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Description of Goods:

Men’s shoes (including unisex shoes), including leather upper hiker-type boots,  but EXCLUDING the following categories:

- Men’s and boys’ shoes, size 4 and below.

- Sports footwear:

(a) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment of spikes, sprigs, stops, clips, bars or the like; and

(b) skating boots, ski boots and cross-country ski footwear, wrestling boots, boxing boots and cycling shoes.

- Sports casual shoes and boots, except leather upper hiker-type boots.

- Sandals and similar open-toed footwear with straps across the instep.

- Slippers.

- Footwear with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs.

- Footwear incorporating a protective metal toe cap.

- Footwear with outer soles of leather.

- Footwear made on a base or platform of wood.

- Footwear containing woolskin.

- Thong type products.

- Industrial safety toe type.

- Diving boots.

- Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by means of stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes.

- ‘Kung Fu’ shoes, being flexible shoes with cotton uppers and thin flat plastic soles.

Note: Unless it is apparent from the context or is otherwise specified, the term "shoes" when used generally also includes boots.

Additional information regarding the goods subject to anti-dumping duties appears below.

Countries of Origin:

China, Indonesia and Thailand

* Date on which anti-dumping duties will cease to apply unless a review has been initiated prior to the date specified.

Anti-dumping Duty

The anti-dumping duties to which the above goods are subject are in the form of Normal Value (Value For Duty Equivalent) amounts, referred to as NV(VFDE) amounts. The amount of anti-dumping duty to be paid on any particular shipment is the amount by which the NV(VFDE) amount exceeds the New Zealand value for duty when the goods are entered for home consumption.

Confidential NV(VFDE) amounts have been established for various specified suppliers in each of the countries of origin and for various categories of footwear from suppliers other than those specified.

The current rates are those gazetted following the the partial Review completed in April 1999.

Specified Suppliers

Suppliers for whom specific schedules of NV(VFDE) amounts have been created are as follows;

CHINA

• Daguang Rubber Factory Co
• Decapoint Ltd (Hong Kong)
• Grosby (China) Ltd
• Reebok International Ltd
• Shanghai Great Wall Sports

INDONESIA

• PT Excellent Kencana
• Reebok International Ltd

THAILAND

• Adidas Handels AG (HK Br)
• Hwa Seung (Thailand) Co Ltd
• Rangsit Footwear Co Ltd
• Reebok International Ltd

The NV(VFDE) amounts established for these suppliers are confidential to the suppliers concerned. Other parties requiring these values will need to obtain them from the overseas supplier.

Other suppliers

Various categories of footwear have been established for subject goods sourced from suppliers other than those listed above.

The categories and applicable NV(VFDE) amounts are as follows;

Notes:

The goods are currently classified under the following Tariff Items and Statistical Keys of the Tariff of New Zealand however please note that not all footwear imported under these tariff items from the countries named above is subject to anti-dumping duty.

The Tariff Items and Statistical Keys are provided for convenience and Customs purposes only, the written description being dispositive.

Additional information regarding coverage of the subject goods description may be found on the Frequently Asked Questions page. Considerable additional detail regarding goods coverage and calculation of anti-dumping duties is also included in the non-confidential NZCS Instruction for these goods which is available from the Trade Remedies Group

Further Information

Should there be any further information required or if there are any queries please contact the Trade Remedies Group on telephone 04-472-0030 or facsimile 04-499-8508. Inquiries by e-mail should be directed to traderem@med.govt.nz