Even though the EU is urging people to switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs(CFLs) it will likely retain import tariffs on CFLs made in China for as much as another year. Cost is often cited as a major reason for people to keep using old incandescent light bulbs, and the tariffs can add up to 66% to the price of CFLs.

Continuation of the tariffs has been proposed by the European Commission and will have to gain a majority backing of EU member states. The Commission has defended the the tariffs as needed to give European manufacturers time to adjust, even though only one of Europe’s four major producers of CFLs has called for the tariffs to be extended.

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