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***. 17 Table VI-9 presents distribution costs which are included in selling expenses and unit
distribution costs of U.S. producers.
Table VI-9
Quartz surface products: Distribution costs of U.S. producers, 2017-19
Item
Fiscal year
2017 2018 2019
Total distribution costs (1,000 dollars)
Producers *** *** ***
Independent fabricators *** *** ***
All firms *** *** ***
Unit distribution costs (dollars per square foot)
Producers *** *** ***
Independent fabricators *** *** ***
All firms *** *** ***
Note.—***. Email from ***, March 26, 2020.
Source: Compiled from data submitted in response to Commission questionnaires.
With respect to U.S. producers, operating income increased from 2017 to 2019 and
operating income margin (operating income as a ratio to net sales) increased from *** percent
in 2017 to *** percent in 2018 and *** percent in 2019 (see table VI-1). 18
With respect to independent fabricators, operating income declined from 2017 to an
operating loss in 2019 and operating income margin declined from *** percent in 2017 to ***
percent in 2018 and *** percent in 2019 (see table VI-3).
Other expenses and net income
Classified below the operating income levels are interest expense, all other expense,
and all other income, which are usually allocated to the product line from high levels in the
corporation. With respect to U.S. producers, interest expenses irregularly increased from $***
in 2017 to $*** in 2019 and other expenses increased from $*** in 2017 to $*** in 2019 (see
table VI-1). ***
17
Email from ***, March 20, 2020.
18
Operating income and operating income margin excluding *** for U.S producers in 2018 are $***
and *** percent, respectively.
VI-19