The chief executive officer (CEO) of the Australian Customs Service has initiated a review of antidumping (AD) measures in relation to certain hot dip galvanized steel imports from Thailand.
The review has been commenced following the application of CMC Pty Limited, submitted on April 1, 2008. The company requested a review of the antidumping measures on the merchandise in question exported by Thai exporting firm Saha Thai Pipe Public Co. Ltd (STS). However, following the CEO's recommendations, the Australian Customs Service decided to include all Thai exporters under the current review. The review covers the period April 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008.
The goods covered by the review include hot dip galvanized welded, circular hollow sections (CHS), steel pipe in normal sizes DN 15-100, commonly produced to standards such as British Standard (BS) 1387 or Australian Standard (AS) 1074.
Based on the review, the Australian Customs Service will recommend whether to leave the current AD duty unchanged, or to revoke the duty in part or generally, or different measures will be applied accordingly as new facts are ascertained.
Interested parties are invited to respond to the review no later than end of business day on June 9, 2008.
At or before day 110, August 18, 2008, a statement of essential facts will be placed on the public record outlining facts based on which the CEO is to make the recommendations to the Ministry of Home Affairs. All interested parties are invited to submit their comments to the Australian Customs Service within 20 days of the statement being placed on the public record.
The original AD duty was imposed on the goods in question in February 2000 and was continued for a period of five years. In 2005, a review was conducted based on the request of the Australian industry producing the subject goods, the results of which continue to be applied today.