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Ref. : EIC 111/3/10/1

19 February 2019

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 141/2019

US : Antidumping and Countervailing Actions against Certain Truck and Bus Tires from the Mainland of China: Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

Further to the remand ordered by the US Court of International Trade in the US International Trade Commission's (ITC) final negative injury determinations on 1 November 2018 and the ITC's findings of material injury to an industry in the US by reason of imports of certain truck and bus tires from the Mainland of China on 30 January 2019, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notices on 15 February 2019 the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders based on the affirmative final determinations by the DoC and the ITC. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are found to be 9.00% - 22.57%, and the estimated subsidy rates are 20.98% - 63.34%.

2.The DoC will instruct the US Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of the subject imports and require a cash deposit of the estimated duties for subsequent entries in accordance with the rates as set out in the AD and CVD orders, effective the date of publication of the FR notices, which are available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-15/pdf/2019-02656.pdf and https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-15/pdf/2019-02657.pdf.

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3.For traders involved in the export of the subject product produced in Guangdong, please contact Li Xuefei, Director of Trade Remedy Division under the Guangdong Department of Commerce at 8620 3881 6201. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong Province in responding to AD investigations against products of the Province.

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Ivy TAM)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.