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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
CARBON AND CERTAIN ALLOY STEEL WIRE ROD (“WIRE ROD”) FROM BRAZIL,
INDONESIA, MEXICO, MOLDOVA, AND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by April 10, 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 and countervailing duty orders concerning carbon and certain alloy steel
wire rod (“wire rod”) from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago (Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐417 and 731‐
TA‐953, 957‐959 and 961(Third Review)). The information requested in the questionnaire is requested under the
authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII.
Name of firm
Address
Website
Has your firm produced or exported wire rod (as defined on 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)
Data reported in this questionnaire relate to (Check one):
BRAZIL
INDONESIA
MEXICO
MOLDOVA
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: WROD)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in response to this questionnaire is complete and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief and understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission. By
means of this certification I also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the
information provided in this questionnaire and throughout this proceeding in any other import‐injury proceedings or reviews
conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
proceeding or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits,
reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all
contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official Title of Authorized Official
Date
Signature
Phone:
Email address
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PART I.‐‐GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.— On October 22, 2002, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued a
countervailing duty order on imports of wire rod from Brazil. On October 29, 2002, Commerce issued
antidumping duty orders on imports of wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad
and Tobago. On June 3, 2019, the Commission instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the orders would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a reasonably
foreseeable time. If both the Commission and Commerce make affirmative determinations, the orders
will remain in place. If either the Commission or Commerce makes negative determinations, Commerce
will revoke the orders. Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available
at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2019/carbon_steel_wire_rod_brazil_indonesia_mexico/t
hird_review_full.htm.
Wire rod covered by these reviews is certain hot‐rolled products of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils,
of approximately round cross section, 5.00 mm or more, but less than 19.00 mm, in solid cross‐sectional
diameter.
Specifically excluded are steel products possessing the above‐noted physical characteristics and meeting
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool
steel; (c) high nickel steel; (d) ball bearing steel; and (e) concrete reinforcing bars and rods. Also
excluded are (f) free machining steel products (i.e., products that contain by weight one or more of the
following elements: 0.03 percent or more of lead, 0.05 percent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or
more of sulfur, more than 0.04 percent of phosphorus, more than 0.05 percent of selenium, or more
than 0.01 percent of tellurium).
Also excluded from the scope are 1080 grade tire cord quality wire rod and 1080 grade tire bead quality
wire rod. Grade 1080 tire cord quality rod is defined as: (i) grade 1080 tire cord quality wire rod
measuring 5.0 mm or more but not more than 6.0 mm in cross‐sectional diameter; (ii) with an average
partial decarburization of no more than 70 microns in depth (maximum individual 200 microns); (iii)
having no non‐deformable inclusions greater than 20 microns and no deformable inclusions greater than
35 microns; (iv) having a carbon segregation per heat average of 3.0 or better using European Method
NFA 04‐114; (v) having a surface quality with no surface defects of a length greater than 0.15 mm; (vi)
capable of being drawn to a diameter of 0.30 mm or less with 3 or fewer breaks per ton, and (vii)
containing by weight the following elements in the proportions shown: (1) 0.78 percent or more of
carbon, (2) less than 0.01 percent of aluminum, (3) 0.040 percent or less, in the aggregate, of
phosphorus and sulfur, (4) 0.006 percent or less of nitrogen, and (5) not more than 0.15 percent, in the
aggregate, of copper, nickel and chromium.
Grade 1080 tire bead quality rod is defined as: (i) grade 1080 tire bead quality wire rod measuring 5.5
mm or more but not more than 7.0 mm in cross‐sectional diameter; (ii) with an average partial
decarburization of no more than 70 microns in depth (maximum individual 200 microns); (iii) having no
non‐deformable inclusions greater than 20 microns and no deformable inclusions greater than 35
microns; (iv) having a carbon segregation per heat average of 3.0 or better using European Method NFA
04‐114; (v) having a surface quality with no surface defects of a length greater than 0.2 mm; (vi) capable
of being drawn to a diameter of 0.78 mm or larger with 0.5 or fewer breaks per ton; and (vii) containing
by weight the following elements in the proportions shown: (1) 0.78 percent or more of carbon, (2) less
than 0.01 percent of soluble aluminum, (3) 0.040 percent or less, in the aggregate, of phosphorus and
sulfur, (4) 0.008 percent or less of nitrogen, and (5) either not more than 0.15 percent, in the aggregate,
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of copper, nickel and chromium (if chromium is not specified), or not more than 0.10 percent in the
aggregate of copper and nickel and a chromium content of 0.24 to 0.30 percent (if chromium is
specified).
For purposes of grade 1080 tire cord quality wire rod and grade 1080 tire bead quality wire rod, an
inclusion will be considered to be deformable if its ratio of length (measured along the axis ‐ that is, the
direction of rolling ‐ of the rod) over thickness (measured on the same inclusion in a direction
perpendicular to the axis of the rod) is equal to or greater than three. The size of an inclusion for
purposes of the 20 microns and 35 microns limitations is the measurement of the largest dimension
observed on a longitudinal section measured in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the rod. This
measurement methodology applies only to inclusions on certain grade 1080 tire cord quality wire rod
and certain grade 1080 tire bead quality wire rod that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after July 24, 2003.
The designation of the products as “tire cord quality” or “tire bead quality” indicates the acceptability of
the product for use in the production of tire cord, tire bead, or wire for use in other rubber
reinforcement applications such as hose wire. These quality designations are presumed to indicate that
these products are being used in tire cord, tire bead, and other rubber reinforcement applications, and
such merchandise intended for the tire cord, tire bead, or other rubber reinforcement applications is not
included in the scope. However, should petitioners or other interested parties provide a reasonable
basis to believe or suspect that there exists a pattern of importation of such products for other than
those applications, end‐use certification for the importation of such products may be required. Under
such circumstances, only the importers of record would normally be required to certify the end use of
the imported merchandise.
All products meeting the physical description of subject merchandise that are not specifically excluded
are included in this scope.
Wire rod is currently imported under statistical reporting numbers 7213.91.3000, 7213.91.3010,
7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3090, 7213.91.3091, 7213.91.3092, 7213.91.3093,
7213.91.4500, 7213.91.4510, 7213.91.4590, 7213.91.6000, 7213.91.6010, 7213.91.6090, 7213.99.0030,
7213.99.0031, 7213.99.0038, 7213.99.0090, 7227.20.0000, 7227.20.0010, 7227.20.0020, 7227.20.0030,
7227.20.0080, 7227.20.0090, 7227.20.0095, 7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, 7227.90.6035,
7227.90.6050, 7227.90.6051, 7227.90.6053, 7227.90.6058, 7227.90.6059, 7227.90.6080, and
7227.90.6085 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope
of this order is dispositive.
On October 1, 2012, the U.S. Department of Commerce published its final determination of
circumvention, finding that shipments of wire rod with an actual diameter of 4.75 mm to 5.00 mm
produced in Mexico and exported to the United States by Deacero S.A. de C.V. constitute
merchandise altered in form or appearance in such minor respects that it should be included within
the scope of the order on wire rod from Mexico (77 FR 59892). Deacero appealed the Department's
final determination, which was upheld on appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Deacero S.A. de C. V. v. United States, 817 F.3d 1332, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2016). On March 13, 2019, the
Department published its final determination of circumvention, finding that shipments of wire rod
with an actual diameter below 4.75 mm produced in Mexico and exported to the United States by
Deacero S.A. de C. V. constitute merchandise altered in form or appearance in such minor respects
that it should be included within the scope of the order on wire rod from Mexico (84 FR 9089).
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Reporting of information.‐‐If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates. If your firm is completing more than one questionnaire (i.e., a producer, importer,
purchaser and/or foreign producer questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions.
Confidentiality.‐‐The commercial and financial data furnished in response to this questionnaire that
reveal the individual operations of your firm will be treated as confidential by the Commission to the
extent that such data are not otherwise available to the public and will not be disclosed except as may
be required by law (see 19 U.S.C. § 1677f). Such confidential information will not be published in a
manner that will reveal the individual operations of your firm; however, general characterizations of
numerical business proprietary information (such as discussion of trends) will be treated as confidential
business information only at the request of the submitter for good cause shown.
Verification.‐‐The information submitted in this questionnaire is subject to audit and verification by the
Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep all files, worksheets, and supporting
documents used in the preparation of the questionnaire response. Please also retain a copy of the final
document that you submit.
Release of information.‐‐The information provided by your firm in response to this questionnaire, as
well as any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to the Commission in
connection with this proceeding, may become subject to, and released under, the administrative
protective order provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1677f) and section 207.7 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR § 207.7). This means that certain lawyers and
other authorized individuals may temporarily be given access to the information for use in connection
with this proceeding or other import‐injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or
similar merchandise; those individuals would be subject to severe penalties if the information were
divulged to unauthorized individuals.
Valid number error messages.‐‐If you are completing this form in a country that uses periods (“.”) to
delineate multiples of 1000 (e.g., one million would appear as $1.000.000 rather than $1,000,000), you
may be unable to enter in numbers greater than 999 in numeric form fields. The solution to this data
entry issue is to temporarily change your operating system’s number formatting to be consistent with
the U.S. number formatting system while you complete this form. Detailed instructions on how to
resolve this issue is provided at the end of this questionnaire and is available upon request from Jordan
Harriman (202‐205‐2610, [email protected]).
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OMB statistics.‐‐Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your
firm of completing this questionnaire.
Hours
Dollars
The questions in this questionnaire have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that
issues of concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful,
and as limited as possible. Public reporting burden for this questionnaire is estimated to average
30 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and
completing and reviewing the questionnaire.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for
reducing the burden, and any suggestions for improving this questionnaire. Please attach such
comments to your response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
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Establishments covered.‐‐Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire.
“Establishment”‐‐ Each facility of a firm in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and
Tobago involved in the production or export of wire rod, including auxiliary facilities operated in
conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more
than one establishment in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago should
combine the data for all establishments into a single report.
I‐3.
I‐4.
Stock symbol information.‐‐ If your firm or any of the entities reported in question I‐2 are
publicly traded in the United States, please specify the stock exchange and trading symbol
(including American Depository Receipts, if applicable): .
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).
I‐5.
Law firm:
Lead attorney(s):
U.S. importers.‐‐Please provide the names, contacts, email addresses, and telephone numbers
of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s wire rod in 2019.
No. Importer’s name
Contact person
Email address
Share of
Area code
your firm’s
and
2019 U.S.
telephone
exports
number
(%)
1
2
3
4
5
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U.S. or other country production.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the
capability to produce, or have any plans to produce wire rod in the United States or other
countries?
No
Yes
If yes‐‐Please name the firm(s) and country(ies) below and, if U.S.
producer(s), ensure that they complete the Commission’s producer
questionnaire.
U.S. importation.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import wire
rod into the United States?
I‐8.
No
Yes
If yes‐‐Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.
Business plan.‐‐In Parts II and III of this questionnaire we request a copy of your company’s
business plan. Does your company or any related firm have a business plan or any internal
documents that describe, discuss, or analyze expected future market conditions for wire rod?
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 Jordan Harriman (202‐205‐
2610, [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‐2. Changes in operations.‐‐Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of wire rod since January 1, 2014.
Check as many as appropriate.
If checked, please describe; leave blank if not
applicable.
Plant openings
Plant closings
Relocations
Expansions
Acquisitions
Consolidations
Prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
Revised labor agreements
Other (e.g., technology)
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II‐2b. Anticipated changes in operations.‐‐Does your firm anticipate any changes in in the character of
its operations or organization relating to the production of wire rod in the future?
No
Yes
If yes, supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of
such changes and provide underlying assumptions, along with
relevant portions of business plans or other supporting
documentations that address this issue.
II‐3a. Production using same machinery.‐‐Please report your firm’s production of products made on
the same equipment, machinery, or employees as used to produce wire rod, and the combined
production capacity on this shared equipment, machinery, or employees in the periods
indicated.
“Overall production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup).
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‐11. 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‐11 should exclude the portion of "overall production capacity" that was
used to produce this out‐of‐scope merchandise.
“Production” ‐‐All production in your establishment(s) in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova,
and Trinidad and Tobago, including production consumed internally within your firm.
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II‐3a. Production using same machinery.‐‐Continued
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year
Item
2017
1
Overall production capacity
2018
2019
0
0
0
Other bar/rod products
Subtotal, out‐of‐scope
production
0
0
0
0
0
0
Production of:
Wire rod 2
Out‐of‐scope production.‐‐
Rebar
3
Total production using same
machinery or workers
1
Data reported for capacity (first line) should be greater than data reported for total production (last line).
Data entered for production of wire rod will populate here once reported in question II‐11.
3
Please identify these products: .
2
II‐3b. Operating parameters.‐‐The production capacity reported in II‐3a is based on the following
operating paramaters:
Hours per week
Weeks per year
II‐3c.
Capacity calculation.‐‐Please describe the methodology used to calculate overall production
capacity reported in II‐3a, and explain any changes in reported capacity.
II‐3d. Production constraints.‐‐Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your firm’s
production capacity.
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II‐3e. Product shifting.
(i).
Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between wire rod and other products using
the same equipment and/or labor?
No
Yes
(ii).
If yes—(i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products) Please identify other actual or potential products:
Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.
II‐4.
II‐5.
II‐6.
Share of sales.‐‐What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of wire rod? percent.
Firm's estimated share of production in country.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total
production of wire rod in the country specified on the certification page accounted for by your firm’s
production in 2019. percent.
Firm's estimated share of country's exports.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of wire rod from the country specified on the certification page accounted for
by your firm’s exports in 2019. percent.
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Third country trade actions.‐‐Is the wire rod exported by your firm subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty/safeguard findings, remedies, or proceedings?
No
Yes
If yes— List the products(s), countries affected, and the date of such
findings/remedies/proceedings
Other export markets.‐‐Identify export markets (other than the United States) that your firm
has developed or where it has increased its sales of wire rod since 2014. Please identify and
discuss below.
II‐9.
Significance of countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders.‐‐Describe the significance of
the existing countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders covering imports of wire rod from
Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago in terms of its effect on your firm’s
production capacity, production, home market shipments, exports to the United States and
other markets, and inventories. You may wish to compare your firm’s operations before and
after the imposition of the order.
II‐10. Likely impact of revocation.‐‐Would your firm anticipate any changes in 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 wire rod
in the future if the countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders on wire rod from Brazil,
Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago were to be revoked?
No
Yes
If yes, supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of
such changes and provide underlying assumptions, along with
relevant portions of business plans or other supporting
documentations that address this issue. Include in your
response a specific projection of your firm’s capacity to
produce wire rod (in short tons) for 2020 and 2021.
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II‐11. Trade data.‐‐Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of wire rod in your establishment(s) in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico,
Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago during the specified periods. Do not include resales of wire
rod that your firm did not produce in this question; those data to the degree they are exported
to the United States should only be reported in question II‐12.
Do not submit data by manufacturing facility if they are in the same country. If your firm has
multiple manufacturing establishments within one country, you are required to combine data
for those establishments within one foreign producer questionnaire response.
Do not submit data on multiple countries combined. The establishments reported here should
all be located in the country of the firm’s address reported on the certification page.
Multinational companies with production in multiple subject countries should submit separate
foreign producer questionnaire responses for each subject country.
“Average production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup; and a typical or representative product mix).
“Production” ‐‐All production in your establishment(s) in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova,
and Trinidad and Tobago, including production consumed internally within your firm.
“Shipments”‐‐Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Brazil, Indonesia,
Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago. Quantities reported should be net of returns.
Report net values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances, rebates, prepaid freight,
and the value of returned goods) in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. your point of shipment in Brazil,
Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago.
“Home market commercial shipments”‐‐Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”‐‐Shipments made to
related firms in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago, including product
consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”‐‐Shipments to destinations outside Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and
Trinidad and Tobago, 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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II‐11. Trade data.‐‐Continued.
Quantity (in short tons) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item
2017
1
2018
2019
Average production capacity (A)
Beginning‐of‐period inventories (B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/ transfers
Quantity (D)
Value (G)
Export shipments:
to the United States:
Quantity (H)
Value (I)
Total exports (Quantity) (P)
0
0
0
Total shipments (Quantity) (Q)
0
0
0
Value (E)
Commercial shipments
Quantity (F)
to the European Union:2
Quantity (J)
Value (K)
3
to Asia:
Quantity (L)
Value (M)
4
to all other markets:
Quantity (N)
Value (O)
End‐of‐period inventories (R)
1
The production capacity reported is based on operating hours per week, weeks per year. Please
describe the methodology used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity: .
2
Identify your firm’s principal European Union export markets: .
3
Identify your firm’s principal Asian export markets: .
4
Identify your firm’s principal other export markets: .
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II‐11. Trade data.—Continued.
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY.‐‐Generally, the data reported
for the end‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line R) should be equal to the beginning‐of‐period
inventories (i.e., line B), plus production (i.e., line C), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, H, J, L,
and N). Please ensure that any differences are not due to data entry errors in completing this
form, but rather actually reflect your firm’s records; and also provide any likely explanations for
any differences (e.g., theft, loss, damage, record systems issues, etc.) if they exist.
Calendar year
Item
2017
B + C – D – F – H –J – L – N +
R= should equal zero ("0")
or provide an explanation.1
2018
2019
0
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are
nonetheless accurate: .
Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and
Trinidad and Tobago
II‐12. Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.‐‐Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of wire rod that was produced in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad
and Tobago but not by your firm during the specified periods. Note these data should not be
included in question II‐11.
Quantity (in short tons) and Value (in 1,000 dollars)
Calendar year
Item
Exports of wire rod to the
United States not
produced by your firm1.—
Quantity 1
Value
1
2017
2018
2019
List the producer(s).
II‐13. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part II
for which a narrative box was not provided, please note the question number and the
explanation in the space provided below. Please also use this space to highlight any issues your
firm had in providing the data in this section, including but not limited to technical issues with
the MS Word questionnaire.
.
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PART III.‐‐MARKET FACTORS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Kyle Westmoreland (202‐
205‐2184, [email protected]).
III‐1. Contact information.‐‐Please identify the responsible individual and how Commission staff may
contact the individual regarding the confidential information submitted in Part III.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
III‐2. Contract versus spot.‐‐Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of wire rod to U.S.
customers in 2019 was on a (1) short‐term contract basis, (2) annual contract basis, (3) long‐
term contract basis, and (4) spot sales basis?
Type of sale
Long‐term
Short‐term
Annual
Total
contracts
contracts
Spot sales
contracts
(should
(multiple
(multiple
(for a single
(multiple
sum to
deliveries for
deliveries for
delivery)
deliveries for 12
100.0%)
more than 12
less than 12
months)
months)
months)
Share of your
%
%
%
% 0.0 %
2019 sales
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Contract provisions.— Please fill out the table regarding your firm’s typical sales contracts for
wire rod (or check “not applicable” if your firm does not sell on a short‐term, annual and/or
long‐term contract basis).
Short‐term contracts
(multiple deliveries
for less than 12
months)
Annual contracts
(multiple
deliveries for 12
months)
Long‐term contracts
(multiple deliveries for
more than 12 months)
365
Typical sales
contract provisions
Item
Average contract
duration
No. of
days
Price renegotiation
(during contract
period)
Yes
No
Quantity
Price
Both
Yes
No
Fixed quantity
and/or price
Indexed to raw
material costs1
Not applicable
1
Please identify the indexes used:
III‐4.
Lead times.‐‐What is your firm’s share of sales from inventory and produced to order and what
is the typical lead time between a customer’s order and the date of delivery for your firm’s sales
of wire rod?
Source
From inventory
%
Produced to order
%
0.0
%
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
Share of 2019 sales
Lead time (average
number of days)
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Raw materials.‐‐Indicate how wire rod raw materials prices have changed since January 1, 2014,
and how you expect they will change in the future.
Fluctuate
with no
clear
Overall
No
Overall
increase change decrease trend
Raw
materials
prices
III‐6.
III‐7.
Explain, noting how raw material
price changes have affected your
firm’s selling prices for wire rod.
Changes since
January 1,
2014
Anticipated
changes
Changes in factors affecting supply.‐‐Have any changes occurred in any other factors affecting
supply (e.g., changes in availability or prices of energy or labor; transportation conditions;
production capacity and/or methods of production; technology; export markets; or alternative
production opportunities) that affected the availability of Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova,
and Trinidad and Tobago‐produced wire rod in the U.S. market since January 1, 2014?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe.
Availability of SUBJECT import supply.‐‐Do you anticipate any changes in terms of the
availability of Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago‐produced wire rod in
the U.S. market in the future?
If you anticipate changes in supply, please identify the changes,
No
including the time period and the impact of such changes on
Increase change Decrease shipment volumes and prices.
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Product shifting.‐‐Describe how easily your firm can shift its sales of wire rod between the U.S.
market and alternative country markets. In your discussion, please describe any contracts,
other sales arrangements, or other constraints (including any third‐country trade barriers such
as tariffs, quotas, or other non‐tariff barriers) that would prevent or retard your firm from
shifting wire rod between the U.S. and alternative country markets within a 12‐month period.
III‐9.
Product range.‐‐Is the product range, product mix, or marketing of wire rod in your firm’s home
market different from that of wire rod for export to the United States or to third‐country
markets?
No
Yes
If yes, please explain.
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III‐10. Product changes.‐‐Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix,
or marketing of wire rod in your firm’s home market, for export to the United States, or for
export to third‐country markets since January 1, 2014? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Changes in
product range,
product mix, or
marketing
No Yes
Explain
Changes since
January 1, 2014
Anticipated
changes
III‐11. Substitutes. ‐‐Have there been any changes in the number or types of products that can be
substituted for wire rod since January 1, 2014? Do you anticipate any future changes?
Changes in
substitutes
No Yes
Changes since
January 1, 2014
Anticipated
changes
Explain
III‐12. Interchangeability.‐‐Is the wire rod produced by your firm and sold in its home market
interchangeable (i.e., can be used in the same applications) with your firm’s wire rod sold to the
United States and/or to third‐country markets?
Yes
No
If no, identify the market(s) and any differences in the products.
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III‐13. End uses.—
(a)
Describe the end uses of the wire rod that your firm manufactures and sell to your firm’s
home market. If these end uses differ from those of the wire rod your firm sells to the
U.S. market or to third‐country markets, explain.
(b)
Have there been any changes in the end uses of wire rod since January 1, 2014? Do you
anticipate any future changes?
Changes in end
uses
No
Yes
Explain
Changes since
January 1, 2014
Anticipated
changes
III‐14. Demand trends.‐‐Indicate how demand in the following markets for wire rod 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.
Fluctuate
with no
Your firm’s Overall
No
Overall
market increase change decrease clear trend
Explanation and factors
Demand since January 1, 2014
Home
market
United
States
Other
markets
Anticipated future demand
Home
market
United
States
Other
markets
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III‐15. Price comparisons.‐‐Please compare market prices of wire rod in your firm’s home market, the
United States, and third‐country markets.
III‐16. Description of home market.‐‐Describe briefly your firm’s home market for wire rod, including
the number of, and competition between, producers.
III‐17. Import competition.‐‐Does your firm face competition from imports of wire rod in your firm’s
home market?
No
Yes
If yes, please identify the country sources of these imports.
III‐18. 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 wire rod supply (including
production capacity and capacity utilization) and demand in (1) the United States, (2) each of
the other major producing/consuming countries, including Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova,
and Trinidad and Tobago, and (3) the world as a whole. Of particular interest is such data from
2014 to the present and forecasts for the future.
III‐19. 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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Correcting Valid number error messages.‐‐If you are completing a Commission
questionnaire in a country that uses periods (“.”) to delineate multiples of 1000 (e.g., one million would
appear as $1.000.000 instead of as $1,000,000), you may be unable to enter in numbers greater than
999 in numeric form fields. This issues stem from your computer number formatting setting (e.g., not
the MS Word document itself, but the computer from which you are opening up the document). In the
United States commas (,) delineate multiples of 1000 and periods (.) delineate fractions less than one.
Many EU countries use the reverse where multiples of 1000 are delineated with periods (.) and
fractions less than one are delineated with commas (,). The U.S. International Trade Commission’s
questionnaires are set‐up in the United States with the U.S. number formatting. When this formatting
interacts with a computer set to EU number formatting, we believe this may cause this issue.
The solution to this data entry issue is to temporarily change your operating system’s number
formatting to be consistent with the U.S. number formatting system while you complete the
questionnaire.
To temporarily change your computer’s number settings to U.S. settings, please do the following (for
Microsoft Windows Operating system):
START
Control Panel
Region and Language (under Clock, Language, and Region category)
Format tab
Change the Format from your existing one (e.g. “Italian (Italy)”) to “English (United States)” (see
screen shots below)
When you do this the number “twelve million dollars and thirty five cents” would change from
$12.000.000,35 (Italy format) to $12,000,000.35 (U.S. format), and then there will be no conflict with
the USITC foreign producer questionnaire form. When you finish reporting the data then you can close
the questionnaire and switch back to Italy settings.
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HOW TO FILE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
This questionnaire is available as a “fillable” form in MS Word format on the
Commission’s website at:
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2019/carbon_steel_wire_rod_brazil_indo
nesia_mexico/third_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: WROD
• E‐mail.—E‐mail the MS Word questionnaire to [email protected]; include a scanned copy of
the signed certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic
documents that are electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information
from unauthorized disclosure. The USITC secure drop‐box system and the Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140‐2 cryptographic
algorithms to encrypt data in transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not
use these encryption algorithms (such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to
unauthorized disclosure during transmission. If you choose a non‐encrypted method of electronic
transmission, the Commission warns you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is
assumed by you and not by the Commission.
If your firm did not produce or export this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a
scanned copy to the Commission.
Parties to this proceeding.—If your firm is a party to this proceeding, it is required to serve a copy of the
completed questionnaire on parties to the proceeding that are subject to administrative protective
order (see 19 CFR § 207.7). A list of such parties may be obtained from the Commission’s Secretary (202‐
205‐1803). 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.
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