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Figure III-1
Slab-form quartz surface products: U.S. slab producers’ production, capacity, and capacity
utilization, 2015-17, January to September 2017, and January to September 2018
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Table III-8 and figure III-2 present U.S. fabricators’ production, capacity, and capacity
utilization for 2015-17 and the January-September (interim) periods in 2017 and 2018. 12 U.S.
fabricators’ capacity increased by *** percent from 2015 to 2017, and it was higher in interim
2018 than interim 2017 by *** percent. Total production increased by *** percent from 2015
to 2017, and it was higher during interim 2018 than interim 2017 by *** percent. 13 Capacity
utilization decreased from *** percent in 2015 to *** percent in 2017. The overall
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As previously noted, U.S. fabricators' data in this section includes the fabrication operations
reported by Cambia (a U.S. slab producer with partially integrated fabrication operations) as well as the
17 other independent U.S. fabricators that provided useable data.
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*** reported the highest production quantity (square feet) of fabricated quartz surface products
during each year and interim period.
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