5. Are there any engineering or size standards which you use in selling your product(s)? 5b. What measurement system (are those) (is that) 1. U.S. 2. Metric 3. Other 4. D.K. (Table 21) (Table 22) 5. Could you discuss for a moment the reasons why your company uses (Table 23) the measurement units or standards you just mentioned? (CHECK ONE OR MORE REASONS BELOW.) 7. Do you ever package any goods or products? 7a. What measurement units are used to describe the container or package? or area? And volume? First of all, for length (Table 24) .8. Does your organization ever export any U.S. products to (Table 35) 9. When you export products, do you describe those products (Table 36) 10. How about engineering standards, are they the same as for U.S. sales? (Table 37) (Table 38) (Table 39) 11. Do you feel that the volume of your export sales ever (Table 40) 12. How about engineering standards, do you feel that the (Table 42) *13. Does your organization have any licensee or subsidiary operations in foreign countries? 14. (Table 28) IF YES TO Q. 13. ASK Q. 14 - 16. IF NO TO Q. 13, SKIP TO Q. 17. What measurement system is used in your foreign operations? (Table 29) 16. Did measurement systems influence your decision to operate (Table 31) a foreign licensee or subsidiary? To your knowledge, are the products that you sell in the U.S. (Table 44) also imported to this country by foreign firms? 1. Yes 2. No 3. Don't know IF YES TO Q. 17: 17a. Are the measurement units or standards for these 1. Yes 2. No 3. Sometimes 4. DK *18. In general, do you think the measurement units or standards used for foreign goods have affected the sales of these goods in the U.S? (Table 45) (Table 33) (Table 34) |