Under section 14(9) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), anti-dumping duties imposed on plasterboard from Thailand will cease to apply to those goods on 11 September 2011, unless at that date the goods are subject to review under section 14(8) of the Act.
Any interested party that might request that the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development initiate a review before the cessation date referred to above, should be aware that positive evidence justifying the need for a review must be provided to the chief executive.
If an application is received which provides positive evidence justifying the need for a review, the chief executive must undertake and complete a review investigation within 180 days of initiation on whether the anti-dumping duties should continue to be applied.
Positive evidence justifying the need for a review would need to include reasons for believing that the expiration of anti-dumping duties would see the continuation or recurrence of dumping of plasterboard from Thailand,
and for believing that such dumping would be likely to cause the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the New Zealand industry producing plasterboard.
The reasons should be supported by evidence and not be based on mere allegations or assertions.
Further information is available from the Manager, Trade Rules, Remedies and Tariffs Group, Competition, Trade and Investment Branch, Ministry of Economic Development,
PO Box 1473, Wellington 1640. Facsimile: (04) 499 8508. Email: traderem@med.govt.nz
Signed at Wellington this 21st day of March 2011.
ANNE CORRIGAN, Manager, Trade Rules, Remedies and Tariffs Group.