Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 3

CONTENTS
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Introduction .............................................................................................................. I-1
Background ................................................................................................................................ I-1
Statutory criteria and organization of the report ..................................................................... I-2
Statutory criteria ................................................................................................................... I-2
Organization of report ........................................................................................................... I-4
Market summary ....................................................................................................................... I-4
Summary data and data sources ............................................................................................... I-6
Previous and related investigations .......................................................................................... I-7
Nature and extent of subsidies and sales at LTFV .................................................................... I-8
Subsidies ................................................................................................................................ I-8
Sales at LTFV ........................................................................................................................ I-10
The subject merchandise ........................................................................................................ I-11
Commerce’s scope .............................................................................................................. I-11
Tariff treatment ................................................................................................................... I-13
Section 301 tariff treatment ................................................................................................ I-14
The product ............................................................................................................................. I-14
Description and applications ............................................................................................... I-14
Manufacturing processes .................................................................................................... I-16
Domestic like product issues ................................................................................................... I-21
Part II: Supply and demand information ............................................................................. II-1
U.S. market characteristics....................................................................................................... II-1
U.S. purchasers ......................................................................................................................... II-2
Channels of distribution ........................................................................................................... II-4
Geographic distribution ........................................................................................................... II-7
Supply and demand considerations ......................................................................................... II-7
U.S. supply ............................................................................................................................ II-7
U.S. demand ....................................................................................................................... II-13
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