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that were domestically sourced were lower by *** percentage points from 2015 to 2017 (***).
Table III-9
Fabricated quartz surface products: U.S. slab producers’ and independent U.S. fabricators’
production, by source of input, 2015-17, January to September 2017, and January to September
2018
Calendar year
January to September
Item
2015
2016
2017
2017
2018
Production (1,000 square feet)
Fabrication production:
Own slab
***
***
***
***
***
Purchase domestic
***
***
***
***
***
Domestic
***
***
***
***
***
Import, subject
***
***
***
***
***
Import, nonsubject
***
***
***
***
***
Imports
***
***
***
***
***
Total fabrication
production
***
***
***
***
***
Shares of production (percent)
Fabrication production:
Own slab
***
***
***
***
***
Purchase domestic
***
***
***
***
***
Domestic
***
***
***
***
***
Import, subject
***
***
***
***
***
Import, nonsubject
***
***
***
***
***
Imports
***
***
***
***
***
Total fabrication
production
***
***
***
***
***
Source: Compiled from data submitted in response to Commission questionnaires.
Alternative products
As discussed in the preliminary phase of these investigations, U.S. slab producers are
unable to produce products other than quartz surface products on their production lines (the
Breton machinery) for quartz surface products. 15
Table III-10 presents U.S. fabricators overall capacity and production on the same
fabrication equipment during 2015-17, January to September 2017, and January to September
15
Conference transcript, pp. 143-144 (Stoel).
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