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WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is continuing its inquiry of ten U.S companies possibly bypassing tariffs with Chinese-made quartz surfaces. The agency found “reasonable suspicion” of evasion by claiming the surfaces as Malaysian-made. Meanwhile, the U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA) started its own quartz-surface inquiry on Malaysian surfaces -- the first under a new law effective last November. . Malaysian exports of quartz-surface slabs grew from $13.9 million in 2018 to $104 million at the end of 2020.
VITÓRIA, Brazil – Fans of the Vitória Stone Fair won’t see it open its doors until next year. The show organizers, Milanez & Milaneze, announced in January that the show would be delayed until sometime later this year. It was subsequently announced that a new date for the show will be Feb. 7-10, 2023. Among the factors leading to the cancellation of a 2022 show are the unavailability of dates, incompatibility with the world calendar for fairs in the ornamental stone segment and pandemic instability.