Beijing,China-Chinese mattresses exported to the US could face 1,731.75% provisional tariffs at the border with the US,according to a US Department of Commerce announcement at the end of May.The announcement followed an antidumping duty investigation on imports from China.The DOC has assigned tariff rates of 38.56% and 84.64% respectively to Healthcare Co.and Zinus(Xiamen).This applies to all of the mattresses these companies,which are China's largest mattress makers,produce in China.All the other Chinese exporters face tariffs of up to 1,731.75%.Healthcare Co.told Urethanes Technology International:’We are not expecting significant impact.We've already moved most of the related production to our plants in Thailand and Serbia.’The investigation started in October 2018.It followed petitions by a group of US mattress producers,including Corsicana,Elite Comfort Solutions and Serta Simmons.The value of China's mattress exports to the US in 2017 was 2437m,the DoC announcement said.
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