Notice2026-00190
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
January 8, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminary determines that Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. (Hankook) and Nexen Tire Corporation (Nexen) made sales of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 694-696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00190]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-908]
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminary
determines that Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. (Hankook) and Nexen
Tire Corporation (Nexen) made sales of passenger vehicle and light
truck tires (passenger tires) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at
prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), July
1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable January 8, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo and Jun Jack Zhao,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3797
and (202) 482-1396, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 19, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on passenger tires from Korea.\1\ On July 1,
2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On
August 14, 2024, based on timely requests for review and in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative
review of the Order.\3\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the
deadlines of certain antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings by
90 days.\4\ On June 26, 2025, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the due date for the preliminary
results by 120 days until October 29, 2025.\5\
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\1\ See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders and
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination for
Thailand, 86 FR 38011 (July 19, 2021) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 54437 (July 1,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 89 FR 66035 (August 14, 2024).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,''
dated June 26, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\6\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\7\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary
results is now January 5, 2026.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
A list of the topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea;
2021-2022'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are passenger tires from Korea.
For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. Export price is calculated in
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accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance
with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for companies not
selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)
of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act,
which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a
less-than-fair-value investigation, for guidance when determining the
weighted-average dumping margin for companies which were not selected
for individual examination in an administrative review.
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce will base
the all-others rate on the weighted average of the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins calculated for the individually examined
respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on facts available. Where the estimated weighted-average
dumping margin for each of the individually examined companies is zero,
de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B)
of the Act provides that Commerce may use ``any reasonable method to
establish the estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers not
individually investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers
individually investigated.''
In this review, the preliminary weighted-average dumping margins
for Hankook and Nexen are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on
facts otherwise available. Therefore, we have preliminarily assigned a
weighted-average dumping margin to the non-examined company, Kumho Tire
Co., Inc., that is equal to the weighted average of the weighted-
average dumping margins calculated for Hankook and Nexen, consistent
with the guidance in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Results of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review of Passenger Vehicles and Light Truck
Tires from the Republic of Korea: Rate for Non-Examined Companies,''
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, Commerce preliminarily determines that
the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the
period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd., Hankook Tire 9.10
Mfg Co. Ltd., and Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.\10\.......
Nexen Tire Corporation.............................. 5.57
Kumho Tire Co., Inc................................. 7.34
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\10\ In the LTFV investigation, Commerce determined that Hankook
Tire Mfg. Co., Ltd. and Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. are alternative names
for Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. See Passenger Vehicle and
Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 86 FR 501 (January 6, 2021), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum at 2 (n. 9).
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Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\11\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\12\ All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\13\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\
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\13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\14\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
briefs. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at a date and time to be determined.\15\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Final Results of Review
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review,
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including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any
written briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, unless extended, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). If a respondent's
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we will
calculate importer-specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio
of the total amount of dumping calculated for an importer's examined
sales and the total entered value of such sales in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1).\16\ If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero
or de minimis in the final results of review, or an importer-specific
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. The final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review and
for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\17\
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\16\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\17\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by an
individually examined respondent for which it did not know its
merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct
CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 21.74
percent) \18\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\19\
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\18\ See Order, 86 FR at 38012.
\19\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
administrative review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication). The final results of
this administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review and for
future cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review in the Federal Register, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit
rate for the exporters listed above will be the rate established in the
final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de
minimis, then no cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review,
a prior review, or the less-than-fair value investigation, but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 21.74 percent, the all-
others rate established in the less-than-fair value investigation.\20\
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
Dated: January 5, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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