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INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CQRKLIFT TRUCKS FROM JAPAN Determination of the Commission in lnve$tigation No. 731-TA-377 (Final) Under the Tariff Act of 1930, Together With the Information Obtained in the Investigation
USITC PUBLICATION 2082 MAY 1988
United States International Trade Commission I Washington, DC 20436
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS Susan °Liebeler, Chairman Anne E. Brunsdale, Vice Chairman Alfred E. Eckes Seeley G. Lodwick David B. Rohr Ronald A. Cass
Staff assigned:
Lawrence Rausch, Office of Investigations Peder Andersen, Office of Industries Stephanie Van Winkle, Office of Economics Chand Mehta, Office of Investigations Timothy Reif, Office of the General Counsel Vera Libeau, Supervisory Investigator
Address all communications to Kenneth R. Mason, Secretary to the Commission United States International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436
C0 NT EHT S Page Determination--------------------------·----------------------------------Views of the Conunission-------------------------------------------------Inf ormation obtained in the investigation--------------------------~----Introduction--------------------------------------------------------Background----------------------------------------------------------Previous Conunission investigations-------------------:-------------~-The product-----------------------------------------------------_: ___ _ Description and uses--------------------------------------------Hanuf acturing process--------~--.:.-------------------------------u. s. tariff treatment-------------------------------------------Nature and extent of sales at LTFV----------~,---------------_: ______ _ U.S. producers-------;_ ____________________ -....:..:. _______________________ _ U.S. importers------~-----------------------------------------------The domestic market-----------~------~------..:.----------------------- Channels of distribution-------------------..:.---------------------
u. s. consumption----------------------~~------------------------Consideration of material injury..:. _______ _: ___________________________ _ U.S. production, capacity, .and capacity utilization-------------u.s. producers' shipments-------------~-----------..:.-------------u.s. producers' inventories--------------------------------.:... ____ _ Entployment and wages-------------·-------------------------------Financial experience of U.S. producers-----------------------~--Overall establishment operations--------;... __________________ ..:._ Standard-lift ICs------------.:...------------------------------Investment in property, plant, and equipment----------------Capital expenditures..:.--:-------------------------------------Research and dev~lopment expenses---------------------------Capi tal and investment--------..:.-----------------------------Consideration of the threat of material injury----------------------Intporters' inventories----------------..:-------------------------The industry in Japan-------------------------------------------Cons ideration of the caui:;al 1·elationship between LTFV _imports and the alleged material injury: U.S. imports----------------------------------------------------Imports by domestic producers----------..:.-_.:. ______ _:"'--------------Honthly imports and. inventories for Nissan and TCH--------:------Prices---------------------------------_:--~---------------------Sales practices-----.:_ ________ ___ ;_ ________________________ _ ..:.~..:.
Purchasing factors..:.-----------------------------------------Price data-------------------------,---------------------:----Purchase price comparisons----.:..--..:.--------------------------Japanese IC forklifts purchased------------·----:-------------U. S .-produced IC forklifts-purchased-:-"'-"--_:-------------,-----Producers' non-Japanese imports purchased-----------.:.-------Producer and importer price ·trends---------.,-------------'-----U. S. -produced forklifts--..:.----------------------------------Imported Japanei:;e forklifts-...: _____ ;..._.:_ _______________________ _ Exchange rates-----------------------------------~---------------Lost sales------~----------------~-------.:.....:._..:. ___________________ _ Lost 1·evenues----------------------------------------.-----------Appendix A. Federal Register notices of the U.S. International Trade Conm\ission and the U.S. Department of Conunerce------------------------Appendix B. List of witnesses appearing at the hearing-----------------Appendix c. Additional income-and-loss tables, value added by firm, and· capital and investment------------------------------------------------Appendix D. Additional unit value data for U.S. and Japanese forklifts--
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CONTENTS
Figures 1.
Internal combustion engine fork-lift truck---------------------------
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Tables 1.
IC forklifts with a lifting capacity of 2,000-15,000 pounds: U.S. producers' share of 1984 and 1987 U.S. production, and source of imports-~-------------~------------------------------------------
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Forklift trucks: U.S. producers' ~omestic shipments, U.S. shipments of imports from Japan and.all other countries, and apparent consumption, 1985:-8 7---------------------------------.. . ..;.,.Forklift trucks: U.S. productive capacity, production, and capacity utilization, 1985-87---:------~-~-----------------------IC.forklifts with lifting capacity of 2,