Customs agents track routing of illegally imported quartz countertops

Sources: CB Build Enterprises, Salt Lake City, Utah; CP staff The U.S Customs and Border Protection Agency has determined that Utah-based Superior Commercial Solutions LLC evaded anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) by illegally trans-shipping quartz countertops or quartz surface products (QSP) by means of material false statements or omissions. An agency report notes, “There is substantial record evidence that SCS…

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Commission investigates dumping of quartz surface products from China

Sources: Cambria Company, LLC, LeSuer, Minn.; CP staff

Responding to Cambria Co. petitions that allege dumping of slab and fabricated quartz surface products from China, the five-member U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a unanimous preliminary determination of injury and will continue investigation of company claims. A key player in high quartz content (> 90 percent) slabs used for countertops and premium interior furnishings, family-owned Cambria petitioned ITC and the U.S. Department of Commerce in April. 

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