Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 35

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Table II-1
Quartz surface products: U.S. producers’ and importers’ U.S. shipments, by sources and channels
of distribution, 2015-2017, January-September 2017, and January-September 2018
Calendar year
January to September
Item
2015
2016
2017
2017
2018
Share of U.S. shipments (percent)
U.S. producers:
Distributors
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***
***
***
***
Fabricators and retailers
***
***
***
***
***
Contractors and builders
***
***
***
***
***
Other end users
***
***
***
***
***
U.S. fabricators:
Distributors
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Fabricators and retailers
70.3
68.7
66.0
62.6
64.4
Contractors and builders
24.0
23.5
25.4
27.8
27.2
Other end users
5.7
7.7
8.6
9.6
8.4
U.S. importers: China
Distributors
10.6
13.1
12.4
12.6
10.1
Fabricators and retailers
70.7
70.3
70.8
70.2
75.6
Contractors and builders
15.9
14.4
14.7
15.2
12.8
Other end users
2.8
2.3
2.0
2.0
1.4
U.S. importers: Nonsubject
Distributors
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***
***
***
***
Fabricators and retailers
***
***
***
***
***
Contractors and builders
***
***
***
***
***
Other end users
***
***
***
***
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Source: Compiled from data submitted in response to Commission questionnaires.
Parties discussed market segmentation for quartz surface products but parties and 
questionnaires responses did not uniformly define these segments.  In general, parties agreed 
that there are three end user segments: residential, commercial, and builder. 17  However, 
respondents argue that there is further segmentation within each of these segments. According 
to ***, there is a high, medium, and low‐end subdivision in each of the three end‐user 
segments. 18  Joint Respondents contend that the U.S. market for quartz  

17
 Petitioner’s posthearing brief, Responses to Commission Questions, p. 45; hearing transcript, p. 
274 (Porter). 
18
 *** U.S. producer questionnaire, section II‐22. 
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