Anti-Dumping Commission
The Anti-Dumping Commission helps Australian industry by managing Australia’s anti-dumping and countervailing system. We investigate claims that dumped and subsidised imports have injured Australian industry.
The Commissioner
The Commissioner of the Anti-Dumping Commission is Dr Bradley Armstrong PSM, who is an independent statutory office holder under the Customs Act 1901.
Dr Armstrong reports directly to the Minister and is responsible for leading and directing the Commission’s work and exercising the powers of Commissioner under the Act.
Brad commenced as Commissioner on 19 February 2021. He has extensive experience in both the public service and the private sector – most recently he was Deputy Comptroller-General and Head of Customs at the Australian Border Force (ABF).
After beginning his career as an apprentice carpenter, Brad moved to corporate management and commercial banking. He joined Government in 1999 and has broad experience as a senior diplomat, trade negotiator, policy maker, regulator and analyst. In Government, he has worked for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Treasury, the Office of National Intelligence, Home Affairs, the ABF, and he had a three-month Australian Federal Police secondment as a temporary federal agent.
Brad’s time in government and the private sector has included four long-term overseas assignments to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. From January 2015 to January 2018, he was posted to Australia’s largest embassy located in Jakarta, and was acting Deputy Ambassador over the last eight months of his posting. Brad is a fluent Indonesian speaker and has interpreted for, inter alia, two Australian Prime Ministers.
Brad has an Anthropology PhD from the Australian National University, a Monash University Graduate Diploma in Foreign Affairs and Trade, and a Social Sciences (First Class Honours) Degree with majors in Economics and Anthropology from Curtin University.
In 2003, he was awarded a Public Service Medal for his efforts following the 2002 Bali bombings.
Trade flow tracking: Trade Remedy Index
We track monthly volume and pricing trends of certain goods subject to anti-dumping measures. From this analysis, we prepare the Trade Remedy Index (TRINDEX), which provides graphical information on the trade flows of certain products subject to measures.
TRINDEX aims to make information available earlier so that those interacting with the anti-dumping system can make more informed decisions.
View our interactive TRINDEX publication.
Performance indicators
We use performance indicators on our cases and measures to monitor how well we meet our objectives, support operational improvement, and provide transparency.
We publish these indicators quarterly. You can read our March 2021 report 261KB PDF].
Previous reports
- December 2020 report [343KB PDF]
- September 2020 report [351KB PDF]
- June 2020 report [628KB PDF]
- March 2020 report [592KB PDF]
- December 2019 report [308KB PDF]
- September 2019 [300KB PDF]
- June 2019 [1.53MB PDF]
- March 2019 [1.55MB PDF]
- December 2018 [909KB PDF]
- September 2018 [1.0MB PDF]
- June 2018 [876KB PDF]
- March 2018 [634KB PDF]
If you would like a Word version of any of these documents please email clientsupport@adcommission.gov.au
International Trade Remedies Forum
The International Trade Remedies Forum (ITRF) is a group of representatives from Australian manufacturers and producers, importers, unions and government agencies. The ITRF provides key users of the anti-dumping system the opportunity to advise government on how to improve anti-dumping legislation (Part XVB of the Customs Act 1901 and the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975).
You can email any enquiries to the secretariat at ITRFsecretariat@adcommission.gov.au.
The meeting outcomes and action items are presented for endorsement by members at the following ITRF meeting. See the most recently endorsed outcomes and action items:
Members of the ITRF
The Minister appoints members to the ITRF. The members of the ITRF are:
- Commissioner of the Anti-Dumping Commission (Presiding Member)
- Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Australian Forest Products Association
- Australian Industry Group
- Australian Pork Limited
- Australian Steel Association
- Australian Steel Institute
- Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union (known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union)
- BlueScope Steel Limited
- Capral Limited
- Chemistry Australia
- Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
- Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Department of Home Affairs
- Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
- Food and Beverage Importers Association
- Freight and Trade Alliance
- InfraBuild
- Law Council of Australia
- National Farmers’ Federation
- Oceania Glass
- Rio Tinto
- The Australian Workers’ Union
Client support and implementation service charter
We provide a single point of contact for general advisory and liaison services.
Read our Client support and implementation service charter.
Read more
- Read about the anti-dumping and countervailing system
- Find out what how you can apply for measures
- Learn how we investigate claims
- Learn how importers and exporters can engage with the system
- View current cases and EPR
- View archive cases and EPR
- View ADC notices
- View ADC measures - dumping commodity register
- Anti-Dumping Commission Disclaimer
Connect with us
Contact us
- Email clientsupport@adcommission.gov.au
- Phone 13 28 46 or +61 2 6213 6000
- Fax +61 3 8539 2499
- Write to us at GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2600
See also
If you’re a small to medium enterprise you can access help from the International Trade Remedies Advisory Service
Last updated: 7 June 2021
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