Rising costs, skilled labor shortages and lack of materials continue to create challenges for the construction industry.

On November 14 the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced in an amended preliminary determination that it significantly increased the countervailing duty (“CVD”) rates it will impose on most Indian imports of quartz surface products to 83.79 percent.

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of certain quartz surface products from India and Turkey, finding that exporters received countervailable subsidies ranging from de minimis to 4.32 percent for India and 3.81 percent for Turkey.