I hereby give notice that, pursuant to section 14 (8) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988, and under delegated authority from the Secretary of Commerce, I have initiated a review of the need for the continued imposition of anti-dumping duty on the goods described in the Schedule to this notice. Anti-dumping duty was imposed by the Minister of Commerce in a notice dated 27 November 1992, published in the New Zealand Gazette of 3 December 1992, and reassessed in notices dated 3 July 1994, published in the New Zealand Gazette of 14 July 1994 and 8 April 1996, published in the New Zealand Gazette of 23 April 1996.
SCHEDULE
Goods Subject to Review
Country of Origin
United States of America
Description of goods
"Automotive oil filters for use on internal combustion engines exceeding 20 horse power (HP)"
The goods are currently classified under Tariff Item and Statistical Key 8421.23.00.01B of the Tariff of New Zealand, which classification is provided for convenience and Customs purposes only, the written description being dispositive.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of June 2000.
RORY MCLEOD, Manager, Trade Remedies Group.
Invitation for Submissions
A copy of the non-confidential version of the Initiation Memorandum, which contains details of the consideration of the application for initiation of a review is available from
the Manager, Trade Remedies Group, Competition and Enterprise Branch, Ministry of Economic Development,
P.O. Box 1473, Wellington.
Initiation documents are also available in various formats on the Ministry's website at:
http:/www.med.govt.nz/traderemedies
The review will also consider amendments, for the purpose of clarification, to the description of goods should the review determine that there is a continued need for the imposition of anti-dumping duties.
Interested parties are invited to make submissions to the Trade Remedies Group at the address given above.