Apply for an anti-circumvention inquiry

Exporters and importers sometimes use circumvention as a trade strategy to avoid paying dumping or countervailing duties.

Circumvention activities include:

• assembly of parts in Australia
• assembly of parts in a third country
• export of goods through one or more third countries
• arrangements between exporters
• avoidance of the intended effect of duty 
• slight modification of goods.

Lodging an application form

You can request to lodge electronically by emailing us. 

You can lodge an application by:

• email
• post
• SIGBOX (SIGBOX is our secure online lodgement platform and is the best solution for lodgements containing large files or attachments. Contact us to arrange access).

We take an application as lodged or received when a commission staff member first receives it. 

Our staff are on duty to receive applications from 9:00am to 5:00pm (AEST or AEDST) on business days. They are not available during Australian Capital Territory public holidays or during the annual closedown.

For more information, please refer to the relevant application form and guidelines.

Complying with anti-dumping measures

The Australian Border Force (ABF) is responsible for collecting and enforcing anti-dumping measures.  

To report any suspicious activities or apparent non-compliance, contact Border Watch.

Protocol for collaborative working arrangements between the Anti-Dumping Commission and the Department of Home Affairs

The commission, Department of Home Affairs, including the Australian Border Force (ABF), have agreed to enhance the collaborative working arrangements between them to ensure there is an effective whole-of-government approach to monitoring potential non-compliance and circumvention of anti-dumping measures.

Principles

1. The agencies will work together to monitor trade flows, assess the effectiveness of measures, and identify possible instances of non-compliance and circumvention of measures.
2. The agencies will share information about potential instances of non-compliance and circumvention, including through commission referrals of information about potential non-compliance matters to home affairs.
3. The agencies will work together to identify opportunities to improve importers’ voluntary compliance with measures.
4. The agencies will participate in training opportunities (including exploring new data analytic techniques) to develop greater capability and in-house expertise in relation to monitoring compliance and circumvention.
5. As required, both agencies will contribute knowledge and expertise to support investigations, compliance activities and anti-circumvention inquiries (as relevant).

Find out more about trade and goods compliance on abf.gov.au.