Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The question is that these bills be now read a second time.

Question agreed to.

Bills read a second time.

In respect of theee Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2013, the question is that amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 7411 revised, circulated by the Australian Greens, be agreed to:

(1) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 14), after item 6, insert:

6A Subsection 269TAC(2A)

  After subsection (2), add:

  (2A) Where the Minister is satisfied that because the situation in the market of the country of export is such that sales in that market are not suitable for use in determining a price under subsection (1), regardless of subsection (5D), the normal value of goods is the amount determined by the Minister having regard to all relevant information, including by reference to costs of production calculated on the basis of records kept by the exporter or producer, provided that:

  (a) such records are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the exporting country;

  (b) such records reasonably reflect the costs associated with the production and sale of the like goods under consideration; and

  (c) the costs incurred are not affected by the particular market situation.

(2) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 14), after item 6, insert:

6B At the end of Division 1 of Part XVB

  Add:

269TBAA Access to import data

(1) For the purposes of subsection 16(2) of the Customs Administration Act 1985, a person is authorised to make a record of, and to disclose to any person, protected information (within the meaning of that section) that is import data.

(2) Despite section 12 of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 and any determination made under section 13 of that Act, the Statistician (within the meaning of that Act) must publish all import data.

(3) For the purposes of this section, import datameans the following information about individual shipments of goods exported to Australia:

  (a) country of origin;

  (b) the type of goods;

  (c) the volume of the shipment;

  (d) the value of the shipment;

  (e) any other details about the shipment of the goods specified by the Minister by legislative instrument.