PUBLIC VERSION
The domestic industry also has suffered from severely low levels of capacity utilization.
Domestic Industry’ s Production Capacity Utilization |
( Quantity in SQF) |
Calendar Year |
Item |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Production capacity |
[ |
] |
Production |
[ |
] |
Capacity Utilization |
[ |
] |
For example, as shown in the table above, the domestic industry’ s capacity utilization began the POI at [ ]% in 2020 before [ ] in 2024. 101 These trends are echoed by the evidence available for the broader industry. In the first sunset review of the AD / CVD Orders on QSP from China, the Commission gathered data from three domestic QSP producers( i. e., Cambria, Dal-Tile, and Guidoni) regarding their U. S. operations. The Commission found that by 2023 the domestic industry’ s total production, capacity, and capacity utilization were all lower than in 2017, despite the new factories built by Dal-Tile and Guidoni – a strong indication of underutilized U. S. capacity. 102
These low capacity utilization levels also show that the domestic industry had ample available capacity to produce additional QSP and supply it to the U. S. market over the POI. Indeed, domestic producers could have [
] their production in 2023 and 2024 to supply the market. However, the surge of low-priced imports prevented the domestic industry from using their excess capacity as the imports took market share away.
101 Petitioner’ s Confidential Operational and Financial Performance, attached as Exhibit 12.
102 QSP from China First Review, USITC Pub. 5578 at 22-23.
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