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* 1. I consider my company a:

Small business

Medium-sized business

Large business

Please estimate your company's gross revenue for the 2009:

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* 2. Please state the type of products/components you manufacture/supply/import:

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* 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.

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* 4. Please describe briefly how product testing regulations have impacted your company in the past year.

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* 5. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being "not at all familiar," 10 being " extremely familiar") How familiar are you with the "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)

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* 6. Please estimate how much money your company will spend on product testing (per year) 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.

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* 7. On a scale from -5 to 5 (-5 being a very large negative impact, 5 being a very large positive impact, 0 being no impact), how much will the new testing rulemakings impact your current testing procedures?

	-5 (a very large negative impact)	-4	-3	-2	-1	0 (no impact)	1	2	3	4	5 (a very large positive impact)
impact	impact -5 (a very large negative impact)	impact -4	impact -3	impact -2	impact -1	impact 0 (no impact)	impact 1	impact 2	impact 3	impact 4	impact 5 (a very large positive impact)

Please explain

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* 8. Please estimate how much money your company will spend on product testing (per year) once the stay of testing and certification lifts on the lead standard.

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.

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* 9. How will the proposed testing rulemaking change how frequently you test your products?

I will test more frequently

I will test at about the same frequency

I will test less frequently

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* 10. Will compliance with the proposed testing rulemaking offer you a greater degree of assurance of product compliance than your current testing procedures?

Yes, I will be more assured

No, I will be less assured

My degree of assurance will be about the same

There will be no changes to my current testing procedures

I am unsure

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* 11. Does your company use supplier-based testing of components to certify your products as compliant to the CPSIA?

Yes

N/A, I am a component supplier. (If this choice applies to you, please state in the below text box whether you third party test and certify your components.)

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* 12. How assured are you on meeting product safety requirements if you use supplier-based and/or raw material testing?

Very assured

Somewhat assured

Not at all assured

We do not use supplier-based testing

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* 13. Some feel the new CPSIA testing and certification requirements as a whole go beyond the necessary elements of a comprehensive quality control program. Please estimate how much, if at all, your company spends (per year) on testing or certification requirements that go beyond an effective quality control program?

None

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 applicable, please provide information on the additional costs (like where they are spent - redundant testing, third party testing vs. XRF, etc.)

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* 14. Will this change once the testing rulemaking goes into effect and/or the stay of certification testing lifts?

yes (please explain below)

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* 15. Please estimate how much money your company will spend (per year) on certification and record keeping requirements requirements once the stay of testing and certification lifts and the new testing rulemakings go into effect.

None

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

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* 16. Are your retailer/licensor/brand customers allowing more flexible component testing? (You can choose more than one answer)

Yes, they are allowing component based testing so long as the final product manufacturer sends in the component (not the supplier)

Yes, they are allowing supplier-based component testing

It depends on the customer

N/A

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* 17. Are your customers' testing requirements consistent?

Yes - all my customers' testing requirements are the same.

No - my customers' testing requirements are not the same. If no, please describe how many different test requirements you must comply with and how you reconcile the differences between the various requirements.

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* 18. Do you currently use XRF testing for lead substrate in children's products? (You can choose more than one answer)

No, we third party test all materials

Yes, we use XRF to periodically test some or all materials throughout production (in addition to an initial third party test of the materials)

Yes, we use XRF for the initial test of some or all materials

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* 19. Do you feel that XRF testing provides a high degree of assurance that your product complies with the underlying product safety standard?

yes

we don't use XRF testing

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* 20. Please select the average amount of time it typically takes/has taken to receive test results (for this year and last year).

	1 to 3 Days	3 Days to a Week	One to Two Weeks	Two to Three Weeks	Three Weeks to a Month	Over a Month
2009	2009 1 to 3 Days	2009 3 Days to a Week	2009 One to Two Weeks	2009 Two to Three Weeks	2009 Three Weeks to a Month	2009 Over a Month
2010	2010 1 to 3 Days	2010 3 Days to a Week	2010 One to Two Weeks	2010 Two to Three Weeks	2010 Three Weeks to a Month	2010 Over a Month

Please provide any additional comments below.

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* 21. Does your company have product liability insurance or product recall insurance?

Yes

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.