Good News for Printers: ITC Ruling Terminates Tariffs on Imported Canadian Newsprint Paper - Book Business

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to the Book Business site. There with a little digging around our kitty boy found a post about the U.S. tariff on Canadian newsprint paper producers.

According to Mark Michelson, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled Canadian newsprint paper producers aren't injuring U.S. newsprint paper producers. The ITC also ruled Canadian producers aren't dumping newsprint paper on the U.S. market. This means the U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC) import tariffs on Canadian newsprint won't be collected anymore. The reversal of the tariffs is good news for U.S. printers. Printers (newspapers primarily) won't have to deal with the added costs of the import tariffs and the possibility of laying off employees.

It always seemed kind of silly to me.

Panzer says, "This case didn't make any sense to this little kitty. There aren't that many newsprint producers in the U.S. because there aren't that many markets for newsprint here. That doesn't have anything to do with Canada."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a large cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Canadian newsprint paper

Coalition Opposes Imposition of Paper Tariffs - Publishers Weekly

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when the Panzermobile was buffeted by yelling and shouting. Following all the noise took our brave kitty boy to the  Publishers Weekly site. With a little digging he discovered the hullabaloo was caused by the threat of the United States placing a tariff on Canadian uncoated groundwood.

According to the post by Jim Milliot, the U.S. company North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) filed a complaint that the Canadian government is "dumping" uncoated groundwood at a reduced price in the U.S. market. The wood is used in the U.S. to make paper for use by book, newspaper and directory publishers. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has already announced in January they are recommending a duty (tariff) of between 4.4 percent and 9.9 percent be placed on the Canadian wood. A coalition of publishers is meeting with the U.S. Department of Commerce in February to present their opposition to the tariff. The Department of Commerce will make their decision available in March.

Thank you NORPAC.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty thinks, if the tariff goes into effect, the cost of books, newspapers and directories will have to go up. The publishers are already struggling to stay alive. Some of those publications will disappear."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and three muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to paper tariffs