Imported Canadian Newsprint Tariffs Are Reduced, But Not Eliminated, by Department of Commerce

The U.S. Department of Commerce's final determination slightly lowered the maximum tariffs that can be imposed on imported uncoated groundwood paper. | Credit: iStock

The U.S. Department of Commerce made a final determination yesterday to proceed with the anti-dumping and countervailing newsprint tariffs it had initially imposed on uncoated groundwood papers imported from Canada, despite strong opposition from Congressional members on both sides of the aisles, various newspaper printing and publishing advocacy groups, industry associations, printing companies and even several U.S.-based newsprint manufacturers. The ruling was a partial victory for newspaper, book, catalog and insert publishers and printers, however, in that the border taxes - which ranged from 4.4% to 32% - were decreased slightly to a maximum 20.26% duty deposits that can be collected at the U.S. border.