United States Commerce Department published on Oct. 9, 2026 a preliminary 1.14% dumping margin for Thai passenger and light truck tires imported from July 2024 to June 2025.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Oct. 9, 2026 published a preliminary anti-dumping rate of 1.14% for car and light truck tires from Thailand, covering imports made between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 20251<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The notice gives the early results of a yearly check, called an administrative review, of the anti-dumping order on these tires1<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce found that Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd. sold tires in the United States below their normal value in that period1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, Commerce has made a first calculation of how much extra duty is owed on Thai tires that entered the United States in the year to June 2025. For most companies in the review the figure is 1.14%, but nothing is final yet, and the rate on new shipments does not change until the final results.<\/p>\n Commerce’s notice in the Federal Register covers passenger vehicle and light truck tires, which the agency shortens to PVLT1<\/a><\/sup>. It says these tires were sold in the United States at less than normal value<\/strong> during the review period1<\/a><\/sup>. Normal value is, in simple terms, the fair price Commerce calculates for the goods under U.S. law.<\/p>\n The gap between the two prices is the dumping margin<\/strong>, expressed as a share of the U.S. price. Commerce set the preliminary margin for Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand), which the notice calls SRT, at 1.14%<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. It gave the same 1.14% to the other companies still in the review that it did not examine one by one1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The decision is preliminary. Commerce invites comments, and it will publish final results later1<\/a><\/sup>. The notice is dated Oct. 6, 2026 and signed by Scot Fullerton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n An anti-dumping duty is an extra import tax on goods sold abroad below their normal price. The United States has had such an order on Thai passenger and light truck tires since July 19, 2021, when Commerce published it together with orders on tires from South Korea and Taiwan2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Each year, companies and other parties can ask Commerce to review the order for one 12-month period. The review then fixes the duty actually owed on the shipments of that period. Commerce published the chance to request this review in a notice dated June 30, 20252<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The goods covered by the order are passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Thailand1<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce does not list the full product description in the notice. It points instead to its Preliminary Decision Memorandum, a longer document published with the notice1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce chose one producer for close examination: Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd.<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. It calculated a margin for this company from its own sales and cost data.<\/p>\n Five other company names received the 1.14% rate without being examined individually2<\/a><\/sup>. They are:<\/p>\n Commerce explains that the law does not say how to set a rate for companies it does not examine in a review1<\/a><\/sup>. It usually follows the method used for the "all-others" rate in the original investigation. Under that method it takes the average of the examined companies’ margins, leaving out zero rates and rates below 0.50%1<\/a><\/sup>. Because SRT’s margin was above that level, Commerce gave SRT’s rate to the others1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce also ended the review for several groups of companies, a step called rescission in part<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. Under its rules, it ends a review for a company when everyone who asked for that review withdraws within 90 days of the start1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The notice lists six groups whose reviews were withdrawn in time2<\/a><\/sup>:<\/p>\n The withdrawal letters are dated between Dec. 22, 2025 and Jan. 6, 20262<\/a><\/sup>. For these companies, the duty on shipments from the review period stays at the cash deposit paid when the tires entered the country1<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce plans to send these instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the border agency, no earlier than 35 days after Oct. 9, 20261<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The previous review covered July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Commerce published its final results on July 20, 20263<\/a><\/sup>. In that review, Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) had a margin of 0.00%<\/strong>3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\nWhat did Commerce decide on Thai tires?<\/h2>\n
What is the anti-dumping order on Thai tires?<\/h2>\n
Which companies are in the tire review?<\/h2>\n
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Which tire makers left the review?<\/h2>\n
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How does the 1.14% compare with last year?<\/h2>\n
Thai tire dumping margins, two reviews<\/h4>\n