Notice2026-20779
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From Thailand: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
October 9, 2026
Issuing agencies
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 during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 195 (Friday, October 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64636-64638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20779]
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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; 2024-2025
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
during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 9, 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 22, 2026, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of the Order.\3\
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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, 90 FR 27841 (June 30,
2025).
\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, 90 FR 41043 (August 22, 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.\4\ 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.\5\ On June 4, 2026, 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 September 30, 2026.\6\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires
from Thailand: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025,'' dated June 4,
2026.
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For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of the 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, which 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\7\ 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; 2024-
2025,'' 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.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. Export price is calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 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.
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. 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.\8\
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\8\ See Sentury's Letter, ``Sentury Withdrawal of Request for
Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated December 22, 2025;
Otani's Letter ``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,''
dated January 5, 2026; Bridgestone's Letter, ``Bridgestone
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review 2024-2025,'' dated
January 5, 2026; Deestone's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated January 6, 2026; and Maxxis Letter,
``Withdraw Request for Administrative Review,'' dated January 6,
2026.
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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.''
Because Commerce preliminarily calculated a weighted-average
dumping margin for Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (SRT) that is
not zero or de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, we have
preliminarily assigned the companies that were not selecting for
individual examination, the weighted-average dumping margin calculated
for SRT, consistent with guidance in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the
Act.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of the Rate for Non-Examined
Companies for the Preliminary Results,'' dated concurrently with
this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025:
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\10\ See Appendix III.
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd......................... 1.14
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies \10\........ 1.14
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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 the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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.\11\ 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.\12\ 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.\13 \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.
\12\ 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).
\13\ 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.\14\ 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 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).\15\
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\14\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\15\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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 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 whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is
made,
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Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\16\
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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.
If SRT's weighted-average dumping margin is 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 on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales.
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.\17\ 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 SRT's weighted-average dumping margin is
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.\18\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\18\ 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
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 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.\19\
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\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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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 period of review, 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.
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).
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.\20\ 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(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 6, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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. Bridgestone Company Ltd.; Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing
(Thailand) Co., Ltd.; Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd.
2. Deestone Corporation Public Company Limited; Deestone Corporation
Ltd.; Deestone Limited; Deestone International Company Limited;
Svizz-One Corporation Limited; Siamtruck Radial Company Limited
3. General Rubber (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
4. Maxxis International (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
5. Otani Radial Co., Ltd.; Otani Tire Co., Ltd.
6. Sentury Tire (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Non-Examined Companies Receiving a Review-Specific Rate
1. S.R. Tyres Co., Ltd.
2. Siam Rubber Co., Ltd.
3. Vee Tyre & Rubber Co., Ltd.
4. Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
5. Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
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