Global Trade Alert

On 22 December 2015, the Commissioner of the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission announced initiating an anti-dumping investigation on imports of certain hollow structural sections from India and the United Arab Emirates (Anti-dumping Notice No. 2015/154, 22.12.2015).
The products subject to investigation are classified under HS codes: 7306.30.00, 7306.50.00, 7306.61.00, 7306.69.00 and 7306.90.00. The complaint was lodged on 12 November 2015 by Austube Mills Pty Ltd.

On 22 February 2016, the Commissioner of the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of certain hollow structural sections from India and the United Arab Emirates (Anti-dumping Notice No. 2016/18, 22.02.2016). The rate of the duty imposed on imports originating in India is 4.5%, 5.0%, 20.6%, 21.1% and 31.4% depending on the exporting company. The rate of the duty imposed on imports originating in the United Arab Emirates is 4.4%, 13.5 and 14.3% depending on the exporting company.
 
On 25 July 2016, the Commissioner of the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission terminated the above investigation without the imposition of definitive duties (Anti-Dumping Notice No. 2016/71).