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Part III: U.S. producers’ production, shipments, and
employment
The Commission analyzes a number of factors in making injury determinations (see 19
U.S.C. §§ 1677(7)(B) and 1677(7)(C)). Information on the subsidies and dumping margins was
presented in Part I of this report and information on the volume and pricing of imports of the
subject merchandise is presented in Part IV and Part V. Information on the other factors
specified is presented in this section and/or Part VI and (except as noted) is based on the
questionnaire responses of nine firms that accounted for the vast majority of U.S. production of
quartz surface products during 2019. 1
U.S. producers
The Commission issued a U.S. producer questionnaire to 77 firms 2 based on information
contained in the petition, information provided by the petitioner and respondents in the
Commission’s recent investigations regarding Quartz Surface Products from China, and staff
research. Nine firms provided usable data on their operations. 3 Six firms are quartz slab
producers, one firm *** is an integrated producer which produces slabs and fabricates, and two
firms (***) are independent fabricators 4 . Staff believes that these responses represent the vast
majority of U.S. production of quartz surface products slabs. Staff calculates that the three
fabricators (one integrated and two independent) included in the Commission’s dataset
account for over *** percent of total fabrication of domestically manufactured quartz surface
products slabs and less than *** percent of total fabrication of foreign manufactured quartz
surface products slabs imported into the United States.
Table III‐1 lists U.S. producers and independent fabricators of quartz surface products,
their production locations, positions on the petition, and shares of total production.
1
***. *** U.S. producer questionnaire response, section II‐2a.
2
Of the questionnaires issued to U.S. producers, *** are believed to be independent fabricators.
3
The Commission received a U.S. producer questionnaire from a firm which indicated fabrication,
this questionnaire was excluded from the dataset due to reconciliation and consistency issues: ***.
4
Respondent Counsel, Hogan Lovells submitted ***. Respondent submission, Fabricators
declarations.
III‐1