The International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to retain antidumping and countervailing duties on certain Chinese OTR tires in a routine review of a 2008 judgment against Chinese OTR tire manufacturers.

Meanwhile, the same Chinese companies continue to press forward with their claim that a 2012 law allowing countervailing duties to be levied against Chinese goods is unconstitutional.

Having lost before the Court of International Trade, the tire makers appealed the CIT decision Dec. 27 before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The United Steelworkers (USW), whose action in 2007 precipitated the original decision on duties, said ITC's ruling will "provide job security for the hundreds of tire workers who make these same tire products at Titan, Bridgestone-Firestone and Goodyear factories in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas and New York."

The case involves certain smaller-sized OTR tires, including industrial, implement, farm/forestry, skid-steers, etc.

Source: tirebusiness.com