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U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
FORGED STEEL FITTINGS FROM INDIA AND KOREA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by August 14, 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 countervailing and antidumping duty investigations concerning forged steel fittings from India and
Korea (Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐631 and 731‐TA‐1463‐1464 (Final)). 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 imported forged steel fittings (as defined on next page) from any country at any time since January 1, 2017?
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 U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: FITT)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in response to this questionnaire is complete and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief and understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission. By
means of this certification I also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the
information provided in this questionnaire and throughout this proceeding in any other import‐injury proceedings conducted by
the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
proceeding or other proceedings may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits,
reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all
contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official Title of Authorized Official
Date
Signature
Phone
Email address
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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background. ‐‐This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on October 23, 2019, by
Bonney Forge Corporation, Mount Union, Pennsylvania and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (collectively “Petitioners”). Countervailing and antidumping duties may be assessed on the
subject imports as a result of these proceedings if the Commission makes an affirmative determination
of injury, threat, or material retardation, and if the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) makes
an affirmative determination of subsidization and dumping. Questionnaires and other information
pertinent to this proceeding are available at:
https://usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2020/forged_steel_fittings_india_and_korea/final.htm
Forged steel fittings covered by these investigations are carbon and alloy forged steel fittings, whether
unfinished (commonly known as blanks or rough forgings) or finished. Such fittings are made in a variety
of shapes including, but not limited to, elbows, tees, crosses, laterals, couplings, reducers, caps, plugs,
bushings, unions (including hammer unions), and outlets. Forged steel fittings are covered regardless of
end finish, whether threaded, socket‐weld or other end connections. The scope includes integrally
reinforced forged branch outlet fittings, regardless of whether they have one or more ends that is a
socket welding, threaded, butt welding end, or other end connections.
While these fittings are generally manufactured to specifications ASME B16.11, MSS SP‐79, MSS SP‐83,
MSS‐SP‐97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and ASTM A182, the scope is not limited to fittings made to these
specifications.
The term forged is an industry term used to describe a class of products included in applicable
standards, and it does not reference an exclusive manufacturing process. Forged steel fittings are not
manufactured from casings. Pursuant to the applicable standards, fittings may also be machined from
bar stock or machined from seamless pipe and tube.
All types of forged steel fittings are included in the scope regardless of nominal pipe size (which may or
may not be expressed in inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class rating (expressed in pounds of
pressure, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M; 6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall thickness, and whether or not
heat treated.
Excluded from this scope are all fittings entirely made of stainless steel. Also excluded are flanges,
nipples, and all fittings that have a maximum pressure rating of 300 pounds per square inch/PSI or less.
Also excluded from the scope are fittings certified or made to the following standards, so long as the
fittings are not also manufactured to the specifications of ASME B16.11, MSS SP‐79, MSS SP‐83, MSS SP‐
97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and ASTM A182:
American Petroleum Institute (API) 5CT, API 5L, or API11B;
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B16.9;
Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS) SP‐75;
Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) J476, SAE J514, SAE J516, SAE J517, SAE J518, SAE
J1026, SAEJ1231, SAE J1453, SAE J1926, J2044 or SAE AS 35411;
Hydraulic hose fittings (e.g., fittings used in high pressure water cleaning applications, in the
manufacture of hydraulic engines, to connect rubber dispensing hoses to a dispensing nozzle or
grease fitting) made to ISO 12151‐1, 12151‐2, 12151‐3, 12151‐4, 12151‐5, or 12151‐6;
Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) certified electrical conduit fittings;
ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865;
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Casing Conductor Connectors made to proprietary specifications;
Machined steel parts (e.g., couplers) that are not certified to any specifications in this scope
description and that are not for connecting steel pipes for distributing gas and liquids;
Oil country tubular goods (OCTG) connectors (e.g., forged steel tubular connectors for API 5L
pipes or OCTG for offshore oil and gas drilling and extraction);
Military Specification (MIL) MIL‐C‐4109F and MIL‐F‐3541; and
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO6150‐B.
Also excluded from the scope are assembled or unassembled hammer unions that consist of a nut and
two subs. To qualify for this exclusion, the hammer union must meet each of the following criteria: (1)
the face of the nut of the hammer union is permanently marked with one of the following markings:
“FIG 100,” “FIG 110,” “FIG 100C,” “FIG 200,” “FIG 200C,” “FIG 201,” “FIG 202,” “FIG 206,” “FIG 207,” “FIG
211,” “FIG 300,” “FIG 301,” “FIG 400,” “FIG 600,” “FIG 602,” “FIG 607,” “FIG 1002,” “FIG 1003,” “FIG
1502,” “FIG 1505,” “FIG 2002,” or “FIG 2202”; (2) the hammer union does not bear any of the following
markings: “Class 3000,” “Class 3M,” “Class 6000,” “Class 6M,” “Class 9000,” or “Class 9M”; and (3) the
nut and both subs of the hammer union are painted.
Also excluded from the scope are component parts for hammer union assemblies, either subs or
wingnuts, marked on the wingnut and subs with “FIG 1002,” “FIG 1502,” and “FIG 2002,” and with
pressure rating of 10,000 PSI or greater. These parts are made from AISI/SAE 4130, 4140 or 4340 steel
and are 100 percent magnetic particle inspected before shipment.
Also excluded from the scope are tee, elbow, cross, adapter (or “crossover”), blast joint (or “spacer”),
blind sub, swivel joint and pup joint which have wing nut or not. To qualify for this exclusion, these
products must meet each of the following criteria: (1) Manufacturing and Inspection standard is API 6A
or API 16C; and, (2) body or wing nut is permanently marked with one of the following markings: “FIG
2002,” “FIG 1502,” “FIG 1002,” “FIG 602,” “FIG 206,” or “FIG any other number” or MTR (Material Test
Report) shows these FIG numbers.
To be excluded from the scope, products must have the appropriate standard or pressure markings
and/or be accompanied by documentation showing product compliance to the applicable standard or
pressure, e.g., “API 5CT” mark and/or a mill certification report.
Forged steel fittings are currently imported under statistical reporting numbers 7307.92.3010,
7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. Forged
steel fittings may also be entered under HTSUS 7307.93.3010, 7307.93.3040, 7307.93.6000,
7307.93.9010, 7307.93.9040, 7307.93.9060, and 7326.19.0010. The HTSUS provisions are for
convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive.
Importer.‐‐Any person or firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in
importing forged steel fittings (as defined above) into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or
through its selling agent.
Reporting of information.‐‐If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates. If your firm is completing more than one questionnaire (i.e., a producer, importer,
and/or purchaser questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions.
Confidentiality.‐‐The commercial and financial data furnished in response to this questionnaire that
reveal the individual operations of your firm will be treated as confidential by the Commission to the
extent that such data are not otherwise available to the public and will not be disclosed except as may
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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 Keysha
Martinez (202‐205‐2136, [email protected]).
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 macro‐
enabled 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.
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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
I‐2a.
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
40 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.
Establishments covered.‐‐Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire.
“Establishment”‐‐Each facility of a firm involved in the importation of forged steel fittings,
including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate
from) such facilities.
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Stock symbol information.‐‐ If your firm or parent firm is publicly traded, please specify the
stock exchange and trading symbol: .
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‐3.
I‐4.
Law firm:
Lead attorney(s):
Ownership.‐‐Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information, relating to the ultimate parent/owner.
Firm name
Country
Extent of
ownership
(percent)
Related importers/exporters.‐‐Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, that are engaged in importing forged steel fittings from India and Korea into the United
States or that are engaged in exporting forged steel fittings from India and Korea to the United
States?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information.
Firm name
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 forged steel fittings?
No
Yes‐‐List the following information.
Firm name
Country
Affiliation
Importing operations.‐‐Please indicate the nature of your firm’s importing operations on forged
steel fittings. More than one answer may be applicable.
Importer of record
I‐7.
Takes title to the
imported product(s)
Consignee of the
imported products(s)
Customs broker or
freight forwarder
Consignee.‐‐If your firm is an importer of record of forged steel fittings but is not the consignee,
please list the consignees below (firm name, address, telephone number, and individual to
contact).
Firm name
Address
Contact person
and phone
number
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FTZ, TIB, or bonded warehouses.‐‐Please indicate whether your firm enters forged steel fittings
into, or withdraws such merchandise from, foreign trade zones or bonded warehouses. Also
indicate whether your firm imports forged steel fittings under the TIB (temporary importation
under bond) program.
“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, as
well as other savings. A foreign trade zone must be designated as such pursuant to the rules
and procedures set forth in the Foreign‐Trade Zones Act.
“Bonded warehouse” is a secured facility supervised by U.S. customs, where dutiable landed
imports are stored pending their re‐export, or release after payment of import duties, taxes, and
other charges. A bonded warehouse must be designed as such pursuant to the rules and
procedures set forth in 19 U.S.C. § 1555.
“Temporary Importation under Bond (“TIB”) program” is a procedure whereby imported
merchandise may be entered under certain conditions for a limited time into the United States
free of duty. Under the program, an importer posts a bond for twice the amount of duty, taxes,
etc. that would otherwise be owed on the importation and agrees to export or destroy the
merchandise within a specified time or pay liquidated damages. This program is restricted to
certain categories of merchandise listed in subheadings 9813.00.05 through 9813.00.75 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
Item
I‐9.
No
Yes
Foreign trade zones
Bonded warehouses
Temporary importation under bond
Other trade actions.‐‐To your knowledge, have the products subject to this proceeding been the
subject of any other import relief proceedings in the United States or in any other countries?
No
Yes
If yes, Yes–Please specify.
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PART II.‐‐TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Keysha Martinez (202‐205‐
2136, [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 importation of forged steel fittings since January 1, 2017.
(check as many as appropriate)
(If checked, please describe; leave blank if not applicable)
Office/warehouse openings
Office/warehouse closings
Relocations
Expansions
Acquisitions
Consolidations
Prolonged shutdowns or
importation curtailments
Revised labor agreements
Other (e.g., technology)
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II‐3a. Arranged imports.‐‐Has your firm imported or arranged for the importation of forged steel
fittings for delivery after June 30, 2020?
“Arranged imports” are imports for which your firm has placed an order with a foreign supplier
for subject merchandise, but delivery of those imports is not scheduled to occur until after the
date listed above.
No
Yes
If yes, fill out the table below.
Period
Source
Jul‐Sept 2020
Oct‐Dec 2020
Jan‐Mar 2021
Apr‐Jun 2021
Quantity (in short tons)
India
Korea
All other sources
II‐3b. Imports in the 12 month period preceding the petition.‐‐Has your firm imported forged steel
fittings from any source between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019? (i.e., the last three
months in 2018 and first 9 months in 2019 combined)
No
Yes
If yes, report the quantity of such import below by source.
Quantity (in short tons)
Source
India
Korea
All other sources
II‐4.
October 2018 through September 2019
Reasons for importing if producer.‐‐If your firm also produces forged steel fittings in the United
States, please indicate the reasons for importing this product. If your firm’s reasons differ by
source, please elaborate.
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Definitions
“Imports” –Those products identified for Customs purposes as imports for consumption for
which your firm was the importer of record (i.e., was responsible for paying any import duty).
“Import quantities” –Quantities reported should be net of returns.
“Import values”—Values reported should be landed, duty‐paid values at the U.S. port of entry,
including ocean freight and insurance costs, brokerage charges, and import duties (i.e., all
charges except inland freight in the United States).
“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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II‐5a. U.S. imports from India.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories
of forged steel fittings imported from India during the specified periods.
India
Quantity (in short tons), value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item
2017
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)
Value (E)
Internal consumption:
Quantity (F)
2
2
Value (G)
Transfers to related firms:
Quantity (H)
Value2 (I)
2
3
Export shipments:
Quantity (J)
Value (K)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (L)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. If your firm uses a different
basis for valuing these transactions in your records, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.): . However,
the data provided above in this table should be based on fair market value.
3
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
2
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II‐5a. U.S. imports from India.–Continued
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐Generally, the data reported for the
end‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line L) should be equal to the beginning‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line
A), plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, H, and J). 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 years
Reconciliation
2017
A + B – D – F – H – J – L = should equal
zero ("0") or provide an explanation.1
2018
0
January‐June
2019
0
2019
0
2020
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
II‐5b. Channels of distribution: India.‐‐Report your firm’s U.S. shipments (i.e., inclusive of commercial
U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) of imports from India by
channel of distribution.
India
Calendar years
Item
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Quantity (in short tons)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments:
To distributors (M)
To finishers/converters (N)
To end users (O)
RECONCILIATION OF CHANNELS.‐‐Please ensure that the quantities reported for channels of distribution
(i.e., lines M, N, and O) in each time period equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments (i.e., line D, F,
H) in each time period. If the calculated fields below return values other than zero (i.e., “0”), the data
reported must be revised prior to submission to the Commission.
Calendar years
January‐June
Reconciliation item
M + N + O – D – F – H = zero ("0"), if
not revise.
2017
2018
0
2019
0
2019
0
0
2020
0
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II‐5c. U.S. imports by level of processing: India.– Report your firm’s U.S. imports by level of processing
during the specified periods.
India
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item
U.S. imports:
Unfinished:
Quantity (P)
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Value (Q)
Finished:
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
RECONCILIATION OF IMPORTS.‐‐ Please ensure that the quantities and values reported for U.S. imports in
this question (i.e., lines P through S) in each time period equal the quantities and values reported for U.S.
imports in question II‐5a (i.e., lines B and C) 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.
Reconciliation
Calendar years
2018
2017
January‐June
2019
2020
2019
Quantity: P + R – B = zero (“0”), if not
revise
0
0
0
0
0
Value: Q + S – C = zero, (“0”), if not
revise.
0
0
0
0
0
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II‐5d. U.S. shipments by product type: India— Report your firm's U.S. shipments (i.e., inclusive of
commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) by product
type for calendar year 2019.
India
Product type
Elbows (T)
Tees (U)
Crosses (V)
Laterals (W)
Other fittings1 (X)
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year 2019
1
Please describe the type of fittings: .
RECONCILATION OF SHIPMENTS.—Please ensure that the quantities reported for U.S. shipments in this
question (i.e., lines T through X) in 2019 equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments in question II‐5a
(i.e., lines D, F, and H) 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.
Calendar year
Reconciliation
Quantity: T + U + V + W + X – D – F – H = zero
(“0”), if not revise
2019
0
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II‐6a. U.S. imports from Korea.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories
of forged steel fittings imported from Korea during the specified periods.
Korea
Quantity (in short tons), value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item
2017
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)
Value (E)
Internal consumption:
Quantity (F)
2
2
Value (G)
Transfers to related firms:
Quantity (H)
Value2 (I)
2
3
Export shipments:
Quantity (J)
Value (K)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (L)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. If your firm uses a different
basis for valuing these transactions in your records, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.): . However,
the data provided above in this table should be based on fair market value.
3
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
2
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II‐6a. U.S. imports from Korea.–Continued
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐Generally, the data reported for the
end‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line L) should be equal to the beginning‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line
A), plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, H, and J). 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 years
Reconciliation
2017
A + B – D – F – H – J – L = should equal
zero ("0") or provide an explanation.1
2018
0
January‐June
2019
0
2019
0
2020
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
II‐6b. Channels of distribution: Korea.‐‐Report your firm's U.S. shipments (i.e., inclusive of commercial
U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) of imports from Korea by
channel of distribution..
Korea
Calendar years
Item
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Quantity (in short tons)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments:
To distributors (M)
To finishers/converters (N)
To end users (O)
RECONCILIATION OF CHANNELS.‐‐Please ensure that the quantities reported for channels of distribution
(i.e., lines M, N, and O) in each time period equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments (i.e., line D, F,
H) in each time period. If the calculated fields below return values other than zero (i.e., “0”), the data
reported must be revised prior to submission to the Commission.
Calendar years
January‐June
Reconciliation item
M + N + O – D ‐ F ‐ H = zero ("0"), if
not revise.
2017
2018
0
2019
0
2019
0
0
2020
0
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U.S. imports by level of processing: Korea.– Report your firm’s U.S. imports by level of
processing during the specified periods.
Korea
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item
U.S. imports:
Unfinished:
Quantity (P)
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Value (Q)
Finished:
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
RECONCILIATION OF IMPORTS.‐‐ Please ensure that the quantities and values reported for U.S. imports in
this question (i.e., lines P through S) in each time period equal the quantities and values reported for U.S.
imports in question II‐6a (i.e., lines B and C) 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.
Reconciliation
Calendar years
2018
2017
January‐June
2019
2020
2019
Quantity: P + R – B = zero (“0”), if not
revise
0
0
0
0
0
Value: Q + S – C = zero, (“0”), if not
revise.
0
0
0
0
0
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II‐6d. U.S. shipments by product type: Korea— Report your firm's U.S. shipments (i.e., inclusive of
commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) by product
type for calendar year 2019.
Korea
Product type
Elbows (T)
Tees (U)
Crosses (V)
Laterals (W)
Other fittings1 (X)
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year 2019
1
Please describe the type of fittings: .
RECONCILATION OF SHIPMENTS.—Please ensure that the quantities reported for U.S. shipments in this
question (i.e., lines T through X) in 2019 equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments in question II‐6a
(i.e., lines D, F, and H) 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.
Calendar year
Reconciliation
Quantity: T + U + V + W + X – D – F – H = zero
(“0”), if not revise
2019
0
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II‐7a. U.S. imports from China.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and inventories
of forged steel fittings imported from China by your firm during the specified periods.
China (Nonsubject)
Quantity (in short tons), value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item
2017
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)
Value (E)
Internal consumption:
Quantity (F)
2
2
Value (G)
Transfers to related firms:
Quantity (H)
Value2 (I)
2
3
Export shipments:
Quantity (J)
Value (K)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (L)
1
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. If your firm uses a different
basis for valuing these transactions in your records, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.): . However,
the data provided above in this table should be based on fair market value.
3
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
2
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II‐7a. U.S. imports from China.–Continued
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐Generally, the data reported for the
end‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line L) should be equal to the beginning‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line
A), plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, H, and J). 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 years
Reconciliation
2017
A + B – D – F – H – J ‐L = should equal
zero ("0") or provide an explanation.1
2018
0
January‐June
2019
0
2019
0
2020
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
II‐7b. Channels of distribution: China.‐‐Report your firm's U.S. shipments (i.e., inclusive of commercial
U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) of imports from China by
channel of distribution.
China (Nonsubject)
Calendar years
Item
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Quantity (in short tons)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments:
To distributors (M)
To finishers/converters (N)
To end users (O)
RECONCILIATION OF CHANNELS.‐‐Please ensure that the quantities reported for channels of distribution
(i.e., lines M, N, and O) in each time period equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments (i.e., line D, F,
H) in each time period. If the calculated fields below return values other than zero (i.e., “0”), the data
reported must be revised prior to submission to the Commission.
Calendar years
January‐June
Reconciliation item
M + N + O – D ‐ F ‐ H = zero ("0"), if
not revise.
2017
2018
0
2019
0
2019
0
0
2020
0
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U.S. imports by level of processing: China (Nonsubject).– Report your firm’s U.S. imports by
level of processing during the specified periods.
China (Nonsubject)
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item
U.S. imports:
Unfinished:
Quantity (P)
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Value (Q)
Finished:
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
RECONCILIATION OF IMPORTS.‐‐ Please ensure that the quantities and values reported for U.S. imports in
this question (i.e., lines P through S) in each time period equal the quantities and values reported for U.S.
imports in question II‐7a (i.e., lines B and C) 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.
Reconciliation
Calendar years
2018
2017
January‐June
2019
2020
2019
Quantity: P + R – B = zero (“0”), if not
revise
0
0
0
0
0
Value: Q + S – C = zero, (“0”), if not
revise.
0
0
0
0
0
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II‐7d. U.S. shipments by product type: China (Nonsubject)— Report your firm's U.S. shipments (i.e.,
inclusive of commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) by
product type for calendar year 2019.
China (Nonsubject)
Product type
Elbows (T)
Tees (U)
Crosses (V)
Laterals (W)
Other fittings1 (X)
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year 2019
1
Please describe the type of fittings: .
RECONCILATION OF SHIPMENTS.—Please ensure that the quantities reported for U.S. shipments in this
question (i.e., lines T through X) in 2019 equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments in question II‐7a
(i.e., lines D, F, and H) 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.
Calendar year
Reconciliation
Quantity: T + U + V + W + X – D – F – H = zero
(“0”), if not revise
2019
0
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II‐8a. Imports from all other sources.–Report your firm’s imports and your firm’s shipments and
inventories of forged steel fittings imported from all other sources during the specified periods.
All other sources
(list sources:
)
Quantity (in short tons), value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item
2017
Beginning‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (A)
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Imports:
Quantity (B)
Value (C)
1
U.S. shipments:
Commercial shipments:
Quantity (D)
Value (E)
Internal consumption:
Quantity (F)
2
Value2 (G)
Transfers to related firms:
Quantity (H)
2
Value (I)
Export shipments:3
Quantity (J)
Value (K)
End‐of‐period inventories
(quantity) (L)
1
2
Please identify the foreign producers, if known: .
Internal consumption and transfers to related firms must be valued at fair market value. If your firm uses a different
basis for valuing these transactions in your records, please specify that basis (e.g., cost, cost plus, etc.): . However,
the data provided above in this table should be based on fair market value.
3
Identify your firm’s principal export markets: .
2
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II‐8a. Imports from all other sources.–Continued
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS, AND INVENTORIES.‐‐Generally, the data reported for the
end‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line L) should be equal to the beginning‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line
A), plus imports (i.e., line B), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, F, H, and J). 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 years
Reconciliation
2017
A + B – D – F – H – J ‐L = should equal
zero ("0") or provide an explanation.1
2018
0
January‐June
2019
0
2019
0
2020
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
II‐8b. Channels of distribution: All other sources.‐‐Report your firm’s U.S. shipments (i.e., inclusive of
commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) of imports
from all other sources by channel of distribution.
All other sources
Calendar years
Item
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Quantity (in short tons)
Channels of distribution:
U.S. shipments:
To distributors (M)
To finishers/converters (N)
To end users (O)
RECONCILIATION OF CHANNELS.‐‐Please ensure that the quantities reported for channels of distribution
(i.e., lines M, N, and O) in each time period equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments (i.e., line D, F,
H) in each time period. If the calculated fields below return values other than zero (i.e., “0”), the data
reported must be revised prior to submission to the Commission.
Calendar years
January‐June
Reconciliation item
M + N + O ‐ D ‐F ‐ H= zero ("0"), if not
revise.
2017
2018
0
2019
0
2019
0
0
2020
0
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U.S. imports by level of processing: All other sources.– Report your firm’s U.S. imports by level
of processing during the specified periods.
All other sources
Quantity (in short tons) and value (in dollars)
Calendar years
Item
U.S. imports:
Unfinished:
Quantity (P)
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Value (Q)
Finished:
Quantity (R)
Value (S)
RECONCILIATION OF IMPORTS.‐‐ Please ensure that the quantities and values reported for U.S. imports in
this question (i.e., lines P through S) in each time period equal the quantities and values reported for U.S.
imports in question II‐8a (i.e., lines B and C) 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.
Reconciliation
Calendar years
2018
2017
January‐June
2019
2020
2019
Quantity: P + R – B = zero (“0”), if not
revise
0
0
0
0
0
Value: Q + S – C = zero, (“0”), if not
revise.
0
0
0
0
0
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II‐8d. U.S. shipments by product type: All other sources— Report your firm's U.S. shipments (i.e.,
inclusive of commercial U.S. shipments, internal consumption, and transfers to related firms) by
product type for calendar year 2019.
All other sources
Product type
Elbows (T)
Tees (U)
Crosses (V)
Laterals (W)
Other fittings1 (X)
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year 2019
1
Please describe the type of fittings: .
RECONCILATION OF SHIPMENTS.—Please ensure that the quantities reported for U.S. shipments in this
question (i.e., lines T through X) in 2019 equal the quantity reported for U.S. shipments in question II‐8a
(i.e., lines D, F, and H) 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.
Calendar year
Reconciliation
2019
Quantity: T + U + V + W + X – D – F – H = zero
(“0”), if not revise
0
II‐9. Transfers to related firms.‐‐If your firm reported transfers to related firms in any of the data
tables in part II, 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) and whether the
transfers were priced at market value or by a non‐market formula.
II‐10. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part II
for which a narrative response 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.‐‐PRICING AND MARKET FACTORS
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Cindy Cohen (202‐205‐3230,
[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
PRICE DATA
III‐2. This question requests quarterly quantity and value data for your firm’s commercial shipments
to unrelated U.S. distributors since January 1, 2017 of the following products your firm imported
from India, Korea, or China:
Product 1.—ASME B16.11, 2” 2000 Tee (threaded), finished
Product 2.—ASME B16.11, 1” 2000 90 Elbow (threaded), finished
Product 3.—ASME B16.11, 2” 3000 90 Elbow (threaded), finished
Product 4.—ASME B16.11, ¾” 3000 Union (threaded), finished
Product 5.—ASME B16.11, 1.5” 3000 Union (threaded), finished
Product 6.—ASME B16.11, 2” 3000 Coupling (threaded), finished
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).
III‐2a. During January 2017‐June 2020, did your firm import from India (subject), Korea (subject), or
China (nonsubject) and sell to unrelated U.S. distributors any of the above listed products (or
any products that were competitive with these products)?
Yes.‐‐Please complete the following pricing data table(s) as appropriate. Report sales
to distributors only. Do not report sales to end users.
No.‐‐Skip to question III‐3.
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III‐2b. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from India
and sold by your firm to distributors.
India
Report data in pounds (not short tons) and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 3
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
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
April‐June
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 III.
Note.‐‐If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
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III‐2b. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from India
and sold by your firm to distributors.
India
Report data in pounds (not short tons) and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 4
Product 5
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 6
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
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
April‐June
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 III.
Note.‐‐If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported pricing data.
Product 4:
Product 5:
Product 6:
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III‐2c. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Korea
and sold by your firm to distributors.
Korea
Report data in pounds (not short tons) and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 3
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
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
April‐June
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 III.
Note.‐‐If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
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III‐2c. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from Korea
and sold by your firm to distributors.
Korea
Report data in pounds (not short tons) and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 4
Product 5
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 6
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
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
April‐June
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 III.
Note.‐‐If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported pricing data.
Product 4:
Product 5:
Product 6:
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III‐2d. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China
and sold by your firm to distributors.
China (Nonsubject)
Report data in pounds (not short tons) and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 1
Product 2
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 3
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
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
April‐June
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 III.
Note.‐‐If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported pricing data.
Product 1:
Product 2:
Product 3:
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III‐2d. Price data.‐‐Report below the quarterly price data1 for pricing products2 imported from China
and sold by your firm to distributors.
China (Nonsubject)
Report data in pounds (not short tons) and actual dollars (not 1,000s).
(Quantity in pounds, value in dollars)
Product 4
Product 5
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Product 6
Period of shipment
Quantity
Value
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
April‐June
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 III.
Note.‐‐If your firm’s product does not exactly meet the product specifications but is competitive with the specified product,
provide a description of your firm’s product. Also, please explain any anomalies in your firm’s reported pricing data.
Product 4:
Product 5:
Product 6:
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III‐2e. Price data checklist.‐‐Please check that the pricing data in question III‐2 has been correctly
reported.
Are the price data reported above:
√ if Yes
In actual dollars (not $1,000)?
Quantity data in pounds (not short tons or units)?
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 part II in each year?
III‐2f. 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.
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III‐3.
Price setting.‐‐How does your firm determine the prices that it charges for sales of forged steel
fittings (check all that apply)? If your firm issues price lists, please submit sample pages of a
recent list.
Transaction
by
transaction
Contracts
III‐4.
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
III‐5.
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No
discount
policy
Other
Describe
Pricing terms.‐‐On what basis are your firm’s prices of imported forged steel fittings from India
and Korea usually quoted (check one)?
Delivered
F.o.b.
III‐6.
If f.o.b., specify point
Contract versus spot.‐‐Approximately what share of your firm’s sales of forged steel fittings
imported from India and Korea in 2019 was on a (1) short‐term contract basis, (2) annual
contract basis, (3) long‐term contract basis, and (4) spot sales basis?
Item
Share of 2019
sales
Short‐term
contracts
(multiple
deliveries for
less than 12
months)
%
Type of sale
Long‐term
Annual
contracts
contracts
(multiple
(multiple
deliveries for
deliveries for 12
more than 12
months)
months)
%
%
Spot sales
(for a single
delivery)
%
Total
(should
sum to
100.0%)
0.0
%
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Contract provisions.‐‐Please fill out the table regarding your firm’s typical sales contracts for
forged steel fittings imported from India and Korea (or check “not applicable” if your firm does
not sell on a short‐term, annual and/or long‐term contract basis).
Short‐term contracts Annual contracts
(multiple
(multiple deliveries
deliveries for 12
for less than 12
months)
months)
Long‐term contracts
(multiple deliveries
for more than 12
months)
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
365
1
Please identify the indexes used:
III‐8.
Lead times.‐‐What is your firm’s share of sales of forged steel fittings imported from India and
Korea 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 forged steel fittings?
Lead time
(Average number
Source
Share of 2019 sales
of days)
From your firm’s U.S. inventory
%
From foreign manufacturers’ inventory
%
Produced to order
%
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
0.0 %
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Shipping information.—
(a)
(b)
(c)
What is the approximate percentage of the cost of forged steel fittings imported from
India and Korea that is accounted for by U.S. inland transportation costs?
percent.
Who generally arranges the transportation to your firm’s customers’ locations?
Your firm Purchaser (check one)
When your firm sells forged steel fittings imported from India and Korea, from where is
it shipped?
Point of importation
(d)
Storage facility (check one)
Indicate the approximate percentage of your firm’s sales of forged steel fittings from
India and Korea that are delivered the following distances from your firm’s U.S. point of
shipment.
Distance from your firm’s U.S. point of shipment
Share
Within 100 miles
%
101 to 1,000 miles
%
Over 1,000 miles
%
Total (should sum to 100.0%)
0.0 %
III‐10. Geographical shipments.‐‐In which U.S. geographic market area(s) has your firm sold forged
steel fittings imported from subject countries since January 1, 2017 (check all that apply)?
Geographic area
India
Korea
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.
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III‐11. End uses.‐‐List the end uses of the forged steel fittings that your firm imports. For each end‐use
product, what percentage of the total cost is accounted for by forged steel fittings and other
inputs?
Share of total cost of end‐use product
accounted for by
Total
(should sum to
100.0% across)
End‐use product
Forged steel fittings
Other inputs
%
%
0.0 %
%
%
0.0 %
%
%
0.0 %
III‐12. Substitutes.‐‐Can other products be substituted for forged steel fittings?
No
Yes‐‐Please fill out the table.
Substitute
End use in which this
substitute is used
Have changes in the price of this substitute
affected the price for forged steel fittings?
No Yes
1.
2.
3.
Explanation
III‐13. Unfinished fittings. –
(a) Is there a market for unfinished forged steel fittings?
No – answer part (c)
Yes – answer part (b)
(b) Please describe your firm’s efforts to sell unfinished forged steel fittings since January 1,
2017.
(c) Why is there no market for unfinished forged steel fittings?
Yes
No
Reason
There is no demand for unfinished forged steel fittings
Your firm does not want to supply competitors with unfinished forged steel fittings
It is not profitable to sell unfinished forged steel fittings
Other:
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III‐14. Demand trends.‐‐Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United
States (if known) for forged steel fittings has changed since January 1, 2017. Explain any trends
and describe the principal factors that have affected these changes in demand.
Overall
No
Overall Fluctuate with
increase change decrease no clear trend
Market
Explanation and factors
Within the United States
Outside the United States
III‐15. Product changes.‐‐Have there been any significant changes in the product range, product mix or
marketing of forged steel fittings since January 1, 2017?
No
Yes
If yes, please describe.
III‐16. Conditions of competition.—
(a) Is the forged steel fittings market subject to business cycles (other than general economy‐
wide conditions) and/or other conditions of competition distinctive to forged steel fittings?
Check all that apply.
Please describe.
No
Skip to question III‐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
forged steel fittings since January 1, 2017?
No
Yes
If yes, describe.
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III‐17. Supply constraints.‐‐Has your firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply forged steel
fittings since January 1, 2017 (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.
III‐18. Raw materials.—
(a) How have forged steel fittings raw material costs changed since January 1, 2017?
Factor
Overall
increase
Cost of raw materials
No
change
Explain, noting how raw
material price changes have
affected your firm’s selling
Fluctuate
prices for forged steel
Overall with no clear
fittings.
decrease
trend
(b) How did the imposition of tariffs under Section 232 on imported steel products impact raw
material costs for forged steel fittings?
Factor
Overall increase
Cost of raw materials after
section 232 tariffs imposed
No change
Fluctuate with
Overall decrease no clear trend
(c) How did the imposition of tariffs under Section 232 on imported steel products impact your
firm’s sales price for forged steel fittings?
Factor
Prices for forged steel
fittings
Fluctuate
Overall
Overall
with no
increase No change Decrease clear trend
Explanation
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III‐19. Interchangeability.‐‐Is forged steel fittings produced in the United States and in other countries
interchangeable (i.e., can they 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
United States
India
Korea
India
Korea
Other countries
For any country‐pair producing forged steel fittings that is sometimes or never interchangeable,
identify the country‐pair and explain the factors that limit or preclude interchangeable use:
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III‐20. Factors other than price.‐‐Are differences other than price (e.g., quality, availability,
transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between forged steel fittings
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
United States
India
Korea
India
Korea
Other countries
For any country‐pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s sales of forged steel fittings, identify the country‐pair and report the
advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:
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III‐21. Customer identification.‐‐List the names and contact information for your firm’s 10 largest U.S.
customers for forged steel fittings since January 1, 2017. Indicate the share of the quantity of
your firm’s total shipments of forged steel fittings that each of these customers accounted for in
2018.
Customer’s name
City
State
Share of 2019
sales (%)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
III‐22. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part III
for which a narrative response 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 questionnaire. 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://usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2020/forged_steel_fittings_india_and_korea/fi
nal.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: FITT
• 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 import 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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