Used Electronic Products: An examination of US Exports - USITC

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U.S. International Trade CommissionCOMMISSIONERSIrving A. Williamson, ChairmanDaniel R. PearsonShara L. AranoffDean A. PinkertDavid S. JohansonMeredith M. BroadbentRobert B. KoopmanDirector, Office of OperationsKaren LaneyDirector, Office of IndustriesAddress all communications toSecretary to the CommissionUnited States International Trade CommissionWashington, DC 20436
U.S. International Trade CommissionWashington, DC 20436www.usitc.govUsed Electronic Products:An Examination of U.S. ExportsInvestigation No. 332-528USITC Publication 4379February 2013
Page 1: United States International Trade C
Page 5: AbstractAs the world’s leading ma
Page 8 and 9: CONTENTS—ContinuedChapter 3 Chara
Page 10 and 11: CONTENTS—ContinuedFigures—Conti
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Page 14 and 15: ACRONYMSAUVBANCEACECCRTEACREMSEPAHT
Page 16 and 17: FIGURE ES.1 Used electronic product
Page 18 and 19: The top five destinations for U.S.
Page 20 and 21: FIGURE ES.4 Most 2011 U.S. exports
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Page 27 and 28: CHAPTER 1IntroductionOverviewAs the
Page 29 and 30: Disposal (Basel Convention). 11 Box
Page 31 and 32: FIGURE 1.1 Used electronic products
Page 33 and 34: Approachforeign markets, or knowled
Page 35 and 36: Census DataIn addition to survey re
Page 37 and 38: industry more broadly, also surveyi
Page 39 and 40: CHAPTER 2Overview of U.S. Used Elec
Page 41 and 42: ecovery, and goods intended for dis
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Page 45 and 46: For other industry segments, the up
Page 47 and 48: Summary of UEP exports (million $)E
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The largest non-OECD destination ma
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FIGURE 2.10 Cell phones, Schedule B
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CHAPTER 3Characteristics of U.S. Us
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this category accounted for one-qua
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According to one U.S. computer refu
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BOX 3.1 A shift from domestic refur
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U.S. Exports of UEPs for Disposal 3
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Shipment Characteristics and Produc
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BOX 3.3 Disagreements regarding rep
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TABLE 3.4 U.S. exports of UEPs, by
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CHAPTER 4Domestic Exporting Entitie
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ecycling. 10 Entities primarily eng
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TABLE 4.3 Nonexporting UEP handlers
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TABLE 4.4 Types of exporters of UEP
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BOX 4.1 IT asset managers—collect
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Some refurbishers operate as nonpro
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States. They did export an estimate
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BrokersIn the UEP industry, brokers
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Other large retailers, including te
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CHAPTER 5End Uses and Foreign Buyer
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those were described as exports des
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facilities. Among the reasons cited
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manually separated. The burning of
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TABLE 5.3 Major smelting and refini
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U.S. firms exporting to foreign aff
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types of materials, including rare
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Li, B., H.Z. Du, H.J. Ding, and M.Y
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FIGURE 6.1 Certain factors encourag
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of electronic products that were re
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Some states have specific benchmark
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BOX 6.1 Responsible Electronics Rec
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BOX 6.2 Principal differences betwe
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In addition to requiring that their
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FIGURE 6.6 Average hourly labor com
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Restrictions on Trade in Used Elect
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TABLE 6.2 Regulations limiting impo
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Lepawsky, Josh, and Chris McNabb.
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APPENDIX ARequest Letter
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• the forms, activities and chara
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 22
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 22
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under the Paperwork Reduction Act.P
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:I. Abstra
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APPENDIX CHearing Witnesses
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PANEL 2: REF URBISHERS/EXPORTERS:OR
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APPENDIX DSummary of Views of Inter
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valuable working equipment to overs
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iFixit 14Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit,
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InterConnection 22trade of commodit
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Mr. Bullock estimated that the aver
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Commission investigation has certai
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procedure for all of its locations,
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that these shipments pose the same
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Umicore USA (Umicore) 39In her test
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APPENDIX ESurvey Methods
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processing, and wholesale sales of
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Stratifying by the three dimensions
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the Commission received a total of
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TABLE E.6 Determinants of survey pa
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E-12TABLE E.7 Detailed weighting fo
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APPENDIX FWritten Questionnaire
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USITC Electronics Sector Questionna
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This appendix presents data compile
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UEP Exports by Primary Activity of
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FIGURE G.4 Unit volume share of ref
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TABLE G.9 Number of reported UEP bu
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UEP Exports by Organization SizeTot
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BibliographyU.S. Census Bureau (Cen
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Analysis of Selected Schedule B Exp
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TABLE H.2 Laptop computers: U.S. ex
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TABLE H.5 Summary of U.S. Census ex
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CRTs and Products Containing CRTsCR
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TABLE H.10 CRT TV’s: U.S. exports
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TABLE H.14 CRT monitors: U.S. expor
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TABLE H.18 CRTs w/ automatic data p
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TABLE H.22 CRTs Bare: U.S. exports
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TABLE H.25 Summary of U.S. Census e
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TABLE H.29 Summary of U.S. Census e
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