• On April 28, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of quartz surface products from India and Turkey.
• The AD and CVD laws provide U.S. businesses and workers with a transparent, quasi-judicial, and internationally accepted mechanism to seek relief from the market-distorting effects of injurious dumping and subsidization of imports into the United States, establishing an opportunity to compete on a level playing field.
• For the purpose of an AD investigation, dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than its fair value. For the purpose of a CVD investigation, a countervailable subsidy is financial assistance from a foreign government that benefits the production of goods from foreign companies and is limited to specific enterprises or industries, or is contingent either upon export performance or upon the use of domestic goods over imported goods.
• In the India AD investigation, Commerce calculated a final dumping rate of 5.15 percent for mandatory respondents Antique Marbonite Private Limited, India (Antique Marbonite), Shivam Enterprises, and Prism Johnson Limited (collectively, Antique Group), and 2.67 percent for mandatory respondent Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited (Pokarna). Commerce assigned a final dumping rate of 3.19 percent to all other Indian producers and exporters.
• In the India CVD investigation, Commerce calculated final subsidy rates of 1.57 percent and 2.34 percent for mandatory respondents Antique Marbonite and Pokarna, respectively. Commerce assigned a final subsidy rate of 2.17 percent to all other producers and exporters.
• In the Turkey AD investigation, Commerce calculated a final dumping rate of 5.17 percent for mandatory respondents Belenco dis Tikaret A.Ş. and Peker Yüzey Tasarımları Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., and 0.0 percent for mandatory respondent Ermaş Madencilik Turizm Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi. Commerce assigned a final dumping rate of 5.17 percent to all other Turkish producers and exporters.
• In the Turkey CVD investigation, Commerce calculated a final subsidy rate of 2.43 percent for the mandatory respondent Belenco Dis Ticaret A.S. and Peker Yüzey Tasarıları Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. Commerce assigned a final subsidy rate of 2.43 percent to all other producers and exporters.
• Upon publication of the final affirmative AD determinations, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect AD cash deposits equal to the applicable final weighted-average dumping rates. Further, as a result of the affirmative final CVD determinations, if the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) makes affirmative injury determinations, Commerce will instruct CBP to resume collection of CVD cash deposits equal to the applicable subsidy rates.
• The petitioner is Cambria Company, LLC (Eden Prairie, MN).
