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Trade groups urge U.S. trade commission to reject new tariffs on printing plates
August 16, 2024
By PrintAction Staff
Twelve U.S.-based trade groups in the printing and graphic communications industries send a joint letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), urging the agency to reject new tariffs on aluminum lithographic printing plate imports from Japan and China. The groups join a growing chorus of opposition to these new tariffs that includes the News/Media Alliance and others concerned about the impact of these tariffs on newspapers, publishers, printers, and other industries.
“We are writing on behalf of the U.S. printing and graphic communications industries to urge the International Trade Commission (ITC) to reject antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) on imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from Japan and China. Additional duties on printing plates will lead to increased costs for printers and the businesses they serve, reduce competition in the printing plate market, and threaten the availability of quality printed materials for businesses and consumers alike,” said the letter.
“We are concerned that additional duties will increase costs for American businesses. Although the entire printing and graphic communications industries and the customers they serve will feel the burden of increased costs – from the largest-scale commercial printers to the smallest mom-and-pop printers – we are particularly concerned that small printers and the thousands of small businesses served by printers in this country will disproportionately shoulder the burden,” the group said.
Signatories to the letter include representatives of the Print & Graphic Communications Association, Florida Graphics Alliance, Printing Industry Midwest, Printing Industries of New England, Visual Media Alliance, Print & Graphics Association MidAtlantic, Graphic Media Alliance, Printing Industry of the Carolinas, Print Media Association, Printing & Imaging Association of Georgia, Printing & Imaging Association MidAmerica, and Printing Industries Association of San Diego.
ITC will hold a hearing on September 12, 2024, to make a final determination whether to keep the duties.