Final USITC Report on Chinese Quartz Imports June 2019 | Page 239

Split:  Slab QSP
Table C-3
Quartz surface products: Summary data concerning the merchant U.S. market for slabs, 2015-17, January to September 2017, and January to September 2018
(Quantity=1,000 square feet; Value=1,000 dollars; Unit values, unit labor costs, and unit expenses=dollars per square foot; Period changes=percent--exceptions noted)
2015
U.S. consumption quantity:
Amount..........................................................
Producers' share (fn1)...................................
Importers' share (fn1):
China..........................................................
Nonsubject sources....................................
All import sources....................................
U.S. consumption value:
Amount..........................................................
Producers' share (fn1)...................................
Importers' share (fn1):
China..........................................................
Nonsubject sources....................................
All import sources....................................
U.S. imports from:
China:
Quantity......................................................
Value..........................................................
Unit value...................................................
Ending inventory quantity...........................
Nonsubject sources:
Quantity......................................................
Value..........................................................
Unit value...................................................
Ending inventory quantity...........................
All import sources:
Quantity......................................................
Value..........................................................
Unit value...................................................
Ending inventory quantity...........................
U.S. producers':
Average capacity quantity.............................
Production quantity........................................
Capacity utilization (fn1)................................
Commercial U.S. shipments:
Quantity......................................................
Value..........................................................
Unit value...................................................
Export shipments:
Quantity......................................................
Value..........................................................
Unit value...................................................
Ending inventory quantity..............................
Inventories/total shipments (fn1)...................
Production workers........................................
Hours worked (1,000s)..................................
Wages paid ($1,000).....................................
Hourly wages (dollars per hour)....................
Productivity (square feet per hour)................
Unit labor costs.............................................
Calendar year
2016
Reported data
January to September
2017
2018
2017
Period changes
Calendar year
2015-17
2015-16
2016-17
Jan-Sep
2017-18
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21,013
183,015
$8.71
6,851 37,706
321,769
$8.53
12,796 60,444
497,984
$8.24
19,443 41,918
358,007
$8.54
18,163 74,933
572,950
$7.65
29,512 187.6
172.1
(5.4)
183.8 79.4
75.8
(2.0)
86.8 60.3
54.8
(3.5)
51.9 78.8
60.0
(10.5)
62.5
45,200
468,945
$10.37
17,700 46,938
492,681
$10.50
16,624 52,030
548,715
$10.55
21,272 39,364
419,146
$10.65
19,223 44,335
443,428
$10.00
23,143 15.1
17.0
1.7
20.2 3.8
5.1
1.2
(6.1) 10.8
11.4
0.5
28.0 12.6
5.8
(6.1)
20.4
66,213
651,960
$9.85
24,551 84,645
814,450
$9.62
29,421 112,475
1,046,699
$9.31
40,715 81,282
777,153
$9.56
37,385 119,268
1,016,379
$8.52
52,655 69.9
60.5
(5.5)
65.8 27.8
24.9
(2.3)
19.8 32.9
28.5
(3.3)
38.4 46.7
30.8
(10.9)
40.8
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