BOSTON (AP) ― Some dry cleaners say the cost for a single wire hangerclothes hanger
has more than doubled from 4 cents to 9 cents. That means the cost of your dry cleaning will be going up too clothes hanger
.
The extra wire hangercosts translate to about $9,000 a year in increased costs that cleaners may have to pass on to their customers.
Boston City Council member Sam Yoon tells the Boston clotheshanger
Herald he plans to discuss the issue with U.S. senators during an upcoming meeting in Washington concerning Asian small businesses.
The Commerce Department recently increased tariffs on imported hangers clotheshanger
after an American manufacturer complained that China was unfairly dumping low-cost clothes hangers in the U.S. market.
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