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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/NZL/2
G/SCM/Q1/NZL/2
ORGANIZATION 29October 1996
(96-4519)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Replies from NEW ZEALAND1
tofollow upquestions from HONG KONG2
Thefollowing communication, dated 20October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofNewZealand.
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Establishing Normal Value: Ordinary Course ofTrade
Question 1:Follow-up toHKquestion 5
Section 5(1)oftheActprovides thatthenormal value shallbetheprice paidforlikegoods
soldintheordinary course oftrade intheexporting country bytheexporter, or,iflikegoods arenot
soldbytheexporter, byother sellers oflikegoods. Aresuch‘other sellers 'necessarily under the
same A-Dinvestigation? Ifnot,howwould theprice beestablished?
Would NewZealand further explain, iftherearenosalesoftheproduct intheexporting country
atall,howwould theNewZealand authorities determine the“reasonable amounts foradministrative
andselling costs”under section 5(2)(d)?
Answer
"Other sellers" caninclude sellers subject totheinvestigation, orother sellers whoarenot
subject totheinvestigation, e.g.sellers whodonotexport ordonotexport toNewZealand. If"other
sellers" arenotsubject totheinvestigation, theninformation ontheirprices issought fromwhatever
source might beavailable, which could include thesellers themselves, oranyother sources ableto
provide reliable information.
Ifthere arenosalesintheexporting country, thenthenormal value canbeconstructed and
"reasonable amounts foradministration andselling costs" willbedetermined onthebasis setoutin
Article 2.2.2 oftheA-DAgreement, i.e.theactual amounts incurred bytheexporter forthesame
general category ofgoods, oranyother reasonable method.
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Reassessments
Question 2:Follow-up toKorea question 10
Section 14(6) oftheActprovides fornewshipper review. According totheanswer provided
byNewZealand, therateapplicable toanewshipper willbethe'other'rateapplied atthetimeof
theoriginal imposition ofduties. Anewshipper mayhowever request thereassessment oftherate
applicable toitsexports. Section 14(10) oftheActprovides thatanylower duties should berefunded
witheffect from thedateoftheinitiation ofthereassessment.
Itisnoted thatunder Article 9.5oftheWTO A-DAgreement, noA-Dduties shallbelevied
onimports fromthenewshippers while thereview isbeing carried out.Theauthorities may,however,
withhold appraisement and/or request guarantees toensure thatA-Dduties canbelevied retroactively
tothedateoftheinitiation ofthereview should suchareview result inadetermination ofdumping.
Would NewZealand explain further howitspractice isconsistent withtherequirements under
Article 9.5oftheWTO A-DAgreement?
Answer
Section 14(6) oftheActisnotlimited tonewshipper reviews, butcovers anysituation where
theamount ofanti-dumping dutymayneedtobereassessed. Where adutyreassessment isrequested
byanewshipper, arrangements canbemade withtheCustoms authorities toensure consistency with
therequirements setoutinArticle 9.5oftheA-DAgreement.