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The industry in India
The Commission issued foreign producer/exporter questionnaires to 90 firms. Usable
responses to the Commission’s questionnaire were received from 23 firms. 3 These firms’
exports 4 to the United States accounted for *** percent of U.S. imports of Quartz surface
products from India in 2019. 5 According to information requested of the responding Indian
producers, the producers of QSP in India reported that they accounted for *** percent of
production of QSP in India in 2019. 6 According to its website, Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited
(“Pokarna”) is India’s largest manufacturer and exporter of engineered stone surfaces. 7 ***.
According to its website, Classic Marble produces five million square feet of quartz annually at
its “completely automated, state-of-the-art facility” in Silvassa, India. 8 Additionally, Classic
Marble indicated the United States as one of its export markets. 9 10
3
Staff received usable foreign producer questionnaires from 23 firms in India that produce QSP. Of
the 23 foreign producer/exporter questionnaires, four firms indicated that they resale QSP as exports to
the United States.
4
Based on the 20 responding producers in India that answered the question regarding reported
exports to the United States, these firms indicated that they accounted for *** percent of all exports to
the United States of U.S. imports of QSP from India in 2019. Some firms may have overestimated their
share of QSP exports to the United States. Foreign producer questionnaire responses, section II-6.
5
Based on official import statistics, approximately 40.1 million square feet of imports of QSP arrived
into the United States from India in 2019. Indian producers combined with resellers reported that they
exported approximately *** square feet of QSP to the United States in 2019, which exports to the U.S.
accounted for approximately *** percent of U.S. imports of QSP from India in 2019. Exports of QSP to
the United States that left India in late 2018 could (possibly) be attributed to the overreporting of
exports of QSP from India in 2019, while the same overreporting was common during 2018, too.
6
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7
PESL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pokarna Limited. PESL is constructing a new plant in India that
is expected to be completed in 2020. PESL’s plant, a Greenfield engineered stone facility will be similar
to its existing unit, which will be set up using Breton stone technology. According to Pokarna, it is the
only quartz producer in India that uses Breton technology. The plant will be located in Hyderabad, and it
“will cater to international as well as domestic markets both of which are witnessing encouraging
demand trends.” Pokarna, Q3 CY 2019 results presentation. http://www.pokarna.com/investors/.
8
According to its website, Classic Marble Company DBA KalingaStone began producing quartz in
2009 to keep up with changing trends. It indicated that it is currently “a dominant player in the
segment.” https://www.kalingastone.com/about/. https://www.kalingastone.com/infrastructure/.
9
In November 2019, Classic Marble (KalingaStone) indicated it has “pioneered the production of
engineered marble and quartz in India and launched it under a new brand.”
https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/classic-marble-company-cmc-conversation-architecturaldigest-india/.
https://www.kalingastone.com/exports/.
10
According to its website, Camrola Quartz Ltd., (“Camrola”) produces nearly 8 million square feet of
quartz annually at its factory in Gujurat India. https://camrolaquartz.com/our-company/.
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