Commerce Wants Another Look at AD Review on Tires From China Following New CBP Data

The Commerce Department wants another look at an antidumping review after CBP brought to light new evidence that questioned the accuracy of the mandatory respondent's U.S. sales data and reported affiliates, in a July 20 motion for a voluntarily remand. In the 2017-18 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China, Commerce picked Shandong New Continent as the mandatory respondent and found a zero percent dumping margin for the exporter (Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd. et al. v. United States, CIT #20-00115). After the review, CBP alerted Commerce as to certain inaccuracies in SNC's reported sales prices on imports of the tires in question. "When potentially new and material evidence comes to light, it is appropriate for this Court to consider a remand to the agency," the motion said. The case was brought by Pirelli Tyre Co., which challenged the country-wide dumping rate it was given in the administrative review, according to its May 2020 complaint.