20-4-4376 Foreign producers' / exporters' questionnaire

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FOREIGN PRODUCERS’/EXPORTERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
STANDARD STEEL WELDED WIRE MESH FROM MEXICO
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by January 8, 2021
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 standard steel welded wire
mesh (“wire mesh”) from Mexico (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-653 and 731-TA-1527 (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 wire mesh from Mexico (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)

Return questionnaire via the Commission Drop Box by clicking on the following link:
https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: MESH)
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 June 30, 2020, by Insteel
Industries Inc., Mount Airy, North Carolina; Mid South Wire Company, Nashville, Tennessee; National
Wire LLC, Conroe, Texas; Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., Madill, Oklahoma; and Wire Mesh Corp., Houston,
Texas. 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://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2020/standard_steel_welded_wire_mesh_mexico/final.h
tm.
Standard steel welded wire mesh.--The product covered by this definition is uncoated standard welded
steel reinforcement wire mesh (“wire mesh”) produced from smooth or deformed wire. Subject wire
mesh is produced in square and rectangular grids of uniformly spaced steel wires that are welded at all
intersections. Sizes are specified by combining the spacing of the wires in inches or millimeters and the
wire cross-sectional area in hundredths of square inch or millimeters squared. Subject wire mesh may
be packaged and sold in rolls or in sheets.
Subject wire mesh is currently produced to ASTM specification A1064/A1064M, which covers carbonsteel wire and welded wire reinforcement, smooth and deformed, for concrete in the following seven
styles:
1. 6X6 W1.4/W1.4 or D1.4/D1.4
2. 6X6 W2.1/W2.1 or D2.1/D2.1
3. 6X6 W2.9/W2.9 or D2.9/D2.9
4. 6X6 W4/W4 or D4/D4
5. 6X12 W4/W4 or D4/D4
6. 4X4 W2.9/W2.9 or D2.9/D2.9
7. 4X4 W4/W4 or D4/D4
The first number in the style denotes the spacing between the longitudinal wires and the second
number denotes the spacing between the transverse wires. In the first style listed above, for example,
“6X6” denotes a grid size of six inches by six inches. “W” denotes the use of smooth wire, and “D”
denotes the use of deformed wire in making the mesh. The number following the W or D denotes the
cross-sectional area of the transverse and longitudinal wires in hundredths of a square inch (i.e., W1.4 or
D1.4 is .014 square inches).
Smooth wire is wire that has a uniform cross-sectional diameter throughout the length of the wire.
Deformed wire is wire with indentations or raised transverse ribs, which results in wire that does not
have a uniform cross-sectional diameter throughout the length of the wire.
Rolls of subject wire mesh are currently produced in the following styles and actual width and length
combinations:

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Style: 6X6 W1.4/W1.4 or D1.4/D1.4 (i.e., 10 gauge)
Roll Sizes: 5’ X 50’
5’ X 150’
6’ X 150’
5’ X 200’
7’ X 200’
7.5’ X 200’
Style: 6X6 W2.1/W2.1 or D2.1/D2.1 (i.e., 8 gauge)
Roll Sizes: 5’ X 150’
Style: 6X6 W2.9/W2.9 or D2.9/D2.9 (i.e., 6 gauge)
Roll Sizes: 5’ X 150’
7’ X 200’
All rolled wire mesh is included in scope regardless of length.
Sheets of subject standard welded wire mesh are currently produced in the following styles and actual
width and length combinations:
Style: 6X6 W1.4/W1.4 or D1.4/D1.4 (i.e., 10 gauge)
Sheet Size: 3’6” X 7’
4’ X 7’
X 7’6”
5’ X 10’
7’ X 20’
7’6” X 20’
8’ X 12’6”
8’ X 15’
8’ X 20’
Style: 6X6 W2.1/W2.1 or D2.1/D2.1 (i.e., 8 gauge)
Sheet Size: 5’ X 10’
7’ X 20’
7’6” X 20’
8’ X 12’6”
8’ X 15’
8’ X 20’
Style: 6X6 W2.9/W2.9 or D2.9/D2.9 (i.e., 6 gauge)
Sheet Size: 3’6” X 20’
5’ X 10’
7’ X 20’
7’6” X 20’
8’ X 12’6”
8’ X 15’
8’ X 20’

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Style: 6X12 W4/W4 or D4/D4 (i.e., 4 gauge)
Sheet Size: 8’ X 20’
Style: 4X4 W2.9/W2.9 or D2.9/D2.9 (i.e., 6 gauge)
Sheet Size: 5’ X 10’
7’ X 20’
7’6” X 20’
8’ X 12’6”
8’ X 12’8”
8’ X 15’
8’ X 20’
Style: 4X4 W4/W4 or D4/D4 (i.e., 4 gauge)
Sheet Size: 5’ X 10’
8’ X 12’6”
8’ X 12’8”
8’ X 15’
8’ X 20’
Any product imported, sold, or invoiced in one of these size combinations is included in this definition.
ASTM specification A1064/A1064M provides for permissible variations in wire gauges, the spacing
between transverse and longitudinal wires, and the length and width combinations. To the extent a roll
or sheet of welded wire mesh falls within these permissible variations, it is included in this definition.
ASTM specification A1064/A1064M also defines permissible oversteeling, which is the use of a heavier
gauge wire with a larger cross-sectional area than nominally specified. It also permits a wire diameter
tolerance of + 0.003 inches for products up to W5/D5 and + 0.004 for sizes over W5/D5. A producer may
oversteel by increasing smooth or deformed wire diameter up to two whole number size increments on
Table 1 of A1064. Subject wire mesh has the following wire diameter ranges, which account for both
oversteeling and diameter tolerance:
W/D No.
1.4
2.1
2.9
4.0

Maximum Oversteeling No.
(i.e., 10 gauge)
(i.e., 8 gauge)
(i.e., 6 gauge)
(i.e., 4 gauge)

Diameter Range (inch)
3.4 0.093 to 0.211
4.1 0.161 to 0.231
4.9 0.189 to 0.253
6.0 0.223 to 0.280

To the extent a roll or sheet of wire mesh falls within the permissible variations provided above, it is
within this scope.
In addition to the tolerances permitted in ASTM specification A1064/A1064M, wire mesh in this
definition includes combinations where:
1. A width and/or length combination varies by + one grid size in any direction, i.e., + 6 inches in length
or width where the wire mesh’s grid size is “6X6”; and/or
2. The center-to-center spacing between individual wires may vary by up to one quarter of an inch from
the nominal grid size specified.

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Length is measured from the ends of any wire and width is measured between the center-line of end
longitudinal wires.
Additionally, although the subject wire mesh typically meets ASTM A1064/A1064M, the failure to
include certifications, test reports or other documentation establishing that the product meets this
specification does not remove the product from the scope. Wire mesh made to comparable foreign
specifications (e.g., DIN, JIS, etc.) or proprietary specifications is included in the scope.
Excluded from the scope is wire mesh that is galvanized (i.e., coated with zinc) or coated with an epoxy
coating. In order to be excluded as galvanized, the excluded welded wire mesh must have a zinc coating
thickness meeting the requirements of ASTM specification A641/A641M. Epoxy coating is a mix of epoxy
resin and hardener that can be applied to the surface of steel wire.
Wire mesh is currently imported under statistical reporting numbers 7314.20.0000 and 7314.39.0000 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS provisions are for convenience
and customs purposes; the written description of the scope 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

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resolve this issue is provided at the end of this questionnaire and is available upon request from Tyler
Berard (202-205-3354, [email protected]).
I-1.

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 Mexico involved in the production or export of wire
mesh, including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically
separate from) such facilities. Firms operating more than one establishment in Mexico 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 wire mesh 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.

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Related U.S. importers.--Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import
wire mesh into the United States?

No

Yes

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

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 wire mesh 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 Tyler Berard (202-205-3354,
[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 wire mesh 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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COVID-19 pandemic.-- Since January 1, 2020, has the COVID-19 pandemic or have any
government actions taken to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus resulted in changes in
relation to your firm's supply arrangements, production, employment, and shipments relating to
wire mesh?

No

II-3a.

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Yes

If yes, describe these changes including a separate discussion of the (a)
supply chain impact, (b) production and shipments impact, and (c)
employment impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Production using same machinery.--Please report your firm’s production of products using the
same equipment, machinery, or employees as used to produce wire mesh, 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 Mexico, including production
consumed internally within your firm.
“Engineered wire mesh” - Engineered wire mesh (also referred to as “structural mesh”) is
assembled from steel wires welded together in a grid pattern, complies with ASTM A1064 or
equivalent specifications, and is designed to reinforce concrete. Being custom designed for
specific end uses and customers, engineered wire mesh often, but not always, consists of nonuniform or heavier wires, non-uniform grid sizes, or in sheet dimensions different from standard
wire mesh.

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Production using same machinery.--Continued.
Quantity (in short tons)
Calendar year
Item

2017

Overall production capacity

2018

January-September
2019

2019

2020

1

Production of:
Wire mesh2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Out-of-scope production.-Engineered wire mesh
Other products3
Subtotal, out-of-scope
production
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).
Data entered for production of wire mesh will populate here once reported in question II-8.
3
Please identify these products:
.
2

II-3b.

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

II-3e.

Capacity increases.-- Since January 1, 2017, has your firm increased its capacity to produce wire
mesh?
No

Yes

If yes, what contributed to your firm’s decision to increase capacity?

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Product shifting.—
(a).

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between wire mesh 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)

Is your firm able to switch production (capacity) between wire mesh and engineered wire
mesh using the same equipment and/or labor?
No

(d)

Yes

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

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II-5.

Share of sales.--What percentage of your firm’s total sales in its most recent fiscal year was
represented by sales of wire mesh?
percent.

II-6a.

Firm's estimated share of production in Mexico.--Please estimate the percentage of total
production of wire mesh Mexico 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 wire mesh from Mexico accounted for by your firm’s exports in 2019.
percent.

II-7.

Third country trade actions.--Is the wire mesh 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.--Report your firm’s production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories
related to the production of wire mesh in your establishment(s) in Mexico during the specified
periods. Do not include resales of wire mesh 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 Mexico, including production
consumed internally within your firm.
“Shipments”--Shipments of products produced in your establishment(s) in Mexico. Quantities
reported should be net of returns.
“Home market commercial shipments”--Shipments, other than internal consumption and
transfers to related firms, within Mexico.
“Home market internal consumption/transfers to related firms”--Shipments made to
related firms in Mexico, including product consumed internally by your firm.
“Export shipments”--Shipments to destinations outside of the country indicated on page 1
(Mexico), 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.--Continued.
Quantity (in short tons)
Projections1

Actual experience
Calendar year
Item

2017

2018

January-September
2019

2019

2020

Calendar year
2020

2021

2

Average production capacity (A)
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)
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.
.
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-September
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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Exports to the United States not produced by your firm.--Report your firm’s exports to the
United States of wire mesh that was produced in Mexico but not by your firm during the
specified periods. Note these data should not be included in question II-8.
Quantity (in short tons)
Actual experience
Calendar year
Item

2017

2018

Projections

January-September
2019

2019

2020

Calendar year
2020

2021

Exports of wire mesh to the
United States not produced by
your firm1
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.

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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/standard_steel_welded_wire_mesh
_mexico/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/

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• 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.