In a press conference with officials at Stickley Furniture, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), asked for better enforcement of antidumping laws, including the collection and distribution of millions of dollars in uncollected duties, online news resource YNN.com reported Wednesday.

Schumer is demanding that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano address the issue by having U.S. Customs and Border Protection bolster its duty collection efforts, the report said.

Stickley is one of the furniture producers that participated in a 2003 petition asking the U.S. government to investigate unfair pricing tactics of Chinese bedroom manufacturers. The government's investigation found that producers like Stickley had been injured by Chinese manufacturers selling furniture into the U.S. market below materials costs, a practice known as dumping.

As a result of the investigation, the government imposed duties on Chinese bedroom producers for their shipments of wooden bedroom furniture. The duties are ultimately paid by importers of record and often are factored into the prices consumers pay for bedroom furniture.

According to the YNN.com story, Stickley said it has lost out on about $2 million in payments over the last two years. This is money that the company had planned to use to further expand its facilities and payroll, the story said.