642 - Hot rolled structural steel sections from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

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

Hot rolled structural steel sections in the following shapes and sizes, whether or not containing alloys:

• universal beams (I sections), of a height greater than 130mm and less than 650mm;
• universal columns and universal bearing piles (H sections), of a height greater than 130mm and less than 650mm;
• channels (U sections and C sections) of a height greater than 130mm and less than 400mm; and
• equal and unequal angles (L sections), with a combined leg length of greater than 200mm.

Sections and/or shapes in the dimensions described above, that have minimal processing, such as cutting, drilling or painting do not exclude the goods from coverage of the investigation.

Excluded goods

The measures do not apply to the following goods:

• hot rolled T shaped sections, sheet pile sections and hot rolled merchant bar shaped sections, such as rounds, squares, flats, hexagons, sleepers and rails; and
• sections manufactured from welded plate (e.g. welded beams and welded columns). 

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