Trade measures review
The Australian Customs Service (Customs) is the sole agency responsible for anti-dumping and countervailing investigations. The Trade Measures Review Officer (the Review Officer) provides an independent administrative appeal mechanism in relation to these matters.
Trade Measures Review Officer
The Review Officer is a statutory appointment made by the Minister responsible for Customs (the Minister), and supported by the Trade Measures Review Secretariat (the Secretariat). The Review Officer's function is to review, upon application, certain decisions made by the Minister or by the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Customs Service (the CEO) relating to anti-dumping and countervailing investigations.
The current Review Officer is Mark A Zanker. His appointment is from 14 February 2006 to 13 February 2009.
The legislative provisions relating to anti-dumping are contained in Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901 (the Act). The powers and responsibilities of the Review Officer are set out in Divisions 8 and 9 of Part XVB of the Act. Customs Regulations 180 and 181, and the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975, are also relevant.
Australia is obliged, as a signatory to the World Trade Organization Uruguay Round Anti-Dumping Agreement and Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, to ensure that its anti-dumping legislation and procedures comply with those Agreements.
Read about:
- Reviewable decisions
- Application for review
- Review process
- Trade Measures Review Secretariat Service Charter
Contact details
Further information about reviews by the Trade Measures Review Officer can be obtained from:
Trade Measures Review Secretariat
Robert Garran Offices
National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600
Telephone: +61 2 6250 6347
Facsimile: +61 2 6250 5931
Email: tmrs@ag.gov.au
Inquiries and requests for general information about dumping matters should be directed to:
Director, Dumping Liaison Unit
Australian Customs Service
Customs House
5 Constitution Avenue
CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601
Telephone: +61 2 6275 6066
Facsimile: +61 2 6275 6990
Email: information@customs.gov.au
