26 JULY 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 88

Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988

Reassessment of Anti-Dumping Duty: Preserved Peaches From the People’s Republic of China

Pursuant to section 14(6) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), the Associate Minister of Commerce, having carried out a reassessment of the anti-dumping duty applying to imports into New Zealand of preserved peaches from the People’s Republic of China following the completion of a review under section 14(8) of the Act and having determined a new rate of anti-dumping duty applicable to those goods, gives the following notice.

Notice

Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the “Reassessment of Anti-Dumping Duty: Preserved Peaches from the People’s Republic of China”.

(2) This notice replaces and supersedes all previous notices in relation to the subject goods described below in the First Schedule.

(3) Pursuant to section 17 of the Act, the reassessed anti-dumping duty, set out in the Second Schedule to this notice, shall apply to imports of the goods specified in the First Schedule with effect from the day after the date of this notice.

First Schedule

Subject Goods

Country of Origin
The People’s Republic of China

Description of Goods
Peaches in preserving liquid, in containers up to and including 4kg.

The goods are currently classified under Tariff Item and Statistical Key 2008.70.09.00L of the Tariff of New Zealand, which classification is provided for convenience and Customs purposes only, the written description being dispositive.

Second Schedule

Amount of Anti-dumping Duty

The amount of anti-dumping duty to be paid on demand, in respect of each importation into New Zealand of preserved peaches from China, shall be the amount by which the reference prices in the table below exceed the New Zealand Value for Duty of the goods when entered for home consumption. The reference prices are set in either New Zealand Dollars (NZD) or Chinese Renminbi (CNY).

Reference Prices

*The references prices for named suppliers have been kept confidential as they are based on commercially sensitive information. The confidential amounts are held by the Ministry of Economic Development and the New Zealand Customs Service.

**An alternative reference price cap has been set in CNY for one exporter (Chic Foods Co., Ltd) which should be applied instead of the reference price where, due to exchange rate fluctuations, the reference price exceeds the cap amount calculated in New Zealand dollars.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 2012.

HON JOHN BANKS, CNZM, QSO, Associate Minister of Commerce.

Note: A non-confidential version of the Final Reassessment Report, which contains details of the conclusions reached, is available from the Trade Rules, Remedies and Tariffs Group – Competition, Trade and Investment Branch, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140.

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Reassessment of Anti-Dumping Duty: Standard Plasterboard From Thailand

Pursuant to section 14(6) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 (“the Act”), the Associate Minister of Commerce, having carried out a reassessment of the anti-dumping duty applying to imports into New Zealand of standard plasterboard from Thailand following the completion of a review under section 14(8) of the Act and having determined new rates of anti-dumping duty applicable to those goods, gives the following notice.

Notice

Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the “Reassessment of Anti-Dumping Duty: Standard Plasterboard From Thailand”.

(2) This notice replaces and supersedes all previous notices in relation to the subject goods described below in the First Schedule.

(3) Pursuant to section 17 of the Act, the reassessed anti-dumping duty, set out in the Second Schedule to this notice, shall apply to imports of the goods specified in the First Schedule with effect from the day after the date of this notice.

(4) Where the anti-dumping duties imposed as a result of this notice are lower than those previously in place, in accordance with section 14(10) of the Act, importers may apply to Customs for a refund of the difference between the anti-dumping duties imposed by this notice and the anti-dumping duty paid from 5 September 2011†.

First Schedule

Subject Goods

Country of Origin
Thailand

Description of Goods
Standard plasterboard of a nominal thickness from, but not including, 6mm and up to, but not including, 12mm of any width or length.

The goods are currently classified under Tariff Item and Statistical Key 6809.11.00.10D of the Tariff of New Zealand, which classification is provided for convenience and Customs purposes only, the written description being dispositive.

Second Schedule

Amount of Anti-dumping Duty

The amount of anti-dumping duty to be paid on demand, in respect of each importation of plasterboard imported or intended to be imported into New Zealand from Thailand, shall be the ad valorem rate, or the amount by which the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) (NV(VFDE)) amounts set out below exceed the New Zealand Value for Duty of the goods when entered for home consumption. All NV(VFDE) amounts are in Thai Baht (THB).