Government slaps anti-dumping duty on uncoated paper products

Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

The government has imposed additional duties on uncoated writing and printing paper products imported from Finland, South Korea, Malaysia and India after investigations indicated that the four countries had been dumping products on the Indonesian market.

The Ministry of Finance said the policy was effective for five years as of Nov. 11.

The government imposed a 22.4 percent anti-dumping duty on products made by Finnish company UPM Kymmene Group, while other Finnish companies have to pay a 60.40 percent anti-dumping duty, ministry spokesman Maurin Sitorus said in a press release on Thursday.

Indian companies Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd. and Seshasayee Paper and Board Ltd., have to pay anti-dumping duty of 7.41 percent and 6.19 percent, respectively.

Other Indian paper producers have to pay a 40.13 percent anti- dumping duty, while all South Korean firms, in the meantime, must pay 59.64 percent.

All Malaysian manufacturers have to pay 24.33 percent anti- dumping duty, except for Sabah Forest Industries SDN BHD, which will only have to pay 6.20 percent.

The petition to investigate uncoated writing and printing paper from the four countries was filed by PT Pindo Deli Pulp & Paper Mills, publicly listed firms PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper and PT Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia.

Through investigations conducted in Indonesia and the four countries, the Indonesia Anti-Dumping Committee (KADI) found proof that the companies had carried out dumping activities, which had caused losses for domestic producers, Maurin said.