Pursuant to section 14(6) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), the Associate Minister of Commerce, having carried out a reassessment of the
anti-dumping duty applying to imports into New Zealand
of standard plasterboard from Thailand 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
Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the "Reassessment of Anti-Dumping Duty: Standard Plasterboard From Thailand".
(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.
(4) Where the anti-dumping duties imposed as a result of this notice are lower than those previously in place, in accordance with section 14(10) of the Act, importers may apply to Customs for a refund of the difference between the anti-dumping duties imposed by this notice and the anti-dumping duty paid from 5 September 2011†.
First Schedule
Subject Goods
Country of Origin
Thailand
Description of Goods
Standard plasterboard of a nominal thickness from, but not including, 6mm and up to, but not including, 12mm of any width or length.
The goods are currently classified under Tariff Item and Statistical Key 6809.11.00.10D 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 plasterboard imported or intended to be imported into New Zealand from Thailand, shall be the ad valorem rate, or the amount by which the 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.
All NV(VFDE) amounts are in Thai Baht (THB).
Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) Amounts
and Ad Valorem Rate per Square Metre
Name of Exporter Type of
duty Duty Amount (per m2)
Thai Gypsum Products PCL NV(VFDE) *
Scg Trading Company Limited for exports to Elephant
New Zealand Limited Ad Valorem 0%
Scg Trading Company Limited for exports to all other importers NV(VFDE) *
Residual duty (all other
exporters) NV(VFDE) *
*The Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) amounts (NV(VFDE)) have been kept confidential as they are based on commercially sensitive information. The confidential amounts are held by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the New Zealand Customs Service.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 2012.
HON JOHN BANKS, CNZM, QSO, Associate 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, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140.
†New Zealand Gazette, 8 September 2011, No. 138, page 3939