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US moulders react to 25% tariffs reimposed on Chinese moulds
The decision by the US government to reinstate 25% tariffs on injection moulds imported from China has triggered responses from US moulding groups. The Office of the US Trade Representa- tive announced on 23 December 2019 that it would not extend a tempo- rary exclusion that had been in place since December 2018 for the 25% tariffs imposed in July 2018. The American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) applauded the reimposition. “This is an important victory for AMBA, its members and
all small downstream manufacturers who have felt the pressure from China for years,” said Kym Conis, Managing Director of the AMBA.
Injection mould buyers
were not so welcoming of the development. Many US injection moulding compa- nies have sourced moulds from Chinese suppliers in recent years for cost and technical reasons. Moulders contacted by Injection World said the US decision has led to various knock-on effects in the mould market. “Domestic mould building
has not increased significant- ly yet, as customers who want a lower-cost mould are simply sourcing from other countries,” said Jim Sensen- brenner, Corporate Tooling Manager at EVCO Plastics in DeForest, Wisconsin. “The moulds we would typically contract overseas in China are now moving to places like Taiwan.” EVCO has a mould manufacturing facility in Dongguan, China, where it builds moulds to US standards for use at any of the group’s global injection moulding facilities. Sensen-
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brenner indicated the Dongguan facility would not be greatly affected by the US tariffs as it is building more moulds for production runs in China or Mexico, rather than the US. Dale Evans, CEO at EVCO,
said: “All of the volatility relating to these tariffs has made sourcing moulds into a chess game. We move the pieces around the board as best as we can. The US, China, Taiwan, Mexico and Canada are all in play.” Berry Global, another major US injection moulder contacted by Injection
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