Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation and Sappi Fine Paper North America, together with the United Steelworkers (USW), commended the U.S. Department of Commerce for its preliminary countervailing duty determinations against subsidized coated paper imports from China and Indonesia. As a result of these determinations, the Department of Commerce will impose tariffs on imports of coated paper.
The Department of Commerce found that Chinese coated paper was subsidized by an average rate of 8.38 percent. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) producers Gold East, Gold Huasheng, Ningbo Zhonghua and Ningbo Asia Pulp and Paper received a subsidy margin of 12.83 percent, while Sun Paper received a rate of 3.92 percent. In Indonesia, APP/Sinar Mas producers Tjiwi Kimia and Indah Kiat received a subsidy margin of 17.48 percent. All other Indonesian producers/exporters will be subject to this same rate.
The result of the Department’s actions will be the immediate requirement that these importers of paper from the subject countries will have to post bond or cash deposits in an amount equal to the announced margins pending final resolution of the cases later this year.
The next step comes in April when the Department of Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of coated paper from China and Indonesia. These trade cases are expected to take about a year to complete with a final resolution expected sometime this fall.
Steelworkers (USW), commended the U.S. Department of Commerce for its preliminary
countervailing duty determinations against subsidized coated paper imports from China and
Indonesia. As a result of these determinations, the Department of Commerce will impose
tariffs on imports of coated paper.
The Department of Commerce found that Chinese coated paper was subsidized by an average
rate of 8.38 percent. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) producers Gold East, Gold Huasheng, Ningbo
Zhonghua and Ningbo Asia Pulp and Paper received a subsidy margin of 12.83 percent, while
Sun Paper received a rate of 3.92 percent. In Indonesia, APP/Sinar Mas producers Tjiwi
Kimia and Indah Kiat received a subsidy margin of 17.48 percent. All other Indonesian
producers/exporters will be subject to this same rate.
The result of the Department’s actions will be the immediate requirement that these
importers of paper from the subject countries will have to post bond or cash deposits in
an amount equal to the announced margins pending final resolution of the cases later this
year.
The next step comes in April when the Department of Commerce will issue its preliminary
determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of coated paper from China and
Indonesia. These trade cases are expected to take about a year to complete with a final
resolution expected sometime this fall.
