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2018. *** of the total fabrication conducted by these fabricators related to finishing quartz surface products. In 2017, granite was produced at ***. Marble and other products accounted for *** during 2015-17 and the interim periods. Overall capacity and total fabrication *** and were higher during the interim 2018 compared to interim 2017, with no noticeable shift to quartz at the expense of granite (for these companies). U.S. slab producers and independent fabricators were also asked to describe the constraints that set the limits of their production capacity. ***. 16 ***. 17 Nearly all the fabricators that submitted questionnaires described production constraints for fabrication operations. 16 17 *** U.S. producer questionnaire response, section II-3b. *** U.S. producer questionnaire response, section II-3b. III-20