EPR 177 - Hollow structural sections from China, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand

Goods covered by the application

Certain electric resistance welded pipe and tube made of carbon steel, comprising circular and non-circular hollow sections in galvanised and non-galvanised finishes. The goods are normally referred to as either CHS (circular hollow sections) or RHS (rectangular or square hollow sections). The goods are collectively referred to as HSS (hollow structural sections). Finish types for the goods include inline galvanised (ILG), pre-galvanised, hot-dipped galvanised (HDG) and non-galvanised HSS.

Sizes of the goods are, for circular products, those exceeding 21mm up to and including 165.1mm in outside diameter and, for oval, square and rectangular products those with a perimeter up to and including 1277.3mm. Categories of HSS excluded from the goods are conveyor tube; precision RHS with a nominal thickness of less than 1.6mm and air heater tubes to Australian Standard (AS) 2556.

Case information

 

Case type

Dumping and countervailing investigation

Initiation date

19 September 2011

Applicant

OneSteel Australian Tube Mills Pty Ltd

Tariff classification

7306.30.00 (statistical codes 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37)

7306.61.00 (statistical codes 21, 22 and 23)

7306.69.00 (statistical codes 26, 27 and 28 - Up to 31 December 2011, Statistical code 10 from 1 January 2012)

Investigation period for dumping and subsidisation

1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011

Injury examination period

From 1 July 2007

Public record documents

The public record for ITR 177 includes non-confidential versions of documents such as the application, submissions, questionnaire responses, ITRB visit reports and letters.

Key dates

Event

Date

Status

Initial submissions due

31 October 2011

Closed

Preliminary affirmative determination (PAD) earliest date

18 November 2011

Published

Statement of essential facts (SEF) no later than

23 April 2012

Published

Submissions to SEF due

13 May 2012

Published

Final recommendation to the Minister no later than

7 June 2012

 

Minister's decision

3 July 2012

Published

TMRO report to Minister by

14 December 2012

Published

Minister required to make a decision by

13 January 2013

Minister has directed the CEO to reinvestigate certain findings

Contacts for this investigation

Case manager: Tel (02) 6275 6173

Fax: (02) 6275 6990

Email: tmops3@customs.gov.au

Mailing address:

Director Operations 3

International Trade Remedies Branch

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

Customs House

5 Constitution Avenue

CANBERRA ACT 2601

Electronic Public Records

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