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 the anti-dumping duty applying to imports into New Zealand of hog bristle paintbrushes from China and having determined a new rate 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 “Reassessment of Anti-dumping Duty: Hog Bristle Paintbrushes From China (Amendment No. 4)”.
(2) This notice replaces and supersedes all previous notices in relation to the subject goods described below in the First Schedule.
(3) Pursuant to section 17 of the Act, the reassessed
anti-dumping duty, set out in the Second Schedule to this notice, shall apply to imports of the goods specified in
the First Schedule with effect from the day after the date
of this notice.
Schedules
First Schedule
Subject Goods
Country of Origin
The People’s Republic of China
Description of Goods
Hog bristle paintbrushes for household or industrial use.*
*Note this description includes hog bristle paintbrush heads.
The goods are classified under Tariff Item 9603.40.00 and Statistical Keys 03B, 05J, 08C and 11C 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 the subject goods shall
be the amount by which Normal Value (Value For Duty Equivalent) (NV(VFDE)) amounts in respect of the listed sizes by group as set out below exceed the New Zealand Value For Duty of the goods when entered for home consumption. All NV(VFDE) amounts are in Chinese renminbi (CNY).
NV(VFDE) Amounts – Complete Paintbrushes (CNY)
Size Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
(mm) Industrial Handyman Tradesman
25 5.73 5.73 5.85
38 8.06 8.18 8.29
50 12.04 12.40 12.40
63 14.96 15.43 15.55
75 17.77 18.11 18.46
100 24.19 24.43 25.25
NV(VFDE) Amounts – Paintbrush Heads (CNY)
Size Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
(mm) Industrial Handyman Tradesman
25 4.07 4.07 4.15
38 5.72 5.81 5.89
50 8.55 8.80 8.80
63 10.62 10.96 11.04
75 12.62 12.86 13.11
100 17.18 17.34 17.93
For complete paintbrushes and paintbrush heads of sizes other than those specified in the tables above, the NV(VFDE) amounts for that size shall be calculated in accordance with the proportion that such a size represents
of the nearest size listed in the table above.
Description of Groups
Paintbrushes are categorised in groups according to their volume of bristle calculated by multiplying the width of the bristle at the top of the ferrule by the depth of the bristle at the top of the ferrule by the length of the bristle from the top of the ferrule to the tip of the brush, the measurements being made in millimetres.
Range of Cubic Volume of Bristle (mm3)
Size Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
(mm) Industrial Handyman Tradesman
25 0 – 11,500 11,501 – 15,000 >15,000
38 0 – 20,000 20,001 – 25,000 >25,000
50 0 – 33,500 33,501 – 36,000 >36,000
63 0 – 38,000 38,001 – 44,000 >44,000
75 0 – 45,000 45,001 – 55,000 >55,000
100 0 – 65,000 65,001 – 90,000 >90,000
For complete paintbrushes and paintbrush heads of sizes other than those specified in the table above, the cubic volume of bristle for each of the three groups for that size shall be calculated in accordance with the proportion that such a size represents of the nearest size listed in the table above.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of March 2009.
HON SIMON POWER, Minister of Commerce.
Note:
A non-confidential version of the Final Reassessment Report which contains details of the conclusions reached, is available from the Trade Rules, Remedies and Tariffs Group, Competition, Trade and Investment Branch, Ministry of Economic Development, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140.