A group of U.S. mattress and bedding manufacturers and two labor groups have filed a petition alleging mattresses from 12 countries are being sold at below-market rates, while those from a 13th country are benefitting from government subsidies.

The filing accuses exporters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma, India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Taiwan of dumping products into the U.S. market below fair value and suggests that Indonesian producers are benefitting from government subsidies eligible for countervailing duties. The coalition wants the Commerce Department to open antidumping probes and a countervailing duties investigation.

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