MOTORCYCLE: BATTERIES FROM TAIWAN
Determination of the Commission in Investigation No. 7 31-TA-42 (Preliminary) Under the Tariff Act of 1930, Together With the Information Obtained in the Investigation
USITC PUBLICATION 1157
JUNE 1981
United Statea lnternatlonal Trade Commission I Washington, D.C. 20438 UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS
Bill Alberger, Chairman Michael J. Calhoun, Vice Chairman Catherine Bedell Paula Stern
Kenneth R. Mason, Secretary to the Commission
This report was prepared by
David Coombs, Investigator Nelson Hogge, Corrunodity-Industry Analyst Anita Miller, Economist Michael Mabile, Attorney Chandrakant Mehta, Accountant Stephen Miller, Office of Investigations Lynn Featherstone, Supervisory Investigator
Address all communications to Office of the Secretary United States International Trade Commission Washington, D.C. 20436 C 0 N T E N T S
Determination------·------l Views of the Cormnission------ 3 Information obtained in the investigation: Introduction------·------A-1 The product: Description and uses------A-1 U. S. tariff treatment------A-2 Nature and extent of alleged sales at LTFV------ A-3 U. S. market and channels of distribution------A-3 u.s. producers------ A-4 U.S. importers------ A-4 Foreign producers------A-5 The question of material injury or the threat thereof: U.S. production, capacity, and capacity utilization: Production------ A-5 Capacity------A-5 Capacity utilization------ A-5 U.S. producers' shipments------ A-6 Domestic shipments------A-6 Export shipments------A-8 u. s. producers' inventories------A-8 u.s. imports------ A-9 U.S. consumption------A-13 Employment and wages------ A-14 Financia l experience of U.S. producers------A-15 The question of the causal relationship between alleged material injury and alleged LTFV imports: Market penetration------ A-18 Prices------ A-18 Lost sales------A-23 Appendix A. U. S. International Trade Cormnission notice of investigation and conference------ A-25 Appendix B. U. S. Department of Commerce notice of investigation------A-29 Appendix c. List of witnesses appearing at the Commission's conference-- A-33
Tables
1. Motorcycle batteries: Pre-MTN rate and staged-rate modifications, 1980-87------A-2 2. 12-volt motorcycle batteries: U.S. capacity, production, and capacity utilization, by firms, 1978-80, January-March 1980, and January-March 1981------A-6 3. 12-volt motorcycle batteries: U.S. producers' commercial shipments, by firms and by types, 1978-80, January-March 1980, and January- March 1981------A-7 l. l.
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4. 12-volt motorcycle batteries: U.S. producers' inventories as of December 31, 1978-80, March 31, 1980, and March 31, 1981------A-9 S. Motorcycle batteries: U.S. imports for consumption, by sources and by types, 1978-80, January-March 1980, and January-March 1981------A-11 6. 12-volt motorcycle batteries: U.S. producers' shipments of domestically produced motorcycle batteries and shipments of imported batteries, by years and by firms, 1978-80, January-March 1980, and January-March 1981------A-12 7. Motorcycle batteries: U.S. producers' shipments, imports, exports, and apparent consumption, by types, 1978-80, January-March 1980, and January-March 1981------A-13 8. Average number of production and related workers in U.S. establish ments producing 12-volt motorcycle batteries, man-hours worked, and wages paid, by firms, 1978-80, January-March 1980, and January-March 1981------A-14 9. Selected financial data for U.S. producers of motorcycle batteries on their specified operations, 1979-80, January-March 1980, and January-March 1981------A-16 10. Motorcycle batteries: U.S. imports from Tawian and apparent consumption, by types, 1978-80, January-March 1980, and January- March 1981------A-19 11. Indexes of producer prices for industrial conmtodities, 12-volt replacement batteries, and lead, by quarters, January 1978- March 1981------A-20 12. Motorcycle replacement batteries, JIS model 12Nl2A-4A-l: Weighted average lowest net selling prices to distributors of imported and domestic merchandise, by quarters, January 1978-March 1981----- A-21 13. Motorcycle replacement batteries, JIS model 12Nl4-3A: Weighted average lowest net selling prices to distributors of imported and domestic merchandise, by quarters, January 1978-March 1981------A-22
Note.--Information which would disclose confidential operations of individual concerns may not be published and therefore has been deleted from this report. Deletions are indicated by asterisks. 1
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