U.S. calculates dumping duties for Canadian newsprint

The [U.S.] Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that Canadian exports of uncoated groundwood paper, a staple of the newspaper and book publishing industries, are being dumped on the U.S. market at less than fair value.

In its antidumping investigation, Commerce calculated a preliminary dumping rate of 22.16 percent for Catalyst Pulp and Paper Sales/Catalyst Paper General Partnership (Catalyst), but found zero dumping for Resolute FP Canada/Donohue Malbaie (Resolute) and White Birch Paper Canada Co./Papier Masson/FF Soucy/Stadacona (White Birch Paper). For all other uncoated groundwood paper producers and exporters in Canada, Commerce set a preliminary dumping rate of 22.16 percent.

Commerce will now instruct Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits from U.S. importers of this product from Canada based on these preliminary rates. According to Commerce, uncoated groundwood paper imports from Canada in 2016 were valued at $1.27 billion.

Commerce is scheduled to announce the final determination in this investigation by Aug. 2...

This is excerpted from 14 March 2018 edition of American Shipper.