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GCC opens anti-dumping investigation into paper imports from three countries
The Gulf Cooperation Council has opened an anti-dumping investigation into certain paper imports.
It covers uncoated writing, printing and graphic paper in rolls or sheets from India, China and Thailand.
The investigation applies to imports into GCC states, which are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The decision followed a preliminary report by the council’s technical secretariat.
The process is being conducted under GCC rules and the World Trade Organization’s Anti-Dumping Agreement.
The investigation is not a final ruling, and interested parties can defend their interests at every stage.
The GCC’s technical secretariat published details of the products and procedures, and the investigation will proceed under those procedures.
The GCC has opened an anti-dumping investigation into certain paper imports from India, China and Thailand.
The investigation covers uncoated writing, printing and graphic paper in rolls or rectangular sheets.
The GCC committee’s decision followed a preliminary report by its Technical Secretariat on Anti-Harmful Practices in International Trade.
The GCC said interested parties will have an opportunity to defend their interests at every stage.
- Who
- The GCC Permanent Committee on Anti-Harmful Practices in International Trade.
- What
- It opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of certain uncoated paper.
- When
- The initiation notice was published on November 2, 2026.
- Where
- The investigation concerns imports into GCC states.
- Why
- Not stated
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The Technical Secretariat produced a preliminary report on the investigation.
The committee's initiation notice was published in the technical secretariat's official bulletin, Issue No. 59.
- Countries
- India, China and Thailand
- Product
- Uncoated writing, printing and graphic paper in rolls or rectangular sheets
- Market
- Imports into GCC states
- Bulletin
- Issue No. 59, dated November 2, 2026
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announcing the investigation gives all interested parties the opportunity to defend their interests at every stage