24 FEBRUARY CUSTOMS EDITION 737

Extract from New Zealand Gazette, 19 February 1998, No. 28, pages 622

Commerce

Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988

Notice of Reassessment of Anti-Dumping Duty on Lead Acid Batteries from Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan

Pursuant to section 14 (3A) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 (as inserted by subsection 10 (2) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Amendment Act 1990), the Minister of Commerce gives the following notice:

N O T I C E

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Final Determination and Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty: Lead Acid Batteries from Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan: Amendment No. 4.

(2) This notice shall be read with and be part of the notice dated 9 December 1991 and entitled “Final Determination and Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty: Lead Acid Batteries from Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan”* (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice).

(3) This notice shall take effect on the day after the date on which it is published in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Anti-dumping duty amended—The principal notice is hereby amended by omitting the Schedule (as inserted by the notice dated 21 June 1994 and entitled “Final Determination and Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty: Lead Acid Batteries from Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan: Amendment No. 3”†, and substituting the Schedule set out in this notice.

3. Consequential amendments—The notice dated 21 June 1994 and entitled “Final Determination and Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty: Lead Acid Batteries from Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan: Amendment No. 3”, is hereby amended by revoking clause 2 and the Schedule.

• Published in the New Zealand Gazette, 12 December 1991.
  † Published in the New Zealand Gazette, 23 June 1994.

Schedule

New Second Schedule to Principal Notice

“Second Schedule

Amount of Anti-Dumping Duty

The amount of anti-dumping duty to be paid in respect of the subject goods shall be:

(a) For subject goods from the following suppliers, the amount by which the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) exceeds the Value for Duty of those subject goods when entered for home consumption. The Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) rates are held by Customs and are confidential to the suppliers:

• Delkor Corporation
• PT Gemala
• Global & Yuasa Battery Co.
• Korea Storage Battery Co.
• Century Batteries (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
• Watta Battery Industries Sdn. Bhd.
• Chloride South East Asia Pte Limited

(b) For subject goods from the following suppliers, the rate of duty listed in the columns applying to such supplier determined according to the category of battery involved:

Indonesia:

• PT Gemala | – | – | 20 |

Korea:

• Delkor Corporation | 12 | 12 | 12 |
• Global & Yuasa Battery Co Ltd | 18 | 12 | 12 |
• Korea Storage Battery Co Ltd | 18 | 12 | 12 |

Malaysia:

• Century Batteries (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd | 15 | 3 | 14 |
• Watta Battery Industries Sdn Bhd | 3 | – | 15 |

Singapore:

• Chloride South East Asia Pte | 46 | 3 | 8 |

Taiwan:

• Zong Yee Industrial Co | 20 | 8 | 14 |

(c) For subject goods from any other suppliers the following rate of duty determined according to the country of export, and the category of battery involved:

• Indonesia | – | – | 20 |
• Korea | 18 | 13 | 24 |
• Malaysia | 15 | 3 | 15 |
• Singapore | 46 | 7 | 17 |
• Taiwan | 20 | 8 | 14 |

• Description of Categories

Category I: Subject goods with nominal footprint dimensions, in millimetres, of:
Length: 180–200; Width: 124–130; Terminal Height: 225–230.

Category II: Subject goods with nominal footprint dimensions, in millimetres, of:
Length: 230–240; Width: 125–135; Terminal Height: 205–230.

Category III: Subject goods with nominal footprint dimensions, in millimetres, of:
Length: 208–260; Width: 170–176; Terminal Height: 190–230.

Please Note: The dimensions are nominal.

Signed at Wellington this 12th day of February 1998.

HON. JOHN LUXTON, Minister of Commerce.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
GP LEGISLATION SERVICES, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1998

ISSN 0111-5630

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