Double Coin Tire to pay 0.14 pct anti-dumping duty on OTR tire export

Chinese tire maker Double Coin Tire and its affiliate China Manufacturers Alliance, based in the United States, have won their prosecution on the U.S. government for the anti-dumping duty on OTR tires.

Under the new ruling, Double Coin Tire will only pay a 0.14 percent anti-dumping duty on the OTR tire export.

The court found the U.S. Department of Commerce could not give a reasonable explanation for its inconsistent decisions.

To be specific, the U.S. Department of Commerce on the one hand carried out a separate investigation on Double Coin Tire. On the other, it decided that Double Coin Tire did not apply to a separate anti-dumping rate.

However, the U.S. laws provide that the U.S. Department of Commerce should determine a separate anti-dumping rate on products of a given exporter or manufacturer, except when there are too many exporters or manufacturers involved that it is impossible for the U.S.Department of Commerce to supply a separate rate.

Double Coin Tire providedthe courtwith sufficient informationfor the U.S. Department of Commerce to come up with a separate anti-dumping rate for the company alone, Zhang Yi, a lawyer on the case told media.

In the end, the U.S. court determined the U.S. Department of Commerce shouldwithdraw the previous rulings and that Double Coin Tire applies to a 0.14 percent anti-dumping duty, which is a unique rate for the company.