On 8 April 1999 a Senior Investigator in the Trade Remedies Group, acting under delegated authority from the Secretary of Commerce, formally initiated an investigation into the alleged dumping of ACE inhibitors from Germany and Switzerland.
ACE inhibitors are a pharmaceutical used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.
2 Application for an investigation was made by the Australian Government on behalf of the Australian industry producing ACE inhibitors. There is no ACE inhibitor industry in New Zealand.