Notice2026-00502
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From Thailand: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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January 14, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that passenger vehicle and light truck tires (PVLT) from Thailand were sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) by Sentury Tire (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Sentury) during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Commerce preliminarily determines that sales of PVLT from Thailand have not been made below NV by Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (SRT) during the POR. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding the review, in part, with respect to four companies. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1505-1508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-842]
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From Thailand:
Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, 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) preliminarily
determines that passenger vehicle and light truck tires (PVLT) from
Thailand were sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV)
by Sentury Tire (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Sentury) during the period of
review (POR) July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Commerce
preliminarily determines that sales of PVLT from Thailand have not been
made below NV by Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (SRT) during the
POR. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding the review, in part, with
respect to four companies. We invite interested parties to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable January 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myrna Lobo or Jacob Saude, 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) 482-2371 or (202) 482-0981,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity \1\ to request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on PVLT from Thailand.\2\ On August 14, 2024, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of the Order.\3\ On December 9,
2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the preliminary results in
this administrative review by 90 days.\4\ On June 25, 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 until October 29, 2025.\5\ 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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\1\ 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).
\2\ 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).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 66035 (August 14, 2024) and correction
in Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 89 FR 77079 (September 20, 2024).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires
from Thailand: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,'' dated June 25,
2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 17, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
A list of the
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topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
Appendix I 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 the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from Thailand; 2023-
2024,'' 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 PVLT from Thailand. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. Requests for review were
timely withdrawn for the companies identified in Appendix II of this
notice. Because the requests for review were timely withdrawn and no
other parties requested a review of these companies, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding the review with respect to
these companies.\9\
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\9\ See American Omni Trading Company, LLC's Letter,
``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' with respect to
LLIT (Thailand) Co., Ltd., dated September 11, 2024; see also Maxxis
International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.'s Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review,'' dated October 30, 2024; General Rubber
(Thailand) Co., Ltd.'s Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated November 12, 2024; and Otani Radial
Co., Ltd. and Otani Tire Co., Ltd.'s Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review,'' dated November 12, 2024. Although
Sentury requested a withdrawal of review, we have not rescinded the
review with respect to Sentury because the petitioner also requested
a review of Sentury. See Sentury's Letter, ``Sentury Withdrawal of
Request for Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated November 12,
2024; see also Petitioner's Letter, ``Review Request,'' dated July
31, 2024.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. Export price and NV are calculated in
accordance with sections 772 and 773 of the Act. For a full description
of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Companies Not Individually Examined
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a weighted-average dumping margin to be applied to 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 (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when
calculating the weighted-average dumping margin for companies which
were not selected for individual examination in an administrative
review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins established for exporters and producers
individually examined, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.50 percent), or determined entirely on the basis of facts
available.
Where the dumping margin for individually examined respondents are
all 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, we have preliminarily calculated a zero weighted-
average dumping margin for SRT and calculated an above de minimis
weighted-average dumping margin for Sentury. Accordingly, we have
preliminarily assigned Sentury's estimated weighted-average dumping
margin to the non-selected companies,\10\ consistent with section
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.
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\10\ See Appendix III for a list of the non-selected companies.
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024:
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\11\ See Appendix III.
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
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Sentury Tire (Thailand) Co., Ltd............... 2.94
Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd............ 0.00
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies 2.94
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results of this
administrative review 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 the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Commerce will notify interested parties of the deadline for
submission of case briefs.\12\ 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.\13\ Interested parties who submit case
or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of
contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\14\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); 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 Procedures).
\14\ See 19 351.309(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.\15\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the
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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 public 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).\16\
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\15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\16\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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.\17\ Requests should
contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in
the hearing will be limited to those raised in case and rebuttal
briefs.\18\ If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to
hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined. A hearing request
must be filed electronically using ACCESS and received in its entirety
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the publication of this
notice.
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review. 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).
If Sentury or SRT's weighted-average dumping margins are not zero
or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of
this review, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for
each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those same
sales in accordance with CFR 351.212(b)(1).\19\ Where we do not have
entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will
calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis
of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the
importer's examined sales to the total quantity of those sales.\20\ To
determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will
calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated
entered values. If Sentury or SRT's weighted-average dumping margins
are zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\21\
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\19\ 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).
\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\21\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Sentury
or SRT for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for
the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries
at the all-others rate in the original LTFV investigation if there is
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\22\
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\22\ 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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For companies for which we are rescinding this administrative
review (see Appendix II) antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption,
during the POR, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). For these
companies, Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these preliminary
results in the Federal Register.
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, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review (except, if that rate
is de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then the cash
deposit rate will be zero); (2) for producers or exporters not covered
in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in
which they were reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this review or a prior segment of the proceeding but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 17.06 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\23\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
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Notification to Importers
This notice 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) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
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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 I
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
Appendix II
Companies Rescinded From Review
1. General Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
2. LLIT (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
3. Maxxis International (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
4. Otani Radial Co., Ltd./Otani Tire Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Non-Examined Companies Receiving a Review-Specific Rate
1. Bridgestone Company, Ltd. (aka Bridgestone Company and
Bridgestone Corporation)
2. Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (aka
Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing and Thai Bridgestone Co.)
3. Deestone Corporation Public Company Limited; Deestone Corporation
Ltd.; Deestone Limited; Deestone International Company Limited;
Svizz-One Corporation Limited; Siamtruck Radial Company Limited
4. Huayi Group (Thailand) Company Limited
5. Prinx Chengshan Tire (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
6. S.R. Tyres Co., Ltd.
7. Vee Tyre & Rubber Co., Ltd.
8. Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
9. Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
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