inShare ITC: Canada’s imports of newspaper are not harming the US industry

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has unanimously voted that Canada’s imports of uncoated groundwood paper, or newsprint, are not harming the U.S. industry, according to Pulp&Paper Canada.

The ruling overrides the anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed by the U.S. Commerce Department earlier this year and implies that all the affected Canadian producers will have their duties refunded to them.

Along with Resolute Forest Products, Kruger and others, B.C.’s Catalyst Paper was one of the Canadian companies hit with the duties over the past eight months.

B.C. Premier John Horgan and Bruce Ralston, minister of jobs, trade and technology, said, as quoted by Pulp&Paper Canada:  “Today’s ruling means that Catalyst will no longer have to pay these debilitating, unfair duties. We’re very pleased with the outcome and we’re glad the ITC has made the right decision based on the evidence before it. This is good news for people who work in the newsprint industry.

“The governments of B.C. and Canada demonstrated clearly during the investigation that they had not been subsidizing Catalyst’s operations, and we’re satisfied by today’s decision by the ITC.”