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totaled *** square feet ($***) in 2017 and accounted for *** percent of apparent U.S.
consumption by quantity and *** percent by value. U.S. imports from nonsubject sources
totaled *** square feet ($***) in 2017 and accounted for *** percent of apparent U.S.
consumption by quantity and *** percent by value.
SUMMARY DATA AND DATA SOURCES
A summary of data collected in these investigations is presented in appendix C, table C-
1. Except as noted, U.S. industry data are based on questionnaire responses of three firms that
accounted for the vast majority of U.S. slab production of quartz surface products during 2017.
In addition, Staff received 17 questionnaire responses from U.S. fabricators, which accounted
for approximately one percent of all fabricators in the United States. Usable responses to the
Commission’s U.S. importer questionnaire were received from 84 companies, representing an
estimated 69.1 percent of U.S. imports from China in 2017 under HTS statistical reporting
number 6810.99.0010. 10 U.S. import data are based on official import statistics (statistical
reporting number 6810.99.0010) for quartz surface products slabs, and adjusted to include
questionnaire responses from 17 importers who exclusively reported in-scope quartz surface
products imported under other statistical reporting numbers. Usable responses to the
Commission’s foreign producer questionnaire were received from 32 producers and exporters
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The Commission also received U.S. importer questionnaires from nine firms that were excluded
from the dataset due to data reconciliation and consistency issues: ***. The Commission received “NO”
responses to the U.S. importer questionnaire from an additional two firms.
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