“Frankly, we are sympathetic to the challenges Commerce investigators faced in evaluating Indian exporters of ceramic tile, as we will later detail, with those challenges impacting the investigation,” said Eric Astrachan, executive director of the Coalition for Fair Trade in Ceramic tile. “By statute, Commerce is time-limited in its investigation, at a time when we understand more trade remedy actions have been launched than at any time in Commerce’s history since the Tariff Act of 1930 became law. Hopefully, our appeal will give Commerce the time it needs to reevaluate the information they received.”

The filing before the Court follows the May 19, 2025, affirmative and unanimous determination from the U.S. International Trade Commission that “U.S. industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of ceramic tile from India.”

According to Andrew Whitmire, trade data analyst for the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), “The prices we are tracking on imports from India defy credulity and can be deeply injurious to American ceramic tile manufacturing and the many thousands of families that rely on their good jobs at U.S. tile facilities.”

According to Michael Kephart, president of the U.S. Tile Collaborative, “With appropriate tariffs to level the playing field and offset dumping and subsidies, tile manufacturers from all over the world want to build in America where we have plentiful raw materials, inexpensive natural gas and an eager, talented and growing workforce. The action today by the Coalition supports further investment and manufacturing in America.”