USITC Staff Report: Quartz Surfaces from India and Turkey staff report USITC | Page 3

CONTENTS
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Introduction ................................................................................................................ I‐1
Background ............................................................................................................................. I‐1
Statutory criteria ..................................................................................................................... I‐3
Organization of report ............................................................................................................. I‐4
Market summary ..................................................................................................................... I‐4
Summary data and data sources ............................................................................................. I‐5
Previous and related investigations ......................................................................................... I‐6
Nature and extent of subsidies and sales at LTFV .................................................................... I‐8
Subsidies .............................................................................................................................. I‐8
Sales at LTFV ........................................................................................................................ I‐9
The subject merchandise ....................................................................................................... I‐11
Commerce’s scope ............................................................................................................. I‐11
Tariff treatment ................................................................................................................. I‐12
The product ........................................................................................................................... I‐13
Description and applications ............................................................................................. I‐13
Manufacturing processes................................................................................................... I‐15
Domestic like product issues ................................................................................................. I‐19
Part II: Conditions of competition in the U.S. market ............................................................ II‐1
U.S. market characteristics ..................................................................................................... II‐1
U.S. purchasers ....................................................................................................................... II‐2
Channels of distribution ......................................................................................................... II‐3
Geographic distribution .......................................................................................................... II‐4
Supply and demand considerations ........................................................................................ II‐5
U.S. supply .......................................................................................................................... II‐5
U.S. demand ....................................................................................................................... II‐8
Substitutability issues ........................................................................................................... II‐12
Lead times ........................................................................................................................ II‐12
Knowledge of country sources .......................................................................................... II‐12
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