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U.S. IMPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
NON‐ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL FROM
CHINA, GERMANY, JAPAN, KOREA, SWEDEN, AND TAIWAN
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by August 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 reviews of the countervailing duty orders concerning non‐oriented electrical steel (“NOES”) from
China and Taiwan and the antidumping duty orders concerning NOES from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and
Taiwan (Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐506 and 508 and 731‐TA‐1238‐1243 (Review)). The information requested in the questionnaire
is requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as
directed can result in a subpoena or other order to compel the submission of records or information in your firm’s
possession (19 U.S.C. § 1333(a)).
Name of firm
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Website
Has your firm imported NOES (as defined on the next page) from any country at any time since January 1,
2014?
NO
(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the questionnaire to the Commission)
YES
(Complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire questionnaire to the Commission)
Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: NOES)
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 investigations or reviews
conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
proceeding or other proceedings may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits,
reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all
contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official Title of Authorized Official
Date
Signature
Phone
Email address
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire ‐ NOES (Review)
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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐On December 3, 2014, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued countervailing
duty orders on imports of NOES from China and Taiwan. Also on December 3, 2014 Commerce issued
antidumping duty orders on imports of NOES from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.
On November 1, 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 an affirmative determination, the orders
will remain in place. If either the Commission or Commerce makes a negative determination, Commerce
will revoke the orders. Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available
at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2019/non_oriented_electrical_steel_china_germany_jap
an/first_review_full.htm.
NOES covered by these investigations includes cold‐rolled, flat‐rolled, alloy steel products, whether or
not in coils, regardless of width, having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core loss is
substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the plane of the material. The term
‘‘substantially equal’’ means that the cross grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than 1.00
percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and not
more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation coating
may be applied.
NOES is subject to the Order whether it is fully processed (i.e., fully annealed to develop final magnetic
properties) or semi‐processed (i.e., finished to final thickness and physical form but not fully annealed to
develop final magnetic properties). Fully processed NOES is typically made to the requirements of ASTM
specification A 677, Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) specification C 2552, and/or International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) specification 60404–8–4. Semi‐processed NOES is typically made to
the requirements of ASTM specification A 683. However, the scope of the Order is not limited to
merchandise meeting the ASTM, JIS, and IEC specifications noted immediately above.
NOES is sometimes referred to as cold‐rolled non‐oriented (CRNO), nongrain oriented (NGO), non‐
oriented (NO), or cold‐rolled non‐grain oriented (CRNGO) electrical steel. These terms are interchange.
Excluded from the scope of the Order are flat‐rolled products not in coils that, prior to importation into
the United States, have been cut to a shape and undergone all punching, coating, or other operations
necessary for classification in Chapter 85 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
as a part (i.e., lamination) for use in a device such as a motor, generator, or transformer.
NOES is currently imported under statistical reporting numbers 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, and
7226.19.9000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). It may also be entered
under HTSUS statistical reporting numbers 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050,
7226.92.8050, 7226.99.0180 of the HTSUS. The HTSUS provisions are for convenience and customs
purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive.
Business Proprietary
U.S. Importers’ Questionnaire ‐ NOES (Review)
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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 Julie
Duffy (202‐708‐2579, [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.
File Type | application/pdf |
File Title | Microsoft Word - US importers--NOES (R1) |
Author | Zachary.Coughlin |
File Modified | 2020-07-07 |
File Created | 2020-07-07 |