ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Apr 2012

In April 2012, the government of Australia announced changes to its trade defence rules.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



Australian Customs Dumping Notice 2012/24: http://www.adcommission.gov.au/reference-material/documents/ACDN2012-24.pdf
WTO-UNCTAD-OECD Tenth Report on G20 Trade and Investment Measures, mid-May to mid-November 2013: http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/10thG20TradeInvestment.pdf


Inception date: 28 Apr 2012 | Removal date: open ended
Still in force

Anti-dumping

On 27 April 2012, under the 'Streamlining Australia's anti-dumping system' reform package, the Australian Minister for Home Affairs sent out a Ministerial Direction to the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service to expand the definition of 'injury' in anti-dumping investigations.
 
The extended definition now also includes profits foregone and loss of market share in expanding markets.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
N/A

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
N/A