WASHINGTON — Tariffs on Chinese truck and bus tires coming into the U.S. will remain, a vote confirmed Aug. 8.
In February 2019, the Department of Commerce issued countervailing duties ranging from 21% to 63.3% and antidumping duties of 9% to 22.6% on Chinese TBR tires.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that "revoking the existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on truck and bus tires from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time."
Technically speaking, antidumping and countervailing orders stay in place until they are revoked, but Commerce and the ITC are obligated to conduct sunset reviews on orders every five years.
As a result, the elevated duties will remain in place until its next review in 2029.
The original ruling stems from a 2017 complaint by the United Steelworkers union.
Imports of truck/bus tires from China, which was No. 1 in this category from 2003-18, fell 65.4% in 2019 to 3.19 million units and then 56.6% more in 2020 to 1.38 million units.
After growth in the category in 2022, imports from China decreased 41.1% in 2023, which ranks the country No. 5 in the category, behind Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and Canada.
