Flender/Flender Gear Units/Bevel-helical gear reducers B3
roduction workers in industrial and commercial manufacturing industries (SIC , for major producing nations of gearing, measured in national currencies,

1-8 7-8 7-7. Interest rates: Bank lending rates and inflation rates (as measured by the GNP deflator) for major producing

nations of gearing, 1-8 7-1 7-8. Gear-making machine tools: Apparent consumption for selected gearing producing countries, 1-8 7-1 7-9. Gears

and gearing: Responses from 1 .. establishments producing gears and gearing regarding their strategies for responding to competition in the

.. market from imported and ..-assembled foreign-brand gearing, 1-8 7-1 vu EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In March 1, the .. Trade Representative requested the .. International Trade Commission to conduct an investigation and prepare report on the competitive position of the .. gear industry in .. and global markets. The USTR request makes the following observation regarding the .. gear industry: "The .. gear manufacturing industry produces components that are essential to most industrial and transportation equipment The industry, which has experienced dramatic increase in imports since 1, is unable to assess properly its trade concerns because .. government and private data on the industry' production and trade composition are fragmented and incomplete. The American Gear Manufacturers Association has formally requested assistance providing the industry with comprehensive set of objective data." The diversity of the group of companies that comprises the .. gear industry complicates the collection and compilation of data on the gears industry. However, through questionnaire survey of .. gear producers, importers, and distributors, as well as domestic and international interviews with industry experts, the Commission was able to develop considerable database on the .. industry and market and provide anassessment of the conditions of competition in the gear industry. The principal findings