Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 11

***. 8 The leading producers of quartz surface products outside the United States include
Cosentino of Spain and Caesarstone of Israel (Caesarstone Technologies USA, Inc.
(“Caesarstone”) also produces quartz surface products in the United States). The leading U.S.
importers of quartz surface products from China are ***; while the leading importers of quartz
surface products from nonsubject countries are ***. U.S purchasers of quartz surface products
are primarily composed of distributors, fabricators, and/or installers and typically vary in size
from small retail installers to large commercial development contractors and regional
distributors. Leading U.S. purchasers include ***.
Apparent U.S. consumption of totaled approximately *** square feet ($***) in 2017.
Currently, five firms are known to produce quartz surface products (slabs) in the United States. 9
U.S. producers’ U.S. shipments of quartz surface products totaled *** square feet ($***) in
2017, and accounted for *** percent of apparent U.S. consumption by quantity and ***
percent by value. U.S. imports from subject sources
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***. *** U.S. producer questionnaire response, section II-18.
Staff received usable U.S. producer questionnaire responses from three firms that produced slabs.
Dal-Tile Corporation submitted an incomplete U.S. producer questionnaire that was not included in this
report. USA Quartz LLC did not submit a U.S. producer questionnaire response. Dal-Tile and USA Quartz
did not start production until late 2018 or early 2019.
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