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Final Results Announcement: 11/17/2026
Extension Days Remaining: 60
Period Covered: 8/1/2024 – 7/31/2025

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Preliminary Results Announcement: 5/4/2027
Extension Days Remaining: 120
Period Covered: 8/1/2025 – 7/31/2026

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Scope of the Order

The scope of these orders is passenger vehicle and light truck tires. Passenger vehicle and light truck tires are new pneumatic tires, of rubber, with a passenger vehicle or light truck size designation. Tires covered by these orders may be tube-type, tubeless, radial, or non-radial, and they may be intended for sale to original equipment manufacturers or the replacement market. Subject tires have, at the time of importation, the symbol “DOT” on the sidewall, certifying that the tire conforms to applicable motor vehicle safety standards. Subject tires may also have the following prefixes or suffix in their tire size designation, which also appears on the sidewall of the tire: Prefix designations: P - Identifies a tire intended primarily for service on passenger cars LT- Identifies a tire intended primarily for service on light trucks Suffix letter designations: LT - Identifies light truck tires for service on trucks, buses, trailers, and multipurpose passenger vehicles used in nominal highway service. All tires with a “P” or “LT” prefix, and all tires with an “LT” suffix in their sidewall markings are covered by this investigation regardless of their intended use. In addition, all tires that lack a “P” or “LT” prefix or suffix in their sidewall markings, as well as all tires that include any other prefix or suffix in their sidewall markings, are included in the scope, regardless of their intended use, as long as the tire is of a size that is among the numerical size designations listed in the passenger car section or light truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, as updated annually, unless the tire falls within one of the specific exclusions set out below. Passenger vehicle and light truck tires, whether or not attached to wheels or rims, are included in the scope. However, if a subject tire is imported attached to a wheel or rim, only the tire is covered by the scope. Specifically excluded from the scope are the following types of tires: (1) racing car tires; such tires do not bear the symbol “DOT” on the sidewall and may be marked with “ZR” in size designation; (2) new pneumatic tires, of rubber, of a size that is not listed in the passenger car section or light truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book; (3) pneumatic tires, of rubber, that are not new, including recycled and retreaded tires; (4) non-pneumatic tires, such as solid rubber tires; (5) tires designed and marketed exclusively as temporary use spare tires for passenger vehicles which, in addition, exhibit each of the following physical characteristics: (a) the size designation and load index combination molded on the tire’s sidewall are listed in Table PCT-1B (“T” Type Spare Tires for Temporary Use on Passenger Vehicles) of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, (b) the designation “T” is molded into the tire’s sidewall as part of the size designation, and, (c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim Association Year Book, and the rated speed is 81 MPH or a “M” rating; (6) tires designed and marketed exclusively for specialty tire (ST) use which, in addition, exhibit each of the following conditions: (a) the size designation molded on the tire’s sidewall is listed in the ST sections of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, (b) the designation “ST” is molded into the tire’s sidewall as part of the size designation, (c) the tire incorporates a warning, prominently molded on the sidewall, that the tire is “For Trailer Service Only” or “For Trailer Use Only”, (d) the load index molded on the tire’s sidewall meets or exceeds those load indexes listed in the Tire and Rim Association Year Book for the relevant ST tire size, and (e) either (i) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim Association Year Book, and the rated speed does not exceed 81 MPH or an “M” rating; or (ii) the tire’s speed rating molded on the sidewall is 87 MPH or an “N” rating, and in either case the tire’s maximum pressure and maximum load limit are molded on the sidewall and either (1) both exceed the maximum pressure and maximum load limit for any tire of the same size designation in either the passenger car or light truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book; or (2) if the maximum cold inflation pressure molded on the tire is less than any cold inflation pressure listed for that size designation in either the passenger car or light truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, the maximum load limit molded on the tire is higher than the maximum load limit listed at that cold inflation pressure for that size designation in either the passenger car or light truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book; (7) tires designed and marketed exclusively for off-road use and which, in addition, exhibit each of the following physical characteristics: (a) the size designation and load index combination molded on the tire’s sidewall are listed in the off-the-road, agricultural, industrial or ATV section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, (b) in addition to any size designation markings, the tire incorporates a warning, prominently molded on the sidewall, that the tire is “Not For Highway Service” or “Not for Highway Use”, (c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH or a letter rating as listed by the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, and the rated speed does not exceed 55 MPH or a “G” rating, and (d) the tire features a recognizable off-road tread design. The products covered by the orders are currently classified under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4011.10.10.10, 4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30, 4011.10.10.40, 4011.10.10.50, 4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70, 4011.10.50.00, 4011.20.10.05, and 4011.20.50.10. Tires meeting the scope description may also enter under the following HTSUS subheadings: 4011.90.2050, 4011.99.45.10, 4011.99.45.50, 4011.99.85.10, 4011.99.85.50, 8708.70.45.30, 8708.70.45.45, 8708.70.45.46, 8708.70.45.48, 8708.70.45.60, 8708.70.60.30, 8708.70.60.45, and 8708.70.60.60. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and for customs purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise is dispositive.

Final Scope Rulings, Circumvention Determinations, and Changed Circumstance Determinations

Record Type Final Signature Date Product Description Decision In Scope? Scope Determination HTS Change(s) Scope Language Change(s)
Scope Inquiry Post AB10 06/24/2026 Transamerica View Document Yes Commerce determines that Transamerica’s 61 tire models at issue are subject to the scope of the Orders because: (1) the presence of the “LT” suffix on the tire sidewalls is dispositive under the plain language of the scope; and (2) the TRA Yearbook exclusion applies only to tires lacking such markings.
Scope Inquiry Post AB10 05/05/2025 Spare Tires View Document No We find that the products subject to this application, the T-Type tires identified above, produced by Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd and imported from China by LRD, are not covered by the scope of the Orders.
Scope Inquiry 07/11/2018 Certain Radial Spare Tires (Giti) View Document No We recommend that the Department determine that certain radial spare tires imported by Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. (GITI), are outside the scope of the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the PRC.
Scope Inquiry 05/18/2018 PVLT Tires (No DOT Symbol) (Yokohama Corp.) View Document No We recommend that the Department determine that certain new pneumatic rubber tires, part number 110277401 (abbreviated as 77401), imported by Yokohama that are of a size listed in the passenger vehicle section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book (TRA Year Book) but do not have a “DOT” symbol stamped on their sidewalls, are outside the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders on certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires (PVLT tires) from the PRC.
Scope Inquiry 05/01/2018 Certain Radial Spare Tires (Maxxis Int.) View Document No Spare tires listed in Table PCT-1B and PCT-1R of the Year Book, which also meet the other requirements of scope exclusion (5), are excluded from the scope of the order.
Scope Inquiry 05/27/2016 American Omni and Unicorn Tire View Document No We recommend that the Department determine that racing tires that contain a “DOT” symbol but are not of a size listed in the passenger vehicle or light truck section of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book (TRA Year Book) which American Omni Trading Company LLC (American Omni) and Unicorn Tire Corporation (Unicorn Tire) imports which are subject to this scope request are outside the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).