Metal Manufacturers Ltd & Ors v The Comptroller-General of Customs [1995] FCA 237

CATCHWORDS

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE - anti-dumping - determination of normal value of electric cable manufactured in Korea - determination where no sales on domestic market - whether Anti-Dumping Authority took into account irrelevant considerations or failed to take into account relevant considerations - whether decision unreasonable Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth), ss 5(1)(e), (2)(a), (b) and (g) Customs Act 1901 (Cth), s 269TAC(2)(c) Darling Downs Bacon Co-operative Association Ltd v Comptroller-General of Customs (1994) 50 FCR 45 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Wattmaster Alco Pty Ltd v Button (1985) 8 FCR 471 GTE (Aust) Pty Ltd v Brown (1986) 14 FCR 309 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Bienke v Minister for Primary Industries and Energy (1994) 125 ALR 151 Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation (1948) 1 KB 223 Chapman & ors v Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Affairs & ors, 15 February 1995, unreported, O'Loughlin J, Federal Court of Australia Enichem Anic Srl v Anti-Dumping Authority (1992) 39 FCR 458 Tasman Timber Ltd v Minister for Industry and Commerce (1983) 67 FLR 12 Feltex Reidrubber Ltd v Minister for Industry and Commerce (1983) 67 FLR 32 ICI Operations Pty Ltd v Frazer (1992) 34 FCR 564 No. NG 665 of 1993 METAL MANUFACTURERS LIMITED t/as MM CABLES & ors v THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF CUSTOMS and ors

MOORE J SYDNEY 13 APRIL 1995

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA) ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY) No. NG 665 of 1993 ) GENERAL DIVISION ) BETWEEN: METAL MANUFACTURERS LIMITED t/as MM CABLES First Applicant PACIFIC DUNLOP LIMITED t/as OLEX CABLES Second Applicant PIRELLI CABLES AUSTRALIA LIMITED Third Applicant AND: THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF CUSTOMS First Respondent THE ANTI-DUMPING AUTHORITY Second Respondent MIDLAND METALS OVERSEAS PTE LIMITED Third Respondent JUDGE: Moore J PLACE: Sydney DATE: 13 April 1995 ORDER OF THE COURT THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application is dismissed. 2. The applicants pay the respondents costs. NOTE: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.