The bill
Conduct of the inquiry
Context of the inquiry
Outline of report

Dumping and subsidisation
The Australian anti-dumping and countervailing experience in an international context
International Rules—the role of the WTO
The WTO agreements: mere guidelines or legally binding agreements?

Australian anti-dumping and countervailing law
Reviews and reforms of the Australian system
The investigative process
Review of anti-dumping and countervailing measures
Continuation review
International comparisons

Competing interests
The Kimberly-Clark decision and the determination of material injury
Regulatory burden of substantiating claims and counterclaims of dumping and subsidisation
The 155 day statutory time-period for investigations
Insufficient Customs expertise and resourcing
Compliance with Australia's international obligations

Rebuttable presumption of dumping

Restricting supporting data to no more than the 90 day period prior to the application
Allowing applications from small manufacturers who account for less than 25 per cent of production to be considered
Including trade union organisations in the definitions of interested and affected parties
Allowing earlier implementation of provisional anti-dumping measures

Allowing new or updated information to be considered during the investigative & review stages
Consulting industry experts during investigative and review stages
Forecasting, potential impacts and economic factors that may be considered
Amendments to treatment of confidential information by the CEO and the Minister

Review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Review of amendments

Overall view
Key findings and recommendations