ADC 384 - Investigation - Dumping

Alloy Round Steel Bar exported from China

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

Hot-rolled solid sections of ‘alloy steel’, having round or near-round cross-sectional dimensions of not less than 9.5 millimetres (mm) and not greater than 98.5 mm, not in coil.

For the purpose of the description of the goods the subject of this application, ‘alloy steel’ here means steel containing a chemical composition that at least meets or exceeds the minimum chemical element proportions specified in Note (f) “Other alloy steel” to Chapter 72 under Schedule 3 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (“the Tariff”) as appearing on the date of this application.

Commonly identified as ‘rod’, ‘round bar’, ‘engineering bar’, ‘spring steel’, ‘alloy bar’, ‘high alloy bar’, ‘silico-manganese bar’, ‘grinding rod’ or ‘bar used for the production of grinding media’, the goods covered by this application include all round or near-round hot-rolled solid sections of alloy steel bar meeting the above description of the goods regardless of the particular grade, coating, or minor modification of bar-end finish (including but not limited to, painting or chamfering).

Goods excluded from this application are:

• round or near-round hot rolled solid steel sections composed of:

• ‘stainless steel’ as defined under Note (e) “Stainless steel” to the Tariff; or

• ‘high-speed steel’ as defined under Note (d) “High speed steel” to the Tariff;

• steel reinforcing bar containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process;

• steel rod in coil;

• chromium plated steel; and

• solid sections of steel which may be square, rectangular or hexagonal in cross-section.

Case information
Applicant	OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd	Tariff Classification		7228.20.10 (statistical code 44) 7228.20.90 (statistical code 47) 7228.30.10 (statistical code 70) 7228.30.90 (statistical code 41) 7228.60.10 (statistical code 72) 7228.60.90 (statistical code 55)
Investigation Period	1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016	Injury Examination Period		From 1 July 2012
Contacts for this investigation	Case Manager: Tel: (03) 8539 2477 Fax: +61 3 8539 2499 E: investigations2@adcommission.gov.au	Mailing address:		​The Director - Investigations 2 Anti-Dumping Commission GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601

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