U.S. Keeps Anti-Subsidy Pressure on Chinese Passenger and Light Truck Tires
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This notice keeps the U.S. trade case alive against certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China by finding that Chinese subsidies would likely continue or return if the current anti-subsidy duty order were removed. The decision affects tire importers, distributors, retailers, Chinese producers, and U.S. tire manufacturers and workers.
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Key Changes
- Commerce found that ending the anti-subsidy duty order would likely allow Chinese subsidies on covered tires to continue or return.
- The review was expedited because the Government of China and respondent companies did not file substantive responses.
- Likely subsidy rates were set at 38.15% for GITI Tire, 21.68% for Cooper Kunshan Tire, 116.73% for Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group, and 31.56% for all others.
Obligations
What this law requires
Parties subject to an Administrative Protective Order (APO) must return or destroy proprietary information disclosed under the APO, or convert the APO materials to a judicial protective order, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Parties subject to an APO must notify Commerce of the return or destruction of APO materials, or of conversion to a judicial protective order.