Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Hog Bristle Paintbrushes From China, Amendment No. 2 (Duty Reassessment) Pursuant to section 14 of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 (``the Act''), the Minister of Commerce, having carried out a reassessment of anti-dumping duty in respect of imports into New Zealand of hog bristle paintbrushes from China and having determined a new amount of anti-dumping duty applicable to those goods, gives the following notice. N o t i c e 1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Hog Bristle Paintbrushes From China, Amendment No. 2'', and shall be read together with and deemed part of the notice entitled ``Final Dumping Determination'' dated 31 May 1988 and published in the New Zealand Gazette of 2 June 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice). (2) This notice shall come into force on the day after the date on which it is published in the New Zealand Gazette. 2. Amendment to anti-dumping duty applicable The principal notice (as amended by the notice in the New Zealand Gazette of 9 April 1992 entitled ``Final Dumping Determination (Paintbrushes), Amendment No. 1'' is hereby amended by omitting the Schedule and substituting the Schedule to this notice. Schedule New Schedule to Principal Notice First Schedule Goods Subject to Determination Country of Origin: The People's Republic of China. Description of Goods Hog bristle paintbrushes for household or industrial use. The goods are currently classified under Tariff Item and Statistical Keys 9603.40.00 02D and 9603.40.00 11C 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 the subject goods shall be the amount by which the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts in respect of the listed sizes by group as set out below, exceeds the New Zealand Value for Duty of the goods when entered for home consumption. Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) (US$ per brush) Size Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 (mm) (Industrial) (Handyman) (Tradesman) 25 0.66 0.67 0.68 38 0.94 0.95 0.97 50 1.40 1.44 1.44 63 1.75 1.79 1.81 75 2.07 2.11 2.15 100 2.82 2.84 2.93 Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts of paintbrushes of less than 25 mm shall be an amount which bears the same proportion to US$0.66 as the size bears to 25 mm. The Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) is the sum of the normal values established in a review of anti-dumping duty on the subject goods completed on 19 September 1997, and any adjustments made to the export price in that review in accordance with section 4 (1) (a) of the Act in order to establish export prices. Description of Groups Paintbrushes are categorised in groups according to their volume of bristle calculated by multiplying the width of the bristle at the top of the ferule by the depth of the bristle at the top of the ferule by the length of the bristle from the top of the ferule to the tip of the brush, the measurements being made in millimetres. Range of Cubic Volume of Bristle (mm) Size Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 (mm) (Industrial) (Handyman) (Tradesman) 25 0 - 11,500 11,501 - 15,000 15,001 38 0 - 20,000 20,001 - 25,000 25,001 50 0 - 33,500 33,501 - 36,000 36,001 63 0 - 38,000 38,001 - 44,000 44,001 75 0 - 45,000 45,001 - 55,000 55,001 100 0 - 65,000 65,001 - 90,000 90,001 Dated at Wellington this 29th day of October 1997. JOHN LUXTON, Minister of Commerce.