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interim periods. *** for integrated operations reported increasing unit raw material costs from
2015 to 2017 and *** is the only slab producer which reported lower unit raw material costs
between the comparable interim periods. Raw materials for integrated operations consist of
silica, resin, pigments and various other raw materials such as ***. As a share of total raw
material costs, silica varied from *** percent to *** percent, resin varied from *** percent to
*** percent, pigments varied from *** percent to *** percent, and other raw materials varied
from *** percent to *** percent of the total raw material costs. 12 With respect to independent
fabricators, raw materials are primarily quartz slabs which were purchased domestically and
imported from China and other countries. Domestic quartz and imports from other countries’
shares of total raw materials declined from *** percent and *** percent in 2015 to *** percent
and *** percent in 2017, respectively. Imports from China as a share of total raw materials
increased from *** percent in 2015 to *** percent in 2017. Domestic quartz and imports from
China’s share of total raw materials were higher while other countries’ share of raw materials
were lower between the comparable interim periods (see table VI-3). 13
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U.S. producers’ questionnaire responses, question III-9b.
U.S. producers’ questionnaire responses, question III-9d.
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