697 - Hollow structural sections from Korea

The goods the subject of the application (the goods) are: 
Certain electric resistance welded pipe and tube made of carbon steel, comprising circular and non-circular hollow sections. Normally referred to as either CHS (circular or oval hollow sections) or RHS (rectangular or square hollow sections) collectively referred to as hollow structural sections (HSS), including CHS with other than plain ends, such as threaded, swaged and shouldered.

Further Information

Finish types 

• Galvanised (including in-line galvanised (ILG), pre-galvanised or hot-dipped galvanised (HDG)); or
• Non-galvanised (including, but not restricted to, painted, black, lacquered or oiled finishes.) Sizes
• Circular products – outside diameter exceeding 21 mm up to and including 165.1 mm; or
• Oval, square and rectangular products – perimeter up to and including 1277.3 mm; that may also be categorised according to minimum yield strength, the most common classifications being 250 and 350 mega Pascals (MPa).

Goods excluded from the measures are: 

• Conveyor tube made for high speed idler rolls on conveyor systems with inner and outer fin protrusions removed by scarfing; (not exceeding 0.1 mm on outer surface and 0.25 mm on inner surface), and out of round standards (i.e. ovality) which do not exceed 0.6 mm in order to maintain vibration free rotation and minimum wind noise during operation;
• Precision RHS with a nominal thickness of less than 1.6 mm; and
• Air heater tubes to AS 2556

Further information on the goods, including exclusions, can be found in ADN below.