PUBLIC VERSION
Finally, as shown in the table below, imports also rose significantly as a share of apparent domestic consumption: 93
Calculation of Market Share |
( in square feet and percent) |
Item |
2020 |
2021 |
Calendar year
2022
|
2023 |
2024 |
U. S. producers’ U. S. shipments |
[ |
] |
Total Imports |
135,252,123 201,135,281 215,082,118 188,344,542 234,476,551 |
U. S. consumption value |
[ |
] |
U. S. producers’ U. S. shipments |
[ |
] |
Total imports |
[ |
] |
U. S. consumption value |
100.0 % |
100.0 % |
100.0 % |
100.0 % |
100.0 % |
In particular, imports of QSP from all sources began the POI in 2020 with [ ] of the U. S. market, which stood at [ ] that year. Over the next five years, demand for QSP rapidly expanded, with total U. S. apparent consumption increasing by [ ] to reach [
] by 2024. The U. S. domestic industry was eager to supply the expanding U. S. market and, as discussed in greater detail below, had invested in additional production capacity to be able to do so. However, while imports increased by 73.4 % from 2020 to 2024, the domestic industry’ s U. S. shipments increased by [ ]. This resulted in imports taking [ ] percentage points of market share directly from the domestic industry to hold fully [
] of the U. S. market by 2024. These trends show how rapidly imports are penetrating the U. S. market and displacing the domestic industry and establish serious injury under the legal standard.
93 See Calculation of Market Share, attached as Exhibit 9. To calculate total apparent consumption and
market share, the QMAA has estimated the U. S. commercial shipments of the entire domestic industry by multiplying:( 1) the QMAA’ s U. S. commercial shipments of QSP; by( 2) the ratio of the QMAA’ s production capacity to the total production capacity of the entire domestic industry. See id.
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