U.S. Bill to Remove Outdoor Apparel Tariff Gains Steam

After nearly a decade of effort, representatives of the outdoor apparel industry have finally moved forward with the U.S. OUTDOOR Act, which, they hope, will eliminate tariffs on imported high-performance recreational apparel.

That should please New Hampshire companies like Timberland as well as both of New Hampshire’s U.S. senators and the commissioner of the state Department of Resources and Economic Development. They contend that the narrow tariff carve-out would benefit the industry and their consumers, and hurt hardly anyone, since there is not much domestic apparel manufacturing to protect anymore.