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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Departmental Notices

Commerce

Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988

Final Determination of Dumping Investigation: Canned Peaches From South Africa, Amendment No. 1, Duty Reassessment

Pursuant to section 14 of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), the Minister of Commerce, having carried out a reassessment of anti-dumping duty in respect of imports into New Zealand of canned peaches from South Africa and having determined a new anti-dumping duty applicable to those goods, gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Final Determination of Dumping Investigation: Canned Peaches From South Africa, Amendment No. 1, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the notice entitled "Final Determination of Dumping Investigation: Canned Peaches From South Africa" dated 2 August 1996 and published in the Gazette of 8 August 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice).

(2) The reassessed anti-dumping duty, set out in the Schedule to this notice, shall apply to imports of the goods specified in the said Schedule with effect from 28 August 1996 being the date of initiation of the reassessment of anti-dumping duty.

2. Amendment to anti-dumping duty applicable—The principal notice is hereby amended by omitting the Second Schedule and substituting the Schedule to this notice.

Schedule

Amount of Anti-dumping Duty

The amount of anti-dumping duty to be paid on demand in respect of each importation of canned peaches, imported or intended to be imported into New Zealand from South Africa, shall be:

A. For can sizes and product types for which Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts have been established, the amount by which the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) exceeds the free-on-board value (being the "customs value" as defined in section 2(1) of the Customs & Excise Act 1996) of the goods when entered for home consumption.

B. For any imports of subject goods of can sizes and product types for other than those for which the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts have been established, the rate of duty shall be the weighted average margin of dumping established by the Minister of Commerce. The rate established for the type of goods in this category is 12 percent ad valorem.

1. The Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) is the sum of the Normal Value established in the investigation, and any relevant adjustments made in accordance with section 4(1)(a) of the Act in order to establish the export prices.

2. The Customs Department holds a confidential list of the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts for importation purposes, for the subject goods from South Africa.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 1996.

JOHN LUXTON, Minister of Commerce.

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Conservation

Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978

Application to Film and Take Marine Mammals

Pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978, National Geographic Television and Whalewatch Kaikoura Limited, have jointly applied to the Minister of Conservation for a permit to film sperm whales in the vicinity of Kaikoura, between 1 February 1997 and 30 April 1997, and between 1 February 1998 and 30 April 1998, which will involve the following activities:

Approaching in a vessel to within 50 metres of surfaced sperm whales for filming with standard film making equipment and polecameras;

Placing divers in the water to within 100 metres of sperm whales for filming using standard underwater cameras;

Attaching miniaturised film cameras to sperm whales by suction cups or invasive floy tags for filming and recording data from diving sperm whales.

Any persons wishing to make submissions on this application should write to M. F. Donoghue, Species Protection Division, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 68-908, Newton, Auckland, within 28 days after the publication of this notice.

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