Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 214

Table VII-4
Quartz surface products: Data on industry in China, 2015-17, January to September 2017, and
January to September 2018 and projection calendar years 2018 and 2019
Actual experience
Projections
Calendar year
January to September
Calendar year
Item
2015
2016
2017
2017
2018
2018
2019
Quantity (1,000 square feet)
Capacity
91,609 119,507 148,244
110,269
128,763 170,729 162,926
Production
68,175
93,003 126,462
92,686
112,375 141,178 126,284
End-of-period
inventories
6,138
7,439
9,518
8,841
8,940
9,305
9,216
Shipments:
Home market
shipments:
Internal
consumption/ transfers
44
103
1,044
603
405
626
83
Commercial home
market shipments
18,053
26,314
32,826
24,690
29,640
40,928
60,647
Total home
market shipments
18,096
26,418
33,870
25,294
30,045
41,555
60,730
Export shipments to:
United States
30,923
43,783
62,706
45,912
56,163
63,200
12,064
All other markets
17,913
21,509
27,820
20,079
26,737
36,641
53,566
Total exports
48,836
65,292
90,527
65,991
82,901
99,842
65,631
Total
shipments
66,933
91,709 124,397
91,285
112,946 141,396 126,360
Ratios and shares (percent)
Capacity utilization
74.4
77.8
85.3
84.1
87.3
82.7
77.5
Inventories/production
9.0
8.0
7.5
7.2
6.0
6.6
7.3
Inventories/total
shipments
9.2
8.1
7.7
7.3
5.9
6.6
7.3
Share of shipments:
Home market
shipments:
Internal
consumption/ transfers
0.1
0.1
0.8
0.7
0.4
0.4
0.1
Commercial home
market shipments
27.0
28.7
26.4
27.0
26.2
28.9
48.0
Total home
market shipments
27.0
28.8
27.2
27.7
26.6
29.4
48.1
Export shipments to:
United States
46.2
47.7
50.4
50.3
49.7
44.7
9.5
All other markets
26.8
23.5
22.4
22.0
23.7
25.9
42.4
Total exports
73.0
71.2
72.8
72.3
73.4
70.6
51.9
Total
shipments
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
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