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value) over the period. As a share of the quantity of all imports of quartz surface products,
imports from China increased from approximately one-third in 2015 to over one-half of imports
(55.8 percent) in 2017. The two largest sources of nonsubject imports of slab-form quartz
surface products were Spain and Israel in 2017. 8 9
The average unit value for imports of QSP from China was less than the unit value for
imports from nonsubject sources, and the divergence between unit values increased every year
with a difference of $1.71 in 2015, $1.99 in 2016, and $2.28 in 2017. The average unit value of
U.S. imports of quartz surface products from China fell by $0.41 over the period to $8.26 per
square foot in 2017 while the average unit value of imports from all other sources increased by
$0.26 over the period to $10.54 per square foot in 2017. As a ratio to U.S. production, imports
from China increased from *** percent in 2015 to *** percent in 2017, while imports from
nonsubject sources decreased from *** percent in 2015 to *** percent in 2017, indicating U.S.
production increased relatively faster than nonsubject sources over the period and at the same
time relatively slower than subject sources. As a ratio to U.S. production, imports from all
sources increased by *** percentage points from 2015 to 2017.
8
According to official import statistics, in 2017, U.S. imports of quartz surface products from Spain
were 18.3 million square feet ($191 million) and from Israel were 9.7 million square feet ($110 million),
or 16.3 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively, of U.S. imports of quartz surface products under HTS
statistical reporting number 6810.99.0010.
9
Based on official import statistics, the quantity of slab-form U.S. imports of quartz surface products
(under HTS statistical reporting number 6810.99.0010) from Spain and Israel accounted for
approximately 53.3 percent (combined) of nonsubject imports in 2017. Joint respondents (Hogan
Lovells) posthearing brief, p. 145.
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