I hereby give notice that, pursuant to section 14 (8) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988, and acting under delegated authority from the Chief Executive of
the Ministry of Economic Development, I have initiated a
review of the imposition of anti-dumping duty on the goods described in the Schedule to this notice.
Anti-dumping duty was imposed by the Acting Minister of Customs in a notice dated 31 May 1988, published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 2 June 1988, page 2228, and amended in notices given by the Minister of Commerce dated 2 April 1992, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 9 April 1992, page 1055, and dated 29 October 1997, published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 6 November 1997, page 3714.
Schedule
Goods Subject to Review
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 11C 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 25th day of October 2002.
ANNE CORRIGAN, 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, Regulatory
and Competition Policy Branch, Ministry of Economic Development, P.O. Box 1473, Wellington.
Initiation documents are also available in various
formats on the Ministry's web site at http://www.med.govt.nz/buslt/trade_rem.html
Interested parties are invited to make submissions to the Trade Remedies Group at the address given above.