Tire Business
Bruce Davis
Washington
The U.S. Department of Commerce has agreed to conduct administrative reviews of antidumping duties (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders imposed on truck and bus tires from China in early 2019. Commerce agreed to the review process in accordance with department regulations covering administrative reviews of various AD and CVD orders with February anniversary dates. The duties in question which range from 20.98% to 63.34% countervailing and 9% to 22.57% antidumping took effect Feb.15,2019. Commerce said it has received requests for review from at least 22 companies with operations in China. Among them are affiliates of Bridgestone Corp., Goodyear and Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. The regulations governing this type of review-- 19CFR 351.213(b)---state that each year during the anniversary month of the publication of an AD or CVD, interested parties may request in writing that the secretary conduct an administrative review provided the requesting parties state reasons why they desire a review. In the first two years after the imposition of these duties in 2019, imports of truck/bus tires from China fell measurably that year and in 2020 and 2021. Last year, however, TBR tire imports from China rebounded from the "trough" of 2021 and finished 2022 at 1.73 million units, up 57% over 2021. The No.1 source of imported truck/bus tires from 2004 through 2019, China has now climbed back up the ladder to sit at No. 4 now behind Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. In August 2022 Commerce amended the CVD on Chinese truck/bus tire imports for a handful of companies following an administrative review. Those changes affected nine companies Jiangsu Gerneral Science Technology Co. Ltd.; Quingdao Awesome International Trade Co. Ltd., Quingdao Doublestar. Tire Industrial Co. Ltd. Quingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber Co. Ltd.; Shandong Haohua Tire Co. Ltd. ; Shandong Huasheng Rubber Co. Ltd.; Shandong Kaixuan Rubber Co. Ltd; and Triangle Tyre Co. Ltd. Interested parties have 30 days from April 11 to submit information supporting their position. All submissions must be filed electronically at access.trade.gov. The companies that have requested this review are: AD-Quingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp. Ltd.; Shandong Haohua Tire Co Ltd. Shandong Kaixuan Rubber Co. Ltd.; and Shandong Transtone Tyre Co. Ltd. CVD--Bridgestone Tire Co. Ltd.; Bridgestone (Shenyang) Tire Co. Ltd. CVD--- Bridgestone Tire Co Ltd.; Bridgestone (Shenyang) Tire Co. Ltd.; Quingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber Co. Ltd.; Cooper Tire (China) Investment Co. Ltd.; Qingdao Yiyuan Investment Co. Ltd.' Cooper tire Asia-Pacific (Shanghai) Trading Co. Ltd.; Goodyear (Dalian) tire Co Ltd.; Sailun Group Co. Ltd.; Sailun Group (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. Shandong Linglong Tyre Co Ltd.; Quingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp Ltd.; Shandong Transtone Tyre Co. Ltd.; Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.; Chongquing Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.; Jiangsu General Science Technology Co Ltd.; Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co. Ltd.; Chengshan Group Co. Ltd.; Shanghai Chengzhan Information and Technology Center; Prinx Chengshan (Quingdao) Industrial Research & Design Co. Ltd.; Shandong Prinx Chengshan Tire Technology Research Co Ltd.; Sinotyre International Group Co. Ltd.; Triangle Tyre Co. Ltd.; and Weifang Shunfuchang Rubber & Plastic Products Co. Ltd.