EPR 379 - Hollow structural sections from China, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan

Goods Covered by the Investigation

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 Continuation Inquiry
Initiation date 31 October 2016
Applicants Austube Mills Pty Ltd and Orrcon Manufacturing 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 25)

7306.61.00 (statistical code 90)*

7306.69.00 (statistical code 10)

7306.50.00 (statistical code 45)*

*These tariff subheadings only apply to: Dalian Steelforce Hi-Tech Co. Ltd. (China); Tianjin Friend Steel Pipe Co. Ltd. (China); Tianjin Ruitong Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (China); Roswell S A R Limited (China); and Alpine Pipe Manufacturing SDN BHD (Malaysia).

Inquiry period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016

Public record documents

The public record EPR 379 includes non-confidential versions of documents such as the application, submissions, questionnaire responses, Commission visit reports and letters.

Key dates

Event Date Status
Initial submission date 7 December 2016 Closed
Statement of Essential Facts (SEF) no later than 11 April 2017 Published
Submissions to SEF due 20 days after Closed
Final recommendation to the Parliamentary Secretary no later than 26 May 2017 Made
Parliamentary Secretary's decision expected 30 days after Published

Questionnaires

Exporter Questionnaire Spreadsheet - CHINA (XLSX 61KB)

Exporter Questionnaire Spreadsheet - KOREA MALAYSIA TAIWAN (XLSX 58KB)

Exporter Questionnaire - CHINA (DOCX 210KB)

Exporter Questionnaire - KOREA (DOCX 179KB)

Exporter Questionnaire - MALAYSIA (DOCX 181KB)

Exporter Questionnaire - TAIWAN (DOCX 185KB)

HSS - Information Request.doc (XLSX 19KB)

Contact for this investigation

Case manager: +61 3 8539 2443



Email: operations2@adcommission.gov.au

Mailing address:The Director

Operations 2

Anti-Dumping Commission

GPO Box 2013Canberra ACT 2601

 

Electronic Public Records

EPR number Document type Title Date
73 Report
72 Report
71 Notice - ADN
70 Report
69 Submission
68 Submission
67 Submission
66 Submission
65 Submission
64 Submission
63 Submission
62 Verification Report
61 Submission
60 Verification Report
59 Verification Report
58 Submission
57 Submission
56 Submission
55 Submission
54 Submission
53 Verification Report
52 Verification Report
51 Submission
50 Submission
49 Submission
48 Submission
47 Report
46 Verification Report
45 Verification Report
44 Submission
43 Verification Report
42 Verification Report
41 Submission
40 Submission
39 Submission
38 Submission
37 Verification Report
36 Submission
35 Verification Report
34 Other
33 Submission
32 Verification Report
31 Questionnaire
30 Notice - ADN
29 Submission
28 Submission
27 Submission
26 Submission
25 Submission
24 Submission
23 Questionnaire
22 Questionnaire
21 Submission
20 Questionnaire
19 Questionnaire
18 Questionnaire
17 Questionnaire
16 Questionnaire
15 Questionnaire
14 Questionnaire
13 Note for File
12 Submission
11 Submission
10 Submission
9 Submission
8 Submission
7 Application
6 Application
5 Application
4 Application
3 Application
2 Application
1 Notice - ADN