Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 170

Table V-19-- Continued.
Quartz surface products: Purchasers’ responses to purchasing subject imports instead of
domestic product
Purchaser
Subject
imports
purchased
instead of
domestic
(Y/N)
Imports
priced
lower (Y/N)
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If purchased subject imports instead of domestic, was price
a primary reason
If Yes,
quantity
(1,000
Y/N
square feet)
If No, non-price reason
Fab: Availability - suppliers only
presented Chinese-produced quartz
vanity tops; no suppliers presented
domestic-produced quartz vanity
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*** tops.
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Fab: Color. *** had pre-determined
color choice and had sample. We
offered similar domestic color
choices and they did not look the
same so they chose the
manufacturer which happened to be
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*** imported.
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Slab: Color discontinuation and
quartz style was not in line with
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*** product design from China.
Slab: No domestic supplier has
approached us to distribute their
product. We work exclusively with
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*** one non-domestic supplier.
Slab: No U.S. suppliers have quality
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*** look alike white marble slabs.
Fab: Although price is a
determining factor, capacity, lead
times, reliability of supply chain are
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*** more important factors.
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*** Slab: Quality & Range.
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Slab: U.S. producers do not sell to
local stone suppliers. They have
their own distribution in every major
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*** Fab: Availability of pre fab slabs.
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*** Slab: Aesthetic design and pattern.

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