consumer demand, without driving down local producer prices. A sharp fall in industry profitability in the second half of 2007 … pigmeat. This rise added to substantial increases in feed grain prices in 2006. Without these higher feed prices, producers …

the automotive sector, particularly for tariffs. It also suggests that the benefits would be larger under the current …

excludes the PMV and TCF sectors. On balance, the Commission saw advantages in the removal of the general tariffs under review …

to the Commission for inquiry and report. The Commission identified three options for the reduction of tariffs, with the …

This paper was one input to the Australian Government’s decision to remove tariffs on imports from the least developed … countries. The Commission’s analysis suggests that removing tariffs on imports from these countries could significantly boost … imports from these countries, particularly of clothing, and would have little impact on prices, incomes or jobs in Australia. …

largest improvements in the electricity, railways and forestry sectors), 37 per cent of GTEs recorded declines, and 13 per … provide services in key sectors of the economy — including electricity, water, urban transport, railways, ports and forestry. …