Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975

Silicon Metal

Exported from the People’s Republic of China

Notice pursuant to subsections 8(5) and 8(5BA) of the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975

I, KAREN ANDREWS, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Science, having decided to issue a notice pursuant to subsection 269TG(1) and subsection 269TG(2) of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act) in respect of silicon metal described in that notice (the goods), DETERMINE, pursuant to subsection 8(5) of the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975 (the Dumping Duty Act), that the interim dumping duty payable on the goods is an amount worked out in accordance with the ad valorem duty method, specified in sub-regulation 5(7) of the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Regulation 2013.

Pursuant to subsection 8(5BAAA) of the Dumping Duty Act, I have not had regard to the desirability of fixing a lesser rate of interim dumping duty under subsection 8(5BA) of the Dumping Duty Act.

I have not had regard to the desirability of fixing a lesser rate of interim dumping duty under subsection 8(5BA) because I am satisfied that in relation to the goods the subject of the notice under subsections 269TG(1) and 269TG(2) of the Act:

(i)                 the normal value of the goods was not ascertained under subsection 269TAC(1) of the Act because of the operation of subparagraph 269TAC(2)(a)(ii) of the Act (subsection 8(5BAAA)(a) of the Dumping Duty Act); and

(ii)                countervailable subsidies have been received in respect of the goods and the country in relation to which the subsidy has been provided has not complied with Article 25 of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures for the compliance period (subsection 8(5BAAA)(c) of the Dumping Duty Act).

This notice applies to the goods and like goods entered for home consumption on and after the date of publication of this notice.

Dated this 28th day of May 2015

KAREN ANDREWS

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Science