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Final Findings issued recommending continuation of anti-dumping duty pursuant to a sunset review on imports of New/unused pneumatic radial tyres with or without tubes and/or flap of rubber (including tubeless tyres) having nominal rim dia code above 16″ used in buses and lorries/trucks from China (16.09.2022).

Product description – New/unused pneumatic radial tyres with or without tubes and/or flap of rubber (including tubeless tyres) having nominal rim dia code above 16″ used in buses and lorries/trucks

HS Code – 40112010 (tyres), 40131020 (tubes) 40129049 (flaps)

Country involved – China

Producers/Exporters involved –

  1. Qingdao Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd.
  2. Doublestar International Trading (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd
  3. Shandong Youngfeng Tyres Co. Ltd.

Applicant –Automotive Tyre Manufacturer’s Association (ATMA)

Important Dates and Events –

  1. Original anti-dumping duty – 18th September 2017

Date of Initiation of Review – 30th March 2022

Period of Investigation –1st October 2020 – 31st September 2021

Key Findings –

  1. The application has been filed by ATMA on behalf of Apollo Tyres Ltd, J.K Tyre Industries Ltd., and MRF Limited.
  2. China customs data has not been relied on as there are possibility of the goods being re-exported or transhipped to other countries.
  3. Response of Qingdao Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd. and related party is rejected as there are no exports of the PUC to India in the POI.
  4. Shandong Yongfeng Tyres Co., Ltd.’s request to receive duty prescribed for non-sampled producers during the original investigation as they have not made any exports during the POI but cooperated in the current investigation was rejected.
  5. Delayed submissions filed by Tyre Importers Welfare Association and Pioneer Trading Corporation has not been accepted.
  6. The likelihood of dumping and injury is evident from continued and existing dumping of subject imports which are undercutting and suppressing prices of the domestic industry; surplus capacities in the subject country, third country dumping and existence of trade remedial measures in major markets, reduced markets due to existence of foreign subsidiaries, price attractiveness of the Indian market, potential demand due to radialisation and replacement market in India.
  7. Despite restriction on imports, existence of CVD, withdrawal of duty on raw materials, there is substantial exports from the subject country to third countries at injurious and dumped prices.
  8. No impact of extension of ADD on the user industry.
  9. The duties have been recommended for a period of 3 years.

Margins and proposed duty –

Country Producer Dumping Margin (Range %) Injury Margin (Range %) Duty (USD/MT)
China Any 30-40 20-30 452.33