Miscellaneous Tariff Bill

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What You Need to Know
Congress Must ACT NOW to Pass the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018

Congress has a critical opportunity to eliminate unfair, out-of-date, distortive and anticompetitive taxes on manufacturers by passing the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018.

A new Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) would reduce or eliminate nearly 1,700 taxes on imported products not manufactured or available domestically.

The last MTB passed by Congress expired on December 31, 2012. Since then, businesses have paid billions of dollars of tariffs on products not even made in the United States, to the detriment of good-paying American jobs and American competitiveness.

The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018 would eliminate import tariffs of more than $1.1 billion over the next three years and boost U.S. manufacturing output by more than $3.1 billion.

Latest News From the NAM
House Passage of Miscellaneous Tariff Bill “A Big Deal for Manufacturers”

“Manufacturers and other businesses face what amounts to a nearly $1-million-a-day tax every additional day this issue goes unresolved. That’s thanks to billions of dollars in burdensome tariffs that companies have had to pay since the last MTB expired at the end of 2012, just for buying the supplies they need to build products in America. That’s why we are now looking to the Senate to act quickly to get this tariff-relief legislation to the President for his signature. Manufacturers and our economy started 2018 strong. Passing legislation like this will help keep the momentum going.”

Jay Timmons, NAM President and CEO

Understand the Issue

“Milliken employs 6,000 men and women in the United States and manufactures polypropylene clariers and nucleators for use in the packaging, food storage and container markets. Because the raw materials needed are not produced in the United States, we have relied on the MTB process to reduce our overall costs and improve our global competitiveness. Thanks to past MTBs, we’ve been able to add jobs in South Carolina and grow our chemical business. Milliken encourages Congress to pass the MTB by end of this year so manufacturers can take advantage of this needed tax break.” Allen Jacoby, Global Business Manager, Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina
“There are 638 American workers that work in Lasko facilities in Franklin, Tennessee and Fort Worth, Texas that would benefit from the passage of the MTB, which is roughly 68 percent of our total workforce. The MTB program would allow Lasko to compete against low-cost imports of household electric fans from China. Lasko is the last American manufacturer of portable oscillating fans, and has invested heavily in its facilities in an effort to keep them in the United States. Portable fans are a business of pennies and the savings from MTB duty suspensions would allow the company to continue to work on tight operating margins to compete with imports from China. Passage of the MTB would not only allow us to maintain our workforce, but also to continue to source our other manufacturing parts from American suppliers. The MTB is not only benefi¬cial to Lasko, but to American workers and business as a whole. ” Ed McAssey, Chief Operating Officer, Lasko Products, Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania

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