European Union keeps its 15.8% extra import tax on Korean heavyweight thermal paper rolls, in a regulation published Oct. 20, 2026.<\/p>\n
The European Commission has extended its anti-dumping duty on heavyweight thermal paper from South Korea, in a regulation dated Oct. 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
The decision is Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026\/2311, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Oct. 20, 20261<\/a><\/sup>. It follows an expiry review, a check on whether a duty should continue when it reaches its end date.<\/p>\n In short, rolls of heavy thermal paper made in Korea will keep paying an extra import tax when they enter the European Union (EU). The duty in force before the review was 15.8%, and the Commission said it intended to keep it1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n An anti-dumping duty is an extra import tax on goods sold abroad below their normal price. The EU first put this duty on Korean heavyweight thermal paper in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020\/15241<\/a><\/sup>. The rate in force when the review ended was 15.8%<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n On June 30, 2026, the Commission told the parties the main facts behind its plan. It said it intended to maintain the anti-dumping duties in force<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. The new regulation imposes a definitive duty, a final duty rather than a temporary one, after that review2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The text of the regulation available for this report gives the reasons and the findings. Its operative articles were not part of the text read, so this report does not state a new end date.<\/p>\n The duty covers one kind of specialty paper. Heat from a printer forms the image on it, so it needs no ink1<\/a><\/sup>. It is used mainly for self-adhesive labels on packaging, and also for tickets and tags1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\nWhat is the duty on Korean thermal paper?<\/h2>\n
Which thermal paper goods does the duty cover?<\/h2>\n
What a roll must be to pay the duty<\/h4>\n