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 canned peaches from Greece, following the completion of a review under section 14(8) of the Act, and having determined new rates 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: Canned Peaches from Greece".
(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.
First Schedule
Subject Goods
Country of Origin
Greece
Description of Goods
The subject goods from Greece are described as:
Peaches (halves, slices or pieces) packed in retail size cans
The subject goods are classified under Tariff Item 2008.70.09 and Statistical Key 00L 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 the Non-Injurious Free on Board (NIFOB) or Normal Value (Value For Duty Equivalent) (NV(VFDE)) amounts set out below exceed the New Zealand Value For Duty of the goods when entered for home consumption.
Reference Prices (Per Kilogram)
Can Size Reference Price
NIFOB *Alternative Duty
NV(VFDE)
410g NZD ____ EUR 1.88
820g NZD ____ EUR 1.66
3kg NZD ____ EUR 1.53
*An alternative reference price has been set as the NV(VFDE) amount. This reference price will apply where the NV(VFDE) amount is lower than the NIFOB amount due to exchange rate movements.
NIFOB amounts have been kept confidential as they are based on commercially sensitive information provided by various parties. The confidential amounts are held by the Ministry of Economic Development and the New Zealand Customs Service.
Where the can size is not one of the specified sizes, the rate of duty shall be based on the NIFOB or NV(VFDE) amount for the can size which is closest to the imported can size.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of November 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.