Safeguard investigations require objective injury indicators and a proven causal link between increased imports and domestic industry harm

Before its omission with effect from 2 February 2021, the annexure required assessment of whether increased imports caused or threatened serious injury to a domestic industry. The Director General was to evaluate objective and quantifiable factors, including import increases, market share, sales, production, productivity, capacity utilisation, profits and losses, and employment. A determination required objective evidence of a causal link, while injury caused by factors other than increased imports was not to be attributed to those imports. Complaints could be referred for anti-dumping or countervailing duty investigation where appropriate.

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