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Manufacturing facilities and production employees
Seventeen (17) U.S. slab producers and fabricators, fifty-five (55) U.S. importers, and
sixteen (16) U.S. purchasers addressed whether slabs compared to fabs are manufactured in the
same facilities, from the same inputs, on the same/shared machinery and equipment, and using
the same employees. Fourteen (14) U.S. producers, forty-two (42) U.S. importers, and fifteen
(15) U.S. purchasers (the vast majority for each group) indicated that they were either
somewhat comparable or never.
Seventeen (17) U.S. slab producers and fabricators, forty-seven (47) U.S. importers, and
fifteen (15) U.S. purchasers addressed whether slabs compared to CFFFQSP are manufactured in
the same facilities, from the same inputs, on the same/shared machinery and equipment, and
using the same employees. Fourteen (14) U.S. producers, thirty-four (34) U.S. importers, and
fifteen (15) U.S. purchasers (the vast majority for each group) indicated that they were either
somewhat comparable or never.
Sixteen (16) U.S. slab producers and fabricators, forty-six (46) U.S. importers, and eleven
(11) U.S. purchasers addressed whether fabs compared to CFFFQSP are manufactured in the
same facilities, from the same inputs, on the same/shared machinery and equipment, and using
the same employees. Seven (7) U.S. producers, twenty-five (25) U.S. importers, and eleven (11)
U.S. purchasers indicated that they were either somewhat comparable or never. For U.S.
producers and fabricators, a larger portion (9) indicated that fabs and CFFFQSP’s manufacturing
were fully or mostly comparable.
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