USITC Affirms Chinese Quartz Antidumping & Countervailing Duties, Not Retroactive

Today, June 11, 2019, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC)  determined that the U.S. quartz surfacing industry was materially injured by reason of imports of quartz surface products from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are subsidized and dumped on the U.S. market at less … Read more

TCNA Supports Unfair Trade Petitions Against Chinese Ceramic Tile

It seems that U.S. tile manufacturers have taken a move out of the quartz producers’ playbook by filing their own petition for countervailing and anti-dumping duties against Chinese products. In this case the product is ceramic tile, which has been claimed to be dumped into the domestic market and subsidized … Read more

TCNA Supports Unfair Trade Petitions Against Chinese Ceramic Tile

It seems that U.S. tile manufacturers have taken a move out of the quartz producers’ playbook by filing their own petition for countervailing and anti-dumping duties against Chinese products. In this case the product is ceramic tile, which has been claimed to be dumped into the domestic market and subsidized … Read more

Cambria Files to Include Crushed Glass in Chinese Quartz Import Duties

Last month, we reported in our blog about how Chinese quartz manufacturers are abandoning traditional production and instead are manufacturing new slabs made of crushed glass to skirt the countervailing and antidumping duties on quartz. Crushed glass countertops are distinctly excluded from these duties of up to 300 percent, but … Read more

Cambria Files to Include Crushed Glass in Chinese Quartz Import Duties

Last month, we reported in our blog about how Chinese quartz manufacturers are abandoning traditional production and instead are manufacturing new slabs made of crushed glass to skirt the countervailing and antidumping duties on quartz. Crushed glass countertops are distinctly excluded from these duties of up to 300 percent, but … Read more

Manufacturers, Importers, Fabricators Take Up Sides Over Quartz Antidumping Duties

The biggest news to hit the countertop fabrication industry in 2018 was the imposition of new antidumping duties on quartz produced in China, and now stakeholders with opposing views have taken up sides by lending support to one of two groups: the Italy-based World-Wide Agglomerated Stone Manufacturers Association (A.St.A.), and … Read more

Manufacturers, Importers, Fabricators Take Up Sides Over Quartz Antidumping Duties

The biggest news to hit the countertop fabrication industry in 2018 was the imposition of new antidumping duties on quartz produced in China, and now stakeholders with opposing views have taken up sides by lending support to one of two groups: the Italy-based World-Wide Agglomerated Stone Manufacturers Association (A.St.A.), and … Read more

Next Round of Duties and Tariffs Announced on Chinese Quartz

Published November 20, the department of commerce made a preliminary determination that certain quartz surface products from  China are being sold in the United States at less than fair value, or dumped, and preliminary duties range from a minimum of 242.1 percent  on Suzhou Colorquartzstone New Material Co., Ltd. and … Read more

Next Round of Duties and Tariffs Announced on Chinese Quartz

Published November 20, the department of commerce made a preliminary determination that certain quartz surface products from  China are being sold in the United States at less than fair value, or dumped, and preliminary duties range from a minimum of 242.1 percent  on Suzhou Colorquartzstone New Material Co., Ltd. and … Read more

Caestarstone Falls Flat, Expects Growth in 2019

Caestarstone just released the company’s financial statements for the third quarter of 2018, revealing that the period and the entire year has virtually fallen flat. However, Caesarstone is now looking to the future and expecting higher than average revenue, especially in the U.S. where Chinese quartz has been hit by … Read more