How have Chinese imports affected the wooden bedroom industry in North Carolina?
Simply stated, Chinese imports have devastated the wooden bedroom industry in North Carolina. Several of the largest wooden bedroom producers in North Carolina have closed all their plants used to produce wooden bedroom. Broyhill Furniture based in Lenoir and Lexington Furniture based in Lexington, two of the largest wooden furniture manufacturing employers in North Carolina, operated more than a dozen woodworking plants ten years ago. Today all those plants have closed and both these companies import their bedroom furniture. A quick look at most of the major domestic bedroom producers (most based or with significant operations in North Carolina) reveals the extent of the devastation. These companies (Broyhill Furniture, Thomasville Furniture, Lane Furniture, Henredon Furniture, Drexel Heritage Furniture, Lexington Furniture, Kincaid Furniture, American Drew Furniture, Lea Furniture, Pennsylvania House Furniture, Hooker Furniture, Pulaski Furniture, Stanley Furniture, Century Furniture
