Under section 14 (9) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), countervailing duties imposed on spaghetti in tomato sauce in retail size cans from Italy* will cease to apply to those goods on 7 September 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 countervailing 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 countervailing duties would see the continuation or recurrence of subsidisation of spaghetti in tomato sauce and for believing that such subsidisation would be likely to cause the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the
New Zealand industry producing spaghetti in tomato sauce.
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
email traderem@med.govt.nz
Signed at Wellington this 12th day of March 2001.
R. M. MCLEOD, Manager, Trade Remedies Group.
* Refer to "Final Determination of Subsidy Investigation: Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce From Italy" published in the New Zealand Gazette of
12 September 1996 at page 2922.