WORLD TRADE G/ADP/N/1/BRB/1
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ORGANIZATION 30October 1995
(95-3342)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
BARBADOS
Thefollowing communication, dated 3October 1995, hasbeenreceived from theEmbassy
ofBarbados inBelgium.
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Ihavethehonour toforward herewith Chapter 67oftheLaws ofBarbados -Customs Duties
(Dumping andSubsidies).
TheGovernment ofBarbados issubmitting thisLegislation asindicated inArticle 18.5ofthe
Agreement onImplementation ofArticle VIofGATT 1994, andWTO document G/ADP/N/1/Suppl.1
andArticle 32.6oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures.
TheGovernment ofBarbados iscurrently intheprocess ofexamining thislegislation witha
view toamending it,andtheamended Legislation willbeforwarded totheCommittee upon its
completion.G/ADP/N/1/BRB/1
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Chapter 67
Customs Duties (Dumping andSubsidies)
Arrangement ofSections
Section
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Cases where customs duties maybeimposed.
4. Order imposing duties.
5. Relief inrespect ofduties.
6. Drawback, etc.ofduties.
7. Power torequire information from importers.
8. Ascertainment ofexport price.
9. Ascertainment offairmarket price.
10. Construction ofreferences tocountry oforigin, etc.
11. Regulations.
12. Orders tobesubject tonegative resolution.G/ADP/N/1/BRB/1
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Chapter 67
Customs Duties (Dumping andSubsidies)
AnActtoauthorize theimposition ofduties ofcustoms where grants havebeendumped or
subsidized andforthepurposes connected herewith.
[1March 1959]
1. ThisActmaybecitedastheCustoms Duties (Dumping andSubsidies) Act.
2. Forthepurposes ofthisAct,theexpression:
"fairmarket price" means theprice determined inaccordance withsection 9;
"General Agreement onTariffs andTrade" means theagreement concluded atGeneva
intheyear1947;
"importer", inrelation toanygoods atanytimebetween theirimportation andthetime
theyaredelivered outofcustoms charge, includes anyowner orother person forthetime
being possessed oforbeneficially interested inthegoods.
3. (1) Subject tosubsection (2),where itappears totheMinister:
(a) thatgoods ofanydescription arebeing orhave been imported intotheIsland in
circumstances inwhich theyare,under thisAct,toberegarded ashaving beendumped,
or
(b) thatsome government orother authority outside theIsland hasbeengiving asubsidy
affectinggoodsofanydescriptionwhicharebeingorhavebeenimportedintotheIsland,
andthat,having regard toallthecircumstances, itwould beintheinterest oftheIsland, hemayexercise
thepower conferred onhimbythisActtoimpose andvaryduties ofcustoms insuchmanner ashe
thinks necessary tomeetthedumping orthegiving ofthesubsidy.
(2)Where theMinister isnotsatisfied thattheeffect ofthedumping orofthegiving ofthe
subsidy issuchastocause orthreaten material injury toanestablished industry intheIsland oris
suchastoretard materially theestablishment ofanindustry intheIsland, heshallnotexercise that
power ifitappears tohimthattodosowould conflict withtheprovisions forthetimebeing inforce
oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade.
(3) Forthepurposes ofthisAct,imported goods shallberegarded ashaving beendumped:
(a) iftheexport price fromthecountry inwhich thegoods originated islessthanthefair
market price ofthegoods inthatcountry; or
(b) inacasewhere thecountry from which thegoods were exported totheIsland is
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(i) iftheexport price fromthecountry inwhich thegoods originated islessthan
thefairmarket price ofthose goods inthatcountry, or
(ii) iftheexport price from thecountry from which thegoods weresoexported
islessthanthefairmarket price ofthose goods inthatcountry.
(4) References inthisActtogiving asubsidy arereferences togiving, directly orindirectly,
abounty orsubsidy ontheproduction orexport ofgoods (whether bygrant, loan, taxrelief orinany
other wayandwhether related directly tothegoods themselves ortomaterials ofthegoods orto
something else), andinclude:
(a) thegiving ofanyspecial subsidy onthetransport ofaparticular product; and
(b) thegiving offavourable treatment toproducers orexporters inthecourse of
administering anygovernmental control overtheexchange ofcurrencies where such
treatment hastheeffect ofassisting areduction oftheprices ofgoods offered forexport,
butdonotinclude theapplication ofrestrictions orcharges ontheexport ofmaterials
from anycountry soastofavour producers inthatcountry whousethose materials
ingoods produced bythem.
4. (1) Thepower which theMinster mayexercise under thisActisapower byorder toimpose
ongoods ofadescription specified intheorder adutyofcustoms chargeable ontheimport ofthegoods
intotheIsland ataratespecified intheorder.
(2) Thematters byreference towhich thedescription ofgoods inanorder isframed shall
include either thecountry inwhich thegoods originated orthecountry from which thegoods were
exported totheIsland.
(3) Subject tosubsection (2),anorder mayinclude suchprovisions withrespect tothe
description ofthegoods chargeable withdutyandwithrespect tothecases inwhich dutyischargeable
asmayappear totheMinister toberequired forthepurposes ofthisAct,andinparticular:
(a) provisions limiting thedescription ofthegoods byreference totheparticular persons
ororganizations bywhom thegoods wereproduced orwhowereconcerned withthe
production ofthegoods insome specified manner;
(b) provisions defining therateofdutybyreference tovalue orweight orother measure
ofquantity;
(c) provisions directing thatdutybecharged foranyperiod orperiods whether continuous
ornot,orwithout anylimitofperiod, oratdifferent ratesfordifferent periods orparts
orperiods, and
(d) inconnection withthecommencement, variation ortermination ofaduty, provisions
authorizing repayments inrespect ofdutywhere itisshown thattheprescribed
conditions arefulfilled.
(4) Anydutychargeable under thisActonanygoods shallbechargeable inaddition to
anyother dutyofcustoms forthetimebeing chargeable thereon, andnotwithstanding theprovisions
ofanyother lawforthetimebeing inforce intheIsland, thecharge ofdutyunder thisActshallnot
affect liability tocustoms dutychargeable under anyother Actortheamount ofanysuchduty.G/ADP/N/1/BRB/1
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5. (1) Where itappears totheMinister thatrelief under thissection should beavailable as
respects adutyimposed byanorder under thisAct(being anorder made toafford protection against
dumping) hemay, ifhethinks fit,inthatorasubsequent order apply thissection inrelation tothe
duty.
(2) Where thissection applies inrelation toanyduty, theimporter ofanygoods chargeable
withthedutyasbeing goods originating inor,asthecasemaybe,exported fromaspecified country
mayapply totheMinister forrelief from thedutyonthose goods.
(3) Where onanapplication somade theMinister issatisfied thattheexport price ofthe
goods from thatcountry withtheamount ofthedutyadded toitexceeds thefairmarket price ofthe
goods inthatcountry, theMinister shallnotify theComptroller ofCustoms oftheamount oftheexcess
andtheComptroller ofCustoms shallremit orrepay thedutyuptothatamount.
(4) Anapplication under thissection asrespects anygoods shallnotbemade more than
sixmonths afterthedutyhasbeenpaidonthegoods, andinconnection withanysuchapplication
theapplicant shallfurnish suchinformation andevidence astheMinister mayrequire from himfor
ascertaining thesaidexport price orfairmarket price.
(5) Subsection (1)to(4)shallhaveeffect inrelation toadutyimposed byanorder (being
anorder made toafford protection against thegiving ofasubsidy) asifreferences tothefairmarket
price inacountry werereferences totheexport price fromthatcountry increased bysuchamount (if
any)asmaybenecessary tooffset theeffect ofthegiving ofthesubsidy.
(6) Where aperson forthepurposes ofanapplication under thissection:
(a) makes anystatement which isfalseinamaterial particular; or
(b) produces anyaccount, estimate, return orother document which isfalseinamaterial
particular, theamount ofanydutyremitted orrepaid under thissection onthe
application shallberecoverable asadebtduetotheCrown andwhere thestatement
wasmade orthedocument wasproduced knowingly orrecklessly thatperson shall
beliable, onconviction byacourt ofsummary jurisdiction, toimprisonment foraterm
ofthree months ortoafineoffivehundred dollars ortobothsuchimprisonment and
fine.
6. (1) TheMinister maybyorder provide fortheallowance ofdrawback inrespect ofall
oranyduties under thisActontheexport ofgoods insuchcircumstances andsubject tosuchconditions
ashemayspecify.
(2) Thedrawback maybeinrespect ofdutypaidonthegoods orinrespect ofdutypaid
onmaterials usedinthemanufacture ofthegoods andtherateofthedrawback maybedetermined
insuchmanner andbyreference tosuchmatters astheMinister mayspecify.
7. (1) TheComptroller ofCustoms mayrequire theimporter ofanygoods tostatesuchfacts
concerning thegoods andtheirhistory ashemaythink necessary todetermine whether thegoods are
goods originating inacountry specified inanorder oraregoods exported from anycountry, andto
furnish himinsuchformashemayrequire withproof ofanystatements somade; andifsuchproof
isnotfurnished tohissatisfaction ortherequired factsarenotstated, thegoods shallbedeemed for
thepurposes ofthisActtohaveoriginated in,or,asthecasemaybe,tohavebeenexported from,
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Provide thattheComptroller shallrequire proof ofthecountry inwhich goods originated in
relation toanydutyunder thisActinthecaseonlyofgoods exported fromsuchcountries astheMinister
maydirect inrelation tothatduty.
(2) Where anorder limits thedescription ofgoods inrespect ofwhich dutyischargeable
under thisActorthecases inwhich dutyissochargeable sothatthequestion whether any,andif
sowhat, dutyischargeable onthegoods depends onother matters besides thecountry inwhich the
goods originated orfrom which theywereexported, theComptroller mayalsorequire theimporter
tostatesuchfactsashemaythink necessary todetermine thatquestion sofarasregards those other
matters andtofurnish them insuchform ashemayrequire withproof ofanystatement somade;
andifsuchproof isnotfurnished tohissatisfaction ortherequired factsarenotstated, those facts
shallbedeemed forthepurposes ofdutyunder thisActtobesuchashemaydetermine.
8. (1) Inrelation togoods imported intotheIsland, theexport pricefromthecountry inwhich
thegoods originated orfrom which theywere exported shallbedetermined asfollows.
(2) Where thegoods areimported under acontract ofsalewhich isasaleintheopenmarket
between buyer andseller independent ofeachother andtheMinister issatisfied astothatfact,asto
theprice onthatsaleandastosuchother factsasarematerial forthispurpose, theexport price shall
betheprice onthatsale,subject toadeduction forthecostofinsurance andfreight from theportor
place ofexport inthesaidcountry totheportorplace ofimport andforanyother costs, charges or
expenses incurred inrespect ofthegoods aftertheylefttheportorplace ofexport, except sofaras
anysuchcosts, charges orexpenses havetobemetseparately bythepurchaser.
(3) Where subsection (3)doesnotapply, theMinister shalldetermine theexport price
byreference tosuchsaleofthegoods (orofanygoods inwhich thefirst-mentioned goods were
incorporated) ashemayselect withsuchadjustments asmayappear tohimtobeproper.
9. (1) Thefairmarket price ofanygoods inacountry shallforthepurposes ofthisActbe
determined asfollows.
(2) Subject tosubsection (3),thefairmarket price shallbetaken tobetheprice atwhich
goods ofthedescription inquestion (thatistosay,anyidentical orcomparable goods) arebeing sold
intheordinary course oftrade inthesaidcountry forconsumption orusethere butsubject toany
necessary adjustments, whether fordifferences inconditions andterms ofsale,fordifferences intaxation
orotherwise, which mayberequired forthepurpose ofensuring thatthecomparison between thefair
market price andtheexport price iseffectively acomparison between theprices ontwosimilar sales.
(3) Where itappears totheMinister thatgoods ofthatdescription arenotbeing soldin
thesaidcountry ornotinsuchcircumstances thatthefairmarket pricecanbedetermined inaccordance
withsubsection (2),thefairmarket priceshallbedetermined bytheMinister byreference toanyprice
obtained forgoods ofthatdescription when exported from thesaidcountry, withadjustments made
forthepurpose mentioned insubsection (2),or,iftheMinister thinks fit,byreference tothecostor
estimated costofproduction ofthegoods thedumping ofwhich isinquestion, withsuchadditions
inrespect ofselling costandprofit asmayappear totheMinister tobeproper.
(4) Noaccount shallbetaken under thissection ofanyapplication ofrestrictions orcharges
ontheexport ofmaterials from anycountry soastofavour producers inthatcountry whousethose
materials ingoods produced bythem.G/ADP/N/1/BRB/1
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10. (1) Goods shallberegarded forthepurposes ofthisActashaving originated inacountry:
(a) ifthose goods were wholly produced inthatcountry; or
(b) ifsome stage intheproduction ofthegoods wascarried outinthatcountry andthe
costofcarrying outsuchstages, ifany,intheproduction ofthegoods aswerecarried
outafterthose goods lastleftthatcountry (butbefore theimport ofthegoods into
theIsland) waslessthan25percentofthecostofproduction ofthegoods asso
imported; or
(c) ifsome stage intheproduction ofanycomponents ormaterials incorporated inthe
goods wascarried outinthatcountry andthecostofcarrying outsuchstages in
production aswerecarried outafterthose components ormaterials lastleftthatcountry
toconvert those components ormaterials intothegoods asimported intotheIsland
waslessthan25percentofthecostofproduction ofthegoods assoimported.
(2) Where theexport price ofanygoods from thecountry inwhich theyoriginated isin
question andsome stageintheproduction ofthegoods orofanycomponents ormaterials incorporated
inthegoods wascarried outaftertheylastleftthatcountry, thedeductions tobemade bytheMinister
intheprice byreference towhich theexport price istobeascertained shallinclude adeduction for
thecostofcarrying outanysuchstage intheproduction ofthegoods andintheproduction ofany
components ormaterials incorporated inthegoods; andthefairmarket price shallbethefairmarket
price ofthose goods or,asthecasemaybe,ofthose components ormaterials inthestateinwhich
theyleftthatcountry.
(3) Anyreference inthisActtothecountry inwhich goods originated shallbetaken, in
acasewhere there aretwoormore countries which answer tothatdescription, asareference toany
ofthose countries.
11. TheMinister maybyregulations prescribe forthepurposes ofthisAct:
(a) thecosts, charges andexpenses tobetaken intoaccount inascertaining costs of
production orthecostofanystage inproduction;
(b) themanner inwhich costofproduction istobeascertained incases where different
stages arecarried outbydifferent persons; and
(c) themanner inwhich thecostofdifferent stages ofproduction istobeascertained.
12. Anyorder made bytheMinister shallbesubject tonegative resolution.