Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
Regulation 16
Causation
Subregulation 1
In order to determine whether injury to the domestic industry is caused by the subject goods through the effects of the countervailable subsidy or dumping under section 3 or 14 of the Act, the Minister must consider, among other factors —
whether there has been a significant increase in subsidised or dumped imports, in absolute terms or relative to production or consumption in Singapore;
whether there has been significant price undercutting by subsidised or dumped imports as compared with the price of any like domestic goods; and
whether the effect of the subsidised or dumped imports is such as to depress prices to a significant degree or to prevent price increases, which would otherwise have occurred, to a significant degree.
Subregulation 2
The Minister must assess the effect of subsidised or dumped imports in relation to the domestic production of the like goods where available data permit the separate identification of the production in accordance with criteria such as the production process and producers’ sales and profits.
Subregulation 3
If the separate identification of the production is not possible, the Minister must assess the effects of the subsidised or dumped imports by examining the production of the narrowest group or range of goods, which includes the like goods, for which necessary information can be provided.
Subregulation 4
The Minister must also examine whether there are factors other than the subsidised or dumped imports which, at the same time, are injuring the domestic industry.
Subregulation 5
Factors that may be considered by the Minister under paragraph (4) include, inter alia, the volume and prices of non‑subsidised imports of the goods in question or of imports not sold at dumping prices, contraction in demand or changes in the patterns of consumption, trade restrictive practices of and competition between the foreign and domestic producers, developments in technology and the export performance and productivity of the domestic industry.
Subregulation 6
Injury to the domestic industry caused by factors other than the subsidised or dumped imports must not be attributed to the subsidised or dumped imports.