Certain Electric Power Tools, Battery Cartridges, and ... - USITC

staff's position is well taken because a survey universe that is limited toowners and extensive users does little more than confirm the high incidenceof product recognition by persons who are intimately acquainted with theproduct. Certa in Woodwork- Mac- , Inv. No. 337-TA-174, U.S.I.T.C.Pub. 1979, Majority Op. at 18 (1985).In Hood work- , for example, the Comission criticized a surveythat consisted of males over 25 years of age who had used their own bandsaw or table saw within the preceding six months. Id. at 17-18. TheCommission discounted the value of the survey because the universe did notadequately represent potential purchasers, and was therefore skewed infavor of the complainant therein.Specifically, the Commission inferred alow coincidence of owners and potential purchasers due to the expense andlong lifespan of the woodworking machines in issue. Id, at 19-21.In regard to potential purchasers, this investigation is different fromPoodworku M a win two material respects.The tools inMachines retailed for $600 to $800 and enjoyed a relatively long life:complainants' tools in this investigation are expensive, but relativelyless expensive.Complainants offered no evidence in the record tosupport a conclusive finding as to the average lifespan or rate ofrepurchase of the tools in issue herein,22/ yet I can infer that a universeof owners of electric power tools is likely to include a higher coincidenceof potential purchasers -- either repurchasers or purchasers of a different21/ Complainants' wholesale prices range from approximately ( C )( C ) See CXA 584,22/ a, Oral Argument, Tr. 3763-64.2 19