Upload
others
View
7
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
PLASTIC ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION TAGS
FROM NEW ZEALAND
Determination of a Reasonable
Indication of Material Injury,
or Threat of Material Injury,
in Investigation No. 303-TA-14
(Preliminary) Under Section 303(b)
of the Tariff Act of 1930,
Together With the Information
Obtained in the Investigation
USITC PUBLICATION 1094
SEPTEMBER 1980
United States International Trade Commission / Washington, D.C. 20436
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
Kenneth R. Mas ission
Bill Alberger, Chairman
Michael J. Calhoun, Vice Chairman
George M. Moore
Catherine Bedell
Paula Stern
This r
O
ally by:
(11116
r' ■
0 114 .,.
A ista
4411- '
rovided by
*.l.iik. 9 fice of Investigations 4. , 4'.'N4, Office of Economics
S.--, -4,
Schec er ner, 4q
estigator ty Analyst
Viand Dani
ynn
-,_
stone, Supervisory Investigator
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS
Address all communications to
Office of the Secretary
United States International Trade Commission
Washington, D.C. 20436
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION Washington, D.C.
303-TA-14 (Preliminary) Animal Identification Tags from Nevi Zealand
Notice of Institution of Preliminary Countervailing Duty Investigation and Scheduling of Conference
Investigation instituted. Following receipt,of a petition August 1,
1980, filed by Y-Tex:Corporaion, 094, Wyoming, a domestI
plastic animal identification tags, the United St Trade
Commission on August 5, 1980, instituted a prelimina coun countervailing duty
investigation under section 303 of the Tar as amended by
section 103 of the Trade Agreements A whether there is
a reasonable indication that,an industr the United e s materially
injured, or. isthreatened with lishment of an
industry,in,the United States 1., reason of allegedly
subsidized importsJromNe 1 identification tags
provided for in i les of the United States.
This investigatio ovisions.of Part 207 of the
Commissio 11 ,‘ . 11 -dure (19 CFR 207, 44 F.R. 76457) ancl,. r
particula ,,Affective January 1, 1980.
V 4 person may submit to the Commission on or N0‘
27, 19 ritten statement of information pertinent to the
ter of .the= investigation., signed original and nineteen copies of
suc tatements must be submitted.
Any business information which a submitter desires the Commission to
treat as confidential shall be submitted separately and each sheet must be
clearly marked at the top "Confidential Business Data." Confidential
submissions must conform with the requirements of section 201.6 of the
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). All the written
submissions, except for confidential business data, will be available for
public inspection.
' Conference. The Director of Operations of the Commission h scheduled a
conference in connection with the investigation for August 22 the
U.S. International Trade Commission Building, 701 E. gton,
D.C. Parties wishing to participate in the confer ho co ct the
staff investigator, Mr. William Schechter (202- 3-0300). anticipated
that parties in support of the petition for c
opposed to- such petition will each be col
which to make an oral presentation at t
concerning the conduct of the confe
Inspection of petition. Th
public inspection at the Off
Commission, and at
Commission located
)4k nneth R. Mason
Secretary
iling , duties and parties
our within
etails
Mr. Schechter.
C> s case is available for
International Trade
U.S. International Trade
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
lected fina" ial data for Allflex Holdings Ltd
Tables
CONTENTS
Page
Determination of the Commission 1 Statement of reasons of Chairman Bill Alberger and Commissioner Paula
Stern 3 Statement of reasons for the affirmative determination of Commissioners
George M. Moore and Catherine Bedell 17 Opinion of Vice Chairman Michael J. Calhoun 22 Information obtained in the investigation:
Introduction A-1 The product:
Description and uses -- U.S. tariff treatment A-2
Nature and extent of the alleged bounties or
bestowed A-3
U.S. market A-4
U.S. producers A-5
Foreign producers A-7
U.S. importers A-8
Consideration of material injury or A-9
U.S. capacity, production, and A-10
U.S. producers' domestic s ipm A-10
U.S. imports A-13
U.S. producers' inventories A-15
Employment and wages A-15
U.S. exports A-17
Financial experienc A-19 Consideration of the allegedly subsidized
imports and t 1 Market pen zed imports A-21
Prices--- A-22
Lost ales A-29 Appendix A. tigation and conference and list
of witn ce A-31 Appendix B. 1 Advice Ruling No. 00247 A-35
Appen nvestigation and transmittal letter to
th A-39 A of A t Assistance for Fearing Manufacturing
A-43 A-45
1. Animal identification tags: Apparent U.S. consumption for the two-piece, one-piece, and total tag markets, 1977-79, January-June 1979, and January-June 1980 A- 4
2. Animal identification tags: Domestic New Zealand tag sales and export tag sales by Delta Plastics, 1971-79 A- 7
3. Animal identification tags: U.S. production, capacity, and capacity utilization, by firms and by types, 1977-79, January-June 1979, and January-June 1980 A-11
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
CONTENTS
Tables
4. Animal identification tags: U.S. producers' domestic shipments, by firms and by types,1977-79, January-June 1979, and January-June 1980
5. Animal identification tags: U.S. imports for consumption m New Zealand, 1977-79, January-June 1979, and January-June 198
6. Animal identification tags: U.S. producers' end-of-perio tories, by firms, Dec. 31 of 1977-79 and June 30 o#497
7. Average number of employees, total and production and workers, in U.S. establishments producing ani tags and average hourly wages for the latte June 1979, and January-June 1980
8. Animal identification tags: U.S. exports by firms 97 9, January-June 1979, and January-June 1
9. Profit-and-loss experience of U.S. produ tion tags, 1977-79
10. Animal identification tags: U.S. p consumption, and apparent consumpt apparent consumption of one- an June 1979 and January-June
11. Animal identification tags: U 1977-79, January-June 1979
12. Animal identification tags: blank, 2-piece, maxis .
by quarters, 1977-79 1980
13. Animal identi blank, 2-pi ducers, by
ents ece
lar sizes ag rters•7-79
ship n by firms,
11.4.4r— g 'utors for the ri98
1 - wt,„,.• mestic producers, ,f NiZOand on Sept. 1, 414\
. distributors for the ers and domestic pro-
uary-June 1980, and on
Page
A-17
A-18
A-20
A-23
A-24
its for d
January- A-22
Sept. 14. Anima
bla
A-25
15.
198 entific 2- ece, me
quarters, 980
'cat' med i
ing Manu
vices to distributor's for the *of importers and domestic pro-and January-June 1980, and on
Prices to distributors for the maxi, k, 1-piece tags of Ritchey Manufacturing wring Co., and Y-Tex Corp., by quarters,
A-26
A-28
Note.--Information which would disclose confidential operations of individual concerns may not be published and therefore has been deleted from this report. These deletions are marked by asterisks.
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
1
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
2
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
3
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
4
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
5
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
6
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
7
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
8
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
9
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
10
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
11
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
12
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
13
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
14
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
15
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
16
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
17
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
18
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
19
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
20
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
21
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
22
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
23
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
24
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
25
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
26
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
27
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
28
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
29
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
30
0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-1
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-2
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-3
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-4
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-5
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-6
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-7
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-8
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-9
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-10
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-11
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-12
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-13
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-14
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-15
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-16
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-17
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-18
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-19
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-20
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-21
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-22
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-23
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-24
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-25
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-26
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-27
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-28
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-29
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-30
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-31
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-32
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-33
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-34
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-35
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-36
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-37
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-38
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-39
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-40
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-41
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-42
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-43
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-44
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-45
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
A-46
A-0123456789
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com
PDF Create!
6 Trial
www.nuanc
e.com