Jordan Initiates Safeguard on A4 Writing and Printing Paper

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply initiated the investigation based on a petition filed by the domestic industry for writing and printing papers size A4, in which it alleged that the increase of imports had caused serious injury to the domestic industry producing similar products. The application has been examined and it was concluded that there was sufficient evidence on increasing imports of the subject product, sufficient evidence of injury on the industry, and evidence of causality between the increased imports and the injury.

National Production Protection Directorate (NPPD) analysed imports data submitted in the application for the period of investigation from 2010 to 2013. It has been found that the increase, both in absolute terms and relative to production in imports was recent, sudden, sharp and significant.

Regarding injury factors, NPPD found that declines in the economic indicators of production, sales, market share, productivity and profits were recorded in the domestic industry, in conjunction with the increase in imports.