Dumping, duties and disruption: how Australian businesses can protect themselves

Among the many trade challenges facing Australian businesses this year is the increase in anti-dumping and safeguards investigations and imposition of new duties on imports. Escalating geopolitical tensions, the realignment of manufacturing supply chains and the forecasted metal manufacturing surplus in Asia are all likely to contribute to a spate of investigations.

This particularly impacts businesses in the steel, aluminium, chemicals, paper and renewables products sectors, which have historically been the subject of anti-dumping investigations. Manufacturers of these products will be considering whether foreign imports are increasing in volume or decreasing in price, and whether this impacts their ability to compete in the market. Businesses in the mining, construction and manufacturing sectors that are importing these products and therefore benefitting from increased choices or lower prices, will be keen to ensure new duties are not imposed on these goods at the