Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 7 (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 certain plasterboard from Thailand and having determined a new 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 Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 7 (Duty Reassessment)'', and shall be read together with and deemed part of the notice entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand'' dated 21 December 1989 and published in the Gazette of 11 January 1990 (hereinafter referred to as the first principal notice), and of the notice entitled ``Final Determination of Dumping Investigation: Certain Other Plasterboard from Thailand'' dated 29 March 1996 and published in the Gazette of 4 April 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the second principal notice), and of the notice entitled ``Final Determination of Dumping Investigation: 10 mm Plasterboard from Thailand'' dated 23 July 1996 and published in the Gazette of 8 August 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the third principal notice). (2) Pursuant to section 14 (6) 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 to the principal notice with effect from 25 August 1997, being the date of initiation of the duty reassessment. In accordance with section 14 (10) of the Act, the Collector is required to refund the difference between the duty paid and any lower duty specified in the Second Schedule to this notice. Where there is a difference between the duty paid and any higher duty specified in the Second Schedule, there will be no liability for the payment of this difference. 2. Amendment to anti-dumping duty applicable The first principal notice (as amended by the notice in the Gazette of 8 March 1990 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 1'' and by the notice in the Gazette of 18 April 1991 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 2 (Duty Reassessment)'', and by the notice in the Gazette of 11 May 1995 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 3 (Duty Reassessment)'', and by the notice in the Gazette of 7 March 1996 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 4 (Duty Reassessment)'', and by the notice in the Gazette of 4 July 1996 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 5 (Duty Reassessment)'', and by the notice in the Gazette of 16 January 1997 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 6 (Duty Reassessment)'') is hereby amended by omitting the Second Schedule and substituting the Schedule to this notice. The second principal notice (as amended by the notice in the Gazette of 4 July 1996 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 5 (Duty Reassessment)'', and by the notice in the Gazette of 16 January 1997 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 6 (Duty Reassessment)'') is hereby amended by omitting the Second Schedule and substituting the Schedule to this notice. The third principal notice (as amended by the notice in the Gazette of 16 January 1997 entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 6 (Duty Reassessment)'') is hereby amended by omitting the Second Schedule and substituting the Schedule to this notice. 3. Consequential revocation The notice entitled ``Final Determination: Dumping Investigation in Respect of Plasterboard from Thailand, Amendment No. 6 (Duty Reassessment)'', and published in the Gazette of 16 January 1997, is hereby revoked. Schedule New Schedules to Principal Notices Second Schedule Amount of Anti-dumping Duty The amount of anti-dumping duty to be paid on demand in respect of each importation of plasterboard, imported or intended to be imported into New Zealand from Thailand, shall be: A. For subject goods from the suppliers and exporters listed in the Third Schedule to this notice, the amount per square metre by which the weighted average Normal Value Equivalent amount exceeds the Thai producer value. B. For all other suppliers of subject goods, the rate of duty set out in the Fourth Schedule to this notice. Third Schedule List of Thai Producers Thai producers, being suppliers and exporters, for which Normal Value Equivalent amounts have been established for the subject goods, are: SCT Co Ltd Thai Gypsum Products Public Company Limited Fourth Schedule Rate of duty for other suppliers The rate of duty for the subject goods established for this category is: 99 percent ad valorem of the Thai Producer Value. The New Zealand Customs Service holds a confidential list of the weighted average Normal Value Equivalent amounts, established for the suppliers and exporters listed in the Third Schedule to this notice. The Thai producer value of the goods is the price when sold at arm's length by the Thai producer on an FOB basis, exclusive of any costs, charges, and expenses incurred in preparing the goods for shipment to New Zealand that are additional to those costs, charges, and expenses generally incurred on sales for home consumption, and any costs, charges and expenses resulting from the exportation of the goods, or arising after their shipment from the country of export. Suppliers and exporters for which Normal Value Equivalent amounts have not been established, may lodge a request for a reassessment, backed by the necessary supporting evidence, that Normal Value Equivalent amounts be established. Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of September 1999. MAX BRADFORD, Minister for Enterprise and Commerce. Note: Where an interested party considers that there has been a change in relevant values of the factors used in calculating Normal Value Equivalents, an application may be made for a reassessment. If the reassessment establishes that the anti-dumping duties paid exceeded the margin of dumping, then refunds of the additional amount of duty paid may be made. Public notice of the establishment of additional or updated weighted average Normal Value Equivalent amounts will be given as necessary by notice in the New Zealand Gazette. A copy of the non-confidential version of the Final Report which contains details of the investigation and the conclusions reached, is available from the Trade Remedies Group, Competition and Enterprise Branch, Ministry of Commerce, P.O. Box 1473, Wellington.