19-3-4055 US purchasers' questionnaire

OMB No. 3117-0016/USITC No. 19-3-4055; Expiration Date: 6/30/2020
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LOST SALES AND LOST REVENUE SURVEY
QUARTZ SURFACE PRODUCTS FROM INDIA AND TURKEY
This survey must be received by the Commission by May 22, 2019
See last page for filing instructions.
The information called for in this questionnaire is for use by the United States International Trade Commission in
connection with its countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning quartz surface products from India
and Turkey (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-624-625 and 731-TA-1450-1451 (Preliminary)). The information requested in the survey is
requested under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This report is mandatory and failure to reply as directed
can result in a subpoena or other order to compel the submission of records or information in your possession (19 U.S.C.
§ 1333(a)). Further information on this survey can be obtained from Aimee Larsen (202-205-3179,
[email protected]).
Name of firm
Address
City

State

Zip Code

Website
Has your firm purchased or imported for own use or retail sale quartz surface products (as defined on next page)
at any time since January 1, 2016?

NO

(Sign the certification below and promptly return only this page of the survey to the Commission)

YES

(Complete all parts of the survey, and return the entire survey to the Commission)

Return questionnaire via the U.S. International Trade Commission Drop Box by clicking on the
following link: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/. (PIN: SURF)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in this survey is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and
understand that the information submitted is subject to audit and verification by the Commission. By submitting this certification I
also grant consent for the Commission, and its employees and contract personnel, to use the information provided in this survey
and throughout this proceeding in any other import-injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or similar
merchandise.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that information submitted in response to this request for information and throughout this
investigation or other proceeding may be disclosed to and used: (i) by the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits,
reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, solely for cybersecurity purposes. I understand that all
contract personnel will sign appropriate nondisclosure agreements.
Name of Authorized Official

Title of Authorized Official

Date

Signature

Phone

Email address

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GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on May 8, 2019, by Cambria
Company LLC, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Countervailing and antidumping duties may be assessed on the
subject imports as a result of these proceedings if the Commission makes an affirmative determination
of injury, threat, or material retardation, and if the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) makes
an affirmative determination of subsidization and dumping. Questionnaires and other information
pertinent to this proceeding are available at
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2019/quartz_surface_products_india_and_turkey/prelimi
nary.htm
Quartz surface products covered by these investigations consist of slabs and other surfaces created
from a mixture of materials that includes predominately silica (e.g., quartz, quartz powder, cristobalite,
glass powder) as well as a resin binder (e.g., an unsaturated polyester). The incorporation of other
materials, including, but not limited to, pigments, cement, or other additives does not remove the
merchandise from the scope of these investigations. However, the scope of these investigations only
includes products where the silica content is greater than any other single material, by actual weight.
Quartz surface products are typically sold as rectangular slabs with a total surface area of approximately
45 to 60 square feet and a nominal thickness of one, two, or three centimeters. However, the scope of
these investigations includes surface products of all other sizes, thicknesses, and shapes. In addition to
slabs, the scope of these investigations includes, but is not limited to, other surfaces such as
countertops, backsplashes, vanity tops, bar tops, work tops, tabletops, flooring, wall facing, shower
surrounds, fire place surrounds, mantels, and tiles. Certain quartz surface products are covered by these
investigations whether polished or unpolished, cut or uncut, fabricated or not fabricated, cured or
uncured, edged or not edged, finished or unfinished, thermoformed or not thermoformed, packaged or
unpackaged, and regardless of the type of surface finish.
In addition, quartz surface products are covered by these investigations whether or not they are
imported attached to, or in conjunction with, non-subject merchandise such as sinks, sink bowls,
vanities, cabinets, and furniture. If quartz surface products are imported attached to, or in conjunction
with, such non-subject merchandise, only the quartz surface product is covered by the scope.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above description that has been finished,
packaged, or otherwise fabricated in a third country, including by cutting, polishing, curing, edging,
thermoforming, attaching to, or packaging with another product, or any other finishing, packaging, or
fabrication that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of these investigation if
performed in the country of manufacture of the quartz surface products.
The scope of these investigations do not cover quarried stone surface products, such as granite, marble,
soapstone, or quartzite. Specifically excluded from the scope of these investigations are crushed glass
surface products. Crushed glass surface products must meet each of the following criteria to qualify for
this exclusion: (1) the crushed glass content is greater than any other single material, by actual weight;
(2) there are pieces of crushed glass visible across the surface of the product; (3) at least some of the
individual pieces of crushed glass that are visible across the surface are larger than 1 centimeter wide as
measured at their widest cross-section (“Glass Pieces”); and (4) the distance between any single Glass
Piece and the closest separate Glass Piece does not exceed three inches.

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The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) under the following subheading: 6810.99.0010. Subject merchandise may also
enter under subheadings 6810.11.0010, 6810.11.0070, 6810.19.1200, 6810.19.1400, 6810.19.5000,
6810.91.0000, 6810.99.0080, 6815.99.4070, 2506.10.0010, 2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010, 2506.20.0080,
and 7016.90.10. The HTSUS provisions are for convenience and customs purposes; the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
Reporting of information.--If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates.
Confidentiality.--The data furnished in response to this survey that reveal the individual operations of
your firm will be treated as confidential by the Commission to the extent that such data are not
otherwise available to the public and will not be disclosed except as may be required by law (see 19
U.S.C. 1677f). Such confidential information will not be published in a manner that will reveal the
individual operations of your firm; however, general characterizations of numerical business proprietary
information (such as discussion of trends) will be treated as confidential business information only at the
request of the submitter for good cause shown.
Release of information.--The information provided by your firm in response to this survey, as well as
any other business proprietary information submitted by your firm to the Commission in connection
with this proceeding, may become subject to, and released under, the administrative protective order
provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1677f) and section 207.7 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR § 207.7). This means that certain lawyers and other authorized
individuals may temporarily be given access to the information for use in connection with this
proceeding or other import-injury proceedings conducted by the Commission on the same or similar
merchandise; those individuals would be subject to severe penalties if the information were divulged to
unauthorized individuals. Please also retain a copy of the final document that you submit.
Contact information.--Please identify the responsible individual and the manner by which Commission
staff may contact that individual regarding the confidential information submitted in this survey. This
may or may not be the person whose signature is at the bottom of page 1.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
Firms operating more than one establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a
single response.

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PURCHASE INFORMATION
Purchases and imports.--Report separately your firm’s domestic purchases and imports of
quartz surface products.

1.

“Purchase”--Purchase from a U.S. entity such as a U.S. producer, a U.S. importer, or other U.S.
firm.
“Import”--Purchase directly from a foreign supplier and your firm is the importer of record.
2016
Item

2017

2018

Quantity (in square feet)

Purchases of quartz surface products
produced in-United States
India
Turkey
All other countries1
Sources unknown2
Total purchases

0

0

0

0

0

0

Imports of quartz surface products from-India
Turkey
All other countries1
Total imports3

Please identify these countries:
.
Please indicate the firm(s) from which you purchased this merchandise:
3
If your firm imported quartz surface products at any time since January 1, 2016, please also
complete and return a U.S. importers' questionnaire in this proceeding.
1
2

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2. Changes in purchasing patterns.--Please indicate how the shares of your firm’s purchases of quartz
surface products from different sources have changed since January 1, 2016.
Source of
purchases

Did not
purchase Decreased Increased Constant Fluctuated

Explanation for trend

United
States
India

Turkey
All other
countries
Sources
unknown

3. Major purchasing factors.--Please list, in order of their importance, the main factors your firm
considers in deciding from whom to purchase quartz surface products.
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:

.

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4. Purchasing subject imports rather than domestic products.—
(a)

Since January 2016, did your firm import and/or purchase imports of quartz surface
products from India or Turkey instead of purchasing U.S.-produced quartz surface
products? Respond for each subject country.

Source

Yes
(also respond to parts (b) and (c))

No
(If “No” for all countries, skip to next
question)

India
Turkey
(b)

If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was the imported product priced lower than the
domestic product?
Source

Yes

No

India
Turkey
(c)

If you responded “Yes” to part (a), was price a primary reason for importing and/or
purchasing subject imports rather than domestic product?

Source

India
Turkey

Yes

If Yes, estimate the quantity
of imports purchased and/or
imported instead of domestic
product since January 2016
(in square feet)

No

If No, please indicate the
reason your firm imported
and/or purchased imports
instead of domestic product

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5.

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U.S. producers and import competition.—
(a)

Since January 1, 2016, in connection with a sale or offer to sell quartz surface products
to your firm, did U.S. producers reduce their prices of domestically produced quartz
surface products in order to compete with lower-priced imports of quartz surface
products from India or Turkey? Respond for each subject country.
Source

Yes (also respond to
question part (b))

No (If “No” for all countries,
skip to next question)

Don’t know

India
Turkey
(b)

If your firm responded “yes” to any of the above countries, please provide an estimate
of the reduction in U.S. producers’ prices, and any additional explanations, such as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price reductions, or other market/competitive
factors.

Source

Estimated
reduction in U.S.
prices
(percent)

India

%

Turkey

%

Additional explanation, including such information as
timing (e.g., months/years), frequency of price
reductions, or other market/competitive factors

6. Other explanations--Please provide any additional comments in this box.

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OMB INFORMATION
7. OMB statistics.--Please report the actual number of hours required and the cost to your firm of
completing this survey.
Hours

Dollars

The questions in this survey have been reviewed with market participants to ensure that issues of
concern are adequately addressed and that data requests are sufficient, meaningful, and as limited
as possible. Public reporting burden for this survey is estimated to average 4 hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the
survey.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for reducing
the burden, and any suggestions for improving this survey. Please attach such comments to your
response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20436.

HOW TO FILE YOUR SURVEY RESPONSE
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the survey document.
Please submit the completed survey using one of the methods noted below. If your firm
is unable to complete the MS Word survey or cannot use one of the electronic methods
of submission, please contact the Commission for further instructions.
• Upload via Secure Drop Box.—Upload the MS Word survey along with a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1) through the Commission’s secure upload facility:
Web address: https://dropbox.usitc.gov/oinv/

Pin: SURF

• E-mail.—E-mail the MS Word survey to [email protected]; include a scanned copy of the signed
certification page (page 1). Submitters are strongly encouraged to encrypt nonpublic documents that are
electronically transmitted to the Commission to protect your sensitive information from unauthorized
disclosure. The USITC secure drop-box system and the Electronic Document Information System (EDIS)
use Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptographic algorithms to encrypt data in
transit. Submitting your nonpublic documents by a means that does not use these encryption algorithms
(such as by email) may subject your firm’s nonpublic information to unauthorized disclosure during
transmission. If you choose a non-encrypted method of electronic transmission, the Commission warns
you that the risk of such possible unauthorized disclosure is assumed by you and not by the Commission.
If your firm did not purchase this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a scanned copy
to the Commission.