Separate Rates Application for People's Republic of China

{Insert Case Number (A-XXX-XXX)}

Total Number of Pages: {Insert Total Number of Pages}

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Enforcement & Compliance

AD/CVD Operations, Office {Insert Office Number}

{Indicate Business Proprietary, Public Version, or Public Document}

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (“CHINA”)

SEPARATE RATE APPLICATION

AND REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

REQUESTER(S): {insert name of applicant}

REPRESENTATION: {insert name of counsel and law firm and contact info}

CASE: {insert name of subject merchandise, country and case number}

PERIOD OF INVESTIGATION/REVIEW: {insert the period of investigation/review}

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 30 days from publication date of the initiation

notice,

See http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.

FILING INSTRUCTIONS: See “Instructions for Filing the Application” at Section V.

See also http://enforcement.trade.gov/filing/index.html.

The Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) assigns separate rates in non-market economy

(“NME”) cases only if the applicant can demonstrate an absence of both de jure and de facto

governmental control over its export activities in accordance with the separate-rates test criteria.

In determining whether companies should receive separate rates, Commerce focuses its attention

on the exporter rather than the producer. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less

Than Fair Value: Manganese Metal from the People’s Republic of China, 60 FR 56045

(November 6, 1995). Consequently, in this proceeding, Commerce will limit its consideration of

separate-rate applications to firms that exported the merchandise to the United States. Further, to

be considered for separate-rate treatment, the applicant must have a relevant U.S. sale of subject

merchandise to an unaffiliated purchaser, and, for an administrative review, the applicant also

must have a suspended entry of subject merchandise into the United States during POR. The

sale to an unaffiliated purchaser generally must be during the period of investigation or review,

or, in a review, a sale related to a suspended POR entry.

To establish whether a company’s export activities are sufficiently independent of the

government to be eligible for separate rate status, Commerce analyzes each exporting entity

under the test established in the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers

from the People’s Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (“Sparklers”), and later

expanded upon in Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from

the People’s Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994) (“Silicon Carbide”). Under this

analysis, exporters of subject merchandise are accorded separate, company-specific margins if

they can provide sufficient proof of an absence of government control, both in law and in fact,

with respect to their export activities. Evidence supporting, though not requiring, a finding of de

jure absence of government control over export activities includes: 1) an absence of restrictive

stipulations associated with an individual exporter’s business and export licenses; 2) any

legislative enactments decentralizing control of companies; and 3) any other formal measures by

the central and/or local government decentralizing control of companies. See Sparklers, 56 FR at

20588.

Our analysis of absence of de facto government control over exports is typically based on the

following four factors: 1) whether each exporter sets its own export prices independent of the

government and without the approval of a government authority; 2) whether each exporter

retains the proceeds from its sales and makes independent decisions regarding disposition of

profits or financing of losses; 3) whether each exporter has the authority to negotiate and sign

contracts and other agreements; and 4) whether each exporter has autonomy from the

government regarding the selection of management. See Silicon Carbide, 59 FR at 22586-87.

Following the test outlined above, this form is an application for separate rate treatment in the

investigation/review. If used in an administrative review, this Application is intended for firms

that do not currently have separate rate status; firms that currently have separate rate status

should complete the separate rate Certification form instead. Firms that Commerce selects to be

mandatory respondents will be required to respond to Commerce’s antidumping questionnaire in

order to retain their eligibility for consideration of separate rate status.

• Applicants must individually complete and submit this form with all the required supporting

documentation no later than 30 days from the publication date of the initiation notice.

This

deadline applies equally to NME-owned and wholly market-economy owned firms. Firms

whose applications are incomplete or otherwise deficient may be denied a separate rate.

• In addition to submitting a complete application, if your firm is participating in an

investigation, your firm must also respond to Commerce’s quantity and value (“Q&V”)

questionnaire as discussed in the initiation notice to receive consideration for a separate rate,

if requested.

Responses to the Q&V questionnaire from all participating respondents are

necessary to ensure that Commerce has the requisite information to appropriately select

mandatory respondents.

• Exporters, whether or not located in the NME country, owned wholly by entities located in

market-economy countries, provided that the ultimate owners are also located in market-

economy countries (“wholly market-economy owned firms”), need only fill out the

certifications contained in this application and provide supporting documentation for the

fields in the application that are marked with an asterisk, “*.” These marked fields pertain to

the firm’s eligibility for separate rates consideration and support the firm’s claim that it is in

fact wholly owned by a market-economy entity. This information is also necessary for

administration once a separate rate has been issued.

• There are two sets of requirements for reporting any affiliations with other firms involved in

the production or sale of the subject merchandise, one for wholly market-economy owned

firms and another for NME-owned firms.

• Wholly market-economy owned firms are required to report all of their affiliations

with other firms involved in the production or sale of the subject merchandise.

• Firms that are not owned wholly by market-economy entities, however, must only

identify any affiliates that exported subject merchandise to the United States during

the period of investigation/review and any U.S. affiliates involved in the sale of the

subject merchandise.

• Each applicant seeking separate rate status must submit a separate and complete individual

application regardless of any common ownership or affiliation between firms and regardless

of foreign ownership. Each firm must apply for a separate rate by submitting an individual

application. Only one firm per application is permitted.

Commerce’s 05.1 Policy Bulletin regarding Separate Rates Practice and Application of Combination Rates in

Antidumping Investigations (available on Commerce’s website at http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/index.html

)

identified a 60-day deadline for separate rate applications in investigations. This deadline is no longer applicable in

investigations or in administrative reviews, and is superseded by the 30-day deadline specified in this application.

If your firm is participating in an administrative review, your firm will not need to respond to a Q&V questionnaire

unless you have been instructed to do so by Commerce.

• Applicants which have been selected as mandatory respondents prior to the deadline for

submission of separate rate applications are not required to file a separate rate application.

Additionally, mandatory respondents are required to file full Section A questionnaire

responses, including all separate rate information, and cannot refer to or substitute

information or supporting documentation submitted in a separate rate application.

• The name that is provided to Commerce in the application must be the name that appears on

the exporter’s business license/registration documents. All shipments to the United States

declared to U.S. Customs and Border Protection must identify the exporter by its legal

business name, and this name must match the name that appears on the exporter’s

business/registration documents. If your firm is assigned separate rate status, your firm will

only be able to ship under your separate rate names that are included on your business

license/registration documents, or for which you have explained are otherwise permitted (see

question 2 below).

• All documents submitted in response to a specific question must pertain to the same sale. If

volumes or values do not exactly match from one document to the next, the applicant must

provide a clear narrative explanation as to why they do not and what the appropriate links are

among the documents. The applicant must also provide and explain additional

documentation necessary to corroborate its explanation in this regard. For example, if an

invoice shows a sales value of $10,000, but the payment amount is $15,000, the applicant

must explain the difference and provide documentary support for the explanation.

• All documents submitted with the application must be, to the extent possible, direct unaltered

photocopies of the original documents (i.e., no copies of copies, and the documents must not

be altered in any way, including tracing). All documents submitted with the application must

be legible to the maximum extent possible. In case the direct photocopy is not legible, or if

submitting a direct photocopy is not possible, you must supply the most legible unaltered

photocopy available. Firms that are not able to submit completely legible copies of all the

documents required in the application, or are unable to submit a required document, must

complete the additional certification in Appendix B and include an explanation of why the

submission of completely legible documents is not possible. In addition, you must provide

supplemental information explaining the contents of any documents that are not fully legible.

Illegible or altered documents cannot be considered evidence of the points for which they are

required if not accompanied by the requisite certification and explanations in Appendix B.

• All documents generated in a language other than English must be translated into English.

The original language document must also be included with all translations. If all

documentation is not complete or if documents are not fully translated, Commerce will

consider these documents missing for purposes of the separate rate analysis.

• Please label all documents submitted in response to the application with sequential page

numbers, so Commerce may refer to each document by its respective page number.

The Application is divided into five sections. Section I contains the required certifications that

an officer of the company must make to Commerce, indicating that the information provided in

the application is complete and correct. Section II identifies the firm that is applying for separate

rate status and demonstrates that this firm is eligible for a separate rate by confirming, for an

administrative review, that it had a suspended entry of subject merchandise into the United States

during the period of review and a relevant sale of subject merchandise to an unaffiliated

purchaser, or, for an investigation, that it had a sale of subject merchandise to an unaffiliated

purchaser during the period of investigation. Section III certifies that the firm meets the de jure

requirements, i.e., that there are no legal barriers to a firm’s independent control over its export

activities at either the national or any sub-national level. Section IV attests to de facto

independence, i.e., that this de jure independence also exists in practice. Section V deals with

filing requirements and gives applicants an opportunity to request business proprietary treatment

for information that they submit. Appendix A provides a sample chart of corporate affiliations

that firms may wish to reference. Appendix B contains an additional certification, which firms

that are unable to submit completely legible copies of all the documents required in the

application must complete.

Firms completing this form are certifying that their responses contained in this form are complete

and accurate and that the supporting documentation supports the answers they provide in the

application. Commerce only accepts applications that are completed in full (except for wholly

market-economy owned enterprises

) and submitted with all the required supporting

documentation filed timely and in proper form. Sections II, III, and IV require supporting

documentation, and the fields in these sections that require supporting documentation are

identified in the application and list the specific types of documents that Commerce accepts for

each certification. As noted above, all supporting documentation pertaining to a U.S. sale must

pertain to the same sale and be legible. Moreover, the information contained in these documents

must be consistent. If there are any discrepancies between information contained in a series of

documents pertaining to the same sale, all such discrepancies must be clearly identified and

explained. This is necessary to substantiate the claim for separate rates eligibility. Submission

of alternate documents in lieu of documents that are not available and/or clarification of

documents that are not completely legible may be acceptable, depending on the facts of each

individual case, but may result in Commerce’s issuance of additional supplemental questions and

the conduct of an on-site verification to establish the integrity, reliability, relevance and

suitability of the alternative documentation for separate-rate purposes. All firms that do not

provide completely legible photocopies of all of the documents that are required in the

application must make the additional certifications in Appendix B and include an explanation of

Please note that all wholly market-economy owned enterprises are required to complete only the asterisked fields.

why the submission of completely legible photocopies of all the documents required in the

application is not possible.

Since firms have clear notice of what is required to document a separate-rate claim, incomplete

applications may be rejected without supplementary questionnaires. Completing the application

and submitting the supporting documentation does not guarantee receipt of separate rate status.

Commerce will review each completed application. If Commerce finds that the certifications are

not supported by the attached documents or are incomplete, the applicant will not have

demonstrated to Commerce that it qualifies for a separate rate. If the applicant does not provide

the required documentation in the appropriately required form or is unable or unwilling to make

the requested certifications, the applicant will not have demonstrated its eligibility for a separate

rate.

If necessary, Commerce will issue questionnaires for the purpose of clarifying fully responsive

answers. Commerce retains the right to require additional information concerning the

representations made in your firm’s application. All information submitted and representations

made by applicants are subject to verification. If Commerce selects your firm for an on-site

verification, Commerce will provide your firm with additional instructions at a time preceding

the verification.

SECTION I

General Certifications

The application must be accompanied by the service and factual information certifications

required under Commerce’s regulations at 19 CFR § 351.303(f)(2) and (g).

(To be signed by the company official of the applying firm who is officially responsible for

presentations made to the Department of Commerce.)

*1.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, _______________________, hereby certify that a copy of the

(name of certifying official)

foregoing submission on behalf of ____________________________,

(company name)

dated _________________, was served by first class mail or by hand delivery (circle the method

used) on the following parties:

(Business Proprietary Version)

On Behalf of

Name and address

(Public Version)

On Behalf of

Note again that the asterisked fields are to be completed by all firms, including those wholly foreign-owned by entities located

in market-economy countries. Wholly market-economy owned firms need not respond to non-asterisked fields.

Name and address

(signature of certifying official)

2.* COMPANY CERTIFICATION

I, (PRINTED NAME AND TITLE), currently employed by (COMPANY NAME), certify that

I prepared or otherwise supervised the preparation of the attached submission of (IDENTIFY

THE SPECIFIC SUBMISSION BY TITLE) due on (DATE) OR filed on (DATE) pursuant

to the (INSERT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS IN { }: {THE (ANTIDUMPING

OR COUNTERVAILING) DUTY INVESTIGATION OF (PRODUCT) FROM

(COUNTRY) (CASE NUMBER)} or {THE (DATES OF PERIOD OF REVIEW)

(ADMINISTRATIVE OR NEW SHIPPER) REVIEW UNDER THE (ANTIDUMPING OR

COUNTERVAILING) DUTY ORDER ON (PRODUCT) FROM (COUNTRY) (CASE

NUMBER)} or {THE (SUNSET REVIEW OR CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCE REVIEW

OR SCOPE RULING OR CIRCUMVENTION INQUIRY) OF THE (ANTIDUMPING OR

COUNTERVAILING) DUTY ORDER ON (PRODUCT) FROM (COUNTRY) (CASE

NUMBER)}). I certify that the public information and any business proprietary information of

(CERTIFIER’S COMPANY NAME) contained in this submission is accurate and complete to

the best of my knowledge. I am aware that the information contained in this submission may be

subject to verification or corroboration (as appropriate) by the U.S. Department of Commerce. I

am also aware that U.S. law (including, but not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes criminal

sanctions on individuals who knowingly and willfully make material false statements to the U.S.

Government. In addition, I am aware that, even if this submission may be withdrawn from the

record of the AD/CVD proceeding, the U.S. Department of Commerce may preserve this

submission, including a business proprietary submission, for purposes of determining the

accuracy of this certification. I certify that a copy of this signed certification will be filed with

this submission to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Signature:________________________________

Date:____________________________________

* For multiple person certifications, all persons should be listed in the first sentence of the certification and all

persons should sign and date the certification. In addition, singular pronouns and possessive adjectives should be

changed accordingly, e.g., “I” should be changed to “we” and “my knowledge” should be changed to “our

knowledge.”

3.** REPRESENTATIVE CERTIFICATION

I, (PRINTED NAME), with (LAW FIRM or OTHER FIRM), (INSERT ONE OF THE

FOLLOWING OPTIONS IN { }: {COUNSEL TO} or {REPRESENTATIVE OF})

(COMPANY NAME, OR GOVERNMENT OF COUNTRY, OR NAME OF ANOTHER

PARTY), certify that I have read the attached submission of (IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC

SUBMISSION BY TITLE) due on (DATE) OR filed on (DATE) pursuant to the (INSERT

ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS IN { }: {THE (ANTIDUMPING OR

COUNTERVAILING DUTY) INVESTIGATION OF (PRODUCT) FROM (COUNTRY)

(CASE NUMBER)} or {THE (DATES OF PERIOD OF REVIEW) (ADMINISTRATIVE

OR NEW SHIPPER) REVIEW UNDER THE (ANTIDUMPING OR

COUNTERVAILING) DUTY ORDER ON (PRODUCT) FROM (COUNTRY) (CASE

NUMBER)} or {THE (SUNSET REVIEW OR CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCE REVIEW

OR SCOPE RULING OR CIRCUMVENTION INQUIRY) OF THE (ANTIDUMPING OR

COUNTERVAILING) DUTY ORDER ON (PRODUCT) FROM (COUNTRY) (CASE

NUMBER)}). In my capacity as (INSERT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS IN { }:

{COUNSEL} or {ADVISER, PREPARER, OR REVIEWER}) of this submission, I certify

that the information contained in this submission is accurate and complete to the best of my

knowledge. I am aware that U.S. law (including, but not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes

criminal sanctions on individuals who knowingly and willfully make material false statements to

the U.S. Government. In addition, I am aware that, even if this submission may be withdrawn

from the record of the AD/CVD proceeding, the U.S. Department of Commerce may preserve

this submission, including a business proprietary submission, for purposes of determining the

accuracy of this certification. I certify that a copy of this signed certification will be filed with

this submission to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Signature:_______________________________

Date:____________________________________

** For multiple representative certifications, all representatives and their firms should be listed in the first sentence

of the certification and all representatives should sign and date the certification. In addition, singular pronouns and

possessive adjectives should be changed accordingly, e.g., “I” should be changed to “we” and “my knowledge”

should be changed to “our knowledge.”

SECTION II

Administration

*1. The full and exact name and contact information (including address, telephone, fax, and e-

mail address) of the exporter

applying for separate rate status:

______________________________________________________________________________

*2a. Is the applicant identified by any other names, such as trade names or “doing-business-as”

(“d.b.a.”) names, as a legal matter in the home market, in third countries, or in the United

States?

___ Yes (complete the chart below, in full)

___ No

If yes, then complete the chart below in full with all trade names and/or d.b.a. names , when and

under what circumstances they are used, and confirm whether the business license/registration

documents submitted with this application and covering the period of review (“POR”)/period of

investigation (“POI”) include each of these or other alternative names. Please also provide

evidence that these names were used during the POR/POI. Then, please answer question 2b.

If a trade name is not listed on the company’s business license/registration documents, please

provide an explanation and any evidence as to how the company is permitted to use that trade

name.

______________________________________________________________________________

Covered by

Capacity in which

Used during

Cite to

Ensure that each applicant seeking separate rate status is submitting a separate and complete individual application

regardless of any common ownership or affiliation between firms and regardless of foreign ownership. Your

response to this question should have only one company name.

Trade names are other names under which the company does business. It does not include product brand names or

the Business

License

(Y/N)

the trade

name/DBA used

POI/POR

(Y/N)

Evidentiary

Support in this

SRA

Trade Name/DBA

(i.e., Exhibit #)

Trade Name/DBA

*2b._Is the applicant requesting separate rate status for any of the trade names listed in the table

above? If so, please list the trade names or d.b.a. names, noted above, for which you are

requesting separate rate status. Please note that the applicant must provide documentary

evidence that the trade name or d.b.a. name was used during the relevant period.

*3. The applicant certifies the accuracy of and can document the following statements:

(check any of the following that apply)

 a. For administrative reviews: It has a sale of subject merchandise to an unaffiliated

purchaser in the United States that was made during the POR or that is related to a

suspended entry of subject merchandise during the POR.

For investigations: It has sale of subject merchandise to an unaffiliated purchaser in

the United States during the period of investigation.

 b. For administrative reviews: It has a sale of subject merchandise to an unaffiliated

third-country purchaser for exportation to the United States that was made during the

period of review or that is related to a suspended entry of subject merchandise during the

POR.

For investigations: It has a sale of subject merchandise to an unaffiliated third-country

purchaser for exportation to the United States that was made during the period of

investigation.

 c. For administrative reviews: It has, under its own name(s), made a shipment of subject

merchandise that was entered for consumption in the United States during the period of

review.

*4.  The applicant certifies that it will, to the maximum extent possible, provide a direct

legible photocopy (not a copy of a copy) of all of the following original documents for the sale

by invoice date of subject merchandise to an unaffiliated customer in the United States during

the names of any other entities in the applicant’s “group,” affiliated or otherwise. If your firm is assigned separate

rate status, your firm will only be able to ship under your separate rate under names that are included on your

business license/registration documents, or are otherwise permitted, as explained in your response to this question.

the POR/POI for a commercial transaction.

These documents must not be altered in any way.

If your firm’s sale by invoice date during the period of investigation/review was a sample sale, a

sale of non-commercial quantities, or a sale to an affiliated party, identify this sale and provide

documentation on another sale.

If you are not able to supply completely legible photocopies of

any documents required below, you must supply the most legible photocopies available,

complete the additional certification in Appendix B, and include an explanation in it of why

submission of all the photocopies in completely legible form is not possible.

A. The U.S. Customs 7501 Entry Summary or the U.S. FDA Release Form.

For reviews, an exporter cannot obtain a separate rate without providing Commerce

the relevant U.S. Customs 7501 Entry Summary for a suspended entry, unless other

evidence of a suspended entry exists on the record of this segment.

B. The bill of lading.

C. The commercial invoice.

D. The packing list.

E. Documentation demonstrating receipt of payment.

All the documents above must pertain to the same sale, unless one of the conditions discussed

above applies). In addition to providing these documents, you must provide a narrative

explanation of how the documents relate to one another and what the specific links are among

the documents. If volumes or values do not exactly match from one document to the next, the

applicant must provide in this narrative a clear explanation of any apparent discrepancies among

the documents. The applicant must also provide and explain additional documentation necessary

to corroborate its explanation in this regard. For example, if the invoice and payment amount do

not match, the applicant must explain the difference and provide documentary support for this

explanation.

*5. Does the applicant have any knowledge that merchandise it sold was resold to the United

States through market-economy third-country exporters in U.S. dollars?

___ Yes

___ No

If you are not able to supply completely legible photocopies of any documents requested in the application, you must attach an

explanation of why submission of completely legible photocopies is not possible.

If your firm has only made sales to affiliated parties during the period of investigation/review, you must provide evidence of

the first sale to an unaffiliated U.S. customer by the affiliated party to qualify for a separate rate.

If the merchandise was entered into the United States informally using Customs Form 368 or 368A because the value of the

entry was USD $2000 or less, provide a copy of Customs Form 368 or 368A.

Commerce considered Belarus, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Armenia, the

Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Socialist Republic

of Vietnam, and Turkmenistan to be non-market economies during this period of investigation/review.

*6. Provide the full name and contact information (including address, telephone, fax, and e-mail

address) of each of the applicant’s producers and/or suppliers of subject merchandise whose

merchandise the applicant sold or exported to the United States during the POR/POI

______________________________________________________________________________

*7. Are the producers and/or suppliers, listed under question 6 above, identified by any other

names as a legal matter in the home market, in third countries, or in the United States (i.e., do the

companies use trade names)?

___ Yes

___ No

If yes, then list any and all other names here, and provide a copy of the business

licenses/registration documents showing that the suppliers use these alternative names and the

dates in which these names were in effect.

______________________________________________________________________________

*8. Indicate whether, to the best of your knowledge, the producers and/or suppliers identified

under question 6 above directly exported subject merchandise to the United States during the

period of investigation/review.

SECTION III

De Jure Control

Please check the boxes below if you can certify that the statements below are accurate

With respect to investigations, if your firm is assigned separate rate status, the rate will only apply to merchandise exported by

your firm and supplied by the producers identified here. See Enforcement & Compliance Policy Bulletin 05.1, available on

Commerce’s website at http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/index.html

Trade names are other names under which the company does business. It does not include product brand names or the names

of any other entities in the applicant’s “group,” affiliated or otherwise.

1.  The applicant certifies that there are no government laws or regulations, at either national

and sub-national (e.g., provincial, local) levels of government, that control the applicant’s

export activities.

*2a.  The applicant possesses an official government business license/registration documents

valid during the period of investigation/review and is submitting with the application

original-language and translated copies of any business licenses in effect during the

POR/POI, the most current business license, and original-language and translated

unaltered photocopies of any and all additional business licenses/registration documents

or amendments thereto issued to the applicant and in effect during the POR/POI. If you

are not able to supply completely legible photocopies of any of these required documents,

you must supply the most legible photocopies available, complete the additional

certification in Appendix B, and include an explanation in it of why submission of all the

photocopies in completely legible form is not possible.

2b. Indicate the full name and contact information (address, telephone, fax, and e-mail address)

of the business license/registration documents authority which issued your business

license/registration documents and the expiration date of your business license/registration

documents (see footnote 10).

______________________________________________________________________________

2c. Provide the month, day, and year on which the business license authority last renewed your

business license/registration documents.

______________________________________________________________________________

*2d. Indicate from the following choices the ownership structure under which your company has

registered itself with the official government business license issuing authority.

 owned by all of the people

 collective

 limited liability

 proprietorship

 partnership

Note that if Commerce determines that your firm is eligible for separate rate status, the separate rate will only apply to the

firm as named in your business license/registration documents and not to any alternative or trade names that are not included in

your business license/registration documents. It is Commerce’s understanding that a valid business license/registration

documents with clearly defined periods of validity issued by the appropriate licensing authority is required for all business

activity. An applicant submitting a business license without an expiration date must provide an explanation in order for

Commerce to consider its application.

 joint-stock limited company

 other (please describe:___________________________________________________)

Select from the following choices any applicable secondary forms of registration related to

foreign-invested enterprises that apply to your firm:

 domestic-foreign equity joint venture

 domestic-foreign contractual joint venture

 wholly foreign-owned enterprise

 other (please describe:___________________________________________________)

3a. Indicate the full name and contact information (address, telephone, fax, e-mail address) of the

business license authority which issued your export certificate of approval and the dates in which

it was in effect.

______________________________________________________________________________

3b. Provide the month, day, and year on which the business license authority issued your export

certificate of approval.

______________________________________________________________________________

3c.  By checking the box, the applicant certifies that it is submitting with the application an

original-language and translated copy of its export certificate of approval or foreign trade

operator registration form which was valid during the period of investigation/review.

4. In order to conduct export activities, is the applicant required by any national, provincial, or

local government law or regulation to possess additional certificates or other documents related

to the legal status and/or operation of its business beyond those discussed above?

___ Yes

___ No

If yes, identify the certificates below, and submit original-language and translated copies

thereof with the application.

______________________________________________________________________________

It is Commerce’s understanding that an export certificate of approval or foreign trade operator registration form issued by the

appropriate licensing authorities is required for all export activity. Therefore, Commerce will not consider a separate rate for any

applicant not providing such a certificate/form.

Commerce is interested only in government laws or regulations which restrict or limit exports rather than regulations which

regulate purely domestic operations (i.e., environmental or labor regulations). If you are unsure of the possible relevance of a

given law, please contact Commerce immediately.

5. Check the box next to the following Chinese government laws and legislative enactments that

apply to the applicant firm:

 Company Law of China, effective as of January 1, 2006

 Foreign Trade Law of China, effective as of July 1, 2004

 Administrative Regulations of China Governing the Registration of Legal Corporations

 China’s Enterprise Legal Person Registration Administrative Regulations of June 13,

1998

 Law of China on Chinese-Foreign Cooperative Joint Ventures

 Regulation Governing Rural Collectively-Owned Enterprises of China of 1990

 Law of China on Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Whole People, adopted on April

13, 1988 (“The Industrial Enterprises Law”)

 Regulations for Transformation of Operational Mechanisms of State-Owned Industrial

Enterprises of 1992 (“Business Operation Provisions”)

 The Organic Law on Village Communities in China (“Village Committee Law”)

 Other (if checked, please identify below any additional specific national Chinese laws

and/or legislative enactments which relate to the export functions of the applying

company)

6. Are there any sub-national (provincial, local) government laws affecting the applicant’s

export operations?

___ Yes

___ No

If yes, identify the laws and submit original and translated copies of each provincial or

local government law with the application:

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SECTION IV

De Facto Control

A. Ownership

*1a. For each intermediate and ultimate shareholder entity, please respond to the following. In

responding, please ensure that you include information regarding the ownership of your reported

shareholder entities. The ultimate owners may be individuals, government entities, etc.

Please state in your response if any of your intermediate or ultimate shareholders are owned or supervised, in full

or in part, by the State Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (“SASAC”).

shareholder entity which has further ownership (such as individuals or additional shareholder

entities) is not considered the ultimate shareholder, but an intermediate owner. Information must

be included for all intermediate and ultimate owners.

a. Provide the names and contact information (full business address, telephone

number, fax number, and e-mail address) of the legal entities which are the

shareholders (i.e., both intermediate and ultimate owners) of each shareholder

entity and indicate the percentage ownership.

b. Submit a copy of each shareholder entity’s business license.

c. State the legal domicile of each shareholder entity.

________________________________________________________________________

*1b. If any of your intermediate and/or ultimate shareholders reported in response to question

1a., are government entities, such as a SASAC, or are supervised by a government entity, such

as a SASAC, please respond to the following:

a. Provide a description of the nature of SASAC’s or government entities’

relationship with the applying firm.

b. Provide a breakdown of the different types of shares by owner (e.g. please explain

whether there are voting, non-voting, controlling, shares with special rights,

“golden shares,” etc.)

c. Explain whether the government entity or SASAC is involved in the activities or

selection of the applying firm’s board of directors and/or board of supervisors.

*2. Applicants must provide the following documentation to support your response to question 1

above.

a. capital verification report

b. consolidated financial statements

c. share transfer agreement

d. articles of incorporation/articles of association

e. export certificate of approval

Note to firms applying as wholly market-economy owned entities: document whether the ultimate owners of your company

are located in market-economy countries and, if so, indicate which market-economy countries.

If you are not able to submit legible, unaltered photocopies of each of these documents, you must

provide the most legible unaltered copies of the documents available, complete the additional

certification in Appendix B, and provide a narrative description of why you are not able to

provide legible photocopies all of the above documents.

3. In addition, identify the top 10 individual shareholders of your company. If the top 10

individual shareholders of your company do not make up at least 50 percent of the

ownership of your company, identify the largest shareholders which make up at least 50

percent ownership.

4A. For each of the applying firm’s top ten shareholders (individuals and non-individual firm

or government entities) and all of their entity shareholders, at any time during period of

investigation/review, report in detail any significant relationship

with any of the

following:

Chinese state asset management company (government-owned and/or private chartered)

Chinese national government and/or its ministries/agencies;

Chinese provincial governments;

Chinese local/municipal/village government(s)/agency(ies).

4B. Please state what relationship(s) each shareholder entity’s managers and board of director

members has with any level of the government, (e.g., national, provincial, local) and/or

government agencies.

5. For the top ten individual owners of the intermediate and ultimate shareholder entities

(i.e., shareholders that are not individuals) of the applying firm, please state whether they

hold office at any level of the Chinese government (e.g., national, provincial, local) or

held office at any Chinese government agencies during the past three years. If so, for

each individual, identify the office held, the level of the government and/or agency with

which the office is held, and describe the official role of each.

B. Price Negotiation

Please check the boxes below to make the following certifications.

6.  The applicant certifies that its export prices are not set by, subject to the approval of, or in

any way controlled by a government entity at any level (national, provincial, local).

A significant relationship would include ownership, control, affiliation, significant transactions, etc.

This includes, but is not limited to, the presence of government officials at any meeting where export and pricing decisions

are discussed.

7.  The applicant certifies that it has independent authority to negotiate and sign export

contracts and other agreements (conducts independent price negotiation).

8. The applicant must provide documentation supporting its certification that the applicant

conducts independent price negotiations. (see question 7 above) You must submit such

documentation related to the first sale of the period of investigation/review with the

application.

If you cannot provide such documentation please contact the official in charge.

Examples include the following types of documentation:

• faxes/e-mail correspondence between applicant and unaffiliated U.S. customer

• purchase order from unaffiliated U.S. customer

• order confirmation

• logs of negotiations conducted over the telephone with an unaffiliated U.S. customer

If you do not have any documentation to support your certification that your firm conducts

independent price negotiation, you may submit an affidavit as an alternative. This affidavit

testifying to independent price negotiation must signed and dated by an unaffiliated U.S.

customer, and include the unaffiliated U.S. customer’s contact information.

C. Selection of Management

9.  By checking the box, the applicant certifies that it has autonomy from all levels of the

government (national, provincial, local) and from any government entities in making

decisions regarding the selection of management.

10. The applicant must provide specific documentation that evidence independence in the

selection of management which supports its certification in question 9 above. Examples might

include the following:

• appointment letters

• director meeting minutes

• company-issued resolutions/notifications (besides appointment letters)

11. Provide the name of each manager and board member in the applicant’s company who held

a management position during the period of investigation/review and the date (month, day, year)

that each of the managers obtained his or her position at your company. Also provide the names

The authority to conduct independent price negotiation refers to the ability of an NME exporter to set its own export prices

independently of the government at any level (national, provincial, local) and without the approval of any government entity.

Applicants must provide documents showing price negotiation, not documents merely confirming that a sale will take place at

a given price. If your firm conducts its price negotiation by phone, does not keep phone logs of meetings conducted over the

phone, and therefore has no records of price negotiation, you are required to attach 1) a certification that there are no records of

price negotiation, and 2) an affidavit signed and dated by the unaffiliated U.S. customer attesting that it conducts independent

price negotiation with the applying firm. Affidavits must provide adequate information to link the applicant to the party signing

the affidavit.

of each manager and his or her employment (i.e., position, name of company) for the three years

prior to working at your company if they have been working at your company for less than three

years.

12. Have any of the applying firm’s managers or board members worked for the government, at

any level (national, provincial, local), or any government entities, in the past three years?

___ Yes

___ No

If yes, briefly describe the government involvement of the manager in question in

supporting documentation.

13. Does the applying firm have to submit any of its candidates for managerial positions within

the firm for approval to any government entity at any level (national, provincial, local)?

___ Yes

___ No

If yes, you certify that you are filing a document with the application containing an explanation.

D. Disposition of Profits

14.  By checking the box, the applicant certifies that it retains the proceeds of its export sales

and makes independent decisions regarding the disposition of profits or financing of

losses.

15. If the applicant realized a profit during the period of investigation/review, then describe the

process by which the applicant’s profits were distributed. Specifically, indicate the sections in

the company’s books and records where such profits were recorded.

______________________________________________________________________________

16. Did the applicant make any disbursements to government accounts during the period of

investigation/review other than for tax or government-provided goods or services?

___ Yes

___ No

If yes, describe these disbursements, the specific government accounts, and file a

document or documents with Commerce illustrating these disbursements.

17. For each bank account held by the applicant during the period of investigation/review, the

applicant certifies it will provide the following information:

• Name and address of the bank

• Bank account number

• Month/Year in which the account was opened

______________________________________________________________________________

18.  The applicant certifies that it is submitting with the application audited year-end financial

statements covering all months of the POR/POI as well as any other information which

supports the applicant’s response to question 16 above.

If the applicant does not have

audited year-end financial statements for the period in question, it must affirmatively

state so and submit with the application un-audited year-end financial statements

covering all months of the POR/POI.

E. Affiliation

All firms must respond to question 19. In addition, firms applying under NME ownership must

respond to question 20, and firms that are applying for separate rate status under the status of

100% foreign ownership must respond to question 21.

Section 771(33) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, defines affiliates as:

A. Members of a family, including brothers and sisters (whether by the whole or half blood),

spouse, ancestors, and linked descendants

B. Any officer and director of an organization and such organization

C. Partners

D. Employer and Employee

E. Any person directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding with power to vote, five

percent or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares or any organization and such

organization

F. Two or more persons directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common

control with, any person

If financial statements covering the POR/POI are not available at the time this application is filed, please indicate when these

statements would be available and submitted to Commerce, and provide Commerce with monthly financial statements, if

available.

G. Any person who controls any other person

For the purposes of affiliation, Commerce will consider a person to control another person if the

person is legally or operationally in a position to exercise restraint or direction over the other

person.

*19. Explain whether your firm made sales to unaffiliated parties, affiliated parties or both,

during the period of investigation/review, as defined by Section 771(33) of the Tariff Act of

1930. If your firm only made sales to affiliated parties during the period of investigation/review,

you must provide evidence of the first sale to the first unaffiliated party to qualify for a separate

rate.

 sales to affiliated parties only

 sales to unaffiliated parties only

 sales to both affiliated and unaffiliated parties

20. As defined by Section 771(33) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, does the applicant

have any affiliates that are located in the United States, or that exported merchandise to the

United States which would fall under the description of merchandise covered by the scope of the

proceeding?

 Yes

 No

If the applying firm is affiliated with any other exporters of subject merchandise pursuant to this

definition of affiliation, then the firm must list the full names and contact information (business

address, telephone, fax, e-mail address) of the affiliates below. In addition, it would be useful if

you would provide a chart demonstrating the ownership and affiliation structure of all of your

affiliates that are involved in the production or sale of subject merchandise. For an example of

how you might design this chart, see Appendix A.

______________________________________________________________________________

*21. As defined by Section 771(33) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, does the applicant

have any affiliates involved in the production or sale of merchandise in the home market, third-

country markets, or the United States which would fall under the description of merchandise

covered by the scope of the proceeding?

 Yes

 No

If the applying firm is affiliated with any other producers or exporters of subject merchandise

pursuant to this definition of affiliation, then list the full names and contact information (business

address, telephone, fax, e-mail address) of the affiliates below. In addition, it would be useful if

you would provide a chart demonstrating the ownership and affiliation structure of all of your

affiliates that are involved in the production or sale of subject merchandise. For an example of

how you might design this chart, see Appendix A.

SECTION V

Instructions for Filing the Response

The following instructions apply to all documents you submit to Commerce during the course of

this proceeding.

A. Due Date

1. All submissions must be made electronically using Commerce’s ACCESS

website at http://access.trade.gov. If an exception to the electronic filing

requirement applies, you must address and manually submit your response to the

address indicated on the cover page of this questionnaire. To determine if your

response qualifies for manual filing, see the section on “Manual Filing” below.

All laws, regulations, and other descriptive materials that supplement your

responses should be submitted on the same date as the initial response.

2. The business proprietary response should be submitted on the day specified on

the cover page of this questionnaire. The public version of the response may be

filed one business day after the proprietary response.

3. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by

ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the due date, unless an earlier time is

specified. Where applicable, a submitter must manually file a document between

the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET on the due date, unless an earlier time is

specified.

B. Format

1. You are required to state in the upper right-hand corner of your cover letter the

following information in the following format:

a. on the first line, indicate the case number stated on the cover page to this

questionnaire;

b. on the second line, indicate the total number of pages in the document

including cover pages, appendices, and any unnumbered pages;

c. on the third line, indicate the specific segment of the proceeding, (e.g.,

investigation, administrative review, scope inquiry, suspension agreement,

etc.) and, if applicable, indicate the complete period covered (MM/DD/YY

- MM/DD/YY);

d. on the fourth line, indicate Commerce office conducting the proceeding;

e. on the fifth and subsequent lines, indicate whether any portion of the

document contains business proprietary information and, if so, list the

page numbers containing business proprietary information; and indicate

the business proprietary/public status of the document and whether you

agree or object to release of the submitted information under

administrative protective order (APO) by stating one of the following:

• “Business Proprietary Document -- May Be Released Under

APO,”

• “Business Proprietary Document -- May Not Be Released Under

APO,”

• “Business Proprietary/APO Version-- May Be Released Under

APO,” as applicable,

• “Public Version,” or

• “Public Document.”

2. Please include a “Re:” line on the cover letter of your response, or any other

submissions you make during this proceeding. In the Re: line, briefly summarize

the purpose of your submission, e.g., “response to Quantity & Value

questionnaire,” “case brief.”

3. Prepare your response in typed form and in English (see 351.303(d) and (e) for

these and other formatting requirements). Include an original and translated

version of all pertinent portions of non-English language documents that

accompany your response, including financial statements.

4. It is your responsibility to contact the official in charge if subsequent to your

filing there are events that affect your response (e.g., changes in your cost

accounting system are relevant to antidumping proceedings, and changes as a

result of an audit are relevant to both antidumping and CVD proceedings).

C. Manual Filing

1. All submissions must be filed electronically. Only under the following four

circumstances will Commerce accept a hardcopy response that is manually filed:

• Documents exceeding 500 pages in length may be filed manually (in paper

form) in the APO/Dockets Unit. This is referred to as a “bulky document.”

• Data files greater than 20 MB must be filed manually on CD-ROM or DVD.

• If the ACCESS system is unable to accept filings continuously or

intermittently over the course of any period of time greater than one hour

between 12:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET or for any duration of time between

4:31 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, then a person may manually file the document in

the APO/Dockets Unit. Commerce will provide notice of such technical

failures on the ACCESS Help Desk line at 202-482-3150 and on the E&C

website, which is http://www.trade.gov/enforcement/.

• Apart from the above, if you are unable to comply with the electronic filing

requirement, as provided in § 351.103(c) of Commerce’s Regulations, and in

accordance with section 782(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

Act), you must promptly notify the official in charge and submit a full written

explanation of the reasons you are unable to file the document electronically.

You must also suggest alternative forms in which to submit the

information. Commerce will consider the ability of a submitter and may

modify the electronic filing requirement on a case-by-case basis.

2. All manually filed documents must be accompanied by a cover sheet generated in

ACCESS. For manually filed bulky documents, separator sheets must also be

generated and used.

3. If your response qualifies as a bulky document and you opt to file it manually,

you must file two identical paper copies of the document. For all other authorized

manual submissions, only one paper copy is required.

4. Manual submissions must be addressed and submitted to:

Secretary of Commerce

APO/Dockets Unit

Room 18022

U.S. Department of Commerce

Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20230

Attn: Enforcement & Compliance

AD/CVD Operations, Office {Insert Office Number}

D. Certification

1. Submit the required certification of accuracy. Providers of information and the

person(s) submitting it, if different (e.g., a legal representative), must certify that

they have read the submission and that the information submitted is accurate and

complete. Commerce cannot accept questionnaire responses that do not contain

the certification statements. Forms for such certification are included as

appendices to this questionnaire. You may photocopy this form and submit a

completed copy with each of your submissions.

2. Provide the required certificate of service (included as an appendix) with each

business proprietary document and public version submitted to Commerce.

3. Signed certifications of accuracy and certificates of service should be scanned and

appended to the appropriate electronic documents filed in ACCESS.

E. Business Proprietary Information and Summarization of Business Proprietary

Information

1. Request business proprietary treatment for information submitted that you do not

wish to be made publicly available. As a general rule, Commerce places all

correspondence and submissions received in the course of an antidumping or

countervailing duty proceeding in a public reading file. However, information

deemed to be proprietary information will not be made available to the public. If

you wish to make a request for proprietary treatment for particular information,

refer to sections 351.304, 351.305, and 351.306 of Commerce’s regulations. You

must submit the request for proprietary treatment at the same time as the claimed

business proprietary information is submitted to Commerce.

2. Utilize the “one-day lag rule” under section 351.303(c)(2) of Commerce’s

regulations if you wish an additional day to review the final bracketing of

business proprietary information in a document and to prepare the required public

version. The filing requirements under the one-day lag rule provide for a party to

file only the business proprietary document within the applicable time limit

(section 351.303(c)(2)(i)). By the close of business one business day after the

date the business proprietary document is filed, the person must file the complete

final business proprietary document (section 351.303(c)(2)(i)(ii)). The final

business proprietary document must be identical to the original document except

for any bracketing corrections.

3. By the close of business one business day after the date the business proprietary

document is filed (refer to the “one-day lag rule” in the preceding paragraph),

submit the public version of your response (section 351.303(c)(2)(i)(iii)). A

public version must contain:

(1) a non-proprietary (public) version of your response that is in sufficient

detail to permit a reasonable understanding of the information submitted in

confidence, and/or

(2) an itemization of particular information that you believe you are unable to

summarize. State the reasons why you cannot summarize each piece of

information.

Please note: The summarization requirement does not apply solely to the

narrative portion of your response. It applies equally to worksheets and other

appendices to your response, and even to sales and cost databases submitted in

antidumping proceedings. Generally, numerical data, such as that provided in

sales and cost databases in antidumping proceedings, are adequately summarized

only if grouped or presented in terms of indices or figures ranged within 10

percent of the actual figure. If a particular portion of data is voluminous, use

ranged figures for at least one percent of the voluminous portion.

Responses, or portions thereof, that are not adequately summarized may be

rejected from the record of this proceeding.

4. Submit the statements required regarding limited release of business proprietary

information under the provisions of an APO. U.S. law permits limited disclosure

to representatives of parties (e.g., legal counsel) of certain business proprietary

information, including electronic business proprietary information, under an APO.

(Note that data received under an APO cannot be shared with others who are not

covered by the APO.) Under the provisions governing APO disclosure, you must

submit either:

(1) a statement agreeing to permit the release under APO of information

submitted by you in confidence during the course of the proceeding, or

(2) a statement itemizing those portions of the information which you believe

should not be released under APO, together with arguments supporting

your objections to that release.

We are required by our regulations to reject, at the time of filing, submissions of

business proprietary information that do not contain one of these statements. As

discussed above, you must state in the upper right-hand corner of the cover letter

accompanying your questionnaire response whether you agree or object to release

of the submitted information under APO (e.g., May Be Released Under APO or

May Not Be Released Under APO). (See section 351.304 of Commerce’s

regulations for specific instructions.23)

If you do not agree to release under APO all or part of the proprietary information, but we determine that the

information should be released, you will have the opportunity to withdraw the information (see section 351.304(d)

of our regulations). However, any information which you withdraw will be taken out of the official record and will

not be used in our determination.

5. Place brackets (“[ ]”) around information for which you request business

proprietary treatment. Place double brackets (“[[ ]]”) around information for

which you request proprietary treatment and which you do not agree to release

under APO.

6. Provide to all parties whose representatives have been granted APO access and

who are listed on Commerce’s most recent APO Service List, a complete copy of

the submission--proprietary document and public version, except for that

information which you do not agree to release under APO. (APO service lists, as

well as public service lists, are maintained at

http://web.ita.doc.gov/ia/webapotrack.nsf under People’s Republic of China and

the case name. If you exclude information because you do not agree to release it

under APO, you must submit the complete business proprietary version, wherein

information in double brackets has been excluded. This version of the response

must be marked “Business Proprietary/APO Version-- May Be Released Under

APO” on the cover page. For parties that do not have access to information under

APO, please provide a public version only.

Commerce will not disclose proprietary customer names under APO during an antidumping or countervailing

duty investigation until either an order is published or the investigation is suspended. To ensure that proprietary

customer names are properly treated in this case, place double brackets (“[[ ]]”) around all proprietary customer

names in your submissions to Commerce during the course of this investigation.

Note: A chart summarizing AD/CVD document filing requirements can be found at

http://enforcement.trade.gov/filing/index.html. Detailed and supplemental information

concerning APOs, including the APO Handbook, a complete set of APO regulations, and

APO application forms and service lists, can be found at

http://enforcement.trade.gov/apo/index.html.

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

Appendix B must be completed by all firms for whom it is not possible to submit completely

legible unaltered photocopies of all of the supporting documentation required in the application.

This appendix applies both to firms that are not able to submit all the required supporting

documentation, and to those who are not able to submit completely legible photocopies thereof.

To complete this section, you must make the certification below and provide an explanation of

why the submission of completely legible copies of all of the required supporting documentation

is not possible.

I, _____________________ certify that I am not able to submit completely legible photocopies of

the following documents ________________________ that are requested in the fields

__________. I certify that I have made the maximum effort to obtain and submit the most

complete and legible photocopies possible, and that I am submitting with the application the most

legible photocopies of the documents possible. This reasons I cannot supply completely legible

photocopies of all the required are (supply an explanation for each document that is missing or

not completely legible):

I have therefore, in place of these photocopies, provided the following documents to reflect or

explain what is contained in the documents that are missing or not completely legible:

__________________________________________ (name)