Industrial Minerals


Chinese paper dumping investigated

10 November 2009

by Jessica Roberts

Trade Commission to investigate Chinese and Indonesian coated paper imports

Keywords: USA, China, Indonesia, paper, coating, kaolin, antidumping

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to open a full investigation into alleged dumping of coated paper imports from China and Indonesia, after three paper companies filed unfair trade cases on 23 September 2009 with the US Department of Commerce.

 

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