Customs Act 1901 – Part XVB

Sodium Bicarbonate

Exported from the People’s Republic of China

Findings in relation to an Accelerated Review of Anti-Dumping Measures

Public Notice under subsection 269ZG(3) of the Customs Act 1901

The Commissioner of the Anti-Dumping Commission (the Commissioner) has completed the accelerated review, which commenced on 21 November 2013, of the anti-dumping measures applying to sodium bicarbonate (“the goods”) exported to Australia from the People’s Republic of China (China) by VanderArk International Limited (VanderArk) (“the applicant”).

Recommendations resulting from that review, reasons for the recommendations and material findings of fact and law in relation to the review are contained in Anti-Dumping Commission Report No. 235 (REP 235).

I, ROBERT CHARLES BALDWIN, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, have considered REP 235 and have decided to accept the recommendations and reasons for the recommendations, including all the material findings of facts or law set out in REP 235. 

Under subsection 269ZG(3) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act), I declare that, with effect from 21 November 2013, the Act and the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975  have effect as if the original dumping duty notice had applied to the applicant but specified different variable factors had been fixed relevant to the determination of duty payable by the applicant. 

The duty that has been determined for specialty packs is an amount worked out in accordance with the floor price duty method.  The duty that has been determined for regular packs is an amount worked out in accordance with the fixed and variable method.

Specialty pack refers to sodium bicarbonate in packages of less than 25kgs. Regular pack refers to sodium bicarbonate that is unpackaged or in packages of 25kgs or more. 

REP 235 has been placed on the public record, which may be examined at the
Anti-Dumping Commission office by contacting the case manager on the details provided below. Alternatively, the public record is available at www.adcommission.gov.au. 

Enquiries about this notice may be directed to the case manager on telephone number
02 6275 6968, fax number 1300 882 506 or +61 2 6275 6888 (outside Australia), or operations2@adcommission.gov.au.

ROBERT CHARLES BALDWIN

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry

Dated this 20th day of March 2014