Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam

Lisa Barton
International Trade Commission
16 July 2021

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 134 (Friday, July 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 37764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15108]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-647 and 731-TA-1517-1520 (Final)]


Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From Korea, Taiwan, 
Thailand, and Vietnam

Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (``PVLT 
tires''), provided for in subheadings 4011.10.10, 4011.10.50, 
4011.20.10, and 4011.20.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, that have been found by the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(``Commerce'') to be sold in the United States at less than fair value 
(``LTFV'') from Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, and to be subsidized by 
the government of Vietnam.\2\ The Commission further found that imports 
of these products from Vietnam that Commerce has determined are sold in 
the United States at less than fair value are negligible and terminates 
the antidumping duty investigation concerning Vietnam.
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    \1\ The record is defined in Sec.  207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Commissioner David S. Johanson dissenting.
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Background

    The Commission instituted these investigations effective May 13, 
2020, following receipt of petitions filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-
CIO, CLC (``USW''), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The final phase of the 
investigations was scheduled by the Commission following notification 
of preliminary determinations by Commerce that imports of PVLT tires 
from Vietnam were subsidized within the meaning of section 703(b) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)), and that imports of PVLT tires from 
Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam were sold at LTFV within the 
meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)). Notice of the 
scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations and of 
a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register on January 29, 2021 (86 FR 7561). In 
light of the restrictions on access to the Commission building due to 
the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission conducted its hearing through 
written testimony and video conference on May 25, 2021. All persons who 
requested the opportunity were permitted to participate.
    The Commission made these determinations pursuant to Sec. Sec.  
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 
1673d(b)). It completed and filed its determinations in these 
investigations on July 12, 2021. The views of the Commission are 
contained in USITC Publication 5212 (July 2021), entitled Passenger 
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and 
Vietnam: Investigation Nos. 701-TA-647 and 731-TA-1517-1520 (Final).


    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: July 12, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-15108 Filed 7-15-21; 8:45 am]
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