The European Commission(EC) has slapped provisional antidumping duties on imports of South Korean lightweight thermal paper.

According to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency’s branch office in Brussels, the EC announced the move last Thursday and the 12-point-one percent provisional duty will apply for a period of six months.

In its investigation into a complaint lodged by the European Thermal Paper Association(ETPA), the EC found that the continuous rise in South Korean imports had a clear negative impact on the EU industry, "resulting in market price depression and causing market share losses for EU producers."

Lightweight thermal paper is a special fine paper that is coated with a chemical that changes color when exposed to heat. It is used in point-of-sale applications, such as cash register receipts.