Industry organisation the South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC), which includes Continental, Bridgestone, Goodyear and Sumitomo, has welcomed the International Trade Administration Commission’s (Itac’s) publication of provisional payments of 38.33% on unfairly traded, or dumped, passenger, truck and bus tyres imported from China for six months until March 8, 2023. The SATMC had applied to Itac for relief against dumped imports from China in late 2021. It said on September 9 that these provisional payments would address the issue of unfairly traded tyres from China that “over many years have caused the South African Customs Union tyre industry to suffer material injury that placed the tyre industry’s future, investment opportunities and direct and indirect job creation at risk”.
