USITC Staff Report: Quartz Surfaces from India and Turkey staff report USITC | Page 119

In discussing price changes over the period, Indian respondents argued that the price
levels of subject and nonsubject imports are *** to one another than subject prices are to
domestic prices, indicating market segmentation. 24 Petitioner noted that prices for ***. 25
Petitioner also argued that the reason domestic prices did not ***. 26
Price comparisons
As shown in table V-10, prices for product imported from India were below those for
U.S.-produced product in all 72 instances (*** million square feet); margins of underselling
ranged from *** to *** percent. Prices for product imported from Turkey were below those for
U.S.-produced product in all 57 instances (*** million square feet); margins of underselling
ranged from *** to *** percent.
Table V-10
Quartz surface products: Instances of underselling and the range and average of margins, by
product and country, January 2017 through December 2019
Underselling
Number of Quantity
Average
margin
Margin Range
(percent)
Source
quarters (square feet) (percent) Min Max
Product 1 16 *** *** *** ***
Product 2 17 *** *** *** ***
Product 3 24 *** *** *** ***
Product 4 24 *** *** *** ***
Product 5 24 *** *** *** ***
Product 6 24 *** *** *** ***
Total, underselling 129 18,194,963 28.9 11.4 53.9
India 72 *** *** *** ***
Turkey 57 *** *** *** ***
Total, underselling 129 18,194,963 28.9 11.4 53.9
Note: There were no instances of overselling. These data include only quarters in which there is a
comparison between the U.S. and subject product. Subject import pricing data were present in each
quarter.
Source: Compiled from data submitted in response to Commission questionnaires.
24
Indian respondents’ responses to the first round of Commissioners’ questions, p. 22.
25
Petitioner’s responses to the second round of Commissioners’ questions, pp. 29-30.
26
Petitioner’s responses to the second round of Commissioners’ questions, pp. 29-30.
V-22