PUBLIC VERSION
from the effect of obligations incurred under the GATT. 155 The following unforeseen developments and obligations incurred under the GATT have resulted in this surge in imports.
First, despite the United States’ attempts to alleviate the injury done to its domestic industry through the legitimate imposition of targeted AD / CVD orders, imports have nonetheless continued to skyrocket. Indeed, there has been a surge of QSP imports from several third countries such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam since the imposition of the AD / CVD orders on QSP from China and QSP from India and Turkey:
� Cambodia. U. S. imports of QSP from Cambodia increased by 20,800 % from 13,875 SQF in 2020 to over 2.9 million SQF in 2024. 156
� Indonesia. U. S. imports of QSP from Indonesia increased by 12,400 % from 245,719 SQF in 2020 to over 3.3 million SQF in 2024. 157
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Thailand. U. S. imports of QSP from Thailand increased by 1,900 % from 1.4 million SQF in 2020 to almost 28 million SQF in 2024. 158
� Vietnam. And U. S. imports of QSP from Vietnam increased by 121 % from 19 million SQF in 2020 to over 42 million SQF in 2024. 159
Had it not been for the increase in imports from Thailand and Vietnam alone over the last five years, the domestic industry could have built an additional 12 production lines with an investment of roughly $ 1 billion that would have supported the employment of 3,000 American workers.
155 See, e. g., USITC, Supplemental Report of the U. S. International Trade Commission Regarding
Unforeseen Developments, Investigation No. 201-TA-75, 70( Dec. 27, 2017); USITC, Supplemental Report of the U. S. International Trade Commission, Investigation No. 201-TA-78( Oct. 10, 2024).
156 See U. S. Imports of Quartz Surface Products, attached as Exhibit 1.
157 Id.
158 Id.
159 Id.
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