Trade and Assistance Review 2007-08

Annual Report Series

Trade and Assistance Review 2007-08 was released on 27 May 2009. The review contains the Commission's latest quantitative estimates of Australian Government assistance to industry.

The Review also documents:

findings of the major reviews dealing with export assistance, innovation policy, and assistance to the automotive and the textiles, clothing and footwear sectors
developments in assistance in different sectors of the economy over the period November 2007 to April 2009
a stocktake of government measures introduced to reduce carbon emissions or assist firms in adjusting to a less carbon intensive economy
recent international policy developments affecting Australia's trade

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Preliminaries (PDF - 313 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Contents, and Abbreviations
Overview - including key points (PDF - 419 Kb)
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF - 147 Kb)
Chapter 2 Assistance estimates (PDF - 255 Kb)
2.1 Tariff assistance
2.2 Australian Government budgetary assistance
2.3 Agricultural pricing and regulatory assistance
2.4 Combined assistance
2.5 Effective rates of industry assistance since 1970
2.6 Summing up
Chapter 3 Major reviews of industry assistance (PDF - 286 Kb)
3.1 Review of export policies and programs
3.2 Review of the national innovation system
3.3 Review of the automotive industry
3.4 Review of the textiles, clothing and footwear industries
3.5 Summing up
Chapter 4 Recent developments in industry assistance (PDF - 490 Kb)
4.1 Research, development and innovation
4.2 Rural sector
4.3 Manufacturing and services sectors
4.4 Infrastructure provision and regional development
4.5 Responses to developments in global financial markets
4.6 Policy reviews
4.7 Summing up
Chapter 5 Measures related to carbon emission reduction (PDF - 306 Kb)
5.1 Measuring the impact of carbon emission reduction measures
5.2 Level and nature of measures
5.3 Assistance implications
5.4 Processes for evaluation and review
5.5 Summing up
Chapter 6 Recent developments in trade policy (PDF - 460 Kb)
6.1 Responses to the global financial crisis
6.2 The World Trade Organization and the Doha Round
6.3 Developments in Australia's preferential trading arrangements
6.4 Assessment of Australia's recent trade agreements
6.5 Summing up
Appendix A Detailed estimates of Australian Government assistance to industry (PDF - 303 Kb)
Appendix B Anti-dumping and countervailing activity (PDF - 205 Kb)
Appendix C Measures related to carbon emission reduction (PDF - 356 Kb)
References (PDF - 205 Kb)

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