WASHINGTON D.C.—The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has rescheduled the hearing for its review of the Commerce Department's May 16 preliminary determination that imports of truck and bus tires from Thailand are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The USITC moved the hearing up one day, to Oct. 9. 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.
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.
The deadline for filing prehearing briefs is 5:15 p.m. EST on Oct. 2. If deemed necessary, the USITC will hold a prehearing conference on Oct. 7. The Oct. 9 hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. EST at the USITC building in Washington.
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 video conference must include a statement explaining why the witness cannot appear in person.
The ITC did not offer a reason or reasons for rescheduling the hearing.
Thailand is the largest offshore source of tires imported into 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.
