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Table II-11
Quartz surface products: Ability to meet minimum quality specifications, by source
Source of purchases Always Usually Sometimes Rarely or never
United States 15 10 2 ---
India 3 5 1 1
Turkey 5 1 1 ---
Sources unknown 9 8 --- ---
Note: Purchasers were asked how often domestically produced or imported quartz surface products
meets minimum quality specifications for their own or their customers’ uses.
Source: Compiled from data submitted in response to Commission questionnaires.
In addition, U.S. producers, importers, and purchasers were asked to assess how often
differences other than price were significant in sales of quartz surface products from the United
States, subject, or nonsubject countries. As seen in table II-12, most U.S. producers and
purchasers reported that differences other than price between domestic products and subject
imports were sometimes or never significant factors in their sales. A majority of importers
reported that such differences were sometimes significant in comparing U.S. product to
imported product from India but were split on the significance of differences in comparing U.S.
and India products to imports from Turkey.
Table II-12
Quartz surface products: Significance of differences other than price between quartz surface
products produced in the United States and in other countries, by country pair
U.S. producers U.S. importers U.S. purchasers
Country pair
A F S N A F S N A F S N
United States vs. India 2 1 2 3 9 9 13 8 7 2 8 3
United States vs. Turkey 2 1 2 3 6 5 4 5 4 2 6 3
India vs. Turkey 1 --- 1 3 5 2 6 6 4 2 4 4
United States vs. Other 2 --- 3 3 11 9 18 9 7 3 6 5
India vs. Other 1 --- 2 2 7 2 14 8 4 4 4 4
Turkey vs. Other 1 --- 2 2 6 3 7 5 2 4 4 4
Note: A = Always, F = Frequently, S = Sometimes, N = Never.
Source: Compiled from data submitted in response to Commission questionnaires.
Elasticity estimates
This section discusses elasticity estimates. No parties provided comments on these
estimates in their prehearing or posthearing briefs.
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