China Truck and Bus Tires: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect, Retroactive for All
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that truck and bus tires from China (A-570-040) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value (here). The agency found "critical circumstances" for all Chinese companies, finding they increased exports to the U.S. before this preliminary determination to get in as much merchandise as possible before AD duty cash deposit requirements were imposed. As a result, Commerce will suspend liquidation and impose retroactive AD duty cash requirements on entries on or after June 8, 2016.
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Truck and bus tires from China are also subject to an ongoing countervailing duty investigation. Commerce ordered suspension of liquidation and the collection of CV duty cash deposits for entries of merchandise subject to these AD/CV duty investigations in its preliminary CV duty determination, issued in July (see 1607010029).
AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 8 (note that liquidation for some or all of these companies may already be suspended due to Commerce's CV duty investigation). Commerce will also require AD duty cash deposits as follows:
| Exporter | Producer | AD Rate | AD Cash Deposit* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd. | Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd. | 20.87% | 20.46% |
| Average rate | 20.87% | 20.46% | |
| China-wide entity | 22.57% | 22.16% |
*As adjusted for export subsidies found in Commerce's preliminary CV duty determination.
Average rate companies. Commerce calculated a separate antidumping rate for hundreds of Chinese companies that demonstrated independence from state control, but were not individually reviewed in this investigation. See Commerce's notice for a full list.
China-wide entity. The China-wide entity includes Double Coin Holdings Ltd., which Commerce found did not demonstrate independence from state control and eligibility for a separate rate.
(The period of investigation is 07/01/15 - 12/31/15. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 1602240013 for a summary of initiation of this investigation, and 1602010020 for the underlying petition.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Yang Jin Chun (202) 482-5760
(Federal Register 09/06/16)