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**GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND**

**DEFINITIONS FOR COMMISSION PRODUCER,**

**IMPORTER, AND PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRES**

**LOW ENRICHED URANIUM from FRANCE**

**Investigation No. 731-TA-909 (Review)**

***[Further information]{.underline}.\--If you have any questions
concerning the enclosed***

***questionnaire(s) or other matters related to this review, you may
contact***

***the following members of the Commission's staff (Fax
202-205-3205):***

***Nathanael Comly, investigator (202-205-3174; E-mail
Nathanael.Comly@USITC.GOV)***

***regarding general questions and trade and related information;***

***David Boyland, auditor (202-708-4725; E-mail
David.Boyland@USITC.GOV)***

***regarding financial information; and***

***Kelly Clark, economist (202-205-3166; E-mail
Kelly.Clark@USITC.GOV)***

***regarding pricing, market, and related information.***

**[GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND DEFINITIONS]{.underline}**

**[GENERAL INFORMATION]{.underline}**

***[Background]{.underline}***.\--On February 13, 2002, the Department
of Commerce issued an antidumping duty order on imports of low enriched
uranium from France (67 F.R. 6680-6681). On January 2, 2007 the
Commission instituted a review pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether
revocation of the order would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a
reasonably foreseeable time (72 F.R. 144). If the Commission makes an
affirmative determination, the order will remain in place. If the
Commission makes a negative determination, the Department of Commerce
will revoke the order.

Additional questionnaires will be supplied promptly upon request, or
photocopies of the enclosed questionnaire(s) may be used. Address all
correspondence to the United States International Trade Commission,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain
information regarding this review via the Commission's TDD terminal
(202-205-1810).

***[Due date of questionnaire(s)]{.underline}***.\--Return the completed
questionnaire(s) to the United States International Trade Commission by
no later than **August 3, 2007**. Although the enclosed postpaid
envelope may be used to return the completed questionnaire, use of an
overnight mail service may be necessary to ensure that your response (in
hard copy or on CD) actually reaches the Commission by **August 3,
2007**. If you do not use the enclosed envelope, please make sure the
completed questionnaire is sent to the attention of Nathanael Comly. If
submitting in CD format, please also submit a hard copy of the signed
first page of the questionnaire response. **Return [only
one]{.underline} copy of the completed questionnaire(s), but please keep
a copy for your records so that you can refer to it if the Commission
staff contacts you with any questions during the course of the review.**

***[Service of questionnaire response(s)]{.underline}***.\--In the event
that your firm is a party to this review, you are required to serve a
copy of the questionnaire(s), once completed, on parties to the
proceeding that are subject to administrative protective order (see 19
CFR § 207.7). A list of such parties is maintained by the Commission's
Secretary and may be obtained by calling 202-205-1803. A certificate of
service must accompany the copy of the completed questionnaire(s) you
submit (see 19 CFR § 207.7).

**[GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND
DEFINITIONS]{.underline}\--*Continued***

**[GENERAL INFORMATION]{.underline}\--*Continued***

***[Confidentiality]{.underline}***.\--The commercial and financial data
furnished in response to the enclosed questionnaire(s) 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, nonnumerical 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]{.underline}*.\--The information submitted in the
enclosed questionnaire(s) is subject to audit and verification by the
Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep all
your workpapers and supporting documents used in the preparation of the
questionnaire response(s).**

***[Release of information]{.underline}***.\--The information provided
by your firm in response to the questionnaire(s), as well as any other
business proprietary information submitted by your firm to the
Commission in connection with the review, 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 review or other import-injury investigations or reviews
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.

**[GENERAL INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, AND
DEFINITIONS]{.underline}\--*Continued***

**[INSTRUCTIONS]{.underline}**

***[Answer all questions]{.underline}***.\--Do not leave any question or
section blank unless a questionnaire expressly directs you to skip over
certain questions or sections. If the answer to any question is "none,"
write "none." **If information is not readily available from your
records in exactly the form requested, furnish carefully prepared
estimates\--designated as such by the letter "E"\--and explain the basis
of your estimates**. **Number range CHAPTERFOR EXAMPLE, if you purchase
SWU, you will know from your records information related to the quantity
and value of the SWU purchased as well as the kilograms of U in the
natural UF6 that you are required to give to the enricher, however you
may have to make some assumptions to derive the approximate kg of
enriched U delivered and other assumptions to derive an approximate
value for the natural UF6 given to the enricher. LIKEWISE, if you
purchase EUP, you will know from your records the value and the
kilograms of U in the EUP purchased but you may have to make some
assumptions as to the SWU component (both number of SWU and value of the
SWU) and the value of the natural UF6 component. Estimates for the value
of natural UF6 could be given based on published pricing information
such as TradeTech and estimates for the quantities of LEU (whether in
SWU or in kilograms of enriched U) could be based on whatever industry
standard formula that you believe typical for a purchase at the product
assay stated for the period during which the purchase was made.**
Answers to questions and any necessary comments or explanations should
be supplied in the space provided or on separate sheets attached to the
appropriate page of the questionnaire(s). If your firm is completing
more than one questionnaire in connection with this review (i.e., a
producer, importer, purchaser, and/or foreign producer questionnaire),
you need not respond to duplicated questions in the questionnaires.

***[Consolidate all U.S. establishments]{.underline}***.\--Report the
requested data for your establishment(s) located in the United States.
**Firms operating more than one establishment should combine the data
for all establishments into a single report.**

***[Low enriched uranium]{.underline}***.--- Low enriched uranium
("LEU") is enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF~6~) with a U^235^ product
assay of less than 20 percent that has not been converted into another
chemical form, such as UO~2~, or fabricated into nuclear fuel
assemblies, regardless of the means by which the LEU is produced
(including LEU produced through the downblending of highly enriched
uranium).

Certain merchandise is outside the scope of the antidumping duty order.
Specifically, the order does not cover enriched uranium hexafluoride
with a U^235^ assay of 20 percent or greater, also known as highly
enriched uranium. In addition, fabricated LEU is not covered by the
scope of the order. For purposes of the order, fabricated uranium is
defined as enriched uranium dioxide (UO~2~), whether or not contained in
nuclear fuel rods or assemblies. Natural uranium concentrates (U~3~O~8~)
with a U^235^ concentration of no greater than 0.711 percent and natural
uranium concentrates converted into uranium hexafluoride with a U^235^
concentration of no greater than 0.711 percent are not covered by the
scope of this order. Also excluded from the order is LEU owned by a
foreign utility end user and imported into the United States by or for
such end user solely for purposes of conversion by a U.S. fabricator
into uranium dioxide (UO~2~) and/or fabrication into fuel assemblies so
long as the uranium dioxide and/or fuel assemblies deemed to incorporate
such imported LEU (i) remain in the possession and control of the U.S.
fabricator, the foreign end user, or their designed transporter(s) while
in U.S. customs territory, and (ii) are re-exported within eighteen (18)
months of entry of the LEU for consumption by the end user in a nuclear
reactor outside the United States. Such entries must be accompanied by
the certifications of the importer and end user.

LEU is covered by statistical reporting number 2844.20.0020 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). Subject
merchandise may also enter under 2844.20.0030, 2844.20.0050, and
2844.40.00. Although the HTS numbers are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is
dispositive.

***[Number range CHAPTEREnriched uranium product
(EUP)]{.underline}***.\--LEU that is sold or purchased where the
customer does not provide any natural UF~6~.

***[Assay]{.underline}***.\--Percent weight of U^235^ in LEU or tails.

***[Depleted uranium (tails)]{.underline}***.\--Byproduct of the
enrichment process with a U^235^ product assay of approximately 0.2 to
0.3 percent.

***[Firm]{.underline}***.\--An individual proprietorship, partnership,
joint venture, association, corporation (including any subsidiary
corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee in bankruptcy, or
receiver under decree of any court.

***[Related firm]{.underline}***.\--A firm that your firm solely or
jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled; a firm that solely or
jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled your firm; and/or a firm
that was solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled by a
firm that also solely or jointly owned, managed, or otherwise controlled
your firm.

***[Establishment]{.underline}***.\--Each facility of a firm in the
United States involved in the production, importation, and/or purchase
of LEU (as defined above), including auxiliary facilities operated in
conjunction with (whether or not physically separate from) such
facilities.

***[United States]{.underline}***.\--For purposes of this review, the 50
States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of
Columbia.

***[Importer]{.underline}***.\--Any person or firm engaged, either
directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in importing LEU (as
defined above) into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or
through its selling agent.

***[Number range CHAPTERQuantities]{.underline}***.\--For purposes of
these investigations, quantities of UF~6~ are collected in two ways:

> ***[Separative work units (SWUs)]{.underline}***.\--SWUs are the units
> of effort required to enrich UF~6~ in the U^235^ isotope. The effort
> required to enrich a given quantity of uranium to a product having a
> higher assay of U^235^ than the starting material, and a byproduct
> (tails) having a lower assay of U^235^ than the starting material.
>
> ***[Kg of enriched U]{.underline}***.\--The weight in kilograms of
> uranium in the enriched UF~6~.

***[Imports]{.underline}***.\--LEU identified for Customs purposes as
[imports for consumption]{.underline} for which your firm was the
importer of record (i.e., was responsible for paying any import duty) or
consignee (i.e., to which the merchandise was first delivered).

***[Import quantities]{.underline}***.\--Quantities reported should be
net of returns.

***[Import values]{.underline}***.\--Values reported should be landed,
duty-paid but not including antidumping and/or countervailing duties, at
the U.S. port of entry, including ocean freight and insurance costs,
brokerage charges, and normal import duties (i.e., including all charges
except inland freight in the United States and antidumping and/or
countervailing duties).

***[Number range CHAPTERTiming of imports]{.underline}***.\--LEU
imported into the United States is counted as an import in the period in
which the physical transport of the product occurs, NOT when the
ownership is transferred.

***[Purchaser]{.underline}***.\--Any person or firm engaged, either
directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in purchasing LEU
(as defined above) from another firm that produces, imports, or
otherwise distributes LEU.

***[Purchases]{.underline}***.\--Purchases from all sources, NOT
including direct imports from foreign producers (which should be
reported in an importer questionnaire).

***[Purchase quantities]{.underline}***.\--Quantities reported should be
net of returns.

> ***[Purchase values]{.underline}***.\--Values reported should be net
> values (i.e., gross purchase values less all discounts, allowances,
> rebates, and the value of returned goods), delivered to your U.S.
> receiving point.
>
> ***[Number range CHAPTERTiming of
> purchases]{.underline}***.\--Purchases should be reported in the
> period in which the ownership is transferred. This may involve
> physical delivery to the customer, but also may involve a book
> transfer of ownership without any physical movement of the product.

***[Shipments]{.underline}***.\--Shipments of LEU produced in or
imported by your U.S. establishment(s). Include shipments to the
contracting firm of product enriched by your firm under a SWU contract.

***[Shipment quantities]{.underline}***.\--Quantities reported should be
net of returns.

> ***[Shipment values]{.underline}***.\--Values reported should be net
> values (i.e., gross sales values less all discounts, allowances,
> rebates, prepaid freight, and the value of returned goods), f.o.b.
> your U.S. point of shipment. The value of domestic shipments to the
> contracting firm under an SWU contract is the enrichment fee
> (including profit).
>
> ***[Number range CHAPTERTiming of
> shipments]{.underline}***.\--Shipments should be reported in the
> period in which the ownership is transferred. This may involve
> physical delivery to the customer, but more likely will involve a book
> transfer of ownership without any physical movement of the product.

***[Types of shipments]{.underline}***:

> ***[U.S. shipments]{.underline}***.\--Commercial shipments, internal
> consumption, and transfers to related firms within the United States.
>
> ***[Commercial shipments]{.underline}***.\--Report all commercial
> shipments (or U.S. shipments on the producers' questionnaire) as
> either SWU contracts or as EUP contracts:

***[SWU contract]{.underline}***.\--Any agreement for the delivery of
LEU in which the customer delivers natural UF~6~ for all or part of the
LEU's natural uranium component.

***[Natural UF~6~ component]{.underline}***.\--The quantity of natural
UF~6~ required for the production of a quantity of LEU at a given U^235^
product assay and a given U^235^ tails assay. The natural UF6 component
is calculated by application of an industry standard formula that
describes the relationship between SWU and natural UF~6~ in the
production of LEU.

***[SWU component]{.underline}***.\--The quantity (number) of SWU
required for the production of a quantity of LEU at a given U^235^
product assay and a given U^235^ tails assay. The SWU component is
calculated by application of an industry standard formula that describes
the relationship between SWU and natural UF~6~ in the production of LEU.

***[EUP contract]{.underline}***.\--A contract for the purchase of LEU
in which the customer pays the enricher for both the SWU component and
the natural uranium component. See above for natural UF~6~ and SWU
components descriptions. In an EUP contract, the quantity and value of
the natural UF~6~ component and the quantity (number) or value of SWUs
may or may not be provided to the customer.

> ***[Export shipments]{.underline}***.\--Shipments to destinations
> outside the United States, including shipments to related firms.
> Report all shipments as either SWU contracts or EUP contracts as
> defined above under U.S. commercial shipments.

***[Number range CHAPTERInventories]{.underline}***.\--Unless otherwise
specified, inventories reported should be finished goods inventory, not
raw materials or work-in-progress. Inventories should include product
held on behalf of your firm by fabricators and others. Additionally,
importers' inventories should only be inventories located in the United
States.

**The following definitions apply only to the PRODUCER QUESTIONNAIRE.**

***[Average production capacity]{.underline}***.\--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 LEU mix).

***[Toll agreement]{.underline}***.\--Agreement between two firms
whereby the first firm furnishes the raw materials and the second firm
uses the raw materials to produce LEU that it then returns to the first
firm with a charge for processing costs, overhead, etc.

**[Production]{.underline}**.\--All production in your U.S.
establishment(s), including production consumed internally within your
firm and production for another firm under a toll agreement. Production
of LEU includes traditional methods, such as centrifugation and gaseous
diffusion, as well as all other production methods resulting in enriched
uranium, including such methods as enriching depleted tails, trails
stripping, reprocessing uranium, downblending highly enriched uranium,
and enriching reprocessed uranium.

***[PRWs]{.underline}***.\--Production and related workers, including
working supervisors and all nonsupervisory workers (including group
leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling,
inspecting, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing,
shipping, trucking, hauling, maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard
services, product development, auxiliary production for plant's own use
(e.g., power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely
associated with the above production operations.

***[Average number employed]{.underline}***.\--Add the number of
employees, both full-time and part-time, for the 12 pay periods ending
closest to the 15th of the month and divide that total by 12. For the
January-March periods, calculate similarly and divide by 3.

***[Hours worked]{.underline}***.\--Include time paid for sick leave,
holidays, and vacation time. Include overtime hours actually worked; do
not convert overtime pay to its equivalent in straight-time hours.

***[Wages paid]{.underline}***.\--Total wages paid before deductions of
any kind (e.g., withholding taxes, old-age and unemployment insurance,
group insurance, union dues, bonds, etc.). Include wages paid directly
by your firm for overtime, holidays, vacations, and sick leave.

***[Fiscal year]{.underline}***.\--The 12-month period between
settlement of your firm's financial accounts.

***[Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (Byrd Amendment) funds
received]{.underline}***.\--Funds disbursed by the Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of
2000 (the "Byrd Amendment"). The Byrd Amendment provides for the annual
distribution of the duties collected pursuant to antidumping and
countervailing duty orders. The distribution is available to "affected
domestic producers for qualifying expenditures."

***[Purchases other than direct imports]{.underline}***.\--Purchases
from U.S. producers, U.S. importers, and other U.S. sources.