Textile Leader Applauds Import Penalty Ruling
Washington AP report notes Inter national Trade Commission orders a duty on Chinese print cloth dumped in the United States. James A. Chapman Jr. of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute calls the decision important to the textile industry and promises relief for U.S. producers. The ruling follows a year long protest by the institute and several mills including Alice Manufacturing Clinton Mills Dan River Greenwood Mills Hamrick Mills M Lowenstein Mayfair Mount Vernon in South Carolina. Commerce Dept. had found 22.4 percent below fair value. Dumping refers to selling below market value abroad.