RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/NZL/1
G/SCM/Q1/NZL/1
ORGANIZATION 1October 1996
(96-3921)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Follow-up questions from HONG KONG
toreplies from NEW ZEALAND1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated20September1996,hasbeenreceivedfromtheHongKong
Economic andTrade Office.
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Establishing normal value: ordinary course oftrade
Question 1:Follow-up toHKquestion 5(p.12)
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 ADinvestigation? 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)?
Reassessments
Question 2:Follow-up toKorea question 10(p.32)
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 ADAgreement, noADduties shallbelevied
onimports fromthenewshippers while thereview isbeing carried out.Theauthorities may,however,
withhold appraisement and/or request guarantees toensure thatADduties canbelevied retroactively
tothedateoftheinitiation ofthereview should suchareview result inadetermination ofdumping.
Would NewZealand explain further howitspractice isconsistent withtherequirements under
Article 9.5oftheWTO ADAgreement?
1G/ADP/W/155-G/SCM/W/162.