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 countervailing duty on the goods described in the Schedule to this notice.
Countervailing duty was imposed by the Minister of Commerce in a notice dated the 9th day of January 1998, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 22 January 1998, page 131, and amended in a notice given by the Acting Minister of Commerce dated the 16th day of April 2000, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 20 April 2000, page 935.
Schedule
Goods Subject to Review
Country of Origin
Member States of the European Union
Description of Goods
Peaches (halves, slices and pieces) packed in retail-sized cans.
The goods are currently classified under Tariff Item and Statistical Key 2008.70.09 00L 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 8th day of January 2003.
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.