Dearborn, MI – Today Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI15) commended the United States International Trade Commission’s decision to continue the anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese wooden bedroom furniture.
"The Commission’s decision today protects American jobs and helps avoid devastating losses to our country’s manufacturing base,” said Dingell. “My district in southeast Michigan is home to the La-Z-Boy Furniture, one of the world’s leading home furniture producers. Many working families in my District rely on La-Z-Boy and its suppliers for their livelihood. If the Commission were to allow these duties to expire, Chinese furniture imports could overwhelm our market and cause irreparable harm to already-fragile U.S. manufacturers and the working men and women they employ.”
In 2005, the International Trade Commission imposed anti-dumping duties on imported Chinese wooden bedroom furniture after finding it was exported to the United States at below-market prices. Last month, Congressman Dingell appeared before the Commission to urge that anti-dumping duties on imported Chinese furniture be continued. The Commission’s determination today extends these anti-dumping duties.
