AAFA Product Safety Survey (Page 1 of 3) Question Title * 1. I consider my company a: Small business Medium-sized business Large business Question Title * 2. Please state the type(s) of products you sell/license: Question Title * 3. How much money did your company spend on product testing in 2009? Less than $5,000 $5,001-$10,000 $10,001-$50,000 $50,001-$100,000 $100,001-$500,000 $500,001-$1,000,000 Over $1,000,000 I cannot provide this information about my company. If you would like to provide more information, please do so below. Question Title * 4. Please briefly describe how product testing requirements have impacted your company over the past year. Question Title * 5. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being "not at all familiar," 10 being "extremely familiar"), how familiar are you with thee "Testing and Labeling Pertaining to Product Certification" and Conditions and Requirements for Testing Component Parts of Consumer Products" proposed rulemakings? 1 (not at all familiar) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (extremely familiar) familiarity familiarity 1 (not at all familiar) familiarity 2 familiarity 3 familiarity 4 familiarity 5 familiarity 6 familiarity 7 familiarity 8 familiarity 9 familiarity 10 (extremely familiar) If you would like to provide more information, please do so below. Question Title * 6. Please estimate how much money your company will spend (per year) on Product Testing once the new testing rulemakings go into effect. Less than $5,000 $5,001-$10,000 $10,001-$50,000 $50,001-$100,000 $100,001-$500,000 $500,001-$1,000,000 Over $1,000,000 I cannot provide this information about my company. If you would like to provide us with more information, please do so below. Question Title * 7. On a scale of 1-5 (1 being no impact, 5 being a huge impact), how much will the new testing rulemakings impact your current testing requirements for your vendors? 1 (no impact) 2 3 4 5 (huge impact) impact impact 1 (no impact) impact 2 impact 3 impact 4 impact 5 (huge impact) Please explain Question Title * 8. Please estimate how much money your company will spend on product testing (per year) once the stay of testing and certification lifts. Less than $5,000 $5,001-$10,000 $10,001-$50,000 $50,001-$100,000 $100,001-$500,000 $500,001-$1,000,000 Over $1,000,000 I cannot provide this information about my company. If you would like to provide us with more information, please do so below. Question Title * 9. How will the proposed testing rulemakings change how frequently you require your vendors to test products? We will require more frequent testing We will require the same amount of testing We will require less frequent testing If you would like to provide us with more information, please do so below. Question Title * 10. Will any changes made to your testing requirements for vendors offer you a greater degree of assurance of product compliance than your current testing requirements? Yes, I will have more assurance No, I will have the same amount of assurance No, I will have less assurance There will be no changes to my current testing procedures I am unsure If you would like to provide us with more information, please do so below Question Title * 11. Does your company accept product certifications based on component testing from your vendors? No Yes, we allow component based testing so long as the manufacturer sends in the component (not the supplier) Yes, we allow supplier-based component testing Please describe the circumstances in which you do/would allow for supplier-based component testing. Question Title * 12. How assured are you that the products you sell meet the underlying product safety requirements if you allow your vendors to use supplier-based and/or raw material testing? Very assured Somewhat assured Not at all assured We do not allow vendors to use supplier-based/raw-material testing If you would like to provide us with more information, please do so below. Question Title * 13. Please estimate the impact product testing has had on receiving product shipments as compared to your experience at this time last year. I have to wait substantially less time for products than I did at this time last year. I have to wait less time for products than I did at this time last year. I have to wait the same amount of time for products than I did at this time last year. I have to wait longer for products than I did at this time last year. I have to wait substantially longer for products than I did at this time last year. No Opinion If you would like to provide more information, please do so below. Question Title * 14. Does your company have product liability insurance or product recall insurance? Yes No Not yet but we are looking into it Please add additional information describing the type of insurance and what it covers Thank you for participating in the AAFA's Product Safety Survey. If you would like to provide more information, you can call us at (703)524-1864 or visit our website, www.apparelandfootwear.org. Done