Subject to section 14 (9) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), anti-dumping duties imposed on abrasive discs and wheels from Korea and Taiwan* will cease to apply to those goods on 17 October 2000 unless, at that date, the goods are subject to review under section 14 (8) of the Act.
Any interested party that might request the Secretary of Commerce to initiate a review before the termination date referred to above, should be aware that positive evidence justifying the need for a review must be provided to the Secretary.
If an application is received which provides positive evidence justifying the need for a review, the Secretary must undertake a review investigation and report to the Minister of Commerce within 180 days on whether the anti-dumping duties should continue to be applied. Positive evidence justifying the need for a review would need to provide reasons for believing that the expiration of anti-dumping duties would see the continuation or recurrence of dumping of abrasive discs and wheels from Korea and Taiwan, and for believing that such dumping would be likely to cause the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the
New Zealand industry producing abrasive discs and wheels. The reasons should be supported by evidence and not based on mere allegations or assertions.
Further information is available from the Manager, Trade Remedies Group, Competition and Enterprise Branch, Ministry of Economic Development, P.O. Box 1473, Wellington, or on facsimile (04) 499 8508 or email traderem@med.govt.nz
Signed at Wellington this 11th day of April 2000.
RORY MCLEOD, Manager, Trade Remedies Group.
*Refer to "Final Determination: Abrasive Discs and Wheels From Korea and Taiwan" published in the New Zealand Gazette of
18 April 1996 at pages 1049-1050.