WASHINGTON DC (KOLO) – U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen are urging the U.S. International Trade Commission not to impose excessive tariffs on quartz imports.
In a letter to the commission, they say that quartz fabricators, many of which are based in Nevada, rely on imported and domestic quartz for household items like countertops.
They say the 50% tariff being considered by the ITC could raise the price of a quartz countertop by $500-$1,036 per kitchen.
“The domestic quartz fabricator industry includes more than 10,000 mostly small, hometown American businesses who employ about 100,000 workers fabricating quartz. These businesses take both domestic and imported quartz slabs and use complex machinery, laser measurements, software, and highly skilled craftsmanship to make high-quality products in their communities. More than 1,000 of them submitted declarations to the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) in its investigation opposing the imposition of a safeguard because trade restrictions risk hurting, rather than protecting, the profitability and employment of the industry,” wrote the Senators.
“An overly aggressive remedy is likely to cause more harm to our domestic industries than it is to help, not to mention its impact on consumers and housing supply. We urge the Commission to take a light touch approach and recommend a remedy with the last restrictive measures possible,” concluded the Senators.
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