CIT Sustains AD Investigation After Trade Court's Ruling in Domtar
The Court of International Trade sustained the Commerce Department's antidumping duty investigation on thermal paper from Germany after the parties challenging the proceeding withdrew their challenge following the trade court's decision last month in Domtar v. U.S.
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In Domtar, Judge Gary Katzmann said Commerce properly decided not to treat accrued interest on unpaid AD as an indirect selling expense for respondent Koehler Paper in the 2021-22 administrative review of the AD order on German thermal paper (see 2510100011). Katzmann said the agency reasonably found the interest on the duties to not fall under the statutory or regulatory definition of an indirect selling expense, permissibly including the interest in the cost of producing the subject thermal paper.
The plaintiffs in the present suit, a group of U.S. thermal paper producers led by Matra Americas, made a nearly identical challenge in their appeal of the AD investigation. As Katzmann is also the judge presiding over the present suit, the parties agreed to withdraw their claim, leading the judge to sustain the investigation.
(Matra Americas v. United States, Slip Op. 25-145, CIT Consol. # 21-00632, dated 11/20/25; Judge: Gary Katzmann)