The European Commission has published its final decision on extending the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on truck and bus tyres produced in China. The new tariffs amount to figures between €21.12 and a maximum of €78.90 per tyre, effective immediately following the 16 January publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/58 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/61, both of 15 January 2025.
Effective 1 October 2024, Mexico has imposed anti-dumping duties on passenger car and light truck tyres (PCR) from China. In the list published by the Mexican investigation agency, Zodo has the lowest tax rate of 5.18 per cent. Changfeng, Haohua, and Linglong-made products are being required to pay anti-dumping duties of 7.16 per cent, 11.55 per cent, and 19.37 per cent respectively.
Four days earlier (on 23 August 2024), TRA initiated a transition review into anti-dumping measure on bicycles and certain bicycle parts from China. These bicycles are being imported from China and consigned from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia.
The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published its initial findings on two transition reviews into anti-dumping and countervailing measures on lorry and bus tyres imported from China. Based on evidence provided, the TRA has recommended that the new combined anti-dumping and countervailing duty rates range from £10.03 per tyre to £110.11 per tyre.
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to conduct an anti-dumping and countervailing duty sunset review on truck and bus tyres (TBR) imported from China. The review results show that Chinese tyre exports may harm the US industry again, and anti-dumping and countervailing duties should be continued.
China has extended anti-dumping duties on imports of halogenated butyl rubber originating in the United Kingdom, European Union, United States, and Singapore, extending a programme of penalties first announced six years ago. Upon the recommendation of the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Commerce, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council is imposing anti-dumping duties for a further five years, effective from 20 August 2024.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced preliminary findings in its investigation into whether truck and bus tyres imported from Thailand are selling in the United States at unfairly low prices. This comes after the USA saw a significant increase in these tyre imports, which more than doubled in quantity over two years, reaching a value of US$1.46 billion in 2022.
On 2 January, the US Department of Commerce announced that it would launch the first anti-dumping and countervailing sunset review investigation into truck and bus tyres (TBR) imported from China. Stakeholders should register a response to the US Department of Commerce before January 12 (within ten days from the date of the announcement). According to the China Rubber Industry Association, the North American trade union organisation USW (United Steelworkers) has submitted a registration to respond.
The UK government has accepted a Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) recommendation to vary anti-dumping duties on aluminium road wheels (alloy wheels) from China. In its analysis, the TRA determined that “while the imports of one-piece cast alloy wheels are not damaging the UK’s alloy wheel manufacturing industry, imports of forged one-piece and multi-piece alloy wheels and parts of alloy wheels could cause damage”. The TRA therefore recommended in February to split the measure into two categories – firstly to keep the tariffs on the category of forged one-piece and multi-piece alloy wheels and parts of alloy wheels for five years; and secondly, to remove tariffs on the category of one-piece cast alloy wheels from China.
The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) has recommended that the country’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel, impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of passenger car, truck and bus tyres from China. The Minister has approved ITAC’s recommendation. Duties will range from 7.18% to 43.60% ad valorem and remain in place until July 2028.
Recently, the United States Department of Commerce’s anti-dumping review investigation on PCR tyres produced in Thailand has a preliminary result. Tyrepress China notes that the new developments are positive for Thailand’s tyre factories.
Following the news that the European Commission has introduced new definitive import tariffs against Chinese-produced truck tyres, we now know that a decision relating to any UK implementation of those rules is scheduled to be made by October. The latest detail is that the body responsible for the investigation relating to the UK implementation of any tariffs is set to start in weeks, according to the Imported Tyre Manufacturers Association (ITMA).
In May 2022, European Union anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs were annulled. Then a new investigation began. Now new final determinations have been made, but what does this mean in the UK?
On 4 May 2022 the General Court of the European Union annulled Regulation (EU) 2018/683, overturning the regimen of anti-dumping duties imposed upon truck & bus tyres imported from China. The European Commission subsequently partially re-opened its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation, disclosing its findings on 10 January 2023. The Commission has now published details of definitive measures.
Titan International, Inc. has reported record turnover and profitability during the 2022 financial year. While the US-based manufacturer of OTR tyres and wheels increased its net sales by 21.9% to US$2.2 billion, income from operations jumped by more than 141% to $205.8, almost doubling the return on sales to 9.5%.
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