US Keeps Tariffs on Lightweight Thermal Paper from China
Published Date: 1/8/2026
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Summary
The U.S. International Trade Commission decided to keep special taxes on lightweight thermal paper imported from China. This move protects American businesses from harm and means these taxes won’t go away anytime soon. Companies importing this paper should expect these duties to continue, affecting prices and trade starting now.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Duties on Chinese Thermal Paper Continue
The U.S. International Trade Commission decided to keep the countervailing and antidumping duty orders on lightweight thermal paper from China. The Commission completed and filed this determination on January 6, 2026, so companies that import this paper should expect those duties to remain in place.
U.S. Producers Protected from Injury
The Commission found that removing the countervailing and antidumping orders would likely lead to a recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry, so the orders will remain to protect American producers. That determination was filed on January 6, 2026.
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