Australia's anti-dumping wind to Chinese enterprises

10/02/2015 12:00 - 491 Views

Late last year, the Australian Government's new anti-dumping and countervailing laws repair Australia several times to revise anti-dumping purposes, is to use the formation of anti-dumping trade protection, making it easier for domestic companies to obtain protection, the use of anti-dumping measures against import competition.

As Australia's largest trading partner, this amendment will give Chinese companies an adverse impact on Australian exports, Chinese enterprises involved in responding to the difficulty will also increase.

Australian Prime Minister Abbott on November 15, 2014 in Brisbane hosted the G20 summit, after he appealed to in his speech, G20 countries should reject protectionism. Subsequently, November 17, 2014, Abo especially with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Canberra, Australia signed a free trade agreement (FTA. agreement aims to open Chinese exporters of agricultural products and services market in Australia, at the same time to relax restrictions on Chinese investment in Australia

However, a month later, December 16, 2014, anti-dumping and countervailing Australia once again revise the law, designed to allow businesses to compete 'in a fair competitive environment'. This is since 2013, the Australian government's anti-dumping law again moving tendons move bone changes. China is already Australia's largest trading partner, Australia modifying anti-dumping law, Chinese companies will adversely affect Australian exports.

Labour government lifted trade protection

Originally, Australia Antidumping Rules system has been perfect, the amendments to the Customs Act << >> and << >> Tariff Act amendment as the core, combined with standard operating manual, has been effective due to various domestic trade protection voice getting high, in March 2009, the Australian Government commissioned the Productivity Commission anti-dumping regime assessment review. Australian Productivity Commission is an independent federal agency, the government review and advisory body on microeconomic policy and regulation. Productivity Commission assessment review report June 2010 introduction, the report said the current anti-dumping system is effective, and recommended that the government introduced in the public interest assessment, increase the transparency of trade remedy investigations, and to increase the anti-dumping results reviewed through trade measures in the review system. It should be said that the report is fair and full of technical content. Australian Productivity members although the Australian Federal Government to give financial allocations operation, but the relevant legislative provisions of its investigation and assessment work independently of the government departments

But the then Labour government was not satisfied with this conclusion. In April 2012, the former governor of the state of Victoria Brumby (John Brumby was appointed leadership team, they began a new system to assess anti-dumping investigation. In this case, the so-called assessment survey has been lost the scientific significance of government decision-making has been set, just need a body out of a special report it. This showed in the late Labour government, the cabinet a loss, simply overlooking shun public opinion, industry associations, trade unions and other representative in Australia trade protection industry interest groups voice is as Decision-Making Guide. 'independent review recommendations in the report,' Brumby make Australia the federal government announced the establishment of an independent anti-dumping committee in July 2013.

Was in charge of the Federal Minister of the Interior antidumping Knell (Jason Clare pointed out that dumping is deception, damage Australia's trade and undermine confidence in free trade. Australia Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU said the anti-dumping measures announced by the Government will support jobs in Australia and industrial national secretary of the union Bastian (Paul Bastian said, when a flood of cheap goods in Australia when the Australian jobs disappear or at risk it is. - kind of unfair behavior, hurt Australia manufacturing, so they need to be banned.

Australian union (AWU national secretary Halls (Paul Howes also applauded the government's decision, the Australian Industry Group (AIG also said that the new measures will strengthen the effectiveness of Australia in response to the dumping area. Chief Executive Officer of the organization Alex Velaux (Innes Willox said in a statement, a strong and effective anti-dumping measures, is an important defense against it predatory pricing behavior of the international community. Australia's manufacturing union representation seems to indicate that they do not understand what is dumping.

Increase content harsh anti-dumping

Anti-Dumping Committee since July 1, 2013 formally recommended Headquartered in Melbourne based on Brumby report, which suggested that this is close to Australian manufacturing, facilitate the provision of direct action. The logic is baffling, because in fact the Australian anti-dumping applicant throughout Australia, from Perth to Brisbane to Sydney. consul global headquarters in Canberra, there is nothing wrong. To set up headquarters in Melbourne, such as increasing the investigators, the Australian Government to provide additional anti-dumping investigation agency more than 2500 yuan million.

After the anti-dumping modify, add a lot of harsh elements:

Help SMEs to use anti-dumping investigation measures, set up an advisory commissioner SME associations in the industry, funded by the Australian Government, in line with the anti-dumping ready abetting SME eligibility criteria. Companies can apply for government funding to purchase access to timely detailed data for imports and subsidies to prove businesses were dumping of damage. And in addition to specific companies, industry associations, trade unions, etc. can be used as the applicant.

Implementation of the new levy measures provisional anti-dumping duty. Original regulations, when a preliminary finding of dumping or subsidies and industrial damage, and the investigating authorities believe the damage continues to occur in the survey period, before taking expropriation measures provisional anti-dumping duties, while Now, authorities in Australia survey respondents review and comments by interested parties after the statement in front of the field verification, we can identify dumping and imposed provisional anti-dumping duties.

Develop anti-circumvention provisions, trade remedy measures to combat avoidance behavior. That is to prevent some exporters of goods slightly modified to circumvent anti-dumping duties.

Modify regulations also make practical complex, difficult to apply. Antidumping investigation statutory deadline is 155 days, but 90% of the cases, the investigating authorities in the investigation can not be completed within 155 days, have to apply for an extension. In contrast, the US anti-dumping investigation period is twice the average in Australia, the EU's anti-dumping investigation period is nine months, compared with a year in Japan. Australia's anti-dumping investigation period is so short, resulting in a limited time-related enterprises involved in preparing the material, the companies involved in a timely manner to provide qualified respondent very difficult.

Liberal Party announced plans to put on the stage, saying the future of proof should fall no dumping exporters who do not comply with the move but later found WTO [microblogging] statute in 2011 the Liberal Party came to power, to intensify the anti-dumping regime So in the legal changes required exporters must be answered in 37 days, subject to export questionnaire. Otherwise, deemed uncooperative face-dumping duty imposed ceiling. antidumping review mechanism is also incorporated anti-dumping committee in charge of the Ministry of Industry's .

Source: getinews.com