U.S. piles more duties on China, Indonesia paper

06/05/2010 12:00 - 459 Views

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday slapped additional preliminary duties on hundreds of million of dollars of glossy magazine-quality paper from China, as U.S.-Sino trade disputes continued to pile up, two private sector sources said on Thursday.

The Commerce Department hit Chinese companies with new duties ranging from 30.82 to 135.8 percent and Indonesian firms with a 10.62 percent duty, an attorney for the U.S. industry said.

The decision is another victory for U.S. companies NewPage Corp, Appleton Coated LLC and S.D. Warren Co, and for union workers, who filed a request last year for relief.

Asia Pulp & Paper, a major exporter of coated paper from both China and Indonesia, said in a statement it had been hit with a 30.82 percent anti-dumping duty on its exports from China and 10.62 percent from Indonesia.

(Reporting by Doug Palmer; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:05pm EDT

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