The Australian Cablemakers Association (ACA) and its members support fair trade principles following the re-imposition of anti-dumping measures for PVC cable from China.

The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources consulted with interested parties and made recommendations to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. On 29 August 2022 the Minister accepted the Department’s recommendations and imposed interim dumping duties (IDD) on exports of PVC Cables by Guilin to Australia at the rate of 2.8%.

All remaining Chinese exporters of the goods are subject to the dumping and subsidy rates contained in Report No. 469.

The ACA says that Australian PVC cable producers support the imposition of the measures on Guilin and will closely monitor the effectiveness of the measures over the remainder of the five-year duration period to May 2024.

This news comes following a Federal Court decision of 13 February 2020 which meant that exports by Guilin International Wire and Cable Co Ltd to Australia were suspended.

The was after a May 2019 decision by the then Minister for Industry, Science and Technology imposed on PVC flat electrical cables exported to Australia from China. In September of the same year, Electra Cables applied for judicial review at the Federal Court following the Minister’s decision concerning exports to Australia by Guilin.

On 13 February 2020 the Federal Court directed that the decision concerning Guilin be set aside and reconsidered.

The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources was tasked by the Minister to reconsider the Commissioner’s findings and recommendations as contained in the original Report No. 469.