To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Quartz Surface Products
Record date: 2026-08-05
Proclamation 11051 of July 31, 2026 To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Quartz Surface Products A Proclamation 1. On May 18, 2026, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) transmitted to the President a report (ITC Report) on its investigation under section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade Act) ( 19 U.S.C. 2252 ), with respect to imports of quartz surface products (QSP), which are classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in subheadings 6810.99.0020, 6810.99.0040, and 7020.00.6000. 2.
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2026-15975
- Publication date
- 2026-08-05
- Citation
- 91 FR 50645
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of the President
Official record excerpt
Proclamation 11051 of July 31, 2026 To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Quartz Surface Products A Proclamation 1. On May 18, 2026, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) transmitted to the President a report (ITC Report) on its investigation under section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade Act) ( 19 U.S.C. 2252 ), with respect to imports of quartz surface products (QSP), which are classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in subheadings 6810.99.0020, 6810.99.0040, and 7020.00.6000. 2. The ITC reached an affirmative determination under section 202(b) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2252(b) ) that QSP is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported article. 3. Pursuant to section 301(a) of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (USMCA Implementation Act) ( 19 U.S.C. 4551(a) ), the ITC made negative findings as to whether imports of Canada and Mexico, considered individually, account for a substantial share of total imports and contribute importantly to the serious injury caused by imports. 4. Pursuant to statutes implementing certain free trade agreements to which the United States is a party, the ITC further found that imports of QSP that are a product of Australia, each Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement country ( i.e., Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) (CAFTA-DR countries), as well as Colombia, Jordan, the Republic of Korea, Panama, Peru, and Singapore, individually, are not a substantial cause of serious injury or threat thereof. 5. Further, pursuant to section 403 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-573, 98 Stat. 2948, 3016 (1984)) ( 19 U.S.C. 2112 note ), the ITC found that the serious injury substantially caused by imports to the domestic industry producing a like or directly competitive article does not result from the reduction or elimination of any duty provided for under the United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement. The ITC also found, pursuant to section 213(e) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) (Public Law 98-67, 97 Stat. 369 (1983)) ( 19 U.S.C. 2703(e) ), that the serious injury substantially caused by imports to the domestic industry producing a like or directly competitive article does not result from duty-free treatment provided for under the CBERA provisions of the Caribbean Basin Initiative trade program or the Generalized System of Preferences program. 6. The ITC Commissioners who voted in the affirmative on serious injury transmitted to the President their individual conclusions that each of the recommendations considered would address the serious injury to the domestic industry and be most effective in facilitating the efforts of the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition. 7. On June 2, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) requested additional information from the ITC under section 203(a)(5) ( printed page 50646) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(5) ). On July 2, 2026, the ITC provided a response that identified unforeseen developments that led to the importation of QSP into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury (ITC Supplemental Report). The ITC Supplemental Report also stated, among other things, that increased imports of QSP of all countries other than Australia, Canada, the CAFTA-DR countries, Colombia, Israel, Jordan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Singapore, and CBERA beneficiaries are a substantial cause of serious injury to the domestic industry. 8. Pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2253 ), and after taking into account the considerations specified in section 203(a)(2) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(2) ), the ITC Report, and the ITC Supplemental Report, I determine that it is appropriate and feasible to take action of a type described in section 203(a)(3) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(3) ) (safeguard measure) with regard to QSP described in the ITC's Notice of Institution, 90 FR 55165 (Dec. 1, 2025), listed in subdivision (a) of Note 41 in the Annex to this proclamation, and
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