PUBLIC VERSION
As the Commission has previously found, situations where AD / CVD orders have seen such limited success were not foreseen when the United States made concessions in the global trade economy by acceding to the WTO. 160 The ineffectiveness of the AD / CVD orders has uniquely contributed to the idling of domestic capacity and injury to domestic producers. As discussed previously, domestic producers have invested in enhancing capacity in reliance on the effectiveness of AD / CVD orders, only to be met with an ongoing onslaught of underpriced imports.
Second, the initial CVD investigations unveiled substantial evidence of elaborate subsidy programs implemented by China, India, and Turkey. The subsidy programs implemented by China included the provision of various inputs for QSP production at less than fair value; preferential taxation policies; enactment of an export buyer’ s credit; concessionary loans; and various types of technical assistance. 161 During the course of the recent sunset review of the CVD order on imports of QSP from China, Commerce found that certain Chinese subsidy programs are still in operation. 162 The programs implemented by the Government of India that were determined to be countervailable included a duty drawback program; tax benefits tied to the cost of importing inputs for exports; concessionary loans for exporters; and various Special
160 USITC, Supplemental Report Regarding Unforeseen Developments at 10.
161 Quartz Surface Products from China, Inv. Nos. 701-TA-606 and 731-TA-1416, USITC Pub. 4913( June 2019)( Final), I-6.
162 Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People ' s Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited
First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 89 Fed. Reg. 81,887( Dep’ t Commerce Oct. 3, 2024) and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 8
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