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Section 28A

Refund review

of Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1993

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Section 28A
(1)

Without prejudice to section 28, an importer may request for a refund of the anti-dumping duties paid where the importer can show that the dumping on the basis of which the anti-dumping duties were imposed has been either eliminated or reduced to a level that is

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below the level of the anti-dumping duties in force.

(2)

A request for a refund review shall be submitted in writing to the Government and shall contain—

(a)

a list of all entries of the subject merchandise into

Malaysia for which the refund review is requested; and

(b)

all relevant evidence to show that the importer is entitled to a refund on each such entry.

(3)

Where, on the completion of a refund review under this section, the Government determines that—

(a)

a refund of the anti-dumping duty, wholly or partly, is appropriate;

(b)

no anti-dumping duty should have been imposed; or

(c)

the anti-dumping duty that was imposed is higher than the anti-dumping duty that should have been imposed in the circumstances, the Government shall refund such amount of the anti-dumping duty collected as it deems fit.

(4)

A refund under subsection (3) shall, as far as practicable, be made within ninety days from the date of the determination of the refund review.

(5)

A finding in the refund review that no anti-dumping duty should have been imposed shall not by itself require the Government to terminate the definitive anti-dumping duty.