Trade Remedies Notice 2025/17: anti-dumping duty on certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121, originating from China
Updated 31 July 2025
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This public notice was published on 31 July 2025 and will come into effect from the day after the date of publication.
This public notice is published by the Secretary of State under regulation 101D(3)(a) of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (“the Regulations”).
This public notice gives effect to the Secretary of State’s decision to reject the recommendation of the Trade Remedies Authority’s (TRA) recommendation and vary the anti-dumping amount in a different way.
This public notice:
- relates to bus and lorry tyres, referred to as “the goods” in the goods description section
- gives effect to the Secretary of State’s decision to reject the TRA’s recommendation and vary the anti-dumping amount: in respect of all other overseas exporters from the day after the publication of this notice, until 22 October 2028
- In respect of both Chongqing Hankook Tire Co., Ltd and Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd (‘the Hankook Group’), the new rate will apply from 1 January 2021 until 22 October 2028
- supersedes Taxation notice 2020/22: anti-dumping duty on certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries and with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘’Taxation Notice 2020/22’’)
Goods description
This public notice relates to bus and lorry tyres originating from China and exported to the UK.
These are certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, made of rubber, used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121. These are referred to as “the goods”.
Transition review TD0035: Transition review of an anti-dumping measure applying to bus and lorry tyres originating from China.
On 3 May 2023, the TRA published a Notice of Initiation to initiate a transition review of the UK measure relating to bus and lorry tyres originating from China.
Summary of the transition review
The TRA initiated a transition review of the relevant trade measure relating to bus and lorry tyres originating from China. During the assessment it publicly consulted and received responses regarding whether the goods or the description of the goods to which the anti-dumping amount applies should be varied.
Having considered the responses to the consultation and having conducted its assessment, the TRA determined that it is likely that dumping would recur if the measure were no longer applied; they determined that it is likely that injury would recur to UK industry if the measure were no longer applied; and that the application of the anti-dumping duty meets the economic interest test
Categories of the product subject to anti-dumping duty are imported into the UK under the following UK Global Tariff (UKGT) commodity codes:
- 4011209000
- 4012120010
Recommendation of the TRA
The TRA’s recommendation was to vary the application of the anti-dumping amount under regulation 100A of the regulations so that it applies to the goods subject to review imported to the UK until 23 October 2028. That is, 5 years subsequent to the date when the measure would have expired (23 October 2023) had no transition review been initiated. The TRA calculated the new duties based on the evidence and information available to them, including that submitted by interested parties. They recalculated the dumping and injury margins which have been used to calculate the fixed duties which form their recommended anti-dumping duties. Those recommended anti-dumping duties are outlined in Table 1.
The Secretary of State’s decision and reasons for it
In accordance with regulation 101(1A) of the Regulations, the Secretary of State may reject the recommendation only if the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is not in the public interest to accept it. As per regulation 101D(2) of the Regulations, if the Secretary of State considers that it is in the public interest to do so, the Secretary of State may decide that the application of the anti-dumping amount should be varied other than in accordance with the recommendation or revoked.
The Secretary of State decided to reject the recommendation because he was satisfied that it was not in the public interest to accept it. The Secretary of State decided that the application of the anti-dumping amount should be varied other than in accordance with the recommendation, and varied the period for the application of the rates recommended by the TRA.
The Secretary of State took this decision because:
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for duties the TRA recommended reducing, it is fair to apply the lower rates from the point of EU exit, as the European Commission lost a legal challenge in 2022 about how these duties were calculated when the UK transitioned them on 1 January 2021
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for the duties which the TRA has recommended are increased, the reason is that it is in accordance with World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules on prospectivity and fairer to apply the increased duties recommended by the TRA prospectively
Expiry of the anti-dumping duty
The anti-dumping duty on the goods given effect to by this public notice ceases to apply on 22 October 2028.
The TRA will notify interested parties of the expiry of the anti-dumping duty in sufficient time to allow an interested party to make an application for an expiry review.
Amount of anti-dumping duty
The anti-dumping duty on the net, free-at-the-frontier price of the product imported into the UK from China, before other import duties are added, is set at the rates listed in Table 1.
Table 1: anti-dumping duty rates applicable to overseas exporters
| Overseas exporter | Duty amount (£) per tyre | Additional TAP code |
|---|---|---|
| The Hankook Group (Chongqing Hankook Tire Co., Ltd and Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd) | 6.55 | C334 |
| All other overseas exporters (residual rate) | 45.71 | C999 |
Specified overseas exporter duty amount
To qualify for the duty rate in Table 1 for goods produced by an overseas exporter, importers must present a valid commercial invoice with a declaration, using document code D008, to HMRC at the time of import.
Declaration required to qualify for duty amount
The following declaration must be completed, dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing the valid commercial invoice who is identifiable by name and function.
“I, the undersigned, certify that the [volume] of [goods] sold for export to the United Kingdom included in this invoice was produced by [company name and address] ([Additional code]) in [country]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.
Date:
Signature:
Name (printed):
Function within business:”
If an invoice is not presented, or the declaration is not made, the residual (all other overseas exporters) amount is the duty amount applicable to the goods.