Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 18

tops, bar tops, work tops, tabletops, flooring, wall facing, shower
surrounds, fire place surrounds, mantels, and tiles. Certain quartz surface
products are covered by the investigation whether polished or unpolished,
cut or uncut, fabricated or not fabricated, cured or uncured, edged or not
edged, finished or unfinished, thermoformed or not thermoformed,
packaged or unpackaged, and regardless of the type of surface finish.
In addition, quartz surface products are covered by the investigation
whether or not they are imported attached to, or in conjunction with,
non-subject merchandise such as sinks, sink bowls, vanities, cabinets, and
furniture. If quartz surface products are imported attached to, or in
conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise, only the quartz surface
product is covered by the scope.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above description
that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise fabricated in a third
country, including by cutting, polishing, curing, edging, thermoforming,
attaching to, or packaging with another product, or any other finishing,
packaging, or fabrication that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the
country of manufacture of the quartz surface products.
The scope of the investigation does not cover quarried stone surface
products, such as granite, marble, soapstone, or quartzite. Specifically
excluded from the scope of the investigation are crushed glass surface
products. Crushed glass surface products must meet each of the following
criteria to qualify for this exclusion: (1) The crushed glass content is
greater than any other single material, by actual weight; (2) there are
pieces of crushed glass visible across the surface of the product; (3) at
least some of the individual pieces of crushed glass that are visible across
the surface are larger than one centimeter wide as measured at their
widest cross-section (glass pieces); and (4) the distance between any
single glass piece and the closest separate glass piece does not exceed
three inches.
The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the
following subheading: 6810.99.0010. Subject merchandise may also enter
under subheadings 6810.11.0010, 6810.11.0070, 6810.19.1200,
6810.19.1400, 6810.19.5000, 6810.91.0000, 6810.99.0080,
6815.99.4070, 2506.10.0010, 2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010,
2506.20.0080, and 7016.90.10. The HTSUS subheadings set forth above
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