Under section 14(9) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 (“the Act”), anti-dumping duties imposed on reinforcing steel bar and coil from Thailand* will cease to apply to those goods on 5 March 2009 unless, at that date, the goods are subject to review under section 14(8) of the Act.
Any interested party that might request that the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development initiate a review before the cessation date referred to above, should be aware that positive evidence justifying the need for a review must be provided to the chief executive.
If an application is received which provides positive evidence justifying the need for a review, the chief executive
must undertake and complete a review investigation within 180 days of initiation, on whether the anti-dumping duties should continue to be applied.
Positive evidence justifying the need for a review would need to include reasons for believing that the expiration
of anti-dumping duties would see the continuation or recurrence of dumping of reinforcing steel bar and coil from Thailand, and for believing that such dumping would be likely to cause the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the New Zealand industry producing reinforcing steel bar and coil.
The reasons should be supported by evidence and not be based on mere allegations or assertions.
Further information is available from the Manager, Trade Rules, Remedies and Tariffs Group, Competition, Trade and Investment Branch, Ministry of Economic Development,
PO Box 1473, Wellington, or on facsimile (04) 499 8508
or email
traderem@med.govt.nz
Signed at Wellington this 29th day of August 2008.
ANNE CORRIGAN, Manager, Trade Rules, Remedies and Tariffs Group.
*Refer to “Final Determination of Dumping Investigation: Reinforcing Steel Bar and Coil from Thailand” published in the New Zealand Gazette, 11 March 2004, No. 26, page 610.