Chinese tyre manufacturers launch anti-dumping duties response

Chinese tyre manufacturers have responded to the European Commission’s preliminary decision to impose anti-dumping duties on truck and bus tyre imports from China.

The China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA), a trade association representing Chinese tyre manufacturers, has sent a delegation to Brussels to lobby againt the anti-dumping duties of between €52.85 and €82.17 per tyre, which are being levied on new and retreaded truck and bus tyres with a load index exceeding 121and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

The delegation is seeking meetings with high ranking EU officials in a bid to remove the anti-dumping duties, which are having severe effects on some factories in China.

The European Commission is currently conducting a 15-month anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation. A decision whether or not duties are to be collected retroactively will be taken once the final findings are available in November 2018.

As part of this, regulation EU 2018/163 came into effect in February, 2018. From this date imports of new and retread tyres for trucks and buses originating in China are subject to registration.
This does not apply to other tyres e.g. Agri, Earthmover, PCR but that is not to say that separate investigations will not be carried out in the future.

A main concern relating to the outcome of this investigation is the effect on businesses of any duty applied retroactively.

Wholesalers could now be faced with the prospect of paying import duties of between €52.85 and €82.17 on every truck and bus tyre imported dating back to February 1.