EU COMMISSION IMPOSES ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON PASSENGER CAR AND LIGHT LORRY TYRES FROM CHINA

The European Commission has published a regulation imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of passenger car and light lorry tyres originating in the People’s Republic of China. The regulation was adopted on 7 July 2026.

The definitive anti-dumping duties range from 4.3% to 45.3%. The measures follow an investigation which found that imports of passenger car and light lorry tyres from China were entering the European Union at dumped prices, causing injury to the EU tyre industry, which employs more than 80,000 people across 14 EU Member States.

The product scope covered by the investigation includes a wide range of pneumatic rubber tyres of various types and sizes with a load index below 121.

In 2024, EU consumption of these tyres reached approximately 330 million units, representing a market value of more than EUR 18 billion. During the same year, imports from China amounted to approximately 93 million units (worth more than EUR 2.5 billion), accounting for a 28% market share.

A parallel anti-subsidy investigation covering the same product scope is currently ongoing and is expected to be concluded in December 2026.

The full text of the Commission’s Implementing Regulation is available via the link below.