A new national coalition has been formed on behalf of the US quartz industry.
Save Quartz Jobs consists of more than 1,000 US fabricators, installers, distributors, and suppliers calling for the protection of American jobs and ensuring continued access to affordable quartz surfaces, a widely used material in home construction and renovation.
The coalition was said it was launched in response to a Section 201 “safeguard” investigation by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) resulting from a petition filed by multinational corporations Cambria Company, Dal-Tile, Guidoni, and Hyundai L&C. The coalition warned these companies are pushing for “unprecedented tariffs and quotas” on imported quartz surface products that could “dramatically increase material costs for US fabricators and installers, destabilize supply chains, and further strain an American housing market already facing serious affordability challenges.”
The coalition added that states recording a vibrant population growth — including Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona — would be among the hardest hit from this issue.
“The US quartz industry is an American success story built by small and family-owned American businesses,” said Rupesh Shah, co-CEO of the distributor M S International. “That success is now at risk because tariffs and global quotas would drive up costs overnight, threatening the viability of local businesses and jeopardizing more than 100,000 American jobs across all 50 states, most of them in manufacturing.”
More information on the coalition is now online at the Save Quartz Jobs website.
