Trade Remedies Authority extend NTDA’s consultation deadline

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has extended the NTDA’s deadline for submission of pre-sampling questionnaires following a request from the tyre industry body.* At the start of May, TRA initiated two transition reviews into anti-dumping (T0035) and anti-subsidy (T0036) measures on lorry and bus tyres imported from China. However, the initial deadline for that was 18 May 2023 – too short a time period for many.

NTDA chief executive Stefan Hay explained: “Over the last week, a number of our manufacturing and wholesale/importer members have contacted the NTDA to express concern at the deadline associated with the completion of the pre-sampling forms for T0035 and TS0036, which were to be submitted by yesterday; Thursday 18th May.

“Given the complexity and nature of the international tyre industry, many of our members said that additional time was needed to allow them to provide meaningful observations and evidence in those aforementioned pre-sampling questionnaires.

“The NTDA considers the original time-scale provided to be very short under the circumstances, especially in light of the recent May bank holiday and additional bank holiday provided for the King’s Coronation, which disrupted the normal workflow of many businesses.

“In light of the above-mentioned reasons, we respectfully requested that the TRA grant an extension to Monday 29 May 2023.”

On 19 May the NTDA received written confirmation from the TRA that the extension has been granted.  “We now strongly urge manufacturers, importers and wholesalers who will be affected by the outcomes of the review, whether positively or negatively, to engage, have their say and submit their arguments, observations and evidence on the TRA’s online case platform as soon as practicable”, Stefan Hay continued, concluding:

“This will ensure, whatever the outcome, that the views of all parties will have been taken into consideration in an objective manner.”

^{*This sentence was edited at 17:12 on 19/05/2023 to clarify that the deadline has been extended for the NTDA and not other participants in the consultation.}