Asia Pulp & Paper Disappointed in Commerce Department Final Determination, but Expect Trade Case will be Thrown Out at ITC
The coated paper under investigation is typically used for printing multicolored graphics for catalogues, books, magazines, labels and wraps, greeting cards and other items requiring high-quality print graphics.
"This is the second such investigation conducted in the last two years, both of which have involved exports of coated paper produced by APP," Hunley noted. "The prior investigation was terminated by the U.S. government because APP's imports of coated paper did not injure the U.S. industry. We believe we will secure a similar result in this case. In fact, this investigation has even less basis than the last one, since the U.S. industry itself has benefited from large, direct federal subsidies for its production of the pulp used to make paper."