WTO Rules Brazil Must Allow Retread Imports
A World Trade Organization appeals panel ruled Dec. 3 that Brazil did violate international commerce rules by restricting importation of retreaded tires from Europe.
Cheap Chinese Imports Worry Tyremakers
(Akron/Tire Review – India Business Standard) With the tyre market being flooded with cheaper Chinese bus and truck tyres, the domestic tyre industry is up in arms about the under-invoicing of these imports and their inferior quality.
High Imports Hit Indian Rubber
(India/Rubber Asia) Indian currency has gone up in value over the past year.
Slowing Vehicle Sales, Tyre Imports Squeezing Indian Tyremakers
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) The share market value of several Indian tyre manufacturers has fallen in the wake of news that domestic carmakers such as Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland are reducing their OE tyre orders.
Cheap Illegal Imports Force Indonesian Manufactures to Close
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) A “flood of illegal Chinese- and Indian-made tyres” has caused two influential Indonesian tyre manufacturers to close.
China’s Vehicle Imports Up 72%
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Vehicle imports into China totalled 147,000 units in the first eight months of this year, the Xinhua news agency has reported.
Pakistan Bans Indian Retread Imports
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Pakistan has published a list of 38 items, which are banned from being imported into the country from India.
Ceat Ramping Up Radial Imports, Production
(Akron/Tire Review) Indian tiremaker Ceat say it will increase imports of radial truck tires to 2,000 units per month within the next 18 months.
India Begins Anti-Dumping Probe on Chinese, Thai Tyre Imports
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) India has initiated anti-dumping investigations against imports of bus and truck tyres from China and Thailand, The Hindu newspaper has reported.
Goodyear America Q1 2024 sales down, but net sales up Y/Y
Americas’ first quarter 2024 sales of $2.6 billion were down 9.7%.
