Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 5

CONTENTS
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Part V: Pricing data ............................................................................................................. V-1
Factors affecting prices ............................................................................................................ V-1
Raw material costs ............................................................................................................... V-1
Transportation costs to the U.S. market .............................................................................. V-2
U.S. inland transportation costs ........................................................................................... V-2
Pricing practices ....................................................................................................................... V-3
Pricing methods .................................................................................................................... V-3
Sales terms and discounts .................................................................................................... V-4
Price leadership .................................................................................................................... V-5
Price data .................................................................................................................................. V-5
Price trends ......................................................................................................................... V-32
Price comparisons .............................................................................................................. V-38
Lost sales and lost revenue .................................................................................................... V-39
Part VI: Financial experience of U.S. producers .................................................................. VI-1
Background .............................................................................................................................. VI-1
Operations on quartz surface products .................................................................................. VI-2
Net sales .............................................................................................................................. VI-2
Cost of goods sold and gross profit or (loss) ..................................................................... VI-17
SG&A expenses and operating income or (loss) ............................................................... VI-21
Other expenses and net income or (loss) ......................................................................... VI-22
Capital expenditures and R&D expenses .............................................................................. VI-23
Assets and return on assets .................................................................................................. VI-25
Capital and investment ......................................................................................................... VI-27
Part VII: Threat considerations and information on nonsubject countries .......................... VII-1
The industry in China .............................................................................................................. VII-3
Changes in operations ........................................................................................................ VII-6
Operations on quartz surface products ............................................................................. VII-9
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