Pursuant to section 14(8) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988, and acting under delegated authority from the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, I have reopened the review, initiated on 11 September 2012, pursuant to section 14(8) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988, of the imposition of anti-dumping duty in respect of the goods described in the Schedule to this notice (the goods).
Anti-dumping duty was imposed on the goods as the result of an anti-dumping investigation in 2007.
The current rate of duty on the goods was published in the New Zealand Gazette, 20 September 2007, No. 102, page 2759.
Schedule
Goods Subject to Review
Country of Origin
Malaysia
Description of Goods
Exercise books, note books, project books, sketch pads and pads of a type intended for the purpose of writing/drawing, suited primarily for primary, post-primary schools and commercial sectors, having the following specifications:
HEIGHT: Not less than 75 millimetres ("mm") and not more than 450mm.
WIDTH: Not less than 75mm and not more than 450mm.
LEAF: Not less than 20 and not more than 300.
PAGES: Not less than 40 and not more than 600.
- Includes perforated or hole punched pages.
- Can be printed/unprinted.
- All colours.
PAPER WEIGHT: Not less than 45 grams per square metre (gsm) and not more than 150gsm.
LINES: Ruled or un-ruled; print any colour.
COVER: Can be hard or soft covers.
- Pads, sketch and other types, may/may not be covers.
- Can be printed/unprinted.
BINDING: Stapled, sewn, glued or wire bound.
The goods are classified under the following tariff items
and statistical keys: 4820.10.00.11H, 4820.10.00.21E, 4820.10.00.29L, 4820.00.00F, 4820.90.01.00H, 4820.90.09.01G and 4820.90.09.29G of the Tariff of
New Zealand, which classifications are provided for convenience and Customs purposes only, the written description being dispositive.
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of May 2013.
ROBIN HILL, Principal Advisor, Register Integrity
and Trade Remedies, Ministry of Business, Innovation
& Employment.
Invitation for Submissions
A copy of the non-confidential version of the Ministry's Memorandum, which details the reasons for reopening
this review, is available from Register Integrity and
Trade Remedies, Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment, PO Box 1473, Wellington, or by emailing
traderem@med.govt.nz
or on the Ministry's website at
www.med.govt.nz
Interested parties are invited to make submissions in relation to the review at the address given above.