Price Order No. 2275 (Steel Products Manufactured by Pacific Steel Ltd.)

Pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal hereby makes the following price order:

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 2275 and shall come into force on the 31st day of May 1974.
2. (1) Price Order No. 2269* is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this order.
3. In this order:
   The expression “f.o.r.” means “free on rail”, and the expression “c and f” means “cost and freight”.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This order applies to the following steel products manufactured by Pacific Steel Ltd.:

Rolled and Rerolled Steel Bars

1. Rounds
2. Squares
3. Flats
4. Angles
5. Channels

MAXIMUM PRICES TO BE CHARGED

5. (1) The maximum factory selling prices that may be charged or received by Pacific Steel Ltd. for any steel products to which this order applies shall be the basis price shown in this order, with adjustments in the form of extras as specified hereunder being made as appropriate.
   (2) The maximum prices, as aforesaid, are fixed for deliveries as follows:

(a) Within a radius of 25 miles of Otahuhu, free on truck at mill.
(b) “f.o.r.” Whangarei, Hamilton, Rotorua, Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Masterton, Lower Hutt, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, and Invercargill.
(c) Landed on wharf or at railhead at Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Nelson, Greymouth, Dunedin, and Bluff.
(d) For sales to other areas, the approved maximum selling prices may be surcharged with the amount which does not exceed the actual freight incurred for transport of steel from the nearest freight paid point mentioned above.
(3) The maximum basis price shall be $219.75 per tonne, and shall apply to mild steel concrete reinforcing bars made in conformity with New Zealand Standard Specification 3402 P: 1973, angles, channels, flats, squares, and rounds other than reinforcing made in conformity with British Standard Specification 4360:1968 Part 1, Grades 43A, 43A. 1.
(4) The basis price shall cover the following sizes:

Rounds 20 mm diameter and over
Squares 12 mm to 75 mm
Flats All shapes and sizes not included in 6 (1)
Angles below.

(N.B. The company is not making basis size channels—8" x 3" and over.)

(5) The basis price shall cover lengths from 5 m to 10 m

(6) The basis price shall cover the following quantities:

Rounds, 4 tonnes and over
Squares, 4 tonnes and over
Flats, 4 tonnes and over
Angles, 4 tonnes and over

(7) The basis price shall cover the cold straightening of angles.

EXTRAS

6. The maximum charges for extras as appropriate are as follows:

(1) Size (added to Basis Price)

Rounds— Per Tonne

Reinforcing and engineering:

$ c

6.5 mm .. .. .. .. .. 10 75
10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 8 00
12 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
16 mm .. .. .. .. .. 1 00

Squares, 10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 3 50

Flats—

25 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. .. 7 00
25 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 5 00
25 mm × 8 mm .. .. .. .. .. 5 00

Flats—continued

25 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
25 mm × 11 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
25 mm × 12 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
30 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. .. 7 00
30 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 5 00
30 mm × 8 mm .. .. .. .. .. 5 00
30 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
30 mm × 11 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
30 mm × 12 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
40 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. .. 6 00
40 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
40 mm × 8 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
40 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
40 mm × 11 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
40 mm × 12 mm .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
50 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
50 mm × 8 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
50 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
50 mm × 11 mm .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
60 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
60 mm × 8 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
60 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
80 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
80 mm × 8 mm .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
100 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
100 mm × 8 mm .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
100 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 1 00
100 mm × 12 mm .. .. .. .. .. 1 00

Angles—

25 mm × 25 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. .. 10 00
25 mm × 25 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 8 00
30 mm × 30 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. .. 7 00
30 mm × 30 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 6 00
40 mm × 40 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
40 mm × 40 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
50 mm × 50 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. .. 2 00

Channels—

3" × 1½" .. .. .. .. .. 8 00
4" × 2" .. .. .. .. .. 6 00
5" × 2½" .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
6" × 3" .. .. .. .. .. 3 00

Each of the following extras may be added to basis price plus appropriate size extras.

(2) Quantity

For products bundled in 1 Tonne Lifts

Per Tonne

$ c

1 tonne to under 2 tonnes .. .. .. .. 6.00
2 tonnes to under 3 tonnes .. .. .. .. 4.00
3 tonnes to under 4 tonnes .. .. .. .. 2.00
Minimum order 1 tonne

For products bundled in 2 Tonne Lifts

2 tonnes to under 4 tonnes .. .. .. .. 4.00

The above quantity extras apply to items of one size, quality, and length.

Where quantities under 10 tonnes of an item incur any extra freight, cartage, or other charges, such charges are to customer’s account.

(3) Length

Over 10 m to 12 m .. .. .. .. 1 00
Over 12 m to 15 m .. .. .. .. 1 50

(4) Cold Straightening

Flats only .. .. .. .. 1 00

(5) Deformed Bars

.. .. .. .. 4 00

(6) Bar marking HY. 60

.. .. .. .. 4 50

(7) Quality

This section includes quality extras added to basis price, plus any extras added under 6 (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) above.

Standard Specifications