Turkey continues to impose 60% anti-dumping rates on Chinese tires

The Ministry of Economics in Turkey has declared to make the second sunset anti-dumping final rule concerning tires of passenger cars, trucks and buses, agricultural vehicles and engineering machineries imported from China.

Turkey believes that if the ongoing anti-dumping measures are withdrawn, products involved in the case may injure the country’s domestic industry again.

As a result, the authority decides to continue imposing 60% anti-dumping rates on Chinese tires.

The case involves in products under the tax file numbers 4011.20, 4011.61.00.00.00, 4011.62.00.00.00, 4011.63.00.00.00, 4011.69.00.00.00, 4011.92.00.00.00, 4011.93.00.00.00, 4011.94.00.00.00 and 4011.99.00.00.00.

The Turkish Ministry of Economics declared in Apr. to launch protective measures against some tires imported from overseas as a response to domestic industry’s application.

The investigation involves a variety of tires from 10 overseas exporters.

An industry insider says the “anti-globe” investigation shows Turkey is dying to protect its own tire industry.

Turkey has started to exercise anti-dumping measures against Chinese tires since 2004:

On Aug. 20, 2004, Turkey launched anti-dumping investigation concerning rubber tire imported from China;

On Aug. 20, 2005, Turkey made anti-dumping final rule concerning relevant Chinese products and imposed anti-dumping rates;

On Aug. 15, 2010, Turkey launched the first sunset review anti-dumping investigation concerning relevant Chinese products;

On Jun. 21, 2011, Turkey made the affirmative final anti-dumping rule concerning relevant Chinese products;

On Jun. 19, 2016, Turkey launched the second sunset review anti-dumping investigation concerning agricultural machinery tires imported from China.