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LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
SEAMLESS REFINED COPPER PIPE AND TUBE FROM VIETNAM
This survey must be received by the Commission by July 14, 2020
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this survey is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in connection
with its antidumping investigation concerning seamless refined copper pipe and tube (“SRC pipe and tube”) from
Vietnam (inv. No. 731‐TA‐1528 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the survey is requested under the authority
of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed can result in a subpoena or
other order to compel the submission of records or information in your possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)). Further
information on this survey can be obtained from Natalia King (202‐205‐2049, [email protected]).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm purchased, or imported for its own use or retail sale, SRC pipe and tube (as defined on next page)
at any time since January 1, 2017?
NO
(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the survey to the Commission)
YES
(Complete all parts of the survey, and return the entire survey to the Commission)
Return questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the
following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: SRCP)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in this survey is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and
understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission. By submitting this certification I
also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the information provided in this survey
and throughout this proceeding in any other import‐injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or similar
merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
investigation or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits,
reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all
contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official Title of Authorized Official
Date
Signature
Phone
Email address
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on June 30, 2020, by
American Copper Tube Coalition, consisting of Mueller Group, Collierville, Tennessee, and Cerro Flow
Products, LLC, Chicago, Illinois. Antidumping duties may be assessed on the subject imports as a result of
these proceedings if the Commission makes an affirmative determination of injury, threat, or material
retardation, and if the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) makes an affirmative
determination of dumping. U.S. producers of SRC pipe and tube have provided the USITC with
allegations about sales or revenue that they have lost due to competition from imports of SRC pipe and
tube from Vietnam. One or more domestic producer(s) have named your firm in such an allegation.
SRC pipe and tube: This definition covers all seamless circular refined copper pipes and tubes, including
redraw hollows, greater than or equal to 6 inches (152.4 mm) in length and measuring less than 12.130
inches (308.102 mm) (actual) in outside diameter (“OD”), regardless of wall thickness, bore (e.g.,
smooth, enhanced with inner grooves or ridges), manufacturing process (e.g., hot finished, cold‐drawn,
annealed), outer surface (e.g., plain or enhanced with grooves, ridges, fins, gills), end finish (e.g., plain
end, swaged end, flared end, expanded end, crimped end, threaded), coating (e.g., plastic, paint),
insulation, attachments (e.g., plain, capped, plugged, with compression or other fitting), or physical
configuration (e.g., straight, coiled, bent, wound on spools).
This definition covers, but is not limited to, seamless refined copper pipe and tube produced or
comparable to the American Society for Testing and Materials (“ASTM”) ASTM‐B42, ASTM‐B68, ASTM‐
B75, ASTM‐B88, ASTM‐B88M, ASTM‐B188, ASTM‐B251, ASTM‐B251M, ASTM‐B280, ASTM‐B302, ASTM‐
B306, ASTM‐359, ASTM‐B743, ASTM‐B819, and ASTM‐B903 specifications and meeting the physical
parameters described therein. This definition includes all sets of covered products, including “line sets”
of seamless refined copper tubes (with or without fittings or insulation) suitable for connecting an
outdoor air conditioner or heat pump to an indoor evaporator unit. The phrase “all sets of covered
products” denotes any combination of items put up for sale that is comprised of merchandise subject to
the scope.
“Refined copper” is defined as: (1) metal containing at least 99.85 percent by weight of copper; or (2)
metal containing at least 97.5 percent by weight of copper, provided that the content by weight of any
other element does not exceed the following limits:
ELEMENT
LIMITING CONTENT PERCENT BY WEIGHT
Ag – Silver
0.25
As – Arsenic
0.5
Cd – Cadmium
1.3
Cr – Chromium
1.4
Mg – Magnesium
0.8
Pb – Lead
1.5
S – Sulfur
0.7
Sn – Tin
0.8
Te – Tellurium
0.8
Zn – Zinc
1.0
Zr – Zirconium
0.3
Other elements (each)
0.3
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This definition excludes all seamless circular hollows of refined copper less than 12 inches in length
whose OD (actual) exceeds its length.
SRC pipes and tubes are currently classifiable under statistical reporting numbers 7411.10.1030 and
7411.10.1090 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”). SRC pipes and tubes
may also enter under HTSUS statistical reporting numbers 7407.10.1500, 7419.99.5050, 8415.90.8065,
and 8415.90.8085. Although the HTSUS statistical reporting numbers are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written description above is dispositive.
Reporting of information.‐‐ If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates.
Confidentiality.‐‐The data furnished in response to this survey 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.
Release of information.‐‐The information provided by your firm in response to this survey, 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. Please also retain a copy of the final document that you submit.
Contact information.‐‐Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission
staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in this survey. This
may or may not be the person whose signature is at the bottom of page 1.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Firms operating more than one establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a
single response.
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PURCHASE INFORMATION
1. Purchases and imports.— Report separately your firm’s domestic purchases and imports of SRC
pipe and tube.
“Purchase” – Purchase from a U.S. entity such as a U.S. producer, a U.S. importer, or other U.S.
firm.
“Import” – Purchase directly from a foreign supplier and your firm is the importer of record.
2017
2018
2019
Item
Purchases of SRC pipe and tube
produced in—
United States
Vietnam
Quantity (in 1,000 pounds)
1
Sources unknown
0
0
0
0
0
0
All other countries
2
Total purchases
Imports of SRC pipe and tube from—
Vietnam
1
All other countries
3
Total imports
1
Please identify these countries:
Please indicate the firm(s) from which you purchased this merchandise:
3
If your firm imported SRC pipe and tube at any time since January 1, 2017, please also complete and
return a U.S. importers' questionnaire in this proceeding.
2
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2. Changes in purchasing patterns.—Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of SRC
pipe and tube from different sources have changed since January 1, 2017.
Source of
purchases
Did not
purchase Decreased Increased Constant Fluctuated
Explanation for trend
United States
Vietnam
All other
countries
Sources
unknown
3. Major purchasing factors.‐‐Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase SRC pipe and tube.
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:
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4. Purchasing subject imports rather than domestic products.—
(a)
Since January 2017, did your firm import and/or purchase imports of SRC pipe and tube
from Vietnam instead of purchasing U.S.‐produced SRC pipe and tube?
Yes
No
Source
(also respond to parts (b) and (c))
(If “No”, skip to next question)
Vietnam
(b)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was the imported product priced lower than the
domestic product?
Source
Vietnam
Yes
No
(c)
If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was price a primary reason for importing and/or
purchasing subject imports rather than domestic product?
Source
Vietnam
Yes
If Yes, estimate the quantity
of imports purchased and/or
imported instead of domestic
product since January 2017
(in 1,000 pounds)
No
If No, please indicate the
reason your firm imported
and/or purchased imports
instead of domestic product
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5. U.S. producers and import competition.—
(a)
Since January 1, 2017, in connection with a sale or offer to sell SRC pipe and tube to
your firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced SRC pipe and
tube in order to compete with lower‐priced imports of SRC pipe and tube from the
subject countries?
Yes (also respond to
No (If “No”, skip to next
Source
question part (b))
question)
Don’t know
Vietnam
(b)
If your firm responded “yes” to any of the above countries, please provide an estimate
of the reduction in U.S. producers’ prices, and any additional explanations, such as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price reductions, or other market/competitive
factors.
Source
Estimated
reduction in U.S.
prices
(percent)
Vietnam
%
Additional explanation, including such information as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price
reductions, or other market/competitive factors
6. Other explanations‐‐Please provide any additional comments in this box.
7. Stock symbol information.‐‐ If your firm or parent firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock
exchange and trading symbol: .
8. External counsel.‐‐ If your firm or parent firm is represented by external counsel in relation to this
proceeding, please specify the name of the law firm and the lead attorney(s).
Law firm:
Lead attorney(s):
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OMB INFORMATION
9. OMB statistics.‐‐Please report the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of
completing this survey.
Hours
Dollars
The questions in this survey have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that issues of
concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful, and as limited
as possible. Public reporting burden for this survey is estimated to average 4 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the
survey.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for reducing
the burden, and any suggestions for improving this survey. Please attach such comments to your
response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20436.
HOW TO FILE YOUR SURVEY RESPONSE
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the survey document.
Please submit the completed survey using one of the methods noted below. If your firm
is unable to complete the MS Word survey or cannot use one of the electronic methods
of submission, please contact the Commission for further instructions.
• Upload via Secure Drop Box.—Upload the MS Word survey along with a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure upload facility:
Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/
Pin: SRCP
• E‐mail.—E‐mail the MS Word survey to [email protected]; include a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents that are
electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from unauthorized
disclosure. The USITC secure drop‐box system and the Electronic Document Information System (EDIS)
use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140‐2 cryptographic algorithms to encrypt data in
transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these encryption algorithms
(such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized disclosure during
transmission. If you choose a non‐encrypted method of electronic transmission, the Commission warns
you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you and not by the Commission.
If your firm did not purchase this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a scanned copy
to the Commission.
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File Title | Microsoft Word - LSLR questionnaire--Copper Tube (P) |
Author | jordan.harriman |
File Modified | 2020-07-01 |
File Created | 2020-07-01 |