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Brazil initiates sunset review on imports of bicycle tires from China, India e Vietnam
On February 19, 2018, Brazil’s Secretariat of Foreign Trade (“SECEX”) of the Ministry of Economy published Notice of Initiation No. 9, initiating the sunset review of the duties applied on imports of bicycle tires originating in China, India and Vietnam.
The product is commonly classified under item 4011.50.00 of the Mercosur Common Nomenclature – NCM (HS based). The petitioners are Industrial Levorin S.A. and Neotec Indústria and Comércio de Pneus Ltda. The product under investigation was defined as new bicycle tires, except special tires manufactured with kevlar ou hiten, exported from China, India or Vietnam to Brazil.
For purposes of initiating the investigation, the Brazilian authority has calculated the following dumping margin:
| Country | Normal value (US$/kg) | Absolute Dumping Margin (US$/kg) | Relative Dumping Margin (%) |
| China | 3.26 | 0.63 | 24% |
| India | 3.37 | 0.65 | 19.4% |
| Vietnam | 3.29 | 0.78 | 30.9% |
Imports of bicycle tires during the period of investigation were as follows, on thousands of US$:
| Period | China | India | Vietnam | Total |
| Jul.2013 – Jun. 2014 | 245,982 | 51,171 | 13,838 | 824,197 |
| Jul.2014 – Jun. 2015 | 263,869 | 49,875 | 19,276 | 848,680 |
| Jul.2015 – Jun. 2016 | 226,703 | 43,338 | 27,786 | 769,613 |
| Jul.2016 – Jun. 2017 | 211,000 | 37,645 | 37,738 | 693,461 |
| Jul.2017 – Jun. 2018 | 164,456 | 38,332 | 55,167 | 732,832 |
Exporters and importers participating in the investigation can demonstrate that the product is not dumped to Brazil, avoiding the imposition of antidumping duties. Alternatively, if the authority understands that exports were dumped, exporting companies participating in the investigation may request individual dumping margins, which results in lower duties on their exports.
Producers/exporters will receive questionnaires indicating the information necessary to the investigation, and shall have a 30-day deadline for response, counting from the date of notification. Interested parties may participate in the investigation through legal representatives duly registered before the Department of Trade Remedies. Other parties who consider themselves as interested in the proceeding shall file a request for participation within a 20-day deadline counting from the beginning of the investigation. Notice of initiation No. 9 can be accessed at the following link (in Portuguese).
