U.S. Manufacturers of Glass Containers File Dumping and Subsidy Petitions Against China, Reports Wiley Rein

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Glass Packaging Coalition (AGPC), a coalition of producers of food and beverage glass packaging containers in the United States, filed petitions asking the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC) to conduct antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into Chinese imports of glass containers. The petitions assert dumping margins ranging from 264.13% to 818.57%.

As a result of dumping and improper subsidies, the U.S. industry is experiencing severe harm – production, profitability, and employment levels have all suffered as a result of the unfairly traded Chinese imports. Chinese imports of glass containers have escalated significantly, costing U.S. manufacturers sales and injuring American workers.   

"The Chinese industry is using unfair pricing practices to capture critical sales from U.S. producers, and this is hurting U.S. companies," said