ITC determines injury from Chinese tissue paper imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that imports of Chinese tissue paper products sold at less than fair market value injure American manufacturers.
As a result of the ITC’s decision, the U.S. Commerce Department will issue an antidumping order on imports of certain tissue paper products from China. The department made its final affirmative determination in February, calculating dumping margins at 112.64 percent. The antidumping duties to be imposed as a result of the ITC determination are equal to the dumping margins.
According the Commerce Department, imports of Chinese tissue paper products increased from $8.6 million in 2002 to $18 million in 2003.
Other antidumping cases under review by the ITC include imports of Brazilian orange juice and live swine from Canada.