19-3-4155 U.S. purchasers' questionnaire

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U.S. PURCHASERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE
QUARTZ SURFACE PRODUCTS FROM INDIA AND TURKEY
This questionnaire must be received by the Commission by February 7, 2020
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 antidumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning quartz surface products from India
and Turkey (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-624-625 and 731-TA-1450-1451 (Final)). The information requested in the questionnaire 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 firm’s possession (19
U.S.C. § 1333(a)). Further information on this questionnaire can be obtained from Natalia King (202-205-2049,
[email protected]).

Name of firm
Address
City

State

Zip Code

Website
Has your firm purchased quartz surface products (as defined on next page) from any source (domestic or
foreign) at any time since January 1, 2017?

NO

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

YES

(Complete all parts of the questionnaire, and return the entire questionnaire 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: QUAR)
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the information herein supplied in response to this questionnaire 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 questionnaire 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
proceeding or other proceedings 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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PART I.—GENERAL INFORMATION
Background.--This proceeding was instituted in response to a petition filed on May 8, 2019 by Cambria
Company LLC, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Antidumping and countervailing 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/or dumping. Questionnaires and other information
pertinent to this proceeding are available at:
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2018/quartz_surface_products_India and
Turkey/final.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 the investigation. However, the scope of the investigation 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 the
investigation includes surface products of all other sizes, thicknesses, and shapes. In addition to slabs,
the scope of the investigation 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 the investigation
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 the
investigation 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 the investigation if
performed in the country of manufacture of the quartz surface products. The scope of the investigation
does not cover quarried stone surface products, such as granite, marble, soapstone, or quartzite.
Specifically excluded from the scope of the investigation 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.
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.

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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 7016.90.1050. The HTSUS subheadings
set forth above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description
of the scope is dispositive.
Purchaser.--Any firm engaged, either directly or through a parent company or subsidiary, in purchasing
quartz surface products from another firm that produces, imports, or otherwise distributes quartz
surface products.
Reporting of information.--If information is not readily available from your records, provide carefully
prepared estimates. If your firm is completing more than one questionnaire (i.e., a producer, importer,
and/or purchaser questionnaire), you need not respond to duplicated questions.
Confidentiality.--The commercial and financial data furnished in response to this questionnaire 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.
Verification.--The information submitted in this questionnaire is subject to audit and verification by the
Commission. To facilitate possible verification of data, please keep all files, worksheets, and supporting
documents used in the preparation of the questionnaire response. Please also retain a copy of the final
document that you submit.
Release of information.--The information provided by your firm in response to this questionnaire, 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.

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Establishments covered.--Provide the name and address of your U.S. establishment(s) covered
by this questionnaire, if different from that listed on the cover page. Firms operating more than
one establishment should combine the data for all establishments into a single response.
“Establishment”--Each facility of a firm involved in the purchase of quartz surface products,
including auxiliary facilities operated in conjunction with (whether or not physically separate
from) such facilities.

I-1b.

Stock symbol information.-- If your firm or parent firm is publicly traded, please specify the
stock exchange and trading symbol:
.

I-1c.

External counsel.-- If your firm or parent firm is represented by external counsel in relation to
this proceeding, please specify the name of the law firm and the lead attorney(s).
Law firm:
.
Lead attorney(s):

I-2.

.

Ownership.--Is your firm owned, in whole or in part, by any other firm?
No
Firm name

Yes--List the following information.
Address

Extent of ownership
(percent)

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I-3.

Related importers/exporters.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or
foreign, which import quartz surface products into the United States or which export quartz
surface products to the United States?
No
Firm name

I-4.

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Yes--List the following information.
Country

Affiliation

Related producers.--Does your firm have any related firms, either domestic or foreign, which
produce quartz surface products?
No
Firm name

Yes--List the following information.
Country

Affiliation

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PART II.--PURCHASES
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 questionnaire.
Name
Title
Email
Telephone
II-1.

Purchases and imports.--Report separately your firm’s domestic purchases and imports of
quartz surface products.
“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.
2017
Item

2018

2019

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
1

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, 2017, please also
complete and return a U.S. importers' questionnaire in this proceeding.
2

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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, 2017.

Source of
purchases

Did not
purchase Decreased Increased Constant Fluctuated

Explanation for trend

United States
India
Turkey
All other countries
Sources unknown
II-3.

Country knowledge.--Please indicate the countries of origin with which your firm has
experience or information in the quartz surface products market.

United
States

India

Turkey

Other
countries

Sources
unknown

Other countries
(specify)

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Supplier identification.—
(a) Please list your firm’s FIVE largest suppliers for quartz surface products since January 1,
2017. Also, provide the share of the quantity of your firm’s total purchases of quartz surface
products that each of these suppliers accounted for in 2019.

No.

Supplier’s name

City and state

Share of quantity of
2019 purchases

1

%

2

%

3

%

4

%

5

%

(b) Please indicate if your firm is aware of the foreign supplier of the quartz surface product it
purchases. If known, please indicate what share of your firm’s purchases since January 1,
2017 were produced by the following producers from India or Turkey.
Foreign producer is unknown

Source
India

Turkey

Foreign producer is known--Please fill out the table.

Foreign producer’s name
Antique Marbonite Private Limited Group
(includes Shivan Enterprises and Prism Johnson Limited)

Share of quantity of
purchases since
January 1, 2017
%

Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited

%

Belenco dis Tikaret A.S.

%

Peker Yüzey Tasanlan Sanayi ve Tic A.S.

%

Ermas Madencilik Turizm Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi

%

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PART III.--MARKET CHARACTERISTICS AND PURCHASING PRACTICES
III-1.

Firm type.--Which of the following best describes your firm as a purchaser of quartz surface
products (check all that apply)?
Fabricator/
retailer

Builder/
contractor

Distributor

Other end user

Describe other

If your firm is a distributor of quartz surface products, please answer questions III-2 and III-3.
III-2.

Competition for sales.--Does your firm compete for sales to customers with the manufacturers
or importers from which your firm purchases quartz surface products?
No

III-3.

Yes

If yes, please describe.

Types of customers.—
(a) What are the major types of consumers to which your firm sells quartz surface products?

(b) Was your firm a Cambria retailer or part of a Cambria exclusivity arrangement at any point
since January 1, 2017?

No

Yes

If yes, please describe whether your firm had an exclusivity
agreement including terms and dates.

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If your firm is an end user of quartz surface products, please answer questions III-4 and III-5.
III-4.

End uses.--List the top 3 products your firm makes using quartz surface products and estimate
the percent of your total production cost that is accounted for by quartz surface products and by
other inputs (such as labor, energy, and other raw materials).
Share of total cost in each of the product(s) your
firm produces accounted for by
Product(s) your firm
produces

1

III-5.

Quartz surface
products

Total
(should
sum to
100.0%
across)

Other inputs1
% +

%

=

0.0 %

% +

%

=

0.0 %

% +

%

=

0.0 %

Including installation costs and any other post fabrication value added.

Demand for end-use products.-(a)

Has the demand for your firm’s final products incorporating quartz surface products
changed since January 1, 2017?
Increased

(b)

No change

Decreased

Fluctuated

Has this had any effect on your firm’s demand for quartz surface products?
No

Yes

Explain

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Substitutes.—
(a)

Specific substitutes.--Are these specific products considered as substitutes for quartz
surface products in the same end use(s)?

Specific substitutes

Are these
considered
Have changes in the price of this
substitutes in the
substitute affected the price for quartz
End use(s) in which
market?
surface products?
this substitute is
No
Yes
used
No
Yes
Explanation

Marble
Granite
Quartzite
(b)

Other substitutes.--Can other products not already listed in part "a" of this question be
substituted for quartz surface products?
No

Other substitutes

Yes--Please fill out the table.

End use in which this
substitute is used

Have changes in the price of this substitute
affected the price for quartz surface products?
No Yes

Explanation

1.
2.
3.
4.
III-7.

Demand trends.--Indicate how demand within the United States and outside of the United
States (if known) for quartz surface products has changed since January 1, 2017, including any
changes to and/or from substitute products. Explain any trends and describe the principal
factors that have affected these changes in demand.

Market
Within the United States
Outside the United States

Overall
increase

No
change

Fluctuate
Overall
with no
decrease clear trend

Explanation and factors

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III-8.

Country preferences.--Do you or your customers ever specifically order quartz surface products
from one country in particular over other possible sources of supply?
No

III-9.

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Yes

If yes, identify the countries and explain.

Importance of purchasing domestic product.--Please fill out the table below, estimating the
percentage of your firm’s total 2019 purchases of quartz surface products that required quartz
surface products produced in the United States.

Purchases that did not require domestic product
Purchases that were required by law or regulation to be domestic product
(e.g., government purchases under “Buy American” provisions)
Purchases that were not required by law or regulation, but were required by
your customers to be domestic product
Purchases that were required to be domestic product for other reasons
(explain:
.)
Total (should sum to 100.0%)

Estimated percentage of
your firm’s total 2019
purchases of quartz
surface products
%
%
%
%
0.0 %

III-10. Conditions of competition.-(a)

Is the quartz surface products market subject to business cycles (other than general
economy-wide conditions) and/or other conditions of competition distinctive to quartz
surface products?

Check all that apply.

Please describe.

No

Skip to question III-11.

Yes-Business cycles (e.g.
seasonal business)
Yes-Other distinctive
conditions of competition
(b)

Have there been any changes in the business cycles or conditions of competition for
quartz surface products since January 1, 2017?
No

Yes

If yes, describe.

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III-11. Decisions based on producer and country-of-origin.--How often does your firm, and if known,
do your customers, make purchasing decisions involving quartz surface products based on its
producer or country of origin?
Item

Always

Usually

Sometimes

Never

If at least sometimes, explain.

Decision based on producer
Your firm
Your
customers
Decision based on country of origin
Your firm
Your
customers
III-12. Availability of supply.--Has the availability of quartz surface products in the U.S. market
changed since January 1, 2017?
Availability in the U.S.
Please explain, noting the countries and reasons for the
market
No Yes changes.
U.S.-produced product
Subject imports
Nonsubject imports
III-13. Supply constraints.--Has any firm refused, declined, or been unable to supply your firm with
quartz surface products since January 1, 2017 (examples include placing customers on allocation
or “controlled order entry,” declining to accept new customers or renew existing customers,
delivering less than the quantity promised, being unable to meet timely shipment commitments,
etc.)?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.

III-14. Availability of specific product types.--Are certain colors/designs/types/sizes of quartz surface
products only available from certain country sources?
No

Yes

If yes, please identify the countries and the colors/designs/type/size.

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III-15. Impact of AD/CVD orders on quartz surface product from China.--Describe any changes in the
U.S. quartz surface product market since the imposition of the antidumping and countervailing
duties on quartz surface products from China.

III-16. Purchasing frequency.-(a)

How frequently does your firm make purchases of quartz surface products (check one)?
Daily

(b)

Weekly

Monthly

Quarterly

Annually

Other

If other, specify

Has this purchasing frequency changed since January 1, 2017?
No

Yes

If yes, please describe.
.

III-17. Raw material prices.—
(a)

Is your firm familiar with the prices for raw materials used in the production of quartz
surface products?
No

(b)

Yes – please answer (b)

Has information on raw material prices affected your firm’s negotiations or contracts to
purchase quartz surface products since 2017?
No

Yes Explain

III-18. Number of suppliers contacted.--How many suppliers does your firm generally contact before
making a purchase? Between
and
firms

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III-19. Supplier negotiations.--Do your firm’s purchases of quartz surface products usually involve
negotiations between supplier and purchaser?

No

Yes

If yes, explain the factors your firm generally negotiates and note whether
your firm quotes competing prices during negotiations.

III-20. Change in suppliers.--Has your firm changed suppliers since January 1, 2017?

No

Yes

If yes, please list the supplier(s), whether the firm was added or dropped,
and the reasons for the change.

III-21. New suppliers.--Are you aware of any new suppliers, either foreign or domestic, that have
entered the market since January 1, 2017?
No

Yes

If yes, please identify the firms.

III-22. Supplier qualification.--Do you require your suppliers to be or to become certified or qualified
to sell quartz surface products to your firm?
If yes, provide the following information.
 The number of days to qualify a new supplier.
 A general description of the certification or qualification process. Also, a brief
description of the factors that you consider when qualifying a new supplier (e.g., quality
of product, reliability of supplier, etc.).

No

Yes

Number
of days Process and factors

III-23. Failure to certify.--Since January 1, 2017, have any domestic or foreign producers failed in their
attempts to certify or qualify their quartz surface products with your firm or have any producers
lost their approved status?

No

Yes

If yes, please identify these firms, the countries where they are located,
and the reasons why they failed the certification/qualification.

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III-24. 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 (examples include color,
design, look, availability, extension of credit, contracts, price, quality, range of supplier’s product
line, traditional supplier, etc.).
1.
2.
3.
Please list any other factors that are very important in your purchase decisions:

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III-25. Purchasing factors.--Please rate the importance of the following factors in your firm’s
purchasing decisions for quartz surface products.

Factor
Availability
Color/design/aesthetics
Breton manufacturing equipment
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Distribution and installation services
Extension of credit
Minimum quantity requirements
Packaging
Price
Product consistency
Product range
Quality meets industry standards
Quality exceeds industry standards
Reliability of supply
Technical support/service
U.S. transportation costs
Warranty

Very
important

Somewhat
important

Not
important

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III-26. Quality characteristics.--What characteristics does your firm consider when determining the
quality of quartz surface products?

III-27. Minimum quality.--How often does quartz surface products from the following countries meet
minimum quality specifications for your uses or your customers’ uses?

Source

Always

Usually

Sometimes

Rarely or
never

Don’t
know

United States
India
Turkey
Other:
III-28. Frequency of decisions based on price.--How often does your firm purchase the quartz surface
products that is offered at the lowest price?
Always

Usually

Sometimes

Never

III-29. Price leaders.--A price leader is defined as (1) one or more firms that initiate a price change,
either upward or downward, that is followed by other firms, or (2) one or more firms that have a
significant impact on prices. A price leader is not necessarily the lowest-priced supplier.
Please list the names of any firms you considered price leaders in the quartz surface products
market since January 1, 2017.
Firm(s)

Describe how the firm(s) exhibited price leadership

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III-30. Purchasing subject imports rather than domestic products.—
(a)

Since January 2017, 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 2017
(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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III-31. U.S. producers and import competition.—
(a)

Since January 1, 2017, 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 the subject countries? 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

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PART IV.—PRODUCT COMPARISONS
IV-1.

Interchangeability.-- Are quartz surface products produced in the United States and in other
countries interchangeable (i.e., can they physically be used in the same applications)?
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = the products from a specified country-pair are always interchangeable
F = the products are frequently interchangeable
S = the products are sometimes interchangeable
N = the products are never interchangeable
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair
Country-pair

India

Turkey

China

Other countries

United States
India
Turkey
For any country-pair producing quartz surface products which is sometimes or never
interchangeable, please identify the country-pair and explain the factors that limit or preclude
interchangeable use:

For any “other country” pair comparisons, please indicate if your firm is comparing product to
product from China, Spain, and/or other nonsubject sources:

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Factors other than price.--Are differences other than price (e.g., color, design, look, quality,
availability, transportation network, product range, technical support, etc.) between quartz
surface products produced in the United States and in other countries a significant factor in your
firm’s purchases of the products?
Please indicate A, F, S, N, or 0 in the table below:
A = such differences are always significant
F = such differences are frequently significant
S = such differences are sometimes significant
N = such differences are never significant
0 = no familiarity with products from a specified country-pair
Country-pair

India

Turkey

Other countries

United States
India
Turkey
For any country-pair for which factors other than price always or frequently are a significant
factor in your firm’s purchases of quartz surface products, identify the country-pair and report
the advantages or disadvantages imparted by such factors:

For any “other country” pair comparisons, please indicate if your firm is comparing product to
product from China, Spain, and/or other nonsubject sources:

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Availability
Color/design/aesthetics
Breton manufacturing equipment
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Distribution and installation
services
Extension of credit
Minimum quantity requirements
Packaging
Price1
Product consistency
Product range
Quality meets industry standards
Quality exceeds industry
standards
Reliability of supply
Technical support/service
U.S. transportation costs1
Warranty
1

A rating of superior on price and U.S. transportation costs indicates that the first country generally has lower
prices/U.S. transportation costs than the second country.

Inferior

Comparable

Superior

Inferior

Comparable

Superior

Inferior

Factor

Comparable

Factor country comparisons.--For the factors listed below, please rate how quartz surface
products produced in each country you identified in your response to the first question in Part
IV compares with quartz surface products produced in each of the other countries you
identified. If you are unfamiliar with the product from a particular country, please leave the
boxes for those country comparisons blank.
Product from
Product from
United States
United States
Product from
compared to product
compared to
India compared to
from
product from
product from
India
Turkey
Turkey

Superior

IV-3.

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Factor country comparisons.--Continued.

Availability
Color/design/aesthetics
Breton manufacturing
equipment
Delivery terms
Delivery time
Discounts offered
Distribution and installation
services
Extension of credit
Minimum quantity
requirements
Packaging
Price1
Product consistency
Product range
Quality meets industry
standards
Quality exceeds industry
standards
Reliability of supply
Technical support/service
U.S. transportation costs1
Warranty
1

A rating of superior on price and U.S. transportation costs indicates that the first country generally has lower
prices/U.S. transportation costs than the second country.

Inferior

Comparable

Product from
Turkey compared to
product from
Nonsubject
countries

Superior

Inferior

Comparable

Inferior

Comparable

Factor

Superior

Product from
United States
compared to product
from
Nonsubject countries

Product from
India
compared to
product from
Nonsubject
countries

Superior

IV-3.

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PART V.—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
V-1.

Other explanations.--If your firm would like to further explain a response to any question that
for which a narrative response box was not provided, please note the question number and the
explanation in the space provided below.

V-2.

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

Dollars

The questions in this questionnaire 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 questionnaire is estimated to average
25 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and
completing and reviewing the questionnaire.
We welcome comments regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate, suggestions for
reducing the burden, and any suggestions for improving this questionnaire. Please attach such
comments to your response or send to the Office of Investigations, USITC, 500 E St. SW,
Washington, DC 20436.

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HOW TO FILE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
This questionnaire is available as a “fillable” form in MS Word format on the Commission’s website at:
https://www.usitc.gov/investigations/701731/2018/quartz_surface_products_India and
Turkey/final.htm.
Please do not attempt to modify the format or permissions of the questionnaire
document. Please submit the completed questionnaire using one of the methods noted
below. If your firm is unable to complete the MS Word questionnaire 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 questionnaire 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: QUAR

• E-mail.—E-mail the MS Word questionnaire 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 does not purchase this product, please fill out page 1, print, sign, and submit a scanned
copy to the Commission.
Parties to this proceeding.—If your firm is a party to this proceeding, it is required to serve a copy of the
completed questionnaire on parties to the proceeding that are subject to administrative protective
order (see 19 CFR § 207.7). A list of such parties may be obtained from the Commission’s Secretary (202205-1803). A certificate of service must accompany the completed questionnaire your firm submits (see
19 CFR § 207.7). Service of the questionnaire must be made in paper form.