WASHINGTON – A decision today by the Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA) will continue allowing U.S. made bedding products to be sold in Canada tariff-free. U.S. Senator Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) wrote Gary Doer, Canadian Ambassador to the United States, last week requesting Canada immediately reconsider a newly proposed 14 percent tariff on certain American-made bedding.
This tariff could have hurt Pacific Coast Feather's manufacturing facility in Wayne, Neb. Johanns met with both representatives of Pacific Coast Feather and Doer.
“I’m glad the Canadian government listened to my concerns and dropped this unnecessary tariff,” Johanns said after Canada announced their decision. “Nebraska is one of the best places in the country to do business and I’m more than willing to work with anyone to make sure it stays that way.”
In his letter to Doer, Johanns wrote that, “The CBSA action will effectively close the border to more than $100 million in U.S. bedding exports and endanger jobs for 1,500 workers in California, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Washington.”
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