7BTermination of inquiry by Authority

7B Termination of inquiry by Authority

Authority must terminate inquiry if all dumping margins are negligible (1) If:

(a) application has been made for a dumping duty notice; and

(b) that application has become the subject of an inquiry under subsection 7(1) by the Authority; and

(c) so far as that inquiry relates to an exporter to Australia of goods the subject of the application, the Authority is satisfied that:

(i) there has been no dumping by the exporter of any of those goods; or

(ii) there has been dumping by the exporter of some or all of those goods but the dumping margin for the exporter, or each such dumping margin, worked out under section 269TACB of the Customs Act 1901, when expressed as a percentage of the export price or weighted average of export prices used to establish that dumping margin, is less than 2%;

the Authority must recommend to the Minister that the inquiry be terminated so far as the exporter is concerned. Authority must terminate if countervailable subsidisation is negligible (2) If:

(a) application is made for a countervailing duty notice; and

(b) that application has become the subject of an inquiry under subsection 7(1) by the Authority; and

(c) so far as that inquiry relates to an exporter to Australia of goods the subject of the application, the Authority is satisfied that:

(i) no countervailable subsidy has been received in respect of any of those goods; or

(ii) a countervailable subsidy has been received in respect of some or all of those goods but it never, at any time after the start of the inquiry period, exceeded the negligible level of countervailable subsidy worked out under subsection 269TDA(16) of the Customs Act 1901 as applied by subsection (7) of this section;

the Authority must recommend to the Minister that the inquiry be terminated so far as the exporter is concerned. Authority must terminate inquiry if negligible volumes of dumping are found (3) If:

(a) application has been made for a dumping duty notice; and

(b) that application has become the subject of an inquiry under subsection 7(1) by the Authority; and

(c) during the inquiry the Authority becomes satisfied that the total volume of the goods the subject of the application:

(i) that have been, or may be, exported to Australia over a reasonable examination period from a particular country of export; and

(ii) that have been, or may be, dumped;

is negligible;

the Authority must terminate the inquiry so far as it relates to that country. Authority must terminate if negligible volumes of countervailable subsidisation are found (4) If: