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.
