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IAC REFERENCE - FATTY ACIDS AND GLYCERINE

The Minister for Industry and Commerce,  the Honourable Andrew  Peacock, MP, announced today that a reference covering fatty acids  and glycerine had been sent to the Industries Assistance Commission

for inquiry and report within seven months.

The Minister said that the local industry's competitive  position had changed significantly since it was last reviewed

by the Commission in its report "Soaps and Detergents" of  September 1976. The industry was now facing strong competition

from imports.

The goods covered by the reference included oleic and stearic

acids, tall oils and tall oil fatty acids and glycerol. The  reference also covered a number of other chemical products for  which fatty acids are major inputs,  principally certain aliphatic  salts and esters of aliphatic monoacids, including metallic

stearates.

A copy of the reference is over the page.

CANBERRA ACT   19 NOVEMBER 1982

INDUSTRIES ASSISTANCE COMMISSION ACT 1973 ’  -  '

I, KEVIN EUGENE NEWMAN,  Minister for Administrative  Services, in pursuance of my powers under section 23 of the

Industries Assistance Commission Act 1973, hereby:

(1) Refer the following matter to the Industries Assistance Commission for inquiry and report: ' whether assistance should be provided to the.  production in Australia of goods of a kind .

falling within the following items or sub-'   items in Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff  Act 1966, as proposed to be altered:

(a) goods falling within sub-item 15.10.9; .

(b) goods falling within item 15.11; (c) aliphatic acids containing not less  than 8 and not more than 22 carbon atoms,  and their salts and esters,  -

falling within sub-item 29.14.1;

(d) goods falling within item 38.05; (e) salts and esters of aliphatic monoacids in which any aliphatic acid component  contains not less than 8 and not more

than 22 carbon atoms, falling within  sub-item 38.19.6; and .

(f) goods falling within sub-item 38.19.9  in which the constituent that gives the goods their essential character ' is included in (a) to (e) inclusive  .  .  above;  Ã¢ÂÂ   Ã¢ÂÂ   ,

and, if so, the nature and extent of such assistance.

(2) Specify that the Commission he free to take evidence and where necessary to make recommendations on any '  Â·  Ã¢ÂÂ   > Â» Â·

matters relevant to its inquiry under this reference.

this reference.

MINISTER FOR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE  SERVICES

18 November 1982

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

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PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES - MARKET SHARES

The Government1s assistance arrangements for the motor vehicle  industry include a market sharing policy whereby about 80 per cent  of the passenger motor vehicle market is reserved for locally  produced vehicles.

The Department of Industry and Commerce monitors the proportion  of new passenger motor vehicle registrations accounted for by  locally produced vehicles, on a six-month moving average basis.

Based on a six-month moving average, the market share held by  locally produced vehicles as at the end of October 1982 was  80.8 per cent.

On the same basis, the market share as at the end of each  month since January 1979 was:

Month 1979 1980 1981 1982

January 82.0% . 80.1% . 74.7% 80.7%

February 8 2 .6% ;; 78.4% 74.0% 79.8% r

March 83 .1% ' 77.4% : 73.5% 78.8% r

April 8 2 .5% 76.1% 73.9% 78.7% r

May 81.9%' 75.1% - 74.6% 73.6% r

June 81.6% 74.8% 75.0% 77.8% r

July 81.7% 75-1%. . 76.2% 78.4% r

August 82.0% 75.4% 77.7$ 79.1% r

September 82.2% 75.3% 79. 80.1% r Ã¢ÂÂ

October 82.7% Â· 75.1% Ã¢ÂÂ   79.5% 80.8% p -

November 82.3% 74.9% / 79.9%

December 81.5% Ã¢ÂÂ  75.0% 8 0 .7%

p = provisional  r = revised

NOTES 1 . In implementing the Government *s policy a number of other relevant factors are taken into account in addition to the six-month moving average market share These factors include the

stock levels and forward overall market  import orders. situation,

2. Locally produced passenger motor vehicles are defined  as passenger cars and station wagons produced under  the Government's Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Plan and  others assembled in Australia outside the Plan.

Automotive Branch  Industry Division 2  CANBERRA ACT

23 November 1982

