Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President. A reinvestigation into this case was finalised in December last year, resulting in the lifting of these dumping duties even though the products were being dumped at well below their domestic value. Customs determined that material injury to Australian industry by the dumped imports was not foreseeable and imminent. However, aggrieved domestic parties were constrained by providing submissions and providing evidence even though the basis for analysis was changed by the Trade Measures Review Officer. My question to the minister is: why does the reinvestigation not include consultation with domestic parties, especially in circumstances where the basis for analysis is changed? In such cases, does it not seem reasonable that the entire investigation be reopened?