China Launches Dumping Investigation

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) today released an announcement confirming a decision to launch an anti-dumping investigation against pulp imports from US, Canada and Brazil.

The investigation cover pulp, dissolving pulp, dissolving wood pulp, cotton linter pulp and bamboo pulp. The products are listed as 47020000, 47061000 and 47063000 under Import and Export Tariffs of the People's Republic of China. The official release informs the market that MOFCOM will, "in line with the regulations of the People's Republic of China on anti-dumping, start investigation on dumping and dumping margin of the said products, as well as the injury and its extent to pulp industry in China, and then make decision according to law."