USITC Staff Report: Quartz Surfaces from India and Turkey staff report USITC | Page 7

Part I: Introduction
Background
These investigations result from petitions filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce
(“Commerce”) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (“USITC” or “Commission”) by
Cambria Company LLC (“Cambria” or “Petitioner”), Le Sueur, Minnesota, on May 8, 2019,
alleging that an industry in the United States is materially injured and threatened with material
injury by reason of subsidized and less‐than‐fair‐value (“LTFV”) imports of certain quartz surface
products (“quartz surface products”) 1 from India and Turkey. The following tabulation provides
information relating to the background of these investigations. 2 3
1
See the section entitled “The subject merchandise” in Part I of this report for a complete
description of the merchandise subject in this proceeding.
2
Pertinent Federal Register notices are referenced in appendix A, and may be found at the
Commission’s website (www.usitc.gov).
3
A list of witnesses that appeared at the Commission’s closing remarks is presented in appendix B of
this report.
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