OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 03-4-20-052; Expiration Date: 6/30/05

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Return completed questionnaire to:

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Office of Investigations, Room 615-B

500 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024

So as to be received by the Commission by no later than April 29, 2003

The information called for in this questionnaire is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in connection with its antidumping investigation concerning hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers from South Africa (inv. No. 731-TA-1033 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the questionnaire is requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII.

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 signing 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 investigation in any other import-injury investigations conducted by the Commission on the same or similar merchandise. (If you do not consent to such use, please note the certification accordingly.)

I acknowledge that information submitted in this questionnaire response and throughout this investigation may be used by the Commission, its employees, and contract personnel who are acting in the capacity of Commission employees, for developing or maintaining the records of this investigation or related proceedings for which this information is submitted, or in internal audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations of the Commission pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3. I understand that all contract personnel will sign non-disclosure agreements.

Name and Title of Authorized Official	Date

( )	( )

Signature of Authorized Official	Phone	Fax

E-mail address

PART I.--GENERAL QUESTIONS

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, searching existing data sources, gathering the data needed, and completing and reviewing the questionnaire. Send comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20436.

I-1.	Please report below the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of preparing the reply to this questionnaire and completing the form.

hours	dollars

I-2.	Provide the name and address of establishment(s) covered by this questionnaire (see page 3 of the instruction booklet for reporting guidelines). If your firm is publicly traded, please specify the stock exchange and trading symbol.

I-3.	Please provide the names and addresses of the FIVE largest U.S. importers of your firm's hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers in 2002.

I-4.	Does your firm or any related firm produce, have the capability to produce, or have any plans to produce hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers in the United States or other countries?

No	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 (contact Fred Ruggles for copies of that questionnaire).

PART I.--GENERAL QUESTIONS--Continued

I-5.	Does your firm or any related firm import or have any plans to import hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers into the United States?

No	Yes--Please name the firm(s) below and ensure that they complete the

Commission's importer questionnaire (contact Fred Ruggles for copies of that questionnaire).

PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION

II-1.	Does your firm have any plans to add, expand, curtail, or shut down production capacity and/or production of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers in South Africa?

No	Yes--Please describe those plans, including planned dates and capacity/

production quantities involved, and the reason(s) for such change(s). If the plans are to add or expand capacity or production, list (in descending order of importance) the markets (countries) to which such additional capacity or production would be directed.

II-2.	What percentage of your firm's total sales in its most recent fiscal year was represented by sales of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers?

Percent

II-3.	Does your firm produce products other than hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers on the same equipment and machinery used in the production of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers?

No	Yes--Please list these product(s) and provide the share of your firm's total net sales (in percent) accounted for by these product(s) in its most recent fiscal year.

Product(s)	Share of sales

PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued

II-4.	Has your firm maintained any inventories of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers in the United States (not including inventories held by firms identified in questions I-3, I-4, or I-5 above1) since 2000?

No	Yes--Report the quantity (quantity 1 in units, quantity 2 in number of poles) of such end-of-period

inventories below.

March	March

2000	2001	2002	2002	2003

Q1

Q2

II-5.	Does your firm sell hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers over the internet?

No	Yes–Please describe, noting the estimated percentage of your firm's total sales of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers in 2002 accounted for by internet sales.

II-6.	Is the hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers exported by your firm subject to antidumping findings or remedies in any WTO-member countries?

No	Yes--List the products(s), countries affected, and the date of such

findings/remedies.

Product	Country	Date

PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued

II-7.	Please report production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers produced by your firm in South Africa during the specified periods.

(Quantity in units)
Item	Actual experience	Projections
2000	2001	2002	January-March	2003	2004
2002	2003
AVERAGE PRODUCTION CAPACITY1
BEGINNING-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES2
PRODUCTION3
SHIPMENTS:
Internal consumption/transfers
Home market sales
Exports to--
United States4
All other export markets5
Total exports
Total shipments
END-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES
1 Report the level of production that your establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods. Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup; and a typical or representative product mix). Please explain any changes in reported capacity:

2 Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period inventories, plus production, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?

Yes	No--Please explain:

3 Please estimate the percentage of total production of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers in South Africa accounted for by your firm's production in 2002.

Percent

4 Please estimate the percentage of total exports to the United States of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers from South Africa accounted for by your firm's exports in 2002.

Percent

5 Identify principal other export markets.

PART II.--TRADE AND RELATED INFORMATION--Continued

II-7-A.	Please report production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers produced by your firm in South Africa during the specified periods.

(Quantity in number of poles)
Item	Actual experience	Projections
2000	2001	2002	January-March	2003	2004
2002	2003
AVERAGE PRODUCTION CAPACITY1
BEGINNING-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES2
PRODUCTION3
SHIPMENTS:
Internal consumption/transfers
Home market sales
Exports to--
United States4
All other export markets5
Total exports
Total shipments
END-OF-PERIOD INVENTORIES
1 Report the level of production that your establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain during the specified periods. Assume normal operating conditions (i.e., using equipment and machinery in place and ready to operate; normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per year) and time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup; and a typical or representative product mix). Please explain any changes in reported capacity:

2 Reconciliation of data.--Please note that the quantities reported above should reconcile as follows: beginning-of-period inventories, plus production, less total shipments, equals end-of-period inventories. Do the data reported reconcile?

Yes	No--Please explain:

3 Please estimate the percentage of total production of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers in South Africa accounted for by your firm's production in 2002.

Percent

4 Please estimate the percentage of total exports to the United States of hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers from South Africa accounted for by your firm's exports in 2002.

Percent

5 Identify principal other export markets.