On August 12, a domestic producer of high purity dissolving pulp (HPDP) and a labor union requested the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) initiate antidumping (AD) duty investigations on imports of Brazilian and Norwegian HPDP, as well as countervailing (CVD) duty investigations on Brazilian HPDP.

HPDP is a specialized cellulose product produced by using chemical pulping methods to break down hardwoods ( e.g. , maple, birch, eucalyptus), softwoods ( e.g. , pine, spruce), or a blend of both, and remove nearly all non-cellulose components. The result is a white, odorless sheet composed of over 90% alpha-cellulose with very low hemicellulose and lignin content. HPDP is typically sold in dry rolls or bales for use in downstream products such as

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