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limited to CFFFQSP). 5 6 Table IV-1 lists all responding U.S. importers of quartz surface products,
their locations, and their shares of U.S. imports by source, in 2017. Based on analysis of
questionnaire data and official statistics, the vast majority of QSP imports arrived in slab-forms,
while approximately ten percent of QSP imports arrived as fabricated products over the period.
Based on submitted questionnaire data, 67 firms reported importing slab-form quartz surface
products, while 34 firms reported importing fabricated quartz surface products in 2017. 7
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U.S. import data are based on official import statistics for “agglomerated quartz slabs of the type
used for countertops” (statistical reporting number 6810.99.0010), adjusted to include questionnaire
responses from 17 importers who exclusively reported in-scope fabricated quartz surface products.
Seventeen additional importers reported both in-scope quartz surface products (fabs or CFFFQSP)
imported under other statistical reporting numbers and under statistical reporting number
6810.99.0010 (slabs). U.S. importers reported 2.6 million square feet ($21.5 million) of in-scope quartz
surface products imported under statistical reporting numbers other than 6810.99.0010 in 2015, 4.3
million square feet ($36.1 million) in 2016, and 5.8 million square feet ($49.6 million) in 2017.
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On February 14, 2019, Petitioners filed a request for scope clarification with Department of
Commerce. In its request, the petitioner requested Commerce clarify the scope to include “quartz glass”
products. On May 14, 2019, Commerce made its final determinations and included “quartz glass” within
the scope of these investigations. Based on *** data, glass quartz surface products are imported under
HTS statistical reporting numbers 7016.90.1010 and 7016.90.1050, respectively.
At the Commission’s hearing, counsel for the petitioner indicated that quartz glass did not enter the
market in significant quantities until after the preliminary duties were imposed by Commerce in
November 2018 (after the period of investigation ended on September 30, 2018), and that there would
be no impact on the data collected by the Commission.
In 2017, the value of all imports from China (these were not specific to quartz glass) imported under
statistical reporting numbers 7016.90.1010 and 7016.90.1050 were valued at $***, respectively. Certain
Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Request for Scope Clarification,
Enforcement and Compliance, Office of AD/CVD Operations, February 14, 2019, Certain Quartz Surface
Products From the People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 84 FR 23767, May 23, 2019, Certain
Quartz Surface Products From the People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 84 FR 23760, May 23,
2019, and hearing transcript, p.154 (Meisner).
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Of which, 50 reported only importing slab-form QSP, 17 reported only importing fabricated QSP,
and 17 reported importing both slab-form and fabricated QSP.
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