The paper industry worldwide has surplus production capacity in many grades of paper, and many producers resort to selling their surplus production in foreign markets at prices significantly lower than in their domestic markets. This can and has caused local producers to go out of business. South Africa has anti-dumping procedures in line with international agreements, but the application of these procedures has proven to be cumbersome and slow. This is a constraint to black enterprise development in the fibre sub-sector.

Therefore, Government undertakes to request the ITAC to commit to do more, within its legal constraints, to provide greater protection for South African producers from foreign dumpers.