Raw material pricing for domestic use
Industry Commission inquiry report
Released 01 / 04 / 1992
The report contains the findings of the Industry Commission public inquiry, in response to a request from the Commonwealth Government, into the relationship between the export prices of locally produced raw materials (except wool) and the prices at which they are available to domestic users, and on institutional, regulatory or other arrangements subject to influence by governments in Australia which lead to inefficient resource use.
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- Contents
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Signing Page, Contents, Overview, Findings and Recommendations, Terms of Reference
1 The Inquiry
1.1 Terms of reference and scope of the inquiry
1.2 Inquiry approach and process
1.3 Report structure
2 Current Pricing Practices
2.1 What is efficient pricing?
2.2 Identified pricing practices
2.3 Conclusions
3 Case Study Findings
3.1 Refined copper
3.2 Feedstock for steel pipe and tube
3.3 Pulpwood
3.4 Raw and refined sugar
3.5 Conclusions
4 Government Interventions
4.1 Statutory marketing arrangements
4.2 Government provision of goods
4.3 Tariffs
4.4 Anti-dumping
4.5 Trade Practices Act
4.6 Prices Surveillace Authority
4.7 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
4.8 Other government interventions
Appendix A Raw materials - selected statistics
Appendix B Inquiry process and participants
Appendix C The pricing of refined copper
Appendix D The pricing of feedstock for steel pipe and tube
Appendix E The pricing of pulpwood
Appendix F The pricing of raw and refined sugar
Appendix G Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
Abbreviations
References