Under section 14(9) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 ("the Act"), anti-dumping duties imposed on reinforcing steel bar and coil from Thailand will cease to apply to those goods on 17 November 2014, 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 Business, Innovation and Employment 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 reinforcing steel bar and coil 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 reinforcing steel bar and coil.
The reasons should be supported by evidence and not be based on mere allegations or assertions.
Further information is available from the Principal
Advisor, Trade Remedies, Trade and International Environment Branch, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, PO Box 3705, Wellington 6140. Email: traderem@mbie.govt.nz
Signed at Wellington this 31st day of July 2014.
ROBIN HILL, Principal Advisor, Trade Remedies, Trade and International Environment Branch, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.