Global Trade Alert

On 12 April 2016, the Commissioner of the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission initiated an antidumping investigation on imports of A4 copy paper exported from Brazil, China, Indonesia and Thailand (Anti-dumping Notice No. 2016/33, 12.04.2016). The product subject to investigation is classified under the following HS code subheading: 4802.56.10. The complaint was lodged on 24 February 2016 by Paper Australia Pty Ltd.
An anti-subsidy investigation was also initiated (see measure 11776)

On 29 September 2016, the Commissioner of the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of A4 copy paper from China and Thailand (Anti-dumping Notice No. 2016/100). The rate of the duty imposed on imports from China is between 4% and 17.8% depending on the company. The rate of the duty imposed on imports from Thailand is between 18.4% and 23.1% depending on the company. The measure is calculated on the basis of an ad valorem duty method. There is no duty applied on imports from Indonesia and Brazil.
 
On 7 November 2016, the Commissioner of the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of A4 copy paper from Indonesia and Brazil. The rate of duty on imports from Brazil is 2.9% or 31.9% depending on the company. The rate of duty on imports from Indonesia is between 4.4% and 86.6% depending on the company. Additionally, the Commissioner of the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission amended the provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of A4 copy paper from China and Thailand. The rate of the duty imposed on imports from China is 34.4% or 40% depending on the company. The rate of the duty imposed on imports from Thailand is between 13.4% and 23.7% depending on the company. The duties imposed on imports from Indonesia, China and Thailand are calculated on the basis of a combination duty method, whilst the measure imposed on imports from Brazil is calculated on the basis of an ad valorem duty method.

On 19 April 2017, the Australian authorities imposed a definitive duty on imports of the subject good from Brazil, China, Indonesia and Thailand. The rate of duty on imports from Brazil is 2.9%. The rate of duty on imports from China is 3.1% or 34.4% depending on the company. The rate of duty on imports from Indonesia is between 12.6% and 45.1% depending on the company. The rate of duty on imports from Thailand is between 13.4% and 23.2%.