The Australian Customs Service has decided to terminate part of an antidumping investigation into hollow structural sections (HSS) imported from
China, South
Korea,
Malaysia,
Taiwan, and
Thailand. On June 8, 2006, Australian customs initiated an investigation into the antidumping duty order on hollow structural sections imported from
China, South
Korea,
Malaysia,
Taiwan, and
Thailand, upon a petition filed by domestic producers OneSteel
Trading Pty Ltd., Smorgon Steel Tube Mills Pty Ltd, and Orrcon Operations Pty Ltd. The investigation covered the period January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. As a result of the investigation, the Australian customs authorities decided to terminate the investigations with regard to the exporters listed below, since the exports of the goods made by the exporters in question from
China, South
Korea,
Malaysia and
Taiwan were either exported at prices that did not constitute dumping or else the dumping margins were negligible. Hengshui Jinghua Steel
Pipe Co., Ltd of
China; Huludao City Steel
Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd of
China; Qingdao Xiangxing Steel
Pipe Co., Ltd of
China; Shandong Fubo Group Co. of
China; Tianjin Aprometal Co., Ltd of
China; Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline and Technologies Co., Ltd of
China; Dae Young Tube Mill Co., Ltd of
Korea; Hankuk Steel Co., Ltd of
Korea; Histeel Co., Ltd of
Korea; Jinbang Steel Co., Ltd of
Korea; Alpine
Pipe Manufacturing Sdn Bhd of
Malaysia; Kanzen Kagu Sdn Bhd of
Malaysia; Southern
Pipe Industry (M) Sdn Bhd of
Malaysia; Lien-Tei Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd of
Taiwan; Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd of
Taiwan As previously reported by SteelOrbis, the Australian customs terminated the investigation with regard to Thai producers Saha Thai Steel
Pipe Co (Saha) and Pacific
Pipe Public Company Limited (Pacific Pipe) early last month, since there was sufficient evidence that there had been no dumping of HSS to
Australia from
Thailand by these producers. Although the investigations with regard to
Malaysia, South
Korea,
Thailand and
Taiwan have been completely terminated, the investigations with regard to Chinese exporters, except for the ones above, will continue.