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Industry Assistance in Australia and New Zealand under the CER Agreement

Supplement to the research report

This supplement to the research report was released on 2 September 2004 in conjunction with another supplement - Restrictiveness Index for Preferential Rules of Origin.

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  • Contents

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Abbreviations, Key Points

1   Introduction
1.1   Background
1.2   Structure of the paper

2   Framework for assistance measurement
2.1   Standard framework
2.2   Main assumptions
2.3   Choice of benchmark price

3   Estimation of the assistance effects of CER
3.1   Estimating the impact of CER on assistance to outputs
3.2   Estimating the impact of CER on assistance to inputs
3.3   Estimating the impact of CER on effective assistance to industry

4   Assistance estimates
4.1   Standard estimates of assistance to manufacturing
4.2   Impact of CER on tariff assistance to industry
4.3   Sensitivity analysis of tariff assistance to outputs of New Zealand industry
4.4   Summing up

A   Trans-Tasman transport costs

B   Data sources

C   Australian assistance by manufacturing industry group

D   New Zealand assistance by manufacturing industry group

E   Impact of CER on industry assistance

F   Scheduled ad valorem tariff rates for New Zealand

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