Comment from Cosentino North America
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Summary: Cosentino North America, a company in the quartz surface products (QSP) industry, argues that the proposed safeguard remedy threatens its significant greenfield investment in Florida. The company advocates for the use of "onshoring agreements" and "de-stacking" to provide tariff relief in exchange for binding commitments to domestic manufacturing investment.
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Cosentino North America (“Cosentino” or “the Company”) respectfully submits these comments in response to the U.S. Trade Representative’s (“USTR’s”) notice of hearing and request for public comments on the appropriate safeguard remedy on imports of quartz surface products (“QSP”).
Cosentino additionally requests to appear at the public hearing for the above-captioned investigation, scheduled for June 16, 2026. The witnesses who intend to testify are Brandon Calvo, Chief Operating Officer of Cosentino North America and John M. Foote, partner at Sidley Austin LLP.