COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Ministerial Exemption Instrument No. 8 of 2014

Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975

I, IAN MACFARLANE, Minister for Industry and Science, have considered and accepted the recommendations of the Commissioner of the Anti-Dumping Commission, the reasons for the recommendations, the material findings of fact on which the recommendations are based and the evidence relied on to support those findings in Anti-Dumping Commission Report EX0018 Hot Rolled Plate Steel exported to Australia from the People’s Republic of China (China), the Republic of Korea (Korea), Japan and Indonesia.

Under subsection 8(7) and 10(8) of the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975, I hereby exempt the goods described as plate steel specified by Japanese Industry Standard (JIS) G4051-S45C (Australian Standard AS3678/K1042) with a thickness equal to or greater than 105mm (the exemption goods), from:

• interim dumping duty and dumping duty, and
• interim countervailing duty or countervailing duty,

as I am satisfied that like or directly competitive goods to the exemption goods are not offered for sale in Australia.

The anti-dumping measures previously applying to the exemption goods were imposed following the Minister for Industry’s consideration of Anti-Dumping Commission Final Report No. 198 concerning alleged dumping and subsidisation of hot rolled plate steel exported from China, Korea, Japan and Indonesia.

This instrument commences on the 13th day of January 2014.

Dated this      21st day of January 2015

IAN MACFARLANE

Minister for Industry and Science