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Base rate computed from analyst-asserted responds_to: edges in the reverse direction (target-country → issuer-country) for prior issuer-actions on the same target. Modal type + lag percentiles only — not a model output. Treat as a historical anchor for sizing counter-response scenarios, not a forecast in itself.
High purity dissolving pulp is a specialty cellulose feedstock (distinct from standard kraft/paper pulp) used mainly to make viscose/rayon fibre, cellulose acetate, and other regenerated-cellulose products. Case numbers: A-351-866 (Brazil) and A-403-808 (Norway).
Timeline:
Norway) and a companion CVD investigation (Brazil only) on petition by Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. and the United Steelworkers (USW), publishing notice 8 September 2025.
for Brazil: 3.67% for Bracell Bahia Specialty Cellulose S.A., 3.56% "all others."
for both countries: 7.20% (Brazil), 6.54% (Norway), triggering provisional measures (cash-deposit requirements at US ports of entry) and extending the schedule to final determinations later in 2026.
Postponements en route: Commerce tolled part of the schedule for the federal government shutdown, pushing the original ~190-day preliminary deadline to 18 May 2026 before the notices actually published 27 May.
US producer of high-purity dissolving pulp, alongside its USW workforce) gains a price floor against Brazilian (Bracell) and Norwegian (Borregaard-adjacent) import competition while the investigation proceeds to a final determination.
exposure (Brazil: ~7.2% AD net of CVD offset, plus 3.56–3.67% CVD; Norway: 6.54% AD) on US-bound shipments for the remainder of the investigation.
manufacturers face a modest near-term input-cost increase; rates here are low relative to Section 232/301 metal and chip tariffs, so pass-through should be limited to this narrow product line.
in 2026 per the June 2026 scheduling notice) — rates and duration (typically a 5-year order if affirmative) will supersede these preliminary cash-deposit rates. File as an amendment once gazetted.
petition is filed) materialises — as of this filing only Brazil has an active CVD track.