The U.S. Imposes Anti-dumping Duty on China Blankets

After imposing duties on China's steel pipes, the US has decided to impose antidumping duties on electric blanket products from China.

The U.S. Commerce Department in a preliminary ruling said blankets imported from Hung Kuo Electronics (Shenzhen) Co Ltd, Ningbo V.K. Industry & Trading Co Ltd, Ningbo Jifa Electrical Appliances Co Ltd and Ningbo Jinchun Electric Appliances Co Ltd will have to pay an anti-dumping duty of 90.32%, while all the other electric products from China will have to face a rate as high as 174.85%.

The Commerce Department will make the final decision on the anti-dumping duties in June and then the U.S. International Trade Commission will cast a final vote in July or early August before the duties go into effect.

Statistics from the customs showed that the total value of China-made electric blankets imported to the U.S. rose 16.8% from 2006 to $29.7 million in 2008.