Foreign cheating is a direct and severe threat to U.S. stone fabrication shops. When foreign countries manipulate their economic systems to dump cheap, subsidized products, it severely damages the U.S. manufacturers who must compete in the free market. These foreign cheaters take control over 100% of the U.S. industry and then raise prices on U.S. shops. Furthermore, when foreign companies unfairly export finished, fabricated offshore quartz countertops, they cheat the American stone fabricator, who loses business.

A Safeguard petition under the Trade Act of 1974 is a legal tool a U.S. industry can use to obtain temporary relief from a surge in global imports that is causing or threatening to cause "serious injury." It is designed to address a tremendous amount of imports from foreign countries that are waging economic warfare on the domestic industry.

No, absolutely not. This action is about ensuring free and fair competition on a level playing field for American Quartz manufacturing factories. The QMAA welcomes competition from any company that abides by U.S. and international trade laws. The petition specifically targets the surge of imports and the illegal and unfair trading practices that violate the integrity of the U.S. free and fair marketplace.

No. The artificially low prices of some imports are the result of illegal trade practices, and the financial benefit often goes to the importers and foreign cheaters, not the consumer. QMAA aims to restore a level playing field based on free and fair, market-based competition, not raise product prices.

Over 100,000 American quartz jobs are at risk if this import surge is not effectively addressed.