US hits cheap China washing machines with punitive duties
10 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on March 26, 2010 shows a new washing machine at a Best Buy store in Marin City, California. Chinese manufacturers are dumping washing machines into the US market at artificially low prices, making them subject to punitive duties of up to 52 percent, the Commerce Department announced on December 9, 2016. In a case brought by US appliance manufacturer Whirlpool a year ago, in a market that saw $1.1 billion imports in 2015, one Chinese firm was found to be dumping the large clothes washers at up to 52.5 percent below the fair price. JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
Chinese manufacturers are dumping washing machines into the US market at artificially low prices, making them subject to punitive duties of up to 52 percent, the Commerce Department announced Friday.