USITC Staff Report: Quartz Surfaces from India and Turkey staff report USITC | Page 10

but not limited to. . . (I) actual and potential decline in output, sales,
market share, gross profits, operating profits, net profits, ability to service
debt, productivity, return on investments, return on assets, and utilization
of capacity, (II) factors affecting domestic prices, (III) actual and potential
negative effects on cash flow, inventories, employment, wages, growth,
ability to raise capital, and investment, (IV) actual and potential negative
effects on the existing development and production efforts of the
domestic industry, including efforts to develop a derivative or more
advanced version of the domestic like product, and (V) in {an antidumping
investigation}, the magnitude of the margin of dumping.
In addition, Section 771(7)(J) of the Act (19 U.S.C. § 1677(7)(J)) provides
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(J) EFFECT OF PROFITABILITY.—The Commission may not determine that
there is no material injury or threat of material injury to an industry in the
United States merely because that industry is profitable or because the
performance of that industry has recently improved.
Organization of report
Part I of this report presents information on the subject merchandise, subsidy, dumping
margins, and domestic like product. Part II of this report presents information on conditions of
competition and other relevant economic factors. Part III presents information on the condition
of the U.S. industry, including data on capacity, production, shipments, inventories, and
employment. Parts IV and V present the volume of subject imports and pricing of domestic and
imported products, respectively. Part VI presents information on the financial experience of
U.S. producers. Part VII presents the statutory requirements and information obtained for use
in the Commission’s consideration of the question of threat of material injury as well as
information regarding nonsubject countries.
Market summary
Quartz surface products are a compacted stone composite building material used for
countertop surfaces (and various applications) as an alternative to queried stone surfaces.
Quartz surface products are used in a variety of applications such as counters, tiles, walls,
floors, shower and tub surrounds, fireplace surrounds, and bathroom vanities. The leading U.S.
producer of quartz surface products is Cambria, while leading producers of quartz surface
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Amended by PL 114‐27 (as signed, June 29, 2015), Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015.
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