Tariffs & HTS
Portuguese uncoated paper: final 2.70% U.S. dumping rate
Commerce's final antidumping review of certain uncoated paper from Portugal sets a weighted-average dumping margin of 2.70% for The Navigator Company, S.A., the only producer or exporter in the review, for March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025. From October 6, 2026, cash deposits on Navigator's shipments equal 2.70%, while all other manufacturers and exporters continue at the 7.80% all-others rate from the original investigation.
What changed
Commerce published its preliminary results on June 3, 2026, received no comments and adopted them unchanged, so there is no decision memorandum and no new calculations to disclose.
For the review period, CBP will assess antidumping duties using importer-specific rates based on the dumping found on each importer's examined sales divided by the entered value of those sales; where an importer's rate is zero or below 0.5%, its entries are liquidated without antidumping duties.
Entries of Navigator paper that it did not know were destined for the United States are liquidated at the all-others rate from the investigation if no rate exists for the intermediate company.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after publication, and a timely summons at the Court of International Trade delays liquidation.
The notice also reminds importers to file the reimbursement certificate required by 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) before liquidation; without it, Commerce may presume reimbursement and assess double antidumping duties. The written scope is in the preliminary decision memorandum.
What an import team should check
- List unliquidated entries of Navigator uncoated paper entered between March 1, 2024 and February 28, 2025, and ask your broker which importer-specific assessment rate will apply to them.
- Set the cash deposit rate to 2.70% for Navigator shipments entered for consumption from October 6, 2026, and keep 7.80% for any other Portuguese supplier without its own rate.
- File the antidumping reimbursement certificate for the review-period entries before liquidation so Commerce does not presume reimbursement and double the duty.