The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) has announced the initiation of the expiry review of the antidumping duty on hot dip galvanized (HDG), welded, circular hollow section (CHS) steel pipe exported from Thailand.
On March 16, 2009, the CBPS gave public notice that antidumping duty on the imports of the subject goods from Thailand were due to expire. On May 15, 2009, OneSteel Australian Tube Mills Pty Ltd (OneSteel ATM) lodged an application for the continuation of antidumping duty.
The CBPS said in its announcement, "During the inquiry, we will examine whether the expiration of the measures would lead, or would be likely to lead, to a continuation of, or a recurrence of, the dumping and the material injury that the antidumping measures are intended to prevent."
The antidumping duty in question was initially imposed on February 17, 2000, and was extended for a further five years in 2005.
The goods subject to the antidumping duty in question are HDG CHS steel pipe in nominal sizes DN 15-100, commonly produced to a standard such as British Standard BS1387 or Australian Standard AS1074, and classified to the tariff subheading 7306.30.00, statistical codes 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 in the Australian Customs Tariff Act.