Last Thursday, December 29, Leeds, Alabama-based M&B Metal Products Co., Gardena, California-based US Hanger Co. LLC and Indianapolis, Indiana-based Innovative Fabrication LLC/Indy Hanger filed anti-dumping petitions against imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam and Taiwan as well as a separate countervailing duty petition against hangers from Vietnam.
The estimated dumping margins for imported hangers from Vietnam range from 83 to 159 percent and the dumping margins for imports from Taiwan range from 57 to 166 percent.
In 2008, the US Government imposed antidumping duties on imports for steel wire garment hangers from China to offset unfair trading practices, including predatory pricing. Dumped hangers from China accounted for more than 85 percent of total imports at the time.