Download:
pdf |
pdfOMB No. 3117‐0016/USITC No. 20‐4‐4304; Expiration Date: 6/30/2023
(No response is required if currently valid OMB control number is not displayed)
FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
FLUID END BLOCKS FROM CHINA, GERMANY, INDIA, AND ITALY
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by September 11, 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 duty and antidumping investigations concerning fluid end blocks from China,
Germany, India, and Italy (Inv. Nos. 701‐TA‐632‐635 and 731‐TA‐1466‐1468 (Final)). The information requested
in the questionnaire is requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII.
Name of firm
Address
Website
Has your firm produced or exported fluid end blocks (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 questionnaire to the Commission)
YES
(Complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire questionnaire to the Commission)
Data reported in this questionnaire relate to (Check one):
China
Germany
India
Italy
Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: FEBS)
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
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 2
PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.‐‐This proceeding was instituted in response to petitions filed on December 19, 2019, by
Ellwood City Forge Company, Ellwood Quality Steels Company, and Ellwood National Steel Company
(collectively the “Ellwood Group”), Ellwood City, Pennsylvania; A. Finkl & Sons (“Finkl Steel”), Chicago,
Illinois; and FEB Fair Trade Coalition (an ad hoc coalition whose members include the Forging Industry
Association, the Ellwood Group, and Finkl Steel), Cleveland, Ohio. 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 or dumping.
Questionnaires and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2020/fluid_end_blocks_china_germany_india_and_italy/final.h
tm
Fluid end blocks covered by these investigations are forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks),
whether in finished or unfinished form, and which are typically used in the manufacture or service of
hydraulic pumps.
The term “forged” is an industry term used to describe the grain texture of steel resulting from
the application of localized compressive force. Illustrative forging standards include, but are not
limited to, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A668 and A788.
For purposes of these investigations, the term “steel” denotes metal containing the following
chemical elements, by weight: (i) iron greater than or equal to 60 percent; (ii) nickel less than or
equal to 8.5 percent; (iii) copper less than or equal to 6 percent; (iv) chromium greater than or
equal to 0.4 percent, but less than or equal to 20 percent; and (v) molybdenum greater than or
equal to 0.15 percent, but less than or equal to 3 percent. Illustrative steel standards include, but
are not limited to, American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) or Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE) grades 4130, 4135, 4140, 4320, 4330, 4340, 8630, 15‐5, 17‐4, F6NM, F22, F60, and
XM25, as well as modified varieties of these grades.
The products covered by these investigations are: (1) cut‐to‐length fluid end blocks with an actual
height (measured from its highest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), an
actual width (measured from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm),
and an actual length (measured from its longest point) of 11 inches (279.4 mm) to 75 inches
(1,905.0 mm); and (2) strings of fluid end blocks with an actual height (measured from its
highest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured
from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual length
(measured from its longest point) up to 360 inches (9,144.0 mm).
The products included in the scope of these investigations have a tensile strength of at least 70 KSI
(measured in accordance with ASTM A370) and a hardness of at least 140 HBW (measured in
accordance with ASTM E10).
A fluid end block may be imported in finished condition (i.e., ready for incorporation into a
pump fluid end assembly without further finishing operations) or unfinished condition (i.e.,
forged but still requiring one or more finishing operations before it is ready for incorporation into
a pump fluid end assembly). Such finishing operations may include: (1) heat treating; (2)
milling one or more flat surfaces; (3) contour machining to custom shapes or dimensions; (4)
drilling or boring holes; (5) threading holes; and/or (6) painting, varnishing, or coating.
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 3
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are fluid end block assemblies which (1) include
(a) plungers and related housings, adapters, gaskets, seals, and packing nuts, (b) valves and
related seats, springs, seals, and cover nuts, and (c) a discharge flange and related seals, and (2)
are otherwise ready to be mated with the “power end” of a hydraulic pump without the need for
installation of any plunger, valve, or discharge flange components, or any other further
manufacturing operations.
The products included in the scope of these investigations may enter under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7218.91.0030, 7218.99.0030,
7224.90.0015, 7224.90.0045, 7326.19.0010, 7326.90.8688, or 8413.91.9055. While these
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the scope of the investigations is dispositive.
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 Kristina
Lara (202‐205‐3386, [email protected]).
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
I‐1.
Page 4
OMB statistics.‐‐Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your
firm of completing this questionnaire
Hours
Dollars
I‐2.
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
20 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.
Production activities.—Check the box that best describes the production activities your firm
performs (Check one).
“Finishing operations” ‐‐ Finishing operations may include milling of one or more flat surfaces;
contour machining to custom shapes or dimensions; drilling or boring holes; heat treating;
painting, varnishing, or coating; and/or threading.
Only forges fluid end blocks
Only performs finishing operations on fluid end blocks
Forges and performs finishing operations on fluid end blocks
Performs no production activities on fluid end blocks (i.e., only exports
fluid end blocks)
I‐3.
Establishments covered.‐‐Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire.
“Establishment”‐‐Each facility of a firm in China, Germany, India, and Italy involved in the
production or export of fluid end blocks, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction
with (whether or not physically separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one
establishment in China, Germany, India, and Italy should combine the data for all establishments
into a single report.
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
I‐4.
I‐5.
I‐6.
I‐7.
I‐8.
Page 5
Related producers.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the capability to produce,
or have any plans to produce fluid end blocks in the United States or other countries?
No
Yes
If yes, please name the firm(s) and country(ies) below and, if U.S.
producer(s), ensure that they complete the Commission’s producer
questionnaire.
Related U.S. importers.‐‐Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import
fluid end blocks into the United States?
No
Yes
If yes, please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.
Stock symbol information.‐‐ If your firm or any of the entities reported in questions I‐3 through
I‐5 are publicly traded in the United States, please specify the stock exchange and trading
symbol (including American Depository Receipts, if applicable): .
External counsel.‐‐ If your firm or parent firm is represented by external counsel in relation to
this proceeding, please specify the name of the law firm and the lead attorney(s).
Law firm:
Lead attorney(s):
U.S. importers.‐‐Please provide the names, contacts, telephone numbers, and e‐mail addresses
of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm’s fluid end blocks in 2019.
Importer’s name
Contact person
Email
Telephone
Share of your
firm’s 2019 U.S.
exports (%)
1
2
3
4
5
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 6
PART II.‐‐TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Kristina Lara (202‐205‐3386,
[email protected]). Supply all data requested on a calendar‐year basis.
II‐1. Contact information.‐‐Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which
Commission staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted
in part II.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
II‐2a. Changes in operations.‐‐Please indicate whether your firm has experienced any of the following
changes in relation to the production of fluid end blocks since January 1, 2017.
(check as many as appropriate)
(If checked, please describe; leave blank if not applicable)
plant openings
plant closings
relocations
expansions
acquisitions
consolidations
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
revised labor agreements
other (e.g., technology)
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 7
II‐2b. Anticipated changes in operations.‐‐Does your firm anticipate any changes in the character of
its operations or organization (as noted above) relating to the production of fluid end blocks in
the future?
No
Yes
If yes, supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such
changes and provide underlying assumptions.
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 8
Note on questions II‐3a and II‐3b: If your firm is a forger or an integrated producer of fluid end
blocks (i.e., a firm that both forges and performs finishing operations on fluid end blocks), please
respond to question II‐3a and skip question II‐3b. If your firm only performs finishing operations
on fluid end blocks, skip question II‐3a and respond to question II‐3b.
II‐3a. Production using same machinery: Forgers and integrated producers.—Please report your
firm’s production of products using the same equipment, machinery, or employees as used to
produce fluid end blocks, and the combined production capacity on this shared equipment,
machinery, or employees in the periods indicated.
“Overall production capacity” or “capacity” – The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup).
“Production” – All production in your establishment(s) in China, Germany, India, and Italy,
including production consumed internally within your firm.
Calendar years
January‐June
Item
2017
2018
2019
2019
2020
Quantity (in pounds)
1
Overall capacity
To forge fluid end blocks
To finish fluid end blocks
0
0
0
0
0
Production of:
Fluid end blocks
2
Other products
Total production using same
machinery or workers
Quantity (in units)
1 3
Overall capacity
To forge fluid end blocks
To finish fluid end blocks
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Production of:
Fluid end blocks4
2
Other products
Total production using same
machinery or workers
1
Data reported for capacity (first line) should be greater than data reported for total production (last line).
Please identify these products: .
3
Please explain how the two types of capacity were used to report the capacity for fluid end blocks in question II‐8.
4
Data entered for production of fluid end blocks will populate here once reported in question II‐8.
2
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 9
II‐3b. Production using same machinery: Finisher only companies.‐‐Please report your firm’s
production of products using the same equipment, machinery, or employees as used to
produce/finish fluid end blocks, and the combined production capacity on this shared
equipment, machinery, or employees in the periods indicated.
“Overall production capacity” or “capacity” – The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods. Assume
normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup).
“Production” – All production in your establishment(s) in China, Germany, India, and Italy,
including production consumed internally within your firm.
Calendar years
January‐June
Item
2017
2018
2019
2019
2020
Quantity (in pounds)
1
Overall capacity
Production of:
Fluid end blocks
2
Other products
Total production using same
machinery or workers
0
0
0
0
0
Quantity (in units)
1 3
Overall capacity
Production of:
Fluid end blocks4
2
Other products
Total production using same
machinery or workers
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Data reported for capacity (first line) should be greater than data reported for total production (last line).
Please identify these products: .
3
If your firm reported producing/finished only fluid end block (i.e., not "other products" reported), the capacity
number here should equal the capacity number reported in question II‐8.
4
Data entered for production of fluid end blocks will populate here once reported in question II‐8.
2
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
II‐3c.
Page 10
Operating parameters.‐‐The production capacity reported in II‐3a is based on the following
operating paramaters:
Hours per week
Weeks per year
II‐3d. Capacity calculation.‐‐Please describe the methodology used to calculate overall production
capacity reported in II‐3a, and explain any changes in reported capacity.
II‐3e. Production constraints.‐‐Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your firm’s
production capacity.
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
II‐4.
Page 11
Product shifting.—
(a).
Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between fluid end blocks and other
products using the same equipment and/or labor?
No
Yes
If yes—(i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products) Please identify other actual or potential products.
(b).
Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.
(c)
Please describe the steps involved in shifting production between fluid end blocks and other
products.
II‐5.
Share of sales.‐‐What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of fluid end blocks? percent.
II‐6a. Firm's estimated share of production in China, Germany, India, or Italy.‐‐Please estimate the
percentage of total production of fluid end blocks in the country specified on the certification page
accounted for by your firm’s production in 2019. percent.
II‐6b. Firm's estimated share of country's exports.‐‐Please estimate the percentage of total exports to
the United States of fluid end blocks from the country specified on the certification page
accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2019. percent.
II‐7. Third country trade actions.‐‐Is the fluid end blocks exported by your firm subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty/safeguard findings, remedies, or proceedings?
No
Yes
If yes‐‐List the products(s), countries affected, and the date of such
findings/remedies/proceedings.
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
II‐8.
Page 12
Trade data.‐‐Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of fluid end blocks in your establishment(s) in China, Germany, India,
and Italy during the specified periods. Do not include resales of fluid end blocks that your firm
did not produce in this question; those data to the degree they are exported to the United
States should only be reported in question II‐9.
Do not submit data by manufacturing facility if they are in the same country. If your firm has
multiple manufacturing establishments within one country, you are required to combine data
for those establishments within one foreign producer questionnaire response.
Do not submit data on multiple countries combined. The establishments reported here should
all be located in the country of the firm’s address reported on the certification page.
Multinational companies with production in multiple subject countries should submit separate
foreign producer questionnaire responses for each subject country.
“Average production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup; and a typical or representative product mix).
“Production” ‐‐All production in your establishment(s) in China, Germany, India, and Italy,
including production consumed internally within your firm.
“Shipments”‐‐Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in China, Germany,
India, and Italy. Quantities reported should be net of returns.
“Home market commercial shipments”‐‐Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within China, Germany, India, and Italy.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”‐‐Shipments made to
related firms in China, Germany, India, and Italy, including product consumed internally by your
firm.
“Export shipments”‐‐Shipments to destinations outside of the country indicated on page 1
(China, Germany, India, and Italy), 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.
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
II‐8.
Page 13
Trade data.‐‐Continued.
Quantity (in units)
Actual experience
Calendar year
Item
2017
2
2018
Projections1
January‐June
2019
2019
Calendar year
2020
2020
2021
Average production capacity (A)
Beginning‐of‐period inventories (B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/ transfers
(D)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Commercial shipments (E)
Exports to the United States (F)
3
Exports to all other markets (G)
Total exports (H)
(should equal F+G)
Total shipments (I)
(should equal D+E+F+G)
4
End‐of‐period inventories (J)
1
Please explain the basis for your firm’s projections. .
The production capacity reported is based on operating hours per week, weeks per year. Please describe the
methodology used to calculate production capacity, and explain any changes in reported capacity. .
3
Identify principal other export markets. .
4
Are any of the end‐of‐period inventories reported customized such that they can only be used by a specific end user?
No Yes
If yes, please estimate the percentage of end‐of period inventories that were customized for a specific end user and describe how
they were customized .
2
RECONCILIATION OF SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY.‐‐Generally, the data reported for the
end‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line J) should be equal to the beginning‐of‐period inventories (i.e., line B),
plus production (i.e., line C), less total shipments (i.e., lines D, E, F, and G). 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.
Actual experience
Projections
Calendar year
Item
2017
2018
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Calendar year
2020
2021
B + C – D – E – F –G – J = should equal
zero ("0") or provide an explanation.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Explanation if the calculated fields above are returning values other than zero (i.e., “0”) but are nonetheless
accurate: .
0
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
II‐9.
Page 14
Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.‐‐Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of fluid end blocks that was produced in China, Germany, India, or Italy but not by
your firm during the specified periods. Note these data should not be included in question II‐8.
Quantity (in units)
Actual experience
Calendar year
Item
Exports of fluid end blocks to the
United States not produced by
your firm1 (K)
2017
2018
Projections
January‐June
2019
2019
2020
Calendar year
2020
2021
1
List the producer(s). .
II‐10. Other explanations.‐‐If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part II
for which a narrative box was not provided, please note the question number and the
explanation in the space provided below. Please also use this space to highlight any issues your
firm had in providing the data in this section, including but not limited to technical issues with
the MS Word questionnaire.
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 15
Correcting Valid number error messages.‐‐If you are completing a Commission
questionnaire in a country that uses periods (“.”) to delineate multiples of 1000 (e.g., one million would
appear as $1.000.000 instead of as $1,000,000), you may be unable to enter in numbers greater than
999 in numeric form fields. This issues stem from your computer number formatting setting (e.g., not
the MS Word document itself, but the computer from which you are opening up the document). In the
United States commas (,) delineate multiples of 1000 and periods (.) delineate fractions less than one.
Many EU countries use the reverse where multiples of 1000 are delineated with periods (.) and
fractions less than one are delineated with commas (,). The U.S. International Trade Commission’s
questionnaires are set‐up in the United States with the U.S. number formatting. When this formatting
interacts with a computer set to EU number formatting, we believe this may cause this issue.
The solution to this data entry issue is to temporarily change your operating system’s number
formatting to be consistent with the U.S. number formatting system while you complete the
questionnaire.
To temporarily change your computer’s number settings to U.S. settings, please do the following (for
Microsoft Windows Operating system):
START
Control Panel
Region and Language (under Clock, Language, and Region category)
Format tab
Change the Format from your existing one (e.g. “Italian (Italy)”) to “English (United States)” (see
screen shots below)
When you do this the number “twelve million dollars and thirty five cents” would change from
$12.000.000,35 (Italy format) to $12,000,000.35 (U.S. format), and then there will be no conflict with
the USITC foreign producer questionnaire form. When you finish reporting the data then you can close
the questionnaire and switch back to Italy settings.
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 16
Business Proprietary
Foreign Producers’ Questionnaire – Fluid End Blocks (Final)
Page 17
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/701731/2019/fluid_end_blocks_china_germany_india_
and_italy/final.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: FEBS
• E‐mail.—E‐mail your questionnaire to [email protected]; include a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents that are
electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from unauthorized
disclosure. The USITC secure drop‐box system and the Electronic Document Information System (EDIS)
use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140‐2 cryptographic algorithms to encrypt data in
transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these encryption algorithms
(such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized disclosure during
transmission. If you choose a non‐encrypted method of electronic transmission, the Commission warns
you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you and not by the Commission.
If your firm did not produce or export this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a
scanned copy to the Commission.
Parties to this proceeding.—If your firm is a party to this proceeding, you are 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.
File Type | application/pdf |
File Title | Microsoft Word - Foreign Producers--FEBs (Final) |
Author | kristina.lara |
File Modified | 2020-08-05 |
File Created | 2020-08-05 |