US Trade Commission to Investigate Allegations of Quartz-Dumping by China

American Government Will Determine Whether to Impose Countervailing Duties

Alex Mustonen, partner and co-founder of N.Y. design agency Snarkitecture, working on 4 kitchen islands, in conjunction with Caesarstone, a quartz-surface company in Toronto on January 10. Randy Risling/Toronto Star via Getty Images

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) will investigate allegations of quartz-dumping practices by China and consider whether to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports.

The Minnesota-based Cambria Company, a producer of quartz surfaces, first initiated a petition to the ITC on April 17, according to the ITC’s announcement, published the following day.