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U.S. imports
Table IV‐2 and figure IV‐1 presents data for U.S. imports of quartz surface products from
India, Turkey, and all other sources. During 2017‐19, U.S. imports of quartz surface products
from India increased, in terms of quantity, by *** percent (*** percent by value) and U.S.
imports of quartz surface products from Turkey increased, in terms of quantity, by *** percent
(*** percent by value). U.S. imports of quartz surface products from nonsubject sources
decreased, in terms of quantity, by 13.7 percent (7.8 percent by value). In 2019, imports from
India and Turkey accounted for *** percent and *** percent of total imports, respectively. In
2019, the largest sources for U.S. imports of quartz surface products were India followed Spain,
Vietnam, Turkey, Israel, Canada, and China.
The average unit value of U.S. imports of quartz surface products from India fell by $***
a square foot over the period to $*** a square foot in 2019. The average unit value of U.S.
imports of quartz surface products from Turkey fell by $*** a square foot over the period to
$*** in 2019. The average unit value of U.S. imports of quartz surface products from
nonsubject countries fell by $0.67 a square foot from 2017 to 2018 then increased $1.31 a
square foot from 2018 to 2019 ending at $9.99 a square foot in 2019. Overall, during 2017‐19,
the average unit value of U.S. imports of quartz surface products from nonsubject countries
increased by $0.64 a square foot.
During 2017‐19, as a ratio to U.S. production, imports from India and Turkey, increased
by *** percentage points and *** percentage points, respectively. Imports from nonsubejct
sources, as a ratio to U.S. production increased by *** percentage points from 2017 to 2018
then decreased by *** percentage points from 2018 to 2019. Overall, during 2017‐19, U.S.
imports of quartz surface products from nonsubject countries, as a ratio to U.S. production,
increased by *** percentage points.
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