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• Canned Peaches: South Africa

30 July 2001

Contents

• Type of Investigation
• Description of Goods
• Country of Origin
• Investigation "Milestones"
• Summary of Factors Leading to Initiation
• Reason for the Review
• Review Process
• Notes
• Further Information

Type of Investigation

Dumping Review

Description of Goods

Canned peaches (halves, slices and pieces) packed in various concentrations of sugar syrup and in can sizes ranging from 110 grams to 3 kilograms (A10)

Country of Origin

South Africa

Investigation "Milestones"

* Provisional measures: The existing anti-dumping duties will continue to apply for the duration of this investigation. If the review shows that anti-dumping duties should continue to be imposed, a reassessment of the rate or amount of anti-dumping duty to be applied may be carried out. Provisional measures are not therefore an issue in these proceedings.

** Notice to parties to investigation: Section 10A(1) of the Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, within 150 days after the initiation of an investigation under section 10 of this Act, the Secretary shall give to the parties to the investigation referred to in section 9 (b) of this Act written advice of the essential facts and conclusions that will likely form the basis for any final determination to be made under section 13 of this Act.

Whilst the provision quoted above does not apply in the case of reviews, the Ministry attempts as far as possible to follow normal investigation procedures. To that end, an interim report in the same format as is used for the release of essential facts and conclusions will if practicable, be provided to known interested parties on or before 150 days following the initiation of the review.

Summary of Factors Leading to Initiation

The Minister of Commerce first imposed anti-dumping duties on South African canned peaches on 1 August 1996. At that time, specific reference prices in the form of Normal Value (Value for Duty Equivalent) (NV (VFDE) amounts in $US/kg were established for South African suppliers. An ad valorem rate of 20 percent, based on the weighted average dumping margin found during the investigation, was calculated for all imports of subject goods other than those for which NV(VFDE) amounts were established. A notice to this effect was published in the New Zealand Gazette of 8 August 1996.

On 19 December 1996, the Minister of Commerce reassessed the amounts and rates of anti-dumping duty applicable to South African canned peaches. A notice to this effect was published in the New Zealand Gazette of 9 January 1997.

On 9 March 1998, the Minister of Commerce carried out a second reassessment of the amounts and rates of anti-dumping duty applicable to South African canned peaches. A notice to this effect was published in the New Zealand Gazette of 19 March 1998.

Reason for the Review

The purpose of the review is to establish whether the continued imposition of anti-dumping duties is necessary to prevent the continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury.

Further details of the background relating to anti-dumping duty on canned peaches and the reasons for the review, are contained in the Initiation Report which is available from this site.

Review Process

Submissions are being sought from parties known to have an interest in this review, including known exporters in South Africa, importers and the New Zealand industry. These submissions will be examined and analysed by the review team. The outcome of this examination and analysis will then be reported, with recommendations, to the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development.

Notes

Importers of canned peaches from South Africa of the type described above should note that the anti-dumping duties as recently reassessed will continue to apply to these goods for the duration of the review.

If the review establishes that there is a continued need for anti-dumping duties, then a reassessment of the existing duties may be initiated on the completion of the review to establish the appropriate duty rate or amount and the method by which the duties are imposed. Any reassessment will draw on the results of the review.

Further Information

Any queries or requests for further information should be directed to the review team at the Trade Remedies Group on telephone 64-4-470 2274 (Sanjay Bhawan) or 64-4-474 2183 (Martin Garcia), or facsimile 64-4-499 8508. Enquiries by email should be directed to sanjay.bhawan@med.govt.nz or martin.garcia@med.govt.nz.