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raw material accounted for between *** percent (in 2019) and *** percent (in 2018) of total
COGS during the reporting period (see table VI-3). As shown in table VI-7, the average unit raw
material cost for U.S. producers irregularly increased from $*** in 2017 to $*** in 2019. The
average unit raw material cost for independent fabricators irregularly declined from $*** in
2017 to $*** in 2019. ***. 10 Raw materials for U.S. producers consist of silica, resin, pigments
and various other raw materials such as ***. ***. 11 Table VI-8 presents a break-out of the raw
material costs of U.S. producers.
10
***. Email from ***, February 24, 2020. Cambria’s unit raw material costs excluding the inventory
write-down are $*** in 2018.
11
***. U.S. producer’s questionnaire responses of ***, question III-7.
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