On September 22nd, the United States International Trade Commission determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain uncoated groundwood paper from Canada that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value. Uncoated groundwood paper includes but is not limited to standard newsprint, high bright newsprint, book publishing, directory, and printing and writing papers

The United States imported close to $1.3 billion worth of the paper from Canada in 2016, down from $1.7 billion in 2014. The petitioner, North Pacific Paper Company based in Longview, WA, is asking for anti-dumping duties ranging from 23.45 percent to 54.97 percent and unspecified additional countervailing duties.

As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will continue to conduct its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of this product from Canada, with its preliminary countervailing duty determination due on or about November 2, 2017, and its preliminary antidumping duty determination due on or about January 16, 2018.