U.S. Final AD Ruling on China's Steel Wheel Hubs

On March 19, 2012, the U.S. Department of Commerce released a notice on its final antidumping (AD) ruling on China-made steel wheel hubs (see the table below).

According to related procedure, the U.S. International Trade Commission will make a final ruling on this case on April 30, 2012, if it is an affirmative ruling, the Department of Commerce will issue an order for imposing the antidumping duty on the involved products.

On April 19, 2011, the Department launched the antidumping and anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese steel wheel hubs under HS codes:
87087005.00, 87087025.00, 87087045.30, 87087060.30, 84069045.80, 84069075.00, 84209990.00, 84229011.00, 84229021.00, 84229091.20, 84229091.30, 84229091.60, 84229091.95, 84311000.10, 84311000.90, 84312000.00, 84313100.20, 84313100.40, 84313100.60, 84313900.10, 84313900.50, 84313900.70, 84313900.80, 84314380.60, 84314910.10, 84314910.60, 84314910.90, 84314990.30, 84314990.40, 84314990.85, 84329000.05, 84329000.15, 84329000.30, 84329000.80, 84339010.00, 84339050.20, 84339050.40, 84369900.20, 84369900.90, 84799094.40, 84799094.50, 84799094.96, 84879000.80, 86071912.00, 86071915.00, 87087015.00, 87087035.00, 87087045.60, 87087060.60, 87099000.00, 87100000.90, 87141900.30, 87141900.60, 87169010.00, 87169050.30, 87169050.60, 88032000.15, 88032000.30, 88032000.60.

Exporter/Manufacturer	Dumping Margin (%)
Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited / Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited	82.92
Shanghai Yata Industry Company Limited / Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited	82.92
Jining Centurion Wheels Manufacturing Co., Ltd. / Jining Centurion Wheels Manufacturing Co., Ltd	44.96
Separate Duty Rate *	63.94
General Chinese	193.54

* Enterprises getting separate duty rates:

1. Shandong Land Star Import & Export Co., Ltd;

2. Shandong Jining Wheel Factory;

3. Wuxi Superior Wheel Co., Ltd.;

4. Shandong Xingmin Wheel Co. Ltd.;

5. Xiamen Sunrise Wheel Group Co., Ltd.;

6. Jiaxing Stone Wheel Co., Ltd.;

7. Xiamen Topu Import & Export Co., Ltd.;

8. China Dongfeng Motor Industry Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.