Pursuant to section 14 (6) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 (“the Act”), the Minister of Commerce, having carried out a reassessment of anti-dumping duty in respect of imports into New Zealand of galvanised wire from Malaysia and having determined a new amount of anti-dumping duty applicable to those goods, gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the “Duty Reassessment: Galvanised Wire from Malaysia”, and shall be read together with the notice entitled “Final Determination of Dumping Investigation: Galvanised Wire from Malaysia” dated the 29th day of April 2004 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 6 May 2004, No. 49, page 1236 (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice).
(2) Pursuant to section 14 (6) of the Act, the reassessed anti-dumping duty applicable to galvanised wire, set out in the Second Schedule to this notice, shall apply to imports of the goods specified in the First Schedule to this notice with effect from the day after the date of this notice. In accordance with section 14 (10) of the Act, I require the Collector of Customs to refund
the difference between the duty paid and any lower duty specified in the Second Schedule of this notice, with effect from
10 March 2005, being the date of the initiation of the reassessment.
(3) The existing rate or amount of anti-dumping duty applying to imports of galvanised wire into New Zealand from Malaysia shall cease to have effect from the date of this notice.
2. Anti-Dumping Duty amended—The principal notice is hereby amended by omitting the Third Schedule in the principal notice and substituting the Schedule set out in this notice.
Schedules
New Schedules to Principal Notice
First Schedule
Goods Subject To Determination
Country of Origin
Malaysia
Description of Subject Goods
Galvanised steel wire of high, medium and low tensile strength between (and including) 2mm and 4.5mm in diameter.
The goods are currently classified under Tariff Item 7217.20.10 and Statistical Keys 05L, 07G, 08E, 09C, 11E, 13A, 15H, 16F, 17D, 18B, 25E, 27A, 28K, 29H, 31K, 33F, 35B, 36L, 37J and 39E, and Tariff Item 7217.20.90 and Statistical Keys 05D, 07L, 08J, 09G, 11J, 13E, 15A, 16K, 17H and 18F of the Tariff of New Zealand, which classification is provided for convenience and Customs purposes only, the written description being dispositive.
Second Schedule
Amount of Anti-dumping Duty
The amount of anti-dumping duty to be paid on demand in respect of each importation of galvanised wire, imported or intended to be imported into New Zealand from Malaysia, shall be:
A. For subject goods from the suppliers listed in the Third Schedule to this notice, for which the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development has established Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts, the amount by which the Reference Price amount exceeds the New Zealand Value for Duty of the goods when entered for home consumption.
B. For subject goods from all other suppliers, the ad valorem percentage rate specified in the Third Schedule to this notice.
Third Schedule
List of Suppliers and Ad Valorem Percentage Rates:
Wire diameter (mm) 2.00 2.50 3.15 3.40 4.00
Supplier:
Southern Wire Industries (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd1
– Armouring Wire * * *
– Galvanised Wire
Low Tensile * * * N/A *
High Tensile * * * N/A *

Wire Diameter (mm) 2.00 2.50 3.15 3.40 4.00
Supplier:
SMI Wire Sdn Bhd1
– Galvanised Wire
Low Tensile N/A N/A N/A * *
High Tensile N/A N/A N/A * *

Other Exporters2 (excluding RCI Wire Sdn Bhd) for all types and sizes of wire 11%

Wire Diameter (mm) 2.00 2.50 3.15 3.40 4.00
Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) Cap3
– Armouring Wire * * *
– Galvanised Wire
Low Tensile * * * * *
High Tensile * * * * *
*Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amount in Malaysian Ringgit per kilogram.
1The New Zealand Customs Service holds a confidential list of the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts contained in the Third Schedule of this notice. Southern Wire Industries (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and SMI Wire Sdn Bhd also hold the confidential duty amounts relating to those companies.
2Other exporters for whom separate rates of duty have not been established may lodge a request, backed by the necessary supporting evidence, that Reference Price amounts be established. Subject goods originating from RCI Wire Sdn Bhd are excluded from any anti-dumping duties.
3The duty payable by other exporters through the application of the specified ad valorem percentage rates cannot exceed the duty payable through the application of the Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts for all sizes and types of galvanised wire imported. The New Zealand Customs Service holds these confidential Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of November 2005.
LIANNE DALZIEL, Minister of Commerce.
A copy of the non-confidential version of the Final Report which contains details of the reassessment and the conclusions reached, is available from the Manager, Trade Remedies Group, Ministry of Economic Development, P.O. Box 1473, Wellington.