# 2026-15975: President boosts quartz countertops against cheap import competition

2026-15975, To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Quartz Surface Products, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2026-08-05, effective 2026-08-15; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15975
- As of: 2026-08-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15975
- Title: To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Quartz Surface Products
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 91 FR 50645
- Published: 2026-08-05
- Effective: 2026-08-15
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-12

## In one line

President boosts quartz countertops against cheap import competition

## Summary

No summary available.

## Effects PRIA read

- 4‑Year Tariff‑Rate Quota on Quartz Imports: cost, medium. Starting August 15, 2026, the President imposes a tariff‑rate quota on imports of quartz surface products for a period of 4 years. The quota sets within‑quota quantities that increase each year and changes the duty rates for goods entered within and in excess of those quantities in years two throug…
- Domestic Quartz Industry Protection: benefit, medium. The proclamation states the safeguard measure is intended to facilitate the domestic quartz surface products industry making a positive adjustment to import competition and to provide greater economic and social benefits than costs. The President finds the action appropriate and feasible after cons…
- Country Exemptions and Developing‑Country Limits: mixed, medium. The safeguard does not apply to quartz surface products that are the product of Australia, Canada, CAFTA‑DR countries, CBERA beneficiaries, Colombia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, Mexico, Panama, Peru, or Singapore; those imports will not be counted toward the tariff‑rate quota. Developing countri…
- Foreign‑Trade Zone Treatment After August 15, 2026: cost, low. Any merchandise subject to the safeguard measure that is admitted into U.S. foreign‑trade zones on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on August 15, 2026 must be admitted as 'privileged foreign status' and will be subject upon entry for consumption to any quantitative restrictions or tariffs related t…

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## Sources
- [2026-15975 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/05/2026-15975/to-facilitate-positive-adjustment-to-competition-from-imports-of-quartz-surface-products)
- [2026-15975 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-05/pdf/2026-15975.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15975 (as of 2026-08-12).