SCHAGRIN ASSOCIATES
900 Seventh Street, N. W.- Suite 500- Washington, D. C. 20001 P:( 202) 223-1700 lmeisner @ schagrinassociates. com F:( 202) 429-2522
BY ELECTRONIC FILING
The Honorable Lisa R. Barton, Secretary U. S. International Trade Commission 500 E Street S. W., Room 112 Washington, D. C. 20436
September 15, 2025 USITC Inv. No. TA-201- ___ PUBLIC VERSION
Confidential Treatment Requested for Information on Pages 2, 33-34, 37-42, 44-45, 50, & 53-56 and Exhibits 9, 12, and 18.
Re:
Quartz Surface Products – Petition for Safeguard Relief Pursuant to Sections 201 and 202 of the Trade Act of 1974
Dear Secretary Barton:
On behalf of the Quartz Manufacturing Alliance of America( the“ QMAA” or“ Petitioner”), we hereby submit to the U. S. International Trade Commission( the“ Commission”) a petition for safeguard relief from the serious injury that has been caused to the entire U. S. domestic industry by imports of quartz surface products(“ QSP”). This is a petition under Sections 201 and 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended( 19 U. S. C. §§ 2251 and 2252), and Subpart B of part 206 of the rules of practice and procedure of the Commission.
Petitioner is an alliance of domestic producers of QSP that is representative of the domestic industry and thus may file this petition pursuant to 19 U. S. C. § 2252( a)( 1) and 19 C. F. R. § 206.13. The Petition includes all the information required by 19 C. F. R. § 206.14 and demonstrates that QSP is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry.
Pursuant to 19 U. S. C. § 2252( i) and 19 C. F. R. § 206.7, Petitioner requests confidential treatment for information designated as confidential in the Petition. The bracketed information in the Petition is highly sensitive confidential business information warranting confidential treatment. The information for which Petitioner requests confidential treatment, and the location of same, is as follows:
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Pages 2, 33-34, 37-42, 44-45, 50, & 53-56 and Exhibits 9, 12, and 18 contain proprietary capacity, production, shipment, capacity utilization, and apparent domestic consumption and market share data.