Kamler imports about 2.5 million bikes from China and also makes about 350,000 bikes a year at his factory in South Carolina. He hopes to expand domestic production, but is not sure how much he can at this point. The new taxes will not only hit his imported products, he said, but practically all the parts, including handlebars and chains, that he imports for assembly in South Carolina, where he employs 167 workers.
Source: Los Angeles Times September 17, 2018 19:26 UTC