EU anti-dumping investigation into car tyres set to start, CRIA warns
Over the May bank holiday weekend (2-5 May) many of us were outside enjoying the sunshine. Not so at the European Commission where staff were apparently preparing for the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese-produced passenger car radial tyres known as AD733. However, by the time we at Tyres & Accessories returned to work, all references to AD733 had been removed from the European Commission’s website. Nevertheless, we have seen screenshots of the page in question taken by more than three distinct sources. Cached search results also show pages referring to AD733. T&A contacted five different European Commission (EC) press officers for confirmation of the EC’s position in relation to investigating imports of Chinese-produced car tyres into Europe. At the time of going to press, there had been no comment from the EC.