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Quartz surface products from China are currently under antidumping and countervailing
duty orders in the United States. These investigations resulted from petitions filed with
Commerce and the Commission by Cambria on April 17, 2018 alleging that an industry in the
United States is materially injured and threatened with material injury by reason of subsidized
and LTFV imports of quartz surface products from China. On June 1, 2018 the Commission
issued its preliminary determinations that there is a reasonable indication that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reason of imports of quartz surface products from
China that are alleged to be sold in the United States at LTFV and to be subsidized by the
government of China. 14 On September 21, 2018, Commerce issued its affirmative preliminary
determination that countervailable subsides are being provided to producers and exporters of
quartz surface products from China. 15 On November 20, 2018, Commerce issued its affirmative
preliminary determination that quartz surface products from China are being or are likely to be,
sold in the United States at LTFV. 16 On June 11, 2019 the Commission determined that the U.S.
industry is materially injured by reason of imports of quartz surface products from China that
Commerce, on May 23, 2019, determined are subsidized by the government of China and sold
in the United States at LTFV. 17 The subsidy rates range from 45.32 percent to 190.99 percent. 18
The estimated weighted average dumping margin ranges from 265.81 percent to 336.69
percent (255.27 percent to 326.15 percent cash deposit rate adjusted for subsidy offset). 19
In regards to the Commission’s investigations concerning Quartz Surface Products from
China, on February 14, 2019, the Petitioner filed a request for scope clarification with
Commerce. In its request, the Petitioner requested Commerce clarify the scope to include
“quartz glass” 20 products. 21 On February 26, 2019 Commerce accepted the petitioner’s request
for new factual information. Further, Commerce accepted comments from interested parties
on March 6, 2019. After reviewing rebuttal briefs received from interested parties, on May 15,
14
83 FR 26307, June 6, 2018.
15
83 FR 47881, September 21, 2018.
16
83 FR 58540, November 20, 2018.
17
84 FR 23760, May 23, 2019; and 84 FR 23767, May 23, 2019.
18
84 FR 23760, May 23, 2019.
19
84 FR 23767, May 23, 2019.
20
The scope of these current investigations on quartz surface products from India and Turkey,
includes ‘’quartz glass”, HTS subheading 7016.90.10.
21
Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Request for Scope
Clarification, Enforcement and Compliance, Office of AD/CVD Operations, February 14, 2019.
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