Government Shutdown Slows Down Thai Tire Tariff Tango
Published Date: 10/9/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that tires from Thailand were sold in the U.S. for less than their normal price between July 2024 and June 2025. This means some importers might have to pay extra duties to keep things fair. The review process had some delays due to government shutdowns, but now the preliminary results are out and open for comments.
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 6 costs, 1 mixed.
Cash Deposit Rules and 17.06% All-Others Rate
If imposed in the final results, cash deposit rates for shipments entered on or after the publication date of the final results will equal the weighted-average dumping margin established in those final results; producers/exporters not covered in this review will continue to use previously published company-specific rates, and all other producers or exporters will continue to be subject to the all-others rate of 17.06%.
How Duties Will Be Assessed for Importers
If SRT’s margin is not zero or de minimis, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates using the ratio of total dumping for an importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales (or per-unit if entered values are not available). If SRT’s margin is zero or de minimis (less than 0.50%), Commerce will instruct Customs to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Reimbursement Certificate Requirement and Double Duty Risk
Importers must file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2). Failure to file this certificate could lead Commerce to presume reimbursement occurred and to assess double antidumping duties.
Automatic-Assessment Rule for Unknowing U.S.-Destined Shipments
For entries produced by SRT for which SRT did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce intends to instruct Customs to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate from the original less-than-fair-value investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
Preliminary Dumping Finding — 1.14%
Commerce preliminarily found that passenger vehicle and light truck tires (PVLT) from Thailand were sold in the U.S. below normal value for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. Commerce preliminarily assigned Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd. a weighted-average dumping margin of 1.14% and preliminarily assigned a 1.14% review-specific rate to non-examined companies.
Non-Examined Companies Get 1.14% Rate
Commerce preliminarily assigned companies not selected for individual examination the same weighted-average dumping margin of 1.14% that it calculated for Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd. This applies to the listed non-examined companies for the July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025 review period.
Rescission Means Duties at Cash-Deposit Rates
For the companies listed in Appendix II (including Bridgestone, Deestone, Maxxis, Otani, Sentury, and others), Commerce rescinded the review in part because review requests were withdrawn. Antidumping duties for those rescinded companies will be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry for the period of review, and Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to Customs no earlier than 35 days after publication of these preliminary results.
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