USITC Filing Chinese Quartz Imports M S International Letter, 1 May 2018

Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 May 1, 2018 Inv. Nos. A-570-084; C-570-085 Pages: 14 Non-Initiated Investigations Enforcement & Compliance, Office of AD/CVD Operations PUBLIC DOCUMENT VIA ELECTRONIC FILING (ACCESS) The Honorable Wilbur L. Ross Secretary of Commerce Attention: Import Administration Central Records Unit, Room 18022 U.S. Department of Commerce 14 th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20230 Re: Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Comments on the Lack of Standing of the Petitioner and Requests for Action Dear Secretary Ross: On behalf of our client M S International, Inc. (“MSI”), a U.S. importer, we hereby object to the lack of standing evidenced in the Petition filed by Cambria Company LLC (“Cambria” or the “Petitioner”) in the non-initiated investigations referenced above. For the reasons set forth below, Petitioner has not met its burden of establishing Cambria’s standing and, therefore, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the “Department”) should not initiate investigations into quartz surface products from China based on the Petition. 1/ Alternatively and at minimum, due to the substantial infirmities in the Petition we request that the Department poll the industry pursuant to the governing 1/ Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties and Countervailing Duties: Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China (Apr. 17, 2018) (the “Petition”). Petitioner’s two supplemental deficiency filings in support of the Petition have not cured these deficiencies. Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Response to Supplemental Questions – General Issues, A-570-084 & C-570-085 (Apr. 24, 2018) (“Petitioner’s April 24 General Issues Submission”); Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Response to Supplemental Questions –Antidumping, A-570-084 (Apr. 30, 2018).