PUBLIC VERSION
4. Customs Treatment of the Imported Article Under Classification Rules Demonstrates That It Is Substantially Identical to Domestic QSP
Customs treatment further confirms that imported QSP is substantially identical to domestic QSP. Imports of QSP enter under the same HTSUS subheading at the eight-digit level – 6810.99.00 – covering“ Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced: Tiles, flagstones, bricks and similar articles: Other.” This classification at the eightdigit level applies regardless of where the merchandise originates and regardless of whether the merchandise is a slab or a fabricated product. Imports of crushed glass surface products are imported under HTSUS subheading 7020.00.6000(“ Other articles of glass: Other”).
5. Both Slabs and Fabricated Products Are Part of the Same Like Product
In prior AD / CVD proceedings involving QSP, the Commission has consistently found that quartz slabs and fabricated QSP were not separate domestic like products and defined a single domestic like product coextensive with the scope. 74 In particular, the Commission has examined whether fabricated QSP and slabs should be defined to be separate domestic like products under its semi‐finished product analysis. 75 The Commission found that all slabs are dedicated to production of fabricated products and that the products’ essential physical characteristics remain the same, whether QSP is fabricated or not. 76 Consequently, the Commission found that quartz slab and fabricated QSP are a single domestic like product. 77
74 QSP from India & Turkey Inv Final, USITC Pub. 5061 at 7 n. 24. 75 Id. 76 Id. 77 Id.
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