Steelforce Trading Pty Ltd v Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science [2016] FCA 1309

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Steelforce Trading Pty Ltd v Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science [2016] FCA 1309 File number: ACD 18 of 2016

Judge: ROBERTSON J

Date of judgment: 9 November 2016

Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901 (Cth) (the Act) – anti-dumping measures – hollow steel sections (HSS) exported from China to Australia – whether denial of procedural fairness or failure to follow the procedures required by the Act – whether division of domestic sales into subsets – whether determination of profit involved errors of law – whether errors of law in using a benchmark price to determine costs – whether uplift calculation was unreasonable and involved an error of law – discretion to withhold relief

Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) ss 5, 16 Customs Act 1901 (Cth) ss 269T, 269TAAD, 269TAC, 269TE, 269ZA, 269ZC, 269ZD, 269ZDA, 269ZDB, 269ZJ Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975 (Cth) ss 8, 10 Customs (International Obligations) Regulation 2015 (Cth) ss 43, 44, 45

Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond [1990] HCA 33; 170 CLR 321 Dalian Steelforce Hi-Tech Co Ltd v Minister for Home Affairs (No 2) [2015] FCA 1332 Dalian Steelforce Hi-Tech Co Ltd v Minister for Home Affairs (Cth) [2012] FCA 1192; 131 ALD 291 Kamha v Australian Prudential Regulation Authority [2005] FCAFC 248; 147 FCR 516 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18; 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; 185 CLR 259 SZBEL v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] HCA 63; 228 CLR 152 Thai Pineapple Canning Industry Corp Ltd v Minister for Justice and Customs [2008] FCA 443; 104 ALD 481