Pursuant to section 14(6) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), the Acting Minister
of Commerce, having carried out a reassessment of the
anti-dumping duty applying to imports into New Zealand of canned peaches from South Africa, 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.
N o t i c e
Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the "Reassessment of Anti-dumping Duty: Canned Peaches from South Africa".
(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
South Africa
Description of Goods
The subject goods that the reassessed anti-dumping duties apply to are described as:
Canned peaches (halves, slices or pieces) packed in various concentrations of sugar syrup and in can sizes ranging from 110 grams to 3 kilograms (A10).
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 the subject goods from South Africa supplied by Langeberg & Ashton Foods Pty. Ltd. shall be the amount by which the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) (NV(VFDE)) amounts set out in the table below exceed the New Zealand Value for Duty (VFD) of the goods when entered for home consumption. The NV(VFDE) amounts are set in South African Rand.
Rates of Anti-dumping Duty
Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) Amounts
per Kilogram
Canned Peaches Imported from Langeberg
& Ashton Foods
Grade Rates of Anti-dumping Duty (Rand/kg)
Choice *
Standard *
Sub-standard *
*The NV(VFDE) amounts have been kept confidential as they are based on commercially sensitive information. The confidential amounts are held by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the New Zealand Customs Service.
For all other subject goods of South African origin imported into New Zealand, an ad valorem percentage rate of the Customs value for duty shall apply as follows:
All Other Exporters Rate of Anti-dumping Duty
Residual Rate 11% of VFD
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May 2014.
HON AMY ADAMS, Acting Minister of Commerce.
Note: A non-confidential version of the Reassessment Report, which contains details of the conclusions reached, is available from Trade Remedies, Trade and International Environment Branch, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, PO Box 1473, Wellington, or by emailing traderem@mbie.govt.nz