WORLD TRADE G/ADP/N/1/ZWE/2
G/SCM/N/1/ZWE/2
ORGANIZATION 7February 1996
(96-0438)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
ZIMBABWE
Thefollowing communication, dated 25January 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofZimbabwe.
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Wewishtorefertoourearlier communication toyou,communications fromtheChairpersons
oftheCommittees aswellastherecords ofthese Committees concerning Zimbabwe 'snotifications
oflaws,regulationsandadministrativeproceduresrelatingtoanti-dumpingandcountervailingmeasures.
Herewith istherequired notification. Myauthorities would however wishtoadvise thatthey
areintheprocess ofre-examining thisdomestic legislation withtheobjective ofensuring itsconformity
withtherelevantprovisionsoftheWTOAgreementsonAnti-DumpingandSubsidiesandCountervailing
Measures.G/ADP/N/1/ZWE/2
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ZIMBABWE
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT
CHAPTER 177
(Asamended on14June1991)
PART VI
ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
I. INTERPRETATION
73. (1) InthisPart:
"export price", inrelation toimported goods, means theprice ofsuchgoods totheimporter,
including allcosts, charges andexpenses incidental tothepurchase thereof ortotheplacing
thereof onboard themeans oftransport bywhich theywillberemoved from thecountry of
exportation butexcluding anysubsequent costs, charges orexpenses incurred inconnection
withthedelivery ofsuchgoods toZimbabwe;
"factory cost", inrelation tomanufactured goods, means thecostofsuchgoods intheirfinished
condition calculated inthemanner prescribed;
"investigatingauthority"meansaninvestigatingauthorityappointedbyorintermsofregulations
making provision forthematters referred toinparagraph (e)ofsubsection (2)ofsection 216;
"local content", inrelation togoods manufactured inanyparticular country, means such
percentage ofthefactory costofsuchgoods intheirfinished condition asisrepresented by
thecostof:
(a) thedirect labour involved inthemanufacture ofthegoods; and
(b) anymaterials which were grown, produced ormanufactured inthecountry
concerned andwhich were usedinthemanufacture ofthegoods.
(2) Anyreference inthisParttogoods which havebeenproduced shallbeconstrued as
areference togoods which havenotbeensubjected toanyprocess ofmanufacture.
II. ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES
77. (1) Forthepurposes ofthissection, imported goods orgoods likely tobeimported shall
bedeemed tobedumped iftheexport price ofsuchgoods islessthan:
(a) thedomestic price ofsuchgoods, which means theprice atwhich identical
orcomparable goods arebeing soldintheordinary course oftrade inthe
country ofexportation or,where suchprice isfixed bythegovernment inthe
country ofexportation, suchpriceastheinvestigating authority maydetermine;
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(b) ifthere isnodomestic price interms ofparagraph (a),anyofthefollowing:
(i) thehighest comparable priceforidentical orcomparable goods when
exported fromthecountry ofexportation andsoldinanyother foreign
country intheordinary course oftrade; or
(ii) thecostofproduction ormanufacture ofthegoods plussuchamount
inrespect ofadministration, selling andother costs andprofit asthe
investigating authority mayconsider reasonable; or
(iii) where thecostreferred toinsubparagraph (ii)cannot beascertained
bytheinvestigating authority orisconsidered bytheinvestigating
authority tobesubject toanyform ofgovernment control, such
domestic price astheinvestigating authority maydetermine; or
(c) thecostofproduction ormanufacture ofthegoods plussuchamount inrespect
ofadministration,sellingandothercostsandprofitastheinvestigatingauthority
mayconsider reasonable:
Provided thatimported goods shallnotbedeemed tobedumped byreason onlyof
theexemption ofsuchgoods from duties ortaxes borne byidentical orcomparable goods
destined forconsumption oruseinthecountry ofexportation orbyreason oftherefund of
suchduties ortaxes.
(2) Forthepurposes ofsubsection (1):
(a) thecomparison ofprices contemplated inthatsubsection shallbemade atthe
same leveloftrade andinrespect ofsalesmade atasnearly aspossible the
same time;
(b) where there isnoexport price oritappears totheinvestigating authority that
theexport price isunreliable because ofanassociation orcompensatory
arrangements between thesupplier andtheimporter orathird party, the
investigating authority maydetermine theexport priceonthebasisoftheprice
atwhich theimported goods arefirstre-sold inthecondition inwhich they
were imported, onsuchbasis astheinvestigating authority thinks fit.
(3) Themargin ofdumping deemed, forthepurposes ofthissection, tohavetaken place
ortobelikely totakeplace shallbethedifference inprices contemplated insubsection (1).
(4) If,afterconsidering thereport ofaninvestigating authority, theMinister issatisfied
that:
(a) anygoods havebeenorarebeing orarelikely tobeimported incircumstances
inwhich theyaredeemed interms ofsubsection (1)tobedumped; and
(b) theeffect ofsuchimportation hasbeenorwillbetocause orthreaten detriment
toanestablished industry inZimbabwe ortoaffect detrimentally the
establishment orexpansion ofanindustry inZimbabwe; andG/ADP/N/1/ZWE/2
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(c) itwould beinthepublic interest toimpose ananti-dumping dutyinrespect
ofsuchgoods;
heshall, bynotice intheGazette, impose suchanti-dumping dutyinrespect ofgoods ofthat
classaswill,inhisopinion, offset thedumping.
(5) Ananti-dumping duty:
(a) shallnotexceed themargin ofdumping referred toinsubsection (3);and
(b) may, where aprovisional anti-dumping charge hasbeenlevied inrespect of
thegoods concerned, beimposed witheffect fromadatewhich isprior tothe
dateofpublication ofthenotice intheGazette butisnotpriortothedatewith
effect from which suchprovisional andanti-dumping charge waslevied.
III. PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING CHARGE
78. (1) IfatanytimetheMinister isoftheopinion thatprima facie theprovisions of
paragraphs (a)and(b)ofsubsection (4)ofsection 77apply inrelation toanygoods which
havebeenorarebeing orarelikely tobeimported, hemay, bynotice intheGazette, impose
aprovisional anti-dumping charge ongoods ofthatclassforaperiod notexceeding threemonths
from thedateofpublication ofsuchnotice, which charge shallnotexceed theamount that
isestimated would constitute themargin ofdumping referred toinsubsection (3)ofsection 77.
(2) Theperiodforwhichtheprovisionalanti-dumpingchargehasbeenimposedmay,before
theexpiration thereof, beextended bytheMinister, bynotice intheGazette, forafurther period
notexceeding three months ifheissorequested bytheexporter andtheimporter concerned.
(3) Aprovisional anti-dumping charge shallbepaidongoods subject tothatcharge at
thetimeoftheirentry forconsumption orforwarehousing assecurity foranyanti-dumping
dutythatmaybeimposed onsuchgoods andshallbebrought toaccount insuchmanner as
theDirector maydirect.
(4) Where:
(a) ananti-dumping dutyisimposed withretrospective effect inrespect ofgoods
inrelation towhich aprovisional anti-dumping charge hasbeenlevied, the
amount ofthecharge which hasbeenpaidshallbesetoffagainst theanti-
dumping dutywhich ispayable andifsuchamount:
(i) isgreater thantheanti-dumping dutypayable, thebalance shallbe
refunded totheimporter onapplication;
(ii) islessthantheanti-dumping dutypayable, thebalance shallbecome
dueandpayable bytheimporter ondemand being made bytheproper
officer;
(b) noanti-dumping dutyisimposed inrespect ofgoods inrelation towhich a
provisional anti-dumping charge hasbeenlevied orsuchadutyisimposed
butnotwithretrospective effect, theamount collected inrespect ofsuchcharge
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IV. COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
79. (1) Forthepurposes ofthissection, abounty orsubsidy shallbedeemed tobegranted
ifitisgranted:
(a) directly orindirectly, onthegrowth, production, manufacture orexportation
ofgoods, whether bywayofgrant, loan, taxrelief orotherwise, andwhether
related directly tothegoods themselves, tomaterials included inthegoods
ortoanything else; or
(b) bywayofaspecial subsidy onthetransport ofanyparticular goods.
(2) If,afterconsidering thereport ofaninvestigating authority, theMinister issatisfied
that:
(a) abounty orsubsidy inrespect ofgoods which havebeenorarebeing orare
likely tobeimported hasbeen orwillbegranted within themeaning of
subsection (1)inthecountry inwhich suchgoods weregrown, produced or
manufactured orfrom which theywere oraretobeexported; and
(b) theeffect ofthegranting ofsuchbounty orsubsidy hasbeenorwillbetocause
orthreaten detriment inanestablished industry inZimbabwe ortoaffect
detrimentally theestablishment orexpansion ofanindustry inZimbabwe; and
(c) itwould beinthepublic interest toimpose acountervailing dutyinrespect
ofsuchgoods;
heshall, bynotice intheGazette, impose suchcountervailing dutyinrespect ofgoods ofthat
classaswill,inhisopinion, offset thegranting ofsuchbounty orsubsidy.
(3) Acountervailing dutyshallnotexceed theamount asdetermined bytheinvestigating
authority ofthebounty orsubsidy referred toinparagraph (a)ofsubsection (2).
(4) Acountervailing dutyshallnotbeimposed onanyimported goods byreason onlyof
(a) theexemption ofsuch goods from duties ortaxes borne byidentical or
comparablegoodsdestinedforconsumptionoruseinthecountryofexportation;
or
(b) therefund ofanyduties ortaxes referred toinparagraph (a).
V. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING
DUTIES
80. (1) Unless theMinister has,bynotice intheGazette, specified tothecontrary, ananti-
dumping duty, provisional anti-dumping charge orcountervailing dutyshallnotapply toraw,
semi-manufactured ormanufactured materials orrequisites ofanyindustry which areentered
foruseinthemanufacture, assembly orrefining ofanyarticle within Zimbabwe under arebate
orremission oftheordinary dutyprescribed inregulations referred toinparagraph (b)of
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(2) Subject totheprovisions ofthisAct,thegoods specified inanotice made interms
ofsection 77or79shall, from thedateofpublication ofsuchnotice intheGazette orsuch
earlier dateasmaybespecified inanotice made interms ofsection 77,beliable tothe
appropriate anti-dumping dutyorcountervailing dutyprovided forinthenotice, andsuchanti-
dumping dutyorcountervailing dutyshallbepaidbytheimporter, inaddition toanyother
dutypayable thereon, ontheentry forconsumption orforwarehousing ofsuchgoods.
(3) Ananti-dumping dutyandacountervailing dutyshallnotbeimposed onthesame
imported goods inorder tocompensate forthesame situation ofdumping orthegranting of
abounty orsubsidy.
(4) Whenever anyanti-dumping dutyorcountervailing dutyisimposed onanygoods, the
importer orowner ofanysuchgoods which havebeenwarehoused interms ofPartVshall
produce theinvoice andsuchother documents relating tothegoods astheproper officer may
require andshallforthwith paytheanti-dumping dutyorcountervailing dutythatisdueon
suchgoods.
(5) Notwithstanding theprovisions ofsection 77and79,theDirector may,subject tosuch
conditions ashethinks fit,remit theanti-dumping dutyorcountervailing dutydueonanygoods
which areimported insuchcircumstances orinsuchquantities thattheimportation ofsuch
goods doesnot,inhisopinion, constitute aregular importation ofsuchgoods forthepurpose
oftrade.
(6) Forthepurposes ofsections 77,78and79,where anycosts orprice isexpressed in
thecurrency ofaforeign country, conversion tothecurrency ofZimbabwe shallbemade in
accordance withtheprovisions ofsection 95.
(7) TheMinister mayatanytime, bynotice intheGazette, repeal anotice interms of
subsection (4)ofsection 77,subsection (1)ofsection 78orsubsection (2)ofsection 79.
VI. CONFIRMATIONOFANTI-DUMPINGDUTY,PROVISIONALANTI-DUMPINGCHARGE
ORCOUNTERVAILING DUTY
81. (1) TheMinister shall layacopy ofanotice interms ofsubsection (4)ofsection 77,
subsection (1)ofsection 78orsubsection (2)ofsection 79andastatement ofthereasons for
thepublication ofthenotice before theHouse ofAssembly:
(a) inthecaseofanotice published when theHouse ofAssembly issitting oris
adjournedforsevendaysorlessorwhenParliamentisproroguedforsevendays
orless,within 14daysofthepublication ofthenotice or,ifbefore thecopy
ofthenotice andstatement aresolaidParliament isdissolved orisprorogued
formore thanseven daysortheHouse ofAssembly isadjourned formore
thanseven days, within 14daysafterthenextsitting oftheHouse ofAssembly;
(b) inthecaseofanotice published when Parliament isdissolved orisprorogued
formore thanseven daysortheHouse ofAssembly isadjourned formore
thanseven days, within 14daysofthenextsitting oftheHouse ofAssembly
or,ifbefore thecopy ofthenotice andthestatement aresolaidParliament
isdissolved orisprorogued formorethanseven daysortheHouse ofAssembly
isadjourned formore thanseven days, within 14daysafterthenextsitting
oftheHouse ofAssembly.G/ADP/N/1/ZWE/2
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(2) IftheHouse ofAssembly doesnotbyresolution approve anotice, acopyofwhich
islaidbefore itinterms ofsubsection (1),before Parliament isnextdissolved orisnext
prorogued formore thanseven days, thenotice shallcease tobeofforce onthedayParliament
issodissolved orprorogued orthedaytheHouse ofAssembly issoadjourned.