods, calculate
similarly and divide by 3.
“Hours worked” includes time paid for sick leave, holidays, and vacation time. Include overtime
hours actually worked; do not convert overtime pay to its equivalent in straight time hours.
“Wages paid” –Total wages paid before deductions of any kind (e.g., withholding taxes, old-age
and unemployment insurance, group insurance, union dues, bonds, etc.). Include wages paid
directly by your firm for overtime, holidays, vacations, and sick leave.
Calendar year
Item

2014

2015

2016

2017

January-March
2018

2019

2019

2020

Employment data:
Average number of
PRWs (number) (AF)
Hours worked by PRWs
(1,000 hours) (AG)
Wages paid to PRWs
($1,000) (AH)
Explanation of trends:

II-12.

Transfers to related firms.--If your firm reported transfers to related firms in question II-4,
please identify the firm(s) and indicate the nature of the relationship between your firm and the
related firms (e.g., joint venture, wholly owned subsidiary), whether the transfers were priced at
market value or by a non-market formula, whether your firm retained marketing rights to all
transfers, and whether the related firms also processed inputs from sources other than your
firm.

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Purchases.--Has your firm purchased rebar produced in the United States or in other countries
since January 1, 2014? (Do not include imports for which your firm was the importer of record.
These should be reported in an importer questionnaire).
“Purchase” – A transaction to buy product from a U.S. corporate entity such as another U.S.
producer, a U.S. distributor, or a U.S. firm that has directly imported the product.
“Import” –A transaction to buy from a foreign supplier where your firm is the importer of
record.

No

Yes

If yes-- Report such purchases in the table below and explain the reasons
for your firms' purchases:

Note: If your firm served as the importer of record for any purchases from foreign suppliers,
either for your own account or as a service for another entity, those purchases are to be
considered "imports" not "purchases" and should not be included in the table below
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar years
Item

2014

2015

2016

2017

January-March
2018

2019

2019

2020

Purchases from U.S.
importers1 of rebar
from—
Mexico
Turkey
All other sources
Purchases from
domestic producers2
Purchases from other
sources3
Please list the name of the importer(s) from which your firm purchased this product. If your firm’s import
suppliers differ by source, please identify the source for each listed supplier:
.
2
Please list the name of the U.S. producer(s) from which your firm purchased this product:
.
3
Please list the name of the firm(s) from which your firm purchased this product:
.
1

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Imports.--Since January 1, 2014, has your firm imported rebar?
“Importer” – The person or firm primarily liable for the payment of any duties on the
merchandise, or an authorized agent acting on his behalf.
No

Yes
If yes-- COMPLETE AND RETURN A U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE

II-15.

Toll production.--Since January 1, 2014, has your firm been involved in a toll agreement
regarding the production of rebar?
“Toll agreement”--Agreement between two firms whereby the first firm (“TOLLEE”) furnishes
the raw materials and the second firm (“TOLLER”) uses the raw materials to produce a product
that it then returns to the first firm with a charge for processing costs, overhead, etc.
No—skip to next question.
Yes—For all such agreements entered into by your firm, please indicate whether your firm
was the toller or tollee.
Our firm
Other firm(s)
Toller
Please name the tollee(s):
Tollee1
Please name the toller(s):
1
Identify the raw material input(s) that your firm provided the toller(s):
Is the percentage of your U.S. production using a toll agreement more than five percent of your
total production in 2019?

No

Yes

If yes--Please estimate the percent of toll agreement as a share of your
2019 production.
percent

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Foreign trade zones.-Firm's FTZ operations.--Does your firm produce rebar in and/or admit rebar into a
foreign trade zone (FTZ)?

(a)

“Foreign trade zone” is a designated location in the United States where firms utilize
special procedures that allow delayed or reduced customs duty payments on foreign
merchandise. A foreign trade zone must be designated as such pursuant to the rules and
procedures set forth in the Foreign-Trade Zones Act.

No

Yes

If yes-- Describe the nature of your firms operations in FTZs and identify
the specific FTZ site(s).

Other firms' FTZ operations.--To your knowledge, do any firms in the United States
import rebar into a foreign trade zone (FTZ) for use in distribution of rebar and/or the
production of downstream articles?

(b)

No

Yes

If yes--Identify the firms and the FTZs.

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For questions II-17 and II-18, if your response differs for particular orders, please indicate and explain
the particular effect of imposition and/or revocation of specific orders.
II-17.

Effect of order(s).--Describe the significance of the existing antidumping duty order covering
imports of rebar from Mexico and countervailing duty order covering imports of rebar from
Turkey in terms of their effect on your firm’s production capacity, production, U.S. shipments,
inventories, purchases, employment, revenues, costs, profits, cash flow, capital expenditures,
research and development expenditures, and asset values. You may wish to compare your firm’s
operations before and after the imposition of the orders.

II-18.

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 rebar in
the future if the antidumping duty order on imports of rebar from Mexico and countervailing
duty order on imports of rebar from Turkey were to be revoked?

No

II-19.

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.

Other explanations:--If your firm would like to explain further 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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PART III.--FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Address questions on this part of the questionnaire to Joanna Lo (202-205-1888, [email protected]).
III-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 III.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone

III-2.

Accounting system.--Briefly describe your firm’s financial accounting system.
A.

When does your firm’s fiscal year end (month and day)?
If your firm’s fiscal year changed during the data-collection period, explain below:

B.1.

Describe the lowest level of operations (e.g., plant, division, company-wide) for which
financial statements are prepared that include rebar:

2.

Does your firm prepare profit/loss statements for rebar:
Yes
No
How often did your firm (or parent company) prepare financial statements (including
annual reports, 10Ks)? Please check relevant items below.
Audited,
unaudited,
annual reports,
10Ks,
10 Qs,
Monthly,
quarterly,
semi-annually,
annually
Accounting basis:
GAAP,
cash,
tax, or
other comprehensive basis of
accounting (specify)

3.

4.

Note: As requested in Part I of this questionnaire, please keep all supporting documents/records
used in the preparation of the financial data, as Commission staff may contact your firm
regarding questions on the financial data. The Commission may also request that your company
submit copies of the supporting documents/records (financial statements, including internal
profit-and-loss statements for the division or product group that includes rebar, as well as specific
statements and worksheets) used to compile these data.

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III-3.

Cost accounting system.--Briefly describe your firm’s cost accounting system (e.g., standard
cost, job order cost, etc.).

III-4.

Allocation basis.--Briefly describe your firm’s allocation basis, if any, for COGS, SG&A, and
interest expense and other income and expenses. Please also describe the method and types of
documents/records used to compile your financial data.

III-5.

Product listing.--Please list the products your firm produces in the facilities in which it produces
rebar, and provide the share of net sales accounted for by these products in your firm’s most
recent fiscal year.
Products

Share of sales

rebar

%
%
%
%
%

III-6.

Does your firm purchase inputs (raw materials, labor, energy, or any services) used in the
production of rebar from any related suppliers (e.g., inclusive of transactions between related
firms, divisions and/or other components within the same company)?
Yes--Continue to question III-7.

No--Continue to question III-9a.

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Inputs from related suppliers.--Please identify the inputs used in the production of rebar that
your firm purchases from related suppliers and that are reflected in question III-9a. For “Share
of total COGS” please report this information by relevant input on the basis of your most
recently completed fiscal year. For “Input valuation” please describe the basis, as recorded in
the company’s own accounting system, of the purchase cost from the related supplier; e.g., the
related supplier’s actual cost, cost plus, negotiated transfer price to approximate fair market
value.
Input

Related supplier

Share of total COGS

Input valuation as recorded in the firm’s accounting books and records:
III-8.

Inputs from related suppliers at cost.--Please confirm that the inputs purchased from related
suppliers, as identified in III-7, were reported in III-9a (financial results on rebar) in a manner
consistent with the firm’s accounting books and records.

Yes

No

If no--In the space below, please report the valuation basis of inputs
purchased from related suppliers as reported in question III-9a:

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III-9a. Income statement of rebar.--Report the revenue and related cost information requested below
on the rebar operations of your firm’s U.S. establishment(s).1 Do not report resales of rebar.
Note that internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market
value. Input purchases from related suppliers should be consistent with and based on
information in the firm’s accounting books and records. Provide data for your firm’s six most
recently completed fiscal years, and for the specified interim periods. If your firm was involved
in tolling operations (either as the toller or as the tollee), and reported this in question II-10
above, please contact Joanna Lo at (202) 205-1888 before completing this section of the
questionnaire.
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Fiscal years ended-Item

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

quantities:2

Net sales
Commercial sales (“CS”) (A)
Internal consumption (“IC”) (B)
Transfers to related firms
(“Transfers”) (C)
Total net sales quantities
(D)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Net sales values:2
Commercial sales (E)
Internal consumption (F)
Transfers to related firms (G)
Total net sales values (H)
Cost of goods sold (COGS):3
Raw materials (I)
Direct labor (J)
Other factory costs (K)
Total COGS (L)
Gross profit or (loss) (M)
Selling, general, and administrative
(SG&A) expenses:
Selling expenses (N)
General & administrative
expenses (O)
Total SG&A expenses (P)
Operating income (loss) (Q)
Other expenses and income:
Interest expense (R)
All other expense items (S)
All other income items (T)
Net income or (loss)
Depreciation/amortization

Footnotes continued on next page.
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III-9a. Income statement of rebar.--Continued
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in $1,000)
Item

January-March 2019

January-March 2020

quantities:2

Net sales
Commercial sales (“CS”) (A)
Internal consumption (“IC”) (B)
Transfers to related firms (“Transfers”) (C)
Total net sales quantities (D)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Net sales values:2
Commercial sales (E)
Internal consumption (F)
Transfers to related firms (G)
Total net sales values (H)
Cost of goods sold (COGS):3
Raw materials (I)
Direct labor (J)
Other factory costs (K)
Total COGS (L)
Gross profit or (loss) (M)
Selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses:
Selling expenses (N)
General & administrative expenses (O)
Total SG&A expenses (P)
Operating income (loss) (Q)
Other expenses and income:
Interest expense (R)
All other expense items (S)
All other income items (T)
Net income or (loss)
Depreciation/amortization
Include only sales (whether domestic or export) and costs related to your U.S. manufacturing operations.
Less discounts, returns, allowances, and prepaid freight. The quantities and values should approximate the corresponding
shipment quantities and values reported in Part II of this questionnaire.
3 COGS (whether for domestic or export sales) should include costs associated with CS, IC, and Transfers.
1

2

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III-9b. Financial data checklist.--Please check that the financial data in question III-9a have been
correctly reported.
Confirm the following regarding your financial data in question III-9a:

√ if Yes

In $1,000 dollars (not actual dollars)?
Did not include any resales of rebar?
IC and transfers to related firms reported at fair market value?
Net Sales (CS, IC, and Transfers) exclude discounts, returns, allowances,
prepaid freight, and all freight out to customers?
COGS excludes finished goods freight to customers?
SG&A excludes finished goods freight to customers?
All costs exclude finished goods freight to customers?
If you did not √ Yes in any of the boxes above, go back to V-9a and revise your responses.
III-9c. Financial data reconciliation.--The calculable line items from question III-9a (i.e., total net sales
quantities (row D) and values (row H), total COGS (row L), gross profit or loss (row M),
total SG&A (row P), operating income (or loss) (row Q), and net income or loss (row U)) have
been calculated from the data submitted in the other line items. Do the calculated fields return
the correct data according to your firm's financial records ignoring non-material differences that
may arise due to rounding?

Yes

No

If no--For items reported after operating income (loss) in row Q, check the
signs reported (rows R, S, and T). The two expense items in rows R and S
should report positive numbers (i.e., expenses are positive and incomes or
reversals are negative--instances of the latter should be rare in rows R and S)
while the other income reported in row T should have positives values in
most instances (i.e., income is positive, expenses or reversals are negative).
If after reviewing and potentially revising the feeder data your firm has
provided, the differences between your records and the calculated fields
persist please identify and discuss the differences in the space below.

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III-9d. Raw materials.--Please report the share of total raw material costs in 2019 (reported in III-9a,
row I) for the raw material inputs in the table below.
Note.--The term “your firm” should include only the facilities listed in questions I-2 and/or III-7
and the raw materials reported in question III-9a. If you procured raw materials from related
firms, check “primarily purchased by your firm” below and ensure that you included the raw
material input from related firms in question III-7 above.
Procurement method

Input

Share of total raw
material costs
(percent)

Primarily
produced by
your firm

Primarily
purchased by
your firm

Primary steel (billets)
Secondary steel (ferrous scrap)
Other material inputs1
Total (should sum to 100 percent)

0.0

Please indicate any other notable "other" raw materials not expressly identified above and provide
the share of the total raw material costs accounted for by these “other” raw materials in your firm’s
most recent fiscal year:
1

III-9e. Raw materials checklist.--Please check that the raw materials information in question III-9d has
been correctly reported.
Confirm the following regarding your responses in question III-9d:
Include only raw materials used for rebar?
Reflect the raw materials reported in question III-9a, row I?
Inputs “produced by your firm” are from the facilities listed in question I-2
and not separate legal entities with common ownership or other affiliation?
Inputs from affiliated companies are purchases listed in question III-7?
“Other” raw materials, if any, are specified and listed in question III-9d, footnote 1?
Total sums to 100 percent in question III-9d?
If you did not √ Yes in any of the boxes above, go back to V-9d and revise your responses.

√ if Yes

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III-10. Nonrecurring items (charges and gains) included in the subject product financial results.--For
each annual and interim period for which financial results are reported in question III-9a, please
specify all material (significant) nonrecurring items (charges and gains) in the schedule below,
the specific question III-9a line item where the nonrecurring items are included, a brief
description of the relevant nonrecurring items, and the associated values (in $1,000), as
reflected in question III-9a; i.e., if an aggregate nonrecurring item has been allocated to question
III-9a, only the allocated value amount included in question III-9a should be reported in the
schedule below. Note: The Commission’s objective here is to gather information only on
material (significant) nonrecurring items which impacted the reported financial results of the
subject product in question III-9a.
Fiscal years ended-2014

2015

2016

Item

2017

January-March
2018

2019

2019

2020

Value ($1,000)

Nonrecurring item 1
Nonrecurring item 2
Nonrecurring item 3
Nonrecurring item 4
Nonrecurring item 5
Nonrecurring item 6
Nonrecurring item 7
Nonrecurring item: In this table please provide a brief description of each nonrecurring item reported
above and indicate the specific line item in table III-9a where the nonrecurring item is classified.
Description of the
nonrecurring item

Income statement classification of the
nonrecurring item (row letter in III-9a)

Nonrecurring item 1
Nonrecurring item 2
Nonrecurring item 3
Nonrecurring item 4
Nonrecurring item 5
Nonrecurring item 6
Nonrecurring item 7
III-11. Classification of identified nonrecurring items (charges and gains) in the accounting books and
records of the company.--If non-recurring items were reported in question III-10 above, please
identify where your company recorded these items in your accounting books and records in the
normal course of business; i.e., just as responses to question III-10 identify where these items
are reported in question III-9a.

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III-12. Asset values.--Report the total assets (i.e., both current and long-term assets) associated with
the production, warehousing, and sale of rebar. If your firm does not maintain some or all of the
specific asset information necessary to calculate total assets for rebar in the normal course of
business, please estimate this information based upon a method (such as production, sales, or
costs) that is consistent with relevant cost allocations in question III-9a. Provide data as of the
end of your firm’s six most recently completed fiscal years.
Note: Total assets should reflect net assets after any accumulated depreciation and allowances
deducted.
Total assets should be allocated to rebar if these assets are also related to other products.
Please provide a brief explanation if there are any substantial changes in total asset value during
the period; e.g., due to asset write-offs, revaluation, and major purchases.
Value (in $1,000)
Fiscal years ended-Item
Total assets (net)
1
2

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

12

List the top assets (e.g. accounts receivables, inventories, PP&E, intangibles):
Describe substantial changes in asset values:

III-13. Capital expenditures and research and development expenses.--Report your firm’s capital
expenditures and research and development (“R&D”) expenses related to rebar. Provide data
for your firm’s six most recently completed fiscal years, and for the specified interim periods.
Value (in $1,000)
Fiscal years ended-Item

2014

Capital expenditures

2015

2016

2017

January-March
2018

2019

2019

1

R&D expenses2
1
2

Please describe the nature, focus, and significance of your firm’s capital expenditures on the subject product:
Please describe the nature, focus, and significance of your firm’s R&D expenses related to subject product:

III-14. Assets, capital expenditures, and R&D checklist.--Please check that the assets, capital
expenditures, and R&D information in questions III-12 and III-13 are complete.
Confirm the following regarding your responses in questions III-12 and III-13:

√ if Yes

Top assets are listed in question III-12, footnote 1?
Substantial changes in assets are described in question III-12, footnote 2?
Capital expenses are described in question III-13, footnote 1, if applicable?
R&D are described in question III-13, footnote 2, if applicable?
Provided explanations if your firm did not have capital expenditures or R&D?
If you did not √ Yes in any of the boxes above, go back to III-12 and/or III-13 and revise your
responses.

2020

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III-15. Data consistency and reconciliation.--Please indicate whether your firm’s financial data for
questions III-9a, III-12, and III-13 are based on a calendar year or your firm’s fiscal year:
Calendar year

Fiscal year

Specify fiscal year

Please note the quantities and values reported in question III-9a should reconcile with the data
reported in question II-4 (including export shipments) as long as they are reported on the same
calendar year basis.
RECONCILIATION OF TRADE VS FINANCIAL DATA.--Please ensure that the quantities and values reported
for total shipments in part II equal the quantities and values reported for total net sales in part III of this
questionnaire in each time period unless the financial data from part III are reported on a fiscal year
basis, in which case only the interim periods must reconcile. If the calculated fields below return values
other than zero (i.e., “0”) and both are being reported on a calendar basis, please explain the discrepancy
below.
Fiscal years ended-Reconciliation

2014

2015

2016

January-March

2017

2018

2019

2019

2020

Quantity: Trade data from
question II-4 (lines D, F, H, and
J) less financial total net sales
quantity data from question III9a (row D) = zero ("0").

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Value: Trade data from
question II-4 (lines E, G, I, and
K) less financial total net sales
value data from question III-9a
(row H) = zero ("0").

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Do the data in question III-9a reconcile with data reported in question II-4?
Yes

No

If no, please explain.

III-15. Other explanations.--If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part III
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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PART IV.--PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Craig Thomsen (202-2053226, [email protected]).
IV-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 IV.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone

PRICE DATA
IV-2.

This question requests quarterly quantity and value data for your firm’s commercial shipments
to unrelated U.S. customers of the following products produced by your firm.
Product 1.-- Straight ASTM A615, No. 3, grade 60 rebar
Product 2.-- Straight ASTM A615, No. 4, grade 60 rebar
Product 3.-- Straight ASTM A615, No. 5, grade 60 rebar
Product 4.-- Straight ASTM A615, No. 6, grade 60 rebar
Product 5.-- Straight ASTM A615, No. 3, grade 40 rebar

Please note that values should be f.o.b., U.S. point of shipment and should not include U.S.-inland
transportation costs. Values should reflect the final net amount paid to your firm (i.e., should be net
of all deductions for discounts or rebates).
(a) During January 2014 -March 2020, did your firm produce and sell to unrelated U.S.
customers any of the above listed products (or any products that were competitive with
these products)?
Yes.--Please complete the following pricing data table as appropriate.
No.--Skip to question IV-3.

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IV-2b. Price data.--Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 produced and sold by
your firm.
Report data in short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).

Period of shipment

(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value

Product 3
Quantity
Value

2014:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2015:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2016:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2017:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2018:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2019:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2020:
January-March
1 Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods),
f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2 Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part IV.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of the product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
Product 4:

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IV-2b. (continued)
Report data in short tons and actual dollars (not 1,000s).

Period of shipment

(Quantity in short tons, value in dollars)
Product 4
Quantity
Value

Product 5
Quantity

Value

2014:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2015:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2016:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2017:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2018:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2019:
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
2020:
January-March
1 Net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods),
f.o.b. your firm’s U.S. point of shipment.
2 Pricing product definitions are provided on the first page of Part IV.
Note.--If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of the product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported pricing data.
Product 4:
Product 5:

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IV-2 c. Price data checklist.--Please check that the pricing data in question IV-2(a) has been correctly
reported.
√ if Yes

Are the price data reported above:
In actual dollars (not $1,000) and short tons?
F.o.b. U.S. point of shipment (i.e., does not include U.S. transport costs)?
Net of all discounts and rebates?
Have returns credited to the quarter in which the sale occurred?
Less than reported commercial shipments in question II-4 in each year?

IV-2d. Pricing data methodology.--Please describe the method and the kinds of documents/records
that were used to compile your price data.
Note: As requested in Part I of this questionnaire, please keep all supporting documents/records
used in the preparation of the price data, as Commission staff may contact your firm regarding
questions on the price data. The Commission may also request that your company submit copies
of the supporting documents/records (such as sales journal, invoices, etc.) used to compile these
data.

IV-3.

Price setting.--How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of rebar (check
all that apply)? If your firm issues price lists, please submit sample pages of a recent list.
Transaction
by
transaction

IV-4.

Contracts

Set
price
lists

Other

If other, describe

Discount policy.--Please indicate and describe your firm’s discount policies (check all that apply).

Quantity
discounts

Annual
total
volume
discounts

No
discount
policy

Other

Describe

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IV-5.

Pricing terms.--On what basis are your firm’s prices of domestic rebar usually quoted (check
one)?
Delivered

IV-6.

F.o.b.

If f.o.b., specify point

Contract versus spot.--Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of its U.S.-produced rebar
in 2019 was on a (1) short-term contract basis, (2) annual contract basis, (3) long-term contract
basis, and (4) spot sales basis?

Share of 2019
sales
IV-7.

Type of sale
Long-term
Annual
contracts
contracts
(multiple
(multiple
deliveries for
deliveries for 12
more than 12
months)
months)

Short-term
contracts
(multiple
deliveries for
less than 12
months)
%

%

%

Total
(should
sum to
100.0%)

Spot sales
(for a single
delivery)
%

0.0

%

Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table regarding your firm’s typical sales contracts for
U.S.-produced rebar (or check “not applicable” if your firm does not sell on a short-term, annual
and/or long-term contract basis).

Typical sales
contract provisions

Item

Average contract
duration

No. of
days

Price renegotiation
(during contract
period)

Yes

Fixed quantity
and/or price

No
Quantity

Indexed to raw
material costs1

Price
Both
Yes
No

Not applicable
1

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Please identify the indexes used:

Short-term contracts
(multiple deliveries
for less than 12
months)

Annual contracts
(multiple
deliveries for 12
months)
365

Long-term contracts
(multiple deliveries
for more than 12
months)

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IV-8.

Lead times.--What is the typical lead time between a customer’s order and the date of delivery
for your firm’s sales of its U.S.-produced rebar?
Share of 2019 Lead time (average
sales
number of days)

Source
From inventory

%

Produced to order

%

Total (should sum to 100.0%)
IV-9.

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0.0 %

Shipping information.-(a)

Who generally arranges the transportation to your firm’s customers’ locations?
Your firm
Purchaser (check one)

(b)

Indicate the approximate percentage of your firm’s sales of rebar that are delivered the
following distances from your firm’s production facility.
Distance from production facility

Share

Within 100 miles

%

101 to 1,000 miles

%

Over 1,000 miles

%

Total (should sum to 100.0%)

0.0

%

IV-10. Geographical shipments.--In which U.S. geographic market area(s) has your firm sold its U.S.produced rebar since January 1, 2014 (check all that apply)?
Geographic area
Northeast.–CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT.
Midwest.–IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI.
Southeast.–AL, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, and WV.
Central Southwest.–AR, LA, OK, and TX.
Mountains.–AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.
Pacific Coast.–CA, OR, and WA.
Other.–All other markets in the United States not previously listed,
including AK, HI, PR, and VI.

√ if applicable

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IV-11. Inland transportation costs.—What is the approximate percentage of the cost of U.S.-produced
rebar that is accounted for by U.S. inland transportation costs?
percent
IV-12. End uses.--Have there been any changes in the end uses of rebar since January 1, 2014? Do you
anticipate any future changes?
Changes in end
uses

No

Yes

Explain

Changes since
January 1, 2014
Anticipated
changes
IV-13. Substitutes.--Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that can be
substituted for rebar since January 1, 2014? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Changes in
substitutes
Changes since
January 1, 2014
Anticipated
changes

No Yes

Explain

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IV-14. Availability of supply.--Has the availability of rebar in the U.S. market changed since January 1,
2014? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Availability in the U.S.
market

Please explain, noting the countries and reasons for the
No Yes changes.

Changes since January 1, 2014:
U.S.-produced product
Imports from Mexico and
Turkey
Imports from all other
countries
Anticipated changes:
U.S.-produced product
Imports from Mexico and
Turkey
Imports from all other
countries
IV-15. Independent Steel Alliance.—
(a) Have you sold rebar to firms that are members of the Independent Steel Alliance?
Have you sold
rebar to firms
that are members
of the
If yes, have the conditions of sale under the Independent Steel
Independent
Steel Alliance?
Alliance differed from your other sales?
No

Yes

No

Yes

If yes, please explain.

(b) Please explain how your firm makes sales when the Independent Steel Alliance is used.

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(c) Has the Independent Steel Alliance affected prices or purchase patterns in the rebar
market?
No

Yes

If yes, please list factors that have changed and explain why changes
occurred.

IV-16. Sales to related fabricators.-(a) Has your firm sold rebar to related fabricators or distributors?
No (if No please go to question IV-17)

Yes (If yes, please reply to questions b-e.)

(b) Does your sales process differ between related and unrelated purchasers?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

(c) Does the method of determining prices differ between related and unrelated purchasers?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

(d) Do terms (e.g. delivery, payment, etc.) differ between related and unrelated purchasers?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

(e) Are any supply preferences given to related purchasers that are not given to unrelated
purchasers (i.e., are related purchasers allocated a quantity before sales are made to unrelated
purchasers)?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

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IV-17. Demand trends.--Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United
States (if known) for rebar has changed since January 1, 2014, 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.

Market

Overall
increase

No
change

Fluctuate
Overall
with no
decrease clear trend

Explanation and factors

Demand since January 1, 2014
Within the
United
States
Outside
the United
States
Anticipated future demand
Within the
United
States
Outside
the United
States
IV-18. Product changes.--Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix,
or marketing of rebar since January 1, 2014? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Changes in product
range, product
mix, or marketing No Yes
Changes since
January 1, 2014
Anticipated
changes

Explain

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Conditions of competition.-(a) Is the rebar market subject to business cycles (other than general economy-wide conditions)
and/or other conditions of competition distinctive to rebar?
Check all that apply.

Please describe.

No

Skip to question IV-17.

Yes-Business cycles (e.g.
seasonal business)
Yes-Other distinctive
conditions of competition
(b) If yes, have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for
rebar since January 1, 2014?
No

Yes

If yes, describe.

IV-20. Supply constraints.--Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply rebar since
January 1, 2014 (examples include placing customers on allocation or “controlled order entry,”
declining to accept new customers or renew existing customers, delivering less than the
quantity promised, being unable to meet timely shipment commitments, etc.)?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

IV-21. Raw materials.-- Indicate how rebar raw material prices have changed since January 1, 2014,
and how you expect they will change in the future.

Raw
materials
prices
Changes since
January 1,
2014
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 rebar.

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IV-22. Price comparisons.--Please compare market prices of rebar in U.S. and non-U.S. markets, if
known. Provide specific information as to time periods and regions for any price comparisons.

IV-23. 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 rebar supply (including
production capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United States, (2) each of
the other major producing/consuming countries, including Mexico and Turkey, and (3) the world
as a whole. Of particular interest is such data from 2014 to the present and forecasts for the
future.
IV-24. Export constraints.--Describe how easily your firm can shift its sales of rebar between the U.S.
market and alternative country markets. In your discussion, please describe any contracts, other
sales arrangements, or other constraints that would prevent or retard your firm from shifting
rebar between the U.S. and alternative country markets within a 12-month period.

IV-25. Barriers to trade.--Are your firm’s exports of rebar subject to any tariff or non-tariff barriers to
trade in other countries?

No

Yes

If yes, please list the countries and describe any such barriers and any
significant changes in such barriers that have occurred since January 1,
2014, or that are expected to occur in the future.

IV-26. Vertical integration.— Have the relationships between U.S. producers of rebar and their
affiliated scrap suppliers, fabricators, or distributors affected prices, purchase patterns, or
competition in the rebar market?
No

Yes

If yes, please explain.

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IV-27. Impact of the Section 232 tariffs.—
(a)

Did the imposition of tariffs on imported steel/aluminum products under Section 232
have an impact on the rebar market in the United States?

Yes— Please indicate the
impact in the table below.

No

Overall
No
Overall
increase change decrease

Factor

Don’t know

Fluctuate Explain, noting how the imposition
with no of tariffs under Section 232 affected
clear
each factor of the rebar market in
trend
the United States.

Supply of U.S.produced rebar
Supply of imported
rebar
Prices for rebar
Overall U.S. demand
for rebar
Raw material costs for
rebar
(b)

Did the subsequent agreement between the United States and Mexico to eliminate all
tariffs imposed under Section 232 on imports of steel products from Mexico have an
impact on imports of rebar from Mexico?

No

Yes

If yes, please discuss any impacts (e.g. supply, demand, price) on imports of
rebar from Mexico.

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IV-28. Interchangeability.--Is rebar produced in the United States and in other countries
interchangeable (i.e., can it physically be used in the same applications)?
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = the products from a specified country-pair are always interchangeable
F = the products are frequently interchangeable
S = the products are sometimes interchangeable
N = the products are never interchangeable
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair

Country-pair

Mexico

Turkey (other than
Habas)

Other sources

United States
Mexico
Turkey (other than
Habas)
For any country-pair producing rebar which is sometimes or never interchangeable, please
identify the country-pair and explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:

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IV-29. Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (e.g., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between rebar produced in the
United States and in other countries a significant factor in your firm’s sales of the products?
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = such differences are always significant
F = such differences are frequently significant
S = such differences are sometimes significant
N = such differences are never significant
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair

Country-pair

Mexico

Turkey (other than
Habas)

Other sources

United States
Mexico
Turkey (other than
Habas)
For any country-pair for which factors other than price sometimes, frequently, or always are a
significant factor in your firm’s purchases of rebar, identify the country-pair and report the
advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:

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IV-30. Other explanations.--If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part
IV 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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PART V.--ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Amelia Shister (202-2052047, [email protected]).
V-1.

Comparability of types of long bar products.--For each of the following indicate whether listed
products are: fully comparable or the same, i.e., have no differentiation between them; mostly
comparable or similar; somewhat comparable or similar; never or not-at-all comparable or
similar; or no familiarity with products.
F: fully comparable or the same, i.e., have no differentiation between them;
M: mostly comparable or similar;
S: somewhat comparable or similar;
N: never or not-at-all comparable or similar; or
0: no familiarity with products.
In-scope deformed steel wire is steel wire which meets ASTM A1064/A1064M, contains bar
markings, and/or is subject to an elongation test.
(a) Physical Characteristics and End Uses.--The differences and similarities in the physical
characteristics and end uses.

Product-pair

Comparison

Please provide a narrative discussion for the
comparability ratings you provided in terms of their
physical characteristics and uses:

In-scope steel concrete
reinforcing bar vs in-scope
deformed steel wire
(b) Interchangeability.--The ability to substitute the products in the same application.

Product-pair
In-scope steel concrete
reinforcing bar vs in-scope
deformed steel wire

Comparison

Please provide a narrative discussion for the
comparability ratings you provided in terms of their
interchangeability:

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Comparability of types of long bar products.--Continued
F: fully comparable or the same, i.e., have no differentiation between them;
M: mostly comparable or similar;
S: somewhat comparable or similar;
N: never or not-at-all comparable or similar; or
0: no familiarity with products.
(c) Manufacturing facilities, production processes, and production employees.--Whether
manufactured in the same facilities, from the same inputs, on the same machinery and
equipment, and using the same employees.

Product-pair

Comparison

Please provide a narrative discussion for the
comparability ratings you provided in terms of their
manufacturing facilities, production processes, and
production employees:

In-scope steel concrete reinforcing
bar vs in-scope deformed steel wire

(d) Channels of distribution.--Channels of distribution/market situation through which the
products are sold (i.e., sold direct to end users, through wholesaler/distributors, etc.).

Product-pair
In-scope steel concrete reinforcing
bar vs in-scope deformed steel wire

Comparison

Please provide a narrative discussion for the
comparability ratings you provided in terms of their
channels of distribution:

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Comparability of types of long bar products.--Continued
F: fully comparable or the same, i.e., have no differentiation between them;
M: mostly comparable or similar;
S: somewhat comparable or similar;
N: never or not-at-all comparable or similar; or
0: no familiarity with products.
(e) Customer and producer perceptions.--Perceptions as to the differences and/or
similarities in the market (e.g., sales/marketing practices).

Product-pair

Comparison

Please provide a narrative discussion for the
comparability ratings you provided in terms of their
customer and product perceptions:

In-scope steel concrete reinforcing
bar vs in-scope deformed steel wire
(f) Price.--Whether prices are comparable or differ between the products.

Product-pair
In-scope steel concrete reinforcing
bar vs in-scope deformed steel
wire

Comparison

Please provide a narrative discussion for the
comparability ratings you provided in terms of their
price:

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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/steel_concrete_reinforcing_bar_me
xico_and_turkey/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: REBAR

• 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 does not produce 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.