Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of Change of the Period of Suspension of the Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty on Aluminium-Zinc Coated Steel From the Republic of Korea

Pursuant to section 13B(4)(b) of the Trade (Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties) Act 1988 (“Act”), I hereby give notice that I have changed the period of suspension of the imposition of anti-dumping duty, as notified in the Notice of Determinations in Step 2 Dumping Investigation into Aluminium-Zinc Coated Steel from Korea dated 28 March 2022 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 1 April 2022, Notice No. 2022-ln1228.

The change in the period of suspension of the imposition of the anti-dumping duty is to extend the suspension until 31 December 2022. I consider that users of the subject goods which are described in Schedule 1, and which are subject to an anti-dumping duty at the rates set out in Schedule 2, continue to be significantly impacted by an emergency, namely the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Schedule 1

Goods Subject to Investigation

Country of Origin

Republic of Korea

Description of Goods

The subject goods that this notice applies to are described as:

Flat rolled iron and steel products (whether or not containing alloys), plated or coated with principally aluminium-zinc alloys (but the plating or coating may contain other alloys), not painted, and whether or not including resin coating or other surface treatment.

The subject goods exclude:

  • Painted goods.
  • Goods for which there is no aluminium in the coating.
  • Goods for which there is no zinc in the coating (e.g. aluminised steel).
  • Goods with coatings where zinc is the predominant or only element, whether or not aluminium is included, and whether electrolytically coated or hot dipped.
  • Goods with coatings which include magnesium alloyed with aluminium and zinc.
  • Goods for which there is no coating at all.
  • Goods of a thickness of 2mm or more.

Notes

The goods are currently classified under tariff headings 7210.61, which covers flat-rolled products of non-alloy steel plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys, of width of 600mm or more; 7212.50 which covers flat-rolled products of non-alloy steel, otherwise plated or coated, not exceeding 600mm in width; and 7225.99 and 7226.99 which cover flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, and potentially of coatings of aluminium-zinc alloys. These classifications are provided for convenience and Customs purposes only, the written description being dispositive.

Schedule 2

Rate of Anti-dumping Duty

The rates of anti-dumping duty imposed on the subject goods imported or intended to be imported into New Zealand from the Republic of Korea shall be the rates listed below, calculated as a percentage of the declared New Zealand Customs value for duty of the subject goods.

Korean Manufacturer Ad valorem duty rate
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co (Dongkuk) 2.5%
KG Dongbu Steel Co Ltd (KG Dongbu) 12.6%
Other 2.5%


Dated at Wellington this 28th day of September 2022.

Hon Dr DAVID CLARK, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.