AUSTRALIA
APP to appeal against anti-dumping penalties

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), recently penalized by the Australian Customs Service for dumping toilet tissue in Australia, is to appeal against the decision. It has threatened to take its case to the Federal Court if the appeal fails.

Pindo Deli (Indonesia) and Gold Hongye (China), both part of the group, were served with dumping notices late last year. This followed complaints from Australia's two largest toilet paper producers, Kimberly-Clark and SCA, which led to a year-long investigation by Customs.

Tissue imports will be penalized with additional duties of 8-40% following the decision.

Clarification In the December-January issue of Tissue World magazine, we failed to give full details on the authors of the article "Energy systems for tissue". This was written by Ulf Strenger and Pirkko Petäjä. Strenger is expert focusing on energy technology and Petäjä heads consulting services for tissue and hygiene industry within Pöyry. Contact details: Ulf Strenger, Senior Consultant Process Technology, Pöyry Sweden AB, Storgatan 44, 11455 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone +46 70 6220146. Email ulf.strenger@poyry.com. Pirkko Petäjä, Associate Principal, Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting Oy, PO Box 4, FI-01621 Vantaa, Finland. Phone +358 10 33 22329. Mobile +358 50 412 4226. Email pirkko.petaja@poyry.com.