Preliminary Tariffs Imposed Against Asian Paper Sources

U.S. paper companies NewPage Corp., Sappi Fine Paper and Appleton Coated Papers, along with the United Steelworkers, filed unfair trade cases on Sept. 23, 2009, with the DOC and the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging that certain coated paper from China and Indonesia had been dumped and subsidized, resulting in injury to the domestic industry and its employees. The paper products covered by the petitions include coated paper in sheet form used in high-quality writing, printing and other graphic applications, with a GE brightness rating of 80 or higher and weighing up to 340 grams per square meter.