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Quality concerns over import of Chinese steel bars into Korea-The 18th China(Guangzhou)Int’l Fastener & Equipment Exhibition
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The Dong-A Ilbo revealed Monday that China’s Taigang Steel, whose Korean standard certification had been nullified, exported its steel rods to Korea by acquiring the KS certification from other Chinese company.
Taigang Steel saw its KS certification nullified in October last year as quality defects were discovered in a probe by the Korea Standards Association, but the company exported its steel rods to Korea on August 4 this year, after acquiring in June this year the steel rod business from Xinchangda Steel & Iron, which holds the KS certification. A company that had KS certification nullified is not allowed to regain the same certification for one year, but the Chinese company exploited loopholes under Korea’s current industrial standardization act, which allows the company to take over certification from other firm even during the said period.
Since there is little change to Taigang Steel’s production workers and facilities since the revocation of its KS certification, chances are high that the latest batch of Chinese steel rod import contains defective products.
There had been also a similar controversy two years ago, in which Chinese steel products including defective steel rods and H-beams were fabricated as Korean products with a Korean trademark on them, and were circulated at Korean construction sites en masse.
-The 18th China(Guangzhou)Int’l Fastener
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