Under section 14 (9) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), anti-dumping duties imposed on certain non-leather women's footwear from China* will cease to apply to those goods on 29 March 2001 unless, at that date, the goods are subject to review under section 14 (8) of the Act.
Any interested party that might request the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development to initiate a review before the termination date referred to above, should be aware that positive evidence justifying the need for a review must be provided to the chief executive.
If an application is received which provides positive evidence justifying the need for a review, the chief executive must undertake and complete a review investigation within 180 days of initiation, on whether the anti-dumping duties should continue to be applied.
Positive evidence justifying the need for a review would need to provide reasons for believing that the expiration of anti-dumping duties would see the continuation or recurrence of dumping of certain non-leather women's footwear from China, and for believing that such dumping would be likely to cause the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the New Zealand industry producing certain non-leather women's footwear.
The reasons should be supported by evidence and not based on mere allegations or assertions.
Further information is available from the Manager, Trade Remedies Group, Competition and Enterprise Branch, Ministry of Economic Development, P.O. Box 1473, Wellington, or on facsimile (04) 499 8508 or e-mail traderem@med.govt.nz
Signed at Wellington this 26th day of September 2000.
R. M. MCLEOD, Manager, Trade Remedies Group.
*Refer to "Final Determination and Imposition of Anti-dumping Duty: Certain Non-Leather Women's Footwear From China, Amendment No. 1 (Review and Duty Reassessment)" published in the New Zealand Gazette,
4 April 1996, No. 33, pages 967-968.