WASHINGTON D.C.—The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has scheduled a hearing for Oct. 10 to review the Commerce Department's preliminary determination—of May 16 that imports of truck and bus tires from Thailand are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The hearing will give interested parties a final opportunity to comment on Commerce's determination that Thai tire makers—other than Prinx Chengshan Tire (Thailand) Co. Ltd.—would be subject to an antidumping duty of 2.35 percent. Prinx Chengshan received a no-duty declaration.
Thailand is the largest tire exporter to the U.S.—by a large margin—in the passenger, light truck and medium truck/bus tire segments, representing nearly 41 percent of all truck/bus tire imports in 2023.
In the first quarter of 2024, Thai imports of truck and bus tires increased 46.2 percent over the same period last year.
The antidumping-duty investigation is in response to an October 2023 petition from the United Steelworkers (USW) union, which alleged dumping margins as high as 47.8 percent that allowed imports to undercut domestic producers and imperil U.S. jobs.
Requests to appear in person at the hearing should be filed in writing with the Secretary to the Commission on or before Oct. 4, the ITC said. Requests to appear via videoconference must include a statement explaining why the witness cannot appear in person.
The ITC said it plans to publish a "pre-hearing staff report" covering the final phase of the antidumping investigation that will be made available on or close to Sept. 25 to parties directly involved in the issue with a public version "to be issued thereafter."
