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1See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

from the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of LessThan-Fair-Value Investigations, 85 FR 38854 (June 

29, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

from the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigations, 85 FR 65791 (October 16, 

2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Passenger Vehicle and 

Light Truck Tires from the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 38855. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and 

Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Preliminary Scope Comments Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this 

preliminary determination (Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum). 

7Case briefs and rebuttal briefs submitted in 

response to this preliminary LTFV determination 

should not include scope-related issues. See 

Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum and the 

‘‘Public Comment’’ section of this notice. 

(ii) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

matches any of the following size designation 

(American standard or metric) and load 

index combinations: 

American 

standard size Metric size Load index 

26x10R12 .......... 254/70R/12 ....... 72 

27x10R14 .......... 254/65R/14 ....... 73 

28x10R14 .......... 254/70R/14 ....... 75 

28x10R14 .......... 254/70R/14 ....... 86 

30X10R14 ......... 254/80R/14 ....... 79 

30x10R15 .......... 254/75R/15 ....... 78 

30x10R14 .......... 254/80R/14 ....... 90 

31x10R14 .......... 254/85R/14 ....... 81 

32x10R14 .......... 254/90R/14 ....... 95 

32x10R15 .......... 254/85R/15 ....... 83 

32x10R15 .......... 254/85R/15 ....... 94 

33x10R15 .......... 254/90R/15 ....... 86 

33x10R15 .......... 254/90R/15 ....... 95 

35x9.50R15 ....... 241/105R/15 ..... 82 

35x10R15 .......... 254/100R/15 ..... 97 

The products covered by this investigation 

are currently classified under the following 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4011.10.10.10, 

4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30, 4011.10.10.40, 

4011.10.10.50, 4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70, 

4011.10.50.00, 4011.20.10.05, and 

4011.20.50.10. Tires meeting the scope 

description may also enter under the 

following HTSUS subheadings: 

4011.90.10.10, 4011.90.10.50, 4011.90.20.10, 

4011.90.20.50, 4011.90.80.10, 4011.90.80.50, 

8708.70.45.30, 8708.70.45.46, 8708.70.45.48, 

8708.70.45.60, 8708.70.60.30, 8708.70.60.45, 

and 8708.70.60.60. While HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and for customs purposes, the written 

description of the subject merchandise is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Postponement of Final Determination and 

Extension of Provisional Measures 

V. Scope of The Investigation 

VI. Scope Comments 

VII. Application of Facts Available and Use 

of Adverse Inference 

VIII. Discussion of the Methodology 

IX. Currency Conversion 

X. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2020–29299 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–552–828] 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires From the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that passenger vehicle and light truck 

tires (passenger tires) from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation is 

October 1, 2019 through March 31, 

2020. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 6, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jasun Moy or Robert Scully, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office V, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–8194 or (202) 482–0572, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on June 29, 2020.1 On October 16, 2020, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation and 

the revised deadline is now December 

29, 2020.2 For a complete description of 

the events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and the electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are passenger tires from 

Vietnam. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments on the 

record of this investigation, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 As discussed in the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce is 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the revised scope in 

Appendix I to this notice. 

The deadline to submit scope case 

briefs is established in the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum. There 

will be no further opportunity to 

comment on scope-related issues.7


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8See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 38858. 

9See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ April 5, 2005 (Policy Bulletin 

05.1), available on Commerce’s website at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

10Specifically, Commerce only intends to 

exclude from the order the mandatory respondents 

with a final estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin of zero or de minimis. If any of the separate 

rate companies are assigned a final estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin of zero or de 

minimis, Commerce does not intend to exclude 

such companies from the order. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated export prices and constructed 

export prices in accordance with 

sections 772(a) and 772(b) of the Act, 

respectively. Because Vietnam is a nonmarket economy, within the meaning of 

section 771(18) of the Act, Commerce 

has calculated normal value in 

accordance with section 773(c) of the 

Act. Furthermore, pursuant to section 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has 

preliminarily relied upon facts 

otherwise available with adverse 

inferences to determine the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the Vietnam-wide entity. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice,8 Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. Policy 

Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.9 In 

this investigation, we assigned 

producer/exporter combination rates for 

respondents eligible for separate rates. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter Producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offset) 

(percent) 

Kenda Rubber (Vietnam) Co. Ltd ........................ Kenda Rubber (Vietnam) Co. Ltd ........................ 0.00 0.00 

Sailun Group (HongKong) Co., Limited/Sailun 

Tire Americas Inc.

Sailun (Vietnam) Co., Ltd .................................... 0.00 0.00 

Bridgestone Corporation ...................................... Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam LLC .... 0.00 0.00 

Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam LLC .... Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam LLC .... 0.00 0.00 

Kumho Tire (Vietnam) Co., Ltd ........................... Kumho Tire (Vietnam) Co., Ltd ........................... 0.00 0.00 

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd ......................... Yokohama Tyre Vietnam Co ............................... 0.00 0.00 

Vietnam-Wide Entity ............................................ .............................................................................. 22.30 22.27 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, as discussed below. Further, 

pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), Commerce 

will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit equal to the weighted-average 

amount by which normal value exceeds 

U.S. price, as indicated in the chart 

above as follows: (1) For the producer/ 

exporter combinations listed in the table 

above, except those specified for Kenda 

Rubber (Vietnam) Co. Ltd. (Kenda) and 

Sailun Group (HongKong) Co., Limited/ 

Sailun Tire Americas Inc. (Sailun), the 

cash deposit rate is equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin listed for that combination in the 

table; (2) for all combinations of 

Vietnam producers/exporters of 

merchandise under consideration that 

have not established eligibility for their 

own separate rates, the cash deposit rate 

will be equal to the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

the Vietnam-wide entity; and (3) for all 

third-country exporters of merchandise 

under consideration not listed in the 

table above, the cash deposit rate is the 

cash deposit rate applicable to the 

Vietnam producer/exporter combination 

(or the Vietnam-wide entity) that 

supplied that third-country exporter. 

Because the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins for Kenda and 

Sailun in the above-specified producer/ 

exporter combinations are zero or de 

minimis (i.e., less than two percent), 

Commerce will not direct CBP to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise from those producer/ 

exporter combinations. Entries of 

subject merchandise from these 

exporters supplied by any other 

producer, or from these producers that 

supplied any other exporter, or from 

third-country exporters that sourced 

from these producer/exporter 

combinations, are subject to suspension 

of liquidation and provisional measures 

at the cash deposit rate established for 

the Vietnam-wide entity. 

As explained in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, in accordance 

with section 735(a)(4) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.204(e)(1), should the final 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins be zero or de minimis for Kenda 

or Sailun in the producer/exporter 

combination identified above, and 

should the investigation result in an 

antidumping duty order pursuant to 

section 736 of the Act, entries of 

merchandise from those producer/ 

exporter combinations will be excluded 

from the order.10 Such exclusions will 

not be applicable to merchandise 

exported to the United States by any 

other producer/exporter combinations 

or by third-country exporters that 

sourced from the excluded producer/ 

exporter combinations. 

Commerce normally adjusts cash 

deposits for estimated antidumping 

duties by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

preliminarily made an affirmative 

determination for domestic subsidy 

pass-through or export subsidies, 

Commerce has offset the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin by 

the appropriate rates. Any such adjusted 

cash deposit rate may be found in the 

Preliminary Determination section 

above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 


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11See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

12See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 

17006 (March 26, 2020) (Temporary Rule); and 

Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of 

Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

13See Sailun’s Letter, ‘‘Sailun’s Request to Extend 

the Final Determination: Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires (‘‘PVLT’’) from Vietnam (A–552–828),’’ dated 

December 1, 2020; see also Kenda’s Letter 

‘‘Investigation of Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires from Vietnam: Request to Extend the Final 

Determination,’’ dated December 7, 2020. 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting cash deposits at a rate equal 

to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated in this 

preliminary determination unadjusted 

for export subsidies at the time the CVD 

provisional measures expire. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Interested parties will be 

notified of the timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments on non-scope issues at a later 

date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 

raised in case briefs, may be submitted 

no later than seven days after the 

deadline date for case briefs.11

Commerce has modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information until further notice.12

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date and time 

of the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), 

Commerce requires that requests by 

respondents for postponement of a final 

antidumping determination be 

accompanied by a request for extension 

of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to a period not more than 

six months in duration. 

On December 1 and 7, 2020, pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.210(e), Sailun and Kenda 

requested, respectively, that Commerce 

postpone the final determination and 

that provisional measures be extended 

for a period not to exceed six months.13

In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), 

because (1) the preliminary 

determination is affirmative; (2) the 

requesting exporters account for a 

significant proportion of exports of the 

subject merchandise; and (3) no 

compelling reasons for denial exist, 

Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination, pursuant to section 

735(a)(2) of the Act. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination of sales at 

LTFV. If the final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination 

whether imports of the subject 

merchandise are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 29, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation is passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires. Passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires are new 

pneumatic tires, of rubber, with a passenger 

vehicle or light truck size designation. Tires 

covered by this investigation may be tubetype, tubeless, radial, or non-radial, and they 

may be intended for sale to original 

equipment manufacturers or the replacement 

market. 

Subject tires have, at the time of 

importation, the symbol ‘‘DOT’’ on the 

sidewall, certifying that the tire conforms to 

applicable motor vehicle safety standards. 

Subject tires may also have the following 

prefixes or suffix in their tire size 

designation, which also appears on the 

sidewall of the tire: 

Prefix designations: 

P—Identifies a tire intended primarily for 

service on passenger cars. 

LT—Identifies a tire intended primarily for 

service on light trucks. 

Suffix letter designations: 

LT—Identifies light truck tires for service 

on trucks, buses, trailers, and multipurpose 

passenger vehicles used in nominal highway 

service. 

All tires with a ‘‘P’’ or ‘‘LT’’ prefix, and all 

tires with an ‘‘LT’’ suffix in their sidewall 

markings are covered by these investigations 

regardless of their intended use. 


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In addition, all tires that lack a ‘‘P’’ or ‘‘LT’’ 

prefix or suffix in their sidewall markings, as 

well as all tires that include any other prefix 

or suffix in their sidewall markings, are 

included in the scope, regardless of their 

intended use, as long as the tire is of a size 

that fits passenger cars or light trucks. Sizes 

that fit passenger cars and light trucks 

include, but are not limited to, the numerical 

size designations listed in the passenger car 

section or light truck section of the Tire and 

Rim Association Year Book, as updated 

annually. The scope includes all tires that are 

of a size that fits passenger cars or light 

trucks, unless the tire falls within one of the 

specific exclusions set out below. 

Passenger vehicle and light truck tires, 

whether or not attached to wheels or rims, 

are included in the scope. However, if a 

subject tire is imported attached to a wheel 

or rim, only the tire is covered by the scope. 

Specifically excluded from the scope are 

the following types of tires: 

(1) Racing car tires; such tires do not bear 

the symbol ‘‘DOT’’ on the sidewall and may 

be marked with ‘‘ZR’’ in size designation; 

(2) pneumatic tires, of rubber, that are not 

new, including recycled and retreaded tires; 

(3) non-pneumatic tires, such as solid 

rubber tires; 

(4) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

as temporary use spare tires for passenger 

vehicles which, in addition, exhibit each of 

the following physical characteristics: 

(a) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

are listed in Table PCT–1R (‘‘T’’ Type Spare 

Tires for Temporary Use on Passenger 

Vehicles) or PCT–1B (‘‘T’’ Type Diagonal 

(Bias) Spare Tires for Temporary Use on 

Passenger Vehicles) of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, 

(b) the designation ‘‘T’’ is molded into the 

tire’s sidewall as part of the size designation, 

and, 

(c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

is 81 MPH or a ‘‘M’’ rating; 

(5) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

as temporary use spare tires for light trucks 

which, in addition, exhibit each of the 

following physical characteristics: 

(a) The tires have a 265/70R17, 255/80R17, 

265/70R16, 245/70R17, 245/75R17, 265/ 

70R18, or 265/70R18 size designation; 

(b) ‘‘Temporary Use Only’’ or ‘‘Spare’’ is 

molded into the tire’s sidewall; 

(c) the tread depth of the tire is no greater 

than 6.2 mm; and 

(d) Uniform Tire Quality Grade Standards 

(‘‘UTQG’’) ratings are not molded into the 

tire’s sidewall with the exception of 265/ 

70R17 and 255/80R17 which may have 

UTGC molded on the tire sidewall; 

(6) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

for specialty tire (ST) use which, in addition, 

exhibit each of the following conditions: 

(a) The size designation molded on the 

tire’s sidewall is listed in the ST sections of 

the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, 

(b) the designation ‘‘ST’’ is molded into the 

tire’s sidewall as part of the size designation, 

(c) the tire incorporates a warning, 

prominently molded on the sidewall, that the 

tire is ‘‘For Trailer Service Only’’ or ‘‘For 

Trailer Use Only’’, 

(d) the load index molded on the tire’s 

sidewall meets or exceeds those load indexes 

listed in the Tire and Rim Association Year 

Book for the relevant ST tire size, and 

(e) either 

(i) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

does not exceed 81 MPH or an ‘‘M’’ rating; 

or 

(ii) the tire’s speed rating molded on the 

sidewall is 87 MPH or an ‘‘N’’ rating, and in 

either case the tire’s maximum pressure and 

maximum load limit are molded on the 

sidewall and either 

(1) both exceed the maximum pressure and 

maximum load limit for any tire of the same 

size designation in either the passenger car 

or light truck section of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book; or 

(2) if the maximum cold inflation pressure 

molded on the tire is less than any cold 

inflation pressure listed for that size 

designation in either the passenger car or 

light truck section of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, the maximum load 

limit molded on the tire is higher than the 

maximum load limit listed at that cold 

inflation pressure for that size designation in 

either the passenger car or light truck section 

of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book; 

(7) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

for off-road use and which, in addition, 

exhibit each of the following physical 

characteristics: 

(a) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

are listed in the off-the-road, agricultural, 

industrial or ATV section of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, 

(b) in addition to any size designation 

markings, the tire incorporates a warning, 

prominently molded on the sidewall, that the 

tire is ‘‘Not For Highway Service’’ or ‘‘Not for 

Highway Use’’, 

(c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

does not exceed 55 MPH or a ‘‘G’’ rating, and 

(d) the tire features a recognizable off-road 

tread design; 

(8) Tires designed and marketed for offroad use as all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) tires or 

utility-terrain-vehicle (UTV) tires, and which, 

in addition, exhibit each of the following 

characteristics: 

(a) The tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

does not exceed 87 MPH or an ‘‘N’’ rating, 

and 

(b) both of the following physical 

characteristics are satisfied: 

(i) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

does not match any of those listed in the 

passenger car or light truck sections of the 

Tire and Rim Association Year Book, and 

(ii) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

matches any of the following size designation 

(American standard or metric) and load 

index combinations: 

American 

standard size Metric size Load index 

26x10R12 .......... 254/70R/12 ....... 72 

27x10R14 .......... 254/65R/14 ....... 73 

28x10R14 .......... 254/70R/14 ....... 75 

28x10R14 .......... 254/70R/14 ....... 86 

30X10R14 ......... 254/80R/14 ....... 79 

30x10R15 .......... 254/75R/15 ....... 78 

30x10R14 .......... 254/80R/14 ....... 90 

31x10R14 .......... 254/85R/14 ....... 81 

32x10R14 .......... 254/90R/14 ....... 95 

32x10R15 .......... 254/85R/15 ....... 83 

32x10R15 .......... 254/85R/15 ....... 94 

33x10R15 .......... 254/90R/15 ....... 86 

33x10R15 .......... 254/90R/15 ....... 95 

35x9.50R15 ....... 241/105R/15 ..... 82 

35x10R15 .......... 254/100R/15 ..... 97 

The products covered by this investigation 

are currently classified under the following 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4011.10.10.10, 

4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30, 4011.10.10.40, 

4011.10.10.50, 4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70, 

4011.10.50.00, 4011.20.10.05, and 

4011.20.50.10. Tires meeting the scope 

description may also enter under the 

following HTSUS subheadings: 

4011.90.10.10, 4011.90.10.50, 4011.90.20.10, 

4011.90.20.50, 4011.90.80.10, 4011.90.80.50, 

8708.70.45.30, 8708.70.45.46, 8708.70.45.48, 

8708.70.45.60, 8708.70.60.30, 8708.70.60.45, 

and 8708.70.60.60. While HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and for customs purposes, the written 

description of the subject merchandise is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of Investigation 

V. Scope Comments 

VI. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment 

VII. Application of Facts Available and Use 

of Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Determination Not to Select KTV as a 

Voluntary Respondent 

IX. Discussion of the Methodology 

X. Adjustment Under Section 777A(F) of the 

Act 

XI. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rate for 

Export Subsidies 

XII. Currency Conversion 

XIII. Recommendation 

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