AU anti-dumping duty lookup
Catch the AD measure on your supplier before the cash deposit lands at the border.
Preview · example result
1 active ADC measure against Chinese-origin aluminium extrusions. Cash-deposit at the border ranges across producers; verify per industry.gov.au/adc before invoicing.
Aluminium extrusions exported from China
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Worked example: aluminium extrusions from China
An Australian distributor is quoting a project that needs 18 tonnes of aluminium extrusions from a Foshan supplier. HS classification 7604.21. Supplier quotes USD 3.85 a kilo FOB Yantian, which on the surface beats the local fabricator on landed cost. The buyer accepts the quote, the supplier ships, the container arrives at Port of Melbourne, and the broker's entry note flags the consignment against the ADC measure for aluminium extrusions from China.
The lookup catches this earlier. Search "aluminium extrusions" in the box above and the result panel returns the measure file: anti-dumping and countervailing, China, all exporters with exporter-specific variation. The duty_rate_text is the hedge (verify per ADC) and the source URL links to the ADC current-measures page. The buyer clicks through, finds the current measure file PDF for the specific Foshan exporter on the bill of lading, reads the actual cash-deposit rate against that exporter, and now has a real number to slot into the landed-cost calculator alongside the freight, insurance, and GST lines. The quote either survives the rebuild or it does not, but the decision happens before the wire instructs, not after the container arrives.
The fix is the supplier-qualification call. Before agreeing terms with any new manufacturer in a sector with an active ADC measure (steel, aluminium, certain chemicals, A4 paper, glass), pull the ADC measure file and confirm the supplier's name on the cooperative-exporter list with its specific rate. Suppliers that have cooperated typically get a residual rate that is materially below the all-others country rate. Suppliers that did not cooperate land at the punitive figure. The conversation is two minutes; the difference at the border is months of margin.
Frequently asked
What triggers an AU anti-dumping measure?
An Australian industry that competes with imports lodges an application to the Anti-Dumping Commission alleging the imports are sold here below their normal value in the exporter's home market (dumping) or are subsidised by a foreign government (countervailable). The ADC investigates, calculates margins, and if the Commissioner is satisfied dumping or subsidisation has caused injury, the Minister applies measures. The result is a cash-deposit rate at the border per exporter, or per country where exporters did not cooperate with the investigation.
Why does the calculator say "cash-deposit rate at the border is the operative number"?
Published investigation rates are the rate at the moment of the original determination. They get varied through review investigations, reconciliation against actual import data, and continuation inquiries on a five-year cycle. The number that actually applies to a specific entry depends on the exporter the goods came from, the date the entry was lodged, and the most recent ADC measure file for that exporter. Only the live ADC bulletin gives the binding number for invoicing. The dataset behind this lookup deliberately holds the duty_rate_text as a hedge pointing back to the ADC register for every row.
How do I get an exporter-specific rate rather than the country rate?
During the original ADC investigation, exporters can cooperate by responding to the ADC questionnaire, opening their books, and accepting verification visits. Cooperative exporters typically get a residual rate calculated specifically for their dumping margin. Non-cooperative exporters get the all-others rate, which is usually significantly higher. If your Chinese supplier is on the cooperative list under a current ADC measure their cash-deposit rate may be materially lower than the headline country rate.
What is the difference between anti-dumping and countervailing measures?
Anti-dumping addresses the price gap between an exporter's home-market price and the price at which it sells to AU. Countervailing addresses subsidies granted by the foreign government to the producer. They can be imposed together (the dataset flags these as anti-dumping_and_countervailing). Both end up as a cash-deposit rate at the border but the legal basis and the calculation method are different. The Anti-Dumping Commission publishes the two components separately in the measure file.
How do I challenge a measure that hits my shipment?
Three live mechanisms: a duty assessment application (DAA) once a shipment has cleared and the actual export price is known, which can result in a refund if the actual dumping margin was lower than the cash deposit; a review investigation request, which asks the ADC to re-examine the measure with new evidence; and a continuation inquiry response, which gives importers and downstream users a formal voice every five years when measures expire. The DAA window is short and specific; do not wait until next year.
Related tools
Once a measure is identified for your shipment, run the full landed-cost stack through the AU landed cost calculator to see the rebuilt total with the AD line included. For the FTA preference path that some shipments can use to avoid an MFN duty stack (separate from AD), the ChAFTA preference calculator walks through the rule of origin. The sanctions overlay on the supplier and end-user is at the DFAT sanctions screener.