705 - Steel flat bar from Taiwan

The goods the subject of the application (the goods) are:

Steel flat bars that have a width greater than 17 millimetres (mm) and up to and including 150 mm and a thickness of 4.75 mm or greater, whether or not containing alloys.

“Flat bars” include "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex or concave arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel.

The goods include steel flat bars in the dimensions described that have minimal processing, such as cutting, drilling, punching or coating (other than coating or plating with zinc or a zinc alloy).

Goods excluded from the application are: 

• Goods that are galvanised; 
• Goods that are of stainless steel; and 
• Goods that are in coiled form.

Goods that meet the above description are commonly, but not exclusively, referred to as “Flats”, “Flat Bar”, “Hot Rolled Flats” or “Merchant Bar Flats”.

Note: steel flat bar “containing alloys” here means steel containing a chemical composition that at least meets the minimum chemical element proportions specified in Note (f) “Other alloy steel” to Chapter 72 under Schedule 3 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (the Tariff), but does not meet the minimum chemical element proportions specified in Additional Note (1) "high alloy steel" to Chapter 72 under Schedule 3 of the Tariff.

Further information on the goods, including exclusions, can be found in ADN 2026/096 below.