Double Coin Tires Begins Tire Shipments from Thailand Plant
Double Coin Tires and the Chinese Manufacturers Alliance (CMA) have received their first shipment of tires from their manufacturing plant in Thailand at their Rancho Cucamonga, California warehouse.
New Tariffs on Hundreds of Chinese Goods
More than 1,200 product categories will be subject to a 25% tariff, another move in simmering trade war between the United States and China.
TGI Rebrands Cosmo Tires
Tire Group International (TGI) is rebranding Cosmo Tires, its long-lasting private label. The rebranding includes a new logo, visual identity, and a completely retooled website at cosmotires.com.
Chinese Tiremaker Coming to S.C.
Chinese tiremaker Wanli Tire has plans to build a manufacturing facility in Orangeburg County, S.C.
DOC Finds Chinese OTR Tiremakers Dumping, Receiving More Subsidies
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has found increased levels of Chinese government subsidies to Chinese off-the-road tiremakers and that these tiremakers have made sales below less-than-fair value in the U.S. market.
Symposium Highlights Technical Trends Affecting Chinese Manufacturers
Smithers Rapra held its first Tire Technology Symposium in China, an event designed to bring the Chinese tire industry together to share technical knowledge, regulatory expertise and business insight. The symposium featured more than 70 technical experts from companies throughout the industry supply chain, including automotive OEMs, tire manufacturers and retailers. James Popio, vice president
Chinese Tiremakers Plan Future Growth in U.S.
These days Chinese biking lovers are overwhelmed by a newly launched foldable electric bike called the Uma Mini, produced by Hangzhou-based tech start-up Yunzao Technology. The company has sold more than 2 million Uma Minis since the product was launched on June 24. Similar enthusiasm is also given to the Ninebot electric self-balancing scooter by
DOC Releases Negative Preliminarily AD on Indian OTR Tires
Friday afternoon, the Department of Commerce issued a negative preliminary determination in the anti-dumping duty investigation of imports of certain new pneumatic OTR tires from India, finding that ATC Tires Private Ltd. and Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT) had not sold tires in the U.S. at less than fair value. Due to the negative preliminary determination,
DOC Announces Preliminary Chinese Truck Tire Duty
On June 28, the Department of Commerce issued a preliminary determination in its countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of truck and bus tires from China. The DOC’s preliminary determination assigned CVD rates ranging from 17.06 to 23.38% to counteract a tire exporters artificially low prices that result from government subsidies. These duties would be added to
Preliminary CVD Due Tomorrow for India, Sri Lanka OTR Tires
The Department of Commerce is scheduled to announce its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty investigation of certain OTR tires from India and Sri Lanka on June 14. The DOC initiated its investigation into OTR tires from India, Sri Lanka and China in early February. On Feb. 20, the International Trade Commission dropped its investigation