20-4-4312 Foreign producers' / exporters' questionnaire

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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
WOOD MOULDINGS AND MILLWORK PRODUCTS FROM BRAZIL AND CHINA
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by October 5, 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 wood mouldings and
millwork products from Brazil and China (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-636 and 731-TA-1469-1470 (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 wood mouldings and millwork products (as defined on pages 2-3) 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):
Brazil

China

Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: WOOD)
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 petitions filed on January 8, 2020, by the
Coalition of American Millwork Producers. Countervailing and/or 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/or dumping. Questionnaires
and other information pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2020/wood_mouldings_and_millwork_products_brazil_a
nd/final.htm.
Wood mouldings and millwork products (WMMP) covered by these investigations consist of wood
mouldings and millwork products that are made of wood (regardless of wood species), bamboo,
laminated veneer lumber (LVL), or of wood and composite materials (where the composite materials
make up less than 50 percent of the total merchandise), and which are continuously shaped wood or
finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork blanks (whether or not resawn). The merchandise
subject to these investigations can be continuously shaped along any of its edges, ends, or faces.
The percentage of composite materials contained in a wood moulding or millwork product is measured
by length, except when the composite material is a coating or cladding. Wood mouldings and millwork
products that are coated or clad, even along their entire length, with a composite material, but that are
otherwise comprised of wood, LVL, or wood and composite materials (where the non-coating composite
materials make up 50 percent or less of the total merchandise) are covered by the scope.
The merchandise subject to these investigations consists of wood, LVL, bamboo, or a combination of
wood and composite materials that is continuously shaped throughout its length (with the exception of
any endwork/dados), profiled wood having a repetitive design in relief, similar milled wood architectural
accessories, such as rosettes and plinth blocks, and fingerjointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork
blanks (whether or not resawn). The scope includes continuously shaped wood in the forms of dowels,
building components such as interior paneling and jamb parts, and door components such as rails, stiles,
interior and exterior door frames or jambs (including split, flat, stop applied, single- or doublerabbeted), frame or jamb kits, and packaged door frame trim or casing sets, whether or not the door
components are imported as part of a door kit or set.
The covered products may be solid wood, laminated, finger-jointed, edge-glued, face-glued, or
otherwise joined in the production or remanufacturing process and are covered by the scope whether
imported raw, coated (e.g., gesso, polymer, or plastic), primed, painted, stained, wrapped (paper or
vinyl overlay), any combination of the aforementioned surface coatings, treated, or which incorporate
rot-resistant elements (whether wood or composite). The covered products are covered by the scope
whether or not any surface coating(s) or covers obscures the grain, textures, or markings of the wood,
whether or not they are ready for use or require final machining (e.g., endwork/dado, hinge/strike
machining, weatherstrip or application thereof, mitre) or packaging.
All wood mouldings and millwork products are included within the scope even if they are trimmed; cutto-size; notched; punched; drilled; or have undergone other forms of minor processing.
Subject merchandise also includes wood mouldings and millwork products that have been further
processed in a third country, including but not limited to trimming, cutting, notching, punching, drilling,
coating, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of
the investigations if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope product.

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Excluded from the scope of these investigations are countertop/butcherblocks, exterior fencing, exterior
decking and exterior siding products (including solid wood siding, non-wood siding (e.g., composite or
cement), and shingles) that are not LVL or finger jointed; finished and unfinished doors; flooring; parts of
stair steps (including newel posts, balusters, easing, gooseneck, risers, treads, rail fittings and stair
stringers); picture frame components three feet and under in individual lengths; and lumber whether
solid, finger-jointed, or edge-glued. To be excluded from the scope, finger-jointed or edge-glued lumber
must have a nominal thickness greater than 1.5 inches and a certification stamp from an American
Lumber Standard Committee-certified grading bureau. The exclusion for lumber whether solid, fingerjointed, or edge-glued does not apply to screen/”surfaced on 4 sides” (S4S) and/or “surface 1 side, 2
edges” (SlS2E) stock (also called boards) that are finger-jointed, edge-glued mouldings, or millwork
blanks (whether or not resawn).
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are all products covered by the scope of the
antidumping duty order on Hardwood Plywood from the People’s Republic of China. See Certain
Hardwood Plywood Products from the People’s Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 504 (January 4, 2018).
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are all products covered by the scope of the
antidumping duty order on Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China. See
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 76690 (December 8, 2011).
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are all products covered by the scope of the
antidumping duty order on Wooden Cabinets and Vanities from the People’s Republic of China. See
Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 22126 (April 21, 2020).
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are all products covered by the scope of the
antidumping duty order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People’s Republic of China. See Notice
of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Wooden
Bedroom Furniture from the People’s Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005).
Imports of wood mouldings and millwork products are primarily entered under the following
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) numbers: 4409.10.4010, 4409.10.4090,
4409.10.4500, 4409.10.5000, 4409.22.4000, 4409.22.5000,4409.29.4100, and 4409.29.5100. Imports of
wood mouldings and millwork products may also enter under HTSUS numbers:
4409.10.6000,4409.10.6500, 4409.22.6000, 4409.22.6500, 4409.29.6100, 4409.29.6600, 4418.20.4000,
4418.20.8030, 4418.20.8060, 4418.99.9095 and 4421.99.9780. While the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of these
investigations is dispositive.
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) wood mouldings and millwork products are manufactured by
laminating thin wood veneers with the grains parallel to the length of the billet; glue is applied, veneers
are fed into a press, and then formed into a stack that is subjected to pressure and heat for curing. The
cured LVL billets are then ripped and crosscut to ready them for further processing.
Medium density fiberboard (MDF) mouldings and millwork products are engineered wood products
made with sawdust and shavings, the byproducts of industrial milling, broken down into fibers. These
fibers are mixed with resin and wax and under heat and pressure, they are formed into uniform panels.

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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 Keysha
Martinez (202-205-2136, [email protected]).

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OMB statistics.--Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your
firm of completing this questionnaire
Hours

Dollars

The questions in this questionnaire have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that
issues of concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful,
and as limited as possible. Public reporting burden for this questionnaire is estimated to average
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.
I-2.

Establishments covered.--Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this
questionnaire.
“Establishment”--Each facility of a firm in Brazil or China involved in the production or export of
wood mouldings and millwork products, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction
with (whether or not physically separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one
establishment in Brazil or China should combine the data for all establishments into a single
report.

I-3.

Related producers.--Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the capability to produce,
or have any plans to produce wood mouldings and millwork products in the United States or
other countries?

No

I-4.

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
wood mouldings and millwork products into the United States?

No

Yes

If yes, please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the
Commission’s importer questionnaire.

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I-5.

Stock symbol information.-- If your firm or any of the entities reported in questions I-2 through
I-4 are publicly traded in the United States, please specify the stock exchange and trading
symbol (including American Depository Receipts, if applicable):
.

I-6.

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):

I-7.

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 wood mouldings and millwork products in 2019.

Importer’s name
1
2
3
4
5

Contact person

Email

Telephone

Share of your
firm’s 2019 U.S.
exports (%)

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PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION
Further information on this part of the questionnaire can be obtained from Keysha Martinez (202-2052136, [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 wood mouldings and millwork products since January 1,
2017.
(check as many as appropriate)

plant openings
plant closings
Relocations
Expansions
Acquisitions
Consolidations
prolonged shutdowns or
production curtailments
revised labor agreements
other (e.g., technology)

(If checked, please describe the nature, date(s), and
significance of any such reported changes as well as the
business reasons for them; leave completely blank if not
applicable)

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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 wood mouldings
and millwork products in the future?

No

II-3a.

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Yes

If yes, supply details as to the time, nature, and significance of such
changes and provide underlying assumptions.

Production using same machinery.--Please report your firm’s production of products using the
same equipment, machinery, or employees as used to produce wood mouldings and millwork
products, and the combined production capacity on this shared equipment, machinery, or
employees in the periods indicated.
“Overall production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup).
Note.--If your firm does not produce any out-of-scope merchandise on the same machinery and
equipment as scope merchandise then the "overall production capacity" numbers reported in
this question should be exactly equal to the "average production capacity" numbers reported in
question II-8. If, however, your firm does produce out-of-scope merchandise using the same
machinery and equipment as scope merchandise, then the "average production capacity"
reported in question II-8 should exclude the portion of "overall production capacity" that was
used to produce this out-of-scope merchandise.
“Production” --All production in your establishment(s) in Brazil or China, including production
consumed internally within your firm.

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Production using same machinery.--Continued.
Quantity (in board feet)
Calendar years
Item

2017

2018

January-June
2019

2019

2020

Overall production capacity1
Production of:
Wood mouldings and millwork
products2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Out-of-scope production.-MDF mouldings and millwork
products
Other products3
Subtotal, out-of-scope
production
Total production using
same machinery or workers

Data reported for capacity (first line) should be greater than data reported for total production (last line).
Data entered for production of wood mouldings and millwork products will populate here once reported in
questions II-8 and II-10.
3
Please identify these products:
.
1
2

II-3b.

Operating parameters.--The production capacity reported in II-3a is based on the following
operating paramaters:
Hours per week

Weeks per year

II-3c.

Capacity calculation.--Please describe the methodology used to calculate overall production
capacity reported in II-3a, and explain any changes in reported capacity.

II-3d.

Production constraints.--Please describe the constraint(s) that set the limit(s) on your firm’s
production capacity.

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Product shifting.—
(a).

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between wood mouldings and millwork
products and other products using the same equipment and/or labor?

No

(b).

Yes

If yes—(i.e., have produced other products or are able to produce other
products) Please identify other actual or potential products.

Please describe the factors that affect your firm’s ability to shift production capacity
between products (e.g., time, cost, relative price change, etc.), and the degree to which
these factors enhance or constrain such shifts.

II-5.

Share of sales.--What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of wood mouldings and millwork products?
percent.

II-6a.

Firm's estimated share of production in Brazil or China.--Please estimate the percentage of total
production of wood mouldings and millwork products 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 wood mouldings and millwork products from the country specified on the
certification page accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2019.
percent.

II-7.

Third country trade actions.--Are the wood mouldings and millwork products 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.

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Trade data LVL wood moulding and millwork products.--Report your firm’s production capacity,
production, shipments, and inventories related to the production of LVL wood mouldings and
millwork products in your establishment(s) in Brazil or China during the specified periods. Do not
include resales of wood mouldings and millwork products 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 Brazil or China, including production
consumed internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Brazil or China.
Quantities reported should be net of returns.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Brazil or China.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in Brazil or China, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside of the country indicated on page 1
(Brazil or China), 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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Trade data LVL wood moulding and millwork products.--Continued.
Quantity (in board feet)
Actual experience

Projections1

Calendar year
Item

2017

2018

January-June
2019

2019

Calendar year

2020

2020

2021

Average production capacity (A)
2

Beginning-of-period inventories (B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/ transfers
(D)
Commercial shipments (E)
Exports to the United States (F)
Exports to all other markets3 (G)
Total exports (H)
(should equal F+G)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total shipments (I)
(should equal D+E+F+G)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

End-of-period inventories (J)
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.
.
1
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
Calendar year
Item

2017

2018

Projections
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

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LVL wood mouldings and millwork product exports to the United States not produced by your
firm.--Report your firm’s exports to the United States of LVL wood mouldings and millwork
products that was produced in Brazil or China but not by your firm during the specified periods.
Note these data should not be included in question II-8.
Quantity (in board feet)
Actual experience
Calendar year
Item

2017

Exports of LVL wood mouldings
and millwork products to the
United States not produced by
your firm1
1

List the producer(s).

.

2018

Projections
January-June

2019

2019

2020

Calendar year
2020

2021

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Trade data all other WMMP.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments,
and inventories related to the production of all other wood mouldings and millwork products
(i.e., other than LVL mouldings and millwork products) in your establishment(s) in Brazil or China
during the specified periods. Do not include resales of wood mouldings and millwork products
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-11.
Do not submit data by manufacturing facility if they are in the same country. If your firm has
multiple manufacturing establishments within one country, you are required to combine data
for those establishments within one foreign producer questionnaire response.
Do not submit data on multiple countries combined. The establishments reported here should
all be located in the country of the firm’s address reported on the certification page.
Multinational companies with production in multiple subject countries should submit separate
foreign producer questionnaire responses for each subject country.
“Average production capacity” or “capacity” –The level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods for all
products manufactured in that establishment using the same manufacturing equipment.
Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to
operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup; and a typical or representative product mix).
“Production” --All production in your establishment(s) in Brazil or China, including production
consumed internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Brazil or China.
Quantities reported should be net of returns.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Brazil or China.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in Brazil or China, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside of the country indicated on page 1
(Brazil or China), 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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Trade data all other WMMP.--Continued.
Quantity (in board feet)
Actual experience

Projections1

Calendar year
Item

2017

2018

January-June
2019

2019

Calendar year

2020

2020

2021

Average production capacity (A)
2

Beginning-of-period inventories (B)
Production (C)
Home market shipments:
Internal consumption/ transfers
(D)
Commercial shipments (E)
Exports to the United States (F)
Exports to all other markets3 (G)
Total exports (H)
(should equal F+G)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total shipments (I)
(should equal D+E+F+G)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

End-of-period inventories (J)
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.
.
1
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
Calendar year
Item

2017

2018

Projections
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

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All other WMMP exports to the United States not produced by your firm.--Report your firm’s
exports to the United States of all other wood mouldings and millwork products (i.e., other than
LVL wood mouldings and millwork products) that was produced in Brazil or China but not by
your firm during the specified periods. Note these data should not be included in question II-10.
Quantity (in board feet)
Actual experience

Projections

Calendar year
Item

2017

2018

January-June
2019

2019

2020

Calendar year
2020

2021

Exports of all other wood
mouldings and millwork
products to the United States
not produced by your firm1
1

List the producer(s).

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.

Conversion into board feet.--Are the quantity data reported in part II properly reported in board
feet?
No.--Please revise your questionnaire to report your firm’s data in the requested measure
(board feet) prior to submission to the Commission.
Yes.--Please indicate how your firm came up with its quantity data in the requested measure
(board feet).
Method
Firm’s records maintained in
board feet

Description of methodology
Not applicable

Firm specific conversion
factor or estimates based on
specific products produced
Other
II-13.

Other explanations.--If your firm would like to further explain a response to a question in Part II
for which a narrative box was not provided, please note the question number and the
explanation in the space provided below. Please also use this space to highlight any issues your
firm had in providing the data in this section, including but not limited to technical issues with
the MS Word questionnaire.

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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 setup in the United States with the U.S. number formatting. When this formatting interacts with a
computer set to EU number formatting, we believe this may cause this issue.
The solution to this data entry issue is to temporarily change your operating system’s number
formatting to be consistent with the U.S. number formatting system while you complete the
questionnaire.
To temporarily change your computer’s number settings to U.S. settings, please do the following (for
Microsoft Windows Operating system):
•
•
•
•
•

START
Control Panel
Region and Language (under Clock, Language, and Region category)
Format tab
Change the Format from your existing one (e.g. “Italian (Italy)”) to “English (United States)” (see
screen shots below)

When you do this the number “twelve million dollars and thirty five cents” would change from
$12.000.000,35 (Italy format) to $12,000,000.35 (U.S. format), and then there will be no conflict with
the USITC foreign producer questionnaire form. When you finish reporting the data then you can close
the questionnaire and switch back to Italy settings.

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HOW TO FILE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
This questionnaire is available as a “fillable” form in MS Word format on the
Commission’s website at:
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2020/wood_mouldings_and_millwork_pr
oducts_brazil_and/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: WOOD

• 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 (202205-1803). 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.