By Frank Williams
February 25, 2008 -
China wouldn't try anything like product dumping, would they? In a word, yes. Gasgoo reports the U.S. Commerce Department is imposing an anti-dumping duty on Chinese-made off-road tires. It seems Commerce determined that producers and exporters have been selling new tires at 10.98 to 210.48 percent below fair market value on this side of the Pacific. Now four tire manufacturers will have to pay an anti-dumping duty of 10.98 to 51.81 percent on a set of four tires. Twenty-three other off-road tire makers will have to pay an average 24.75 percent duty. They didn't say if Commerce would expand this to on-road tires, but if the manufacturers have been doing it for one type of tire, you can just about bet they've been doing it for the rest.
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February 25th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
God forbid that the consumer get their hands on cheap tyres
February 25th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Do those come in a whitewall?
February 25th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
210% less than fair market value? They’re paying people to take them?
February 25th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
210 percent off is quite a sale…in this case you could even call it a blowout!
John
February 25th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Sure, they’re dumping product, possibly below cost, but they’d never sacrifice quality, right?
Caveat emptor…
February 25th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
210.48% - 51.81% fine = 158.67% below market… I think I’d risk these for replacement tires on my 65 year old hay wagon… THOSE are some dry rotted tires! Just so they’re free and I don’t have to pay shipping… wonder if mounting could be included free?
February 25th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Imposing fines on Chinese companies is like trying to paddle a canoe upstream with a screen door. We need to stop importing Chinese made crap. Aren’t we tired of Chinese products yet?
February 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
I actually work for the company that filed the petition and we only make OTR tires so don’t count on it being expanded on on-road.