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1Agricultural tractors are dual-axle vehicles that 

typically are designed to pull farming equipment in 

the field and that may have front tires of a different 

size than the rear tires. 

2Combine harvesters are used to harvest crops 

such as corn or wheat. 

3Agricultural sprayers are used to irrigate 

agricultural fields. 

4 Industrial tractors are dual-axle vehicles that 

typically are designed to pull industrial equipment 

and that may have front tires of a different size than 

the rear tires. 

5A log-skidder has a grappling lift arm that is 

used to grasp, lift and move trees that have been 

cut down to a truck or trailer for transport to a mill 

or other destination. 

6Skid-steer loaders are four-wheel drive vehicles 

with the left-side drive wheels independent of the 

right-side drive wheels and lift arms that lie 

alongside the driver with the major pivot points 

behind the driver’s shoulders. Skid-steer loaders are 

used in agricultural, construction and industrial 

settings. 

7Haul trucks, which may be either rigid frame or 

articulated (i.e., able to bend in the middle) are 

typically used in mines, quarries and construction 

sites to haul soil, aggregate, mined ore, or debris. 

8Front loaders have lift arms in front of the 

vehicle. They can scrape material from one location 

to another, carry material in their buckets, or load 

material into a truck or trailer. 

9A dozer is a large four-wheeled vehicle with a 

dozer blade that is used to push large quantities of 

soil, sand, rubble, etc., typically around 

construction sites. They can also be used to perform 

‘‘rough grading’’ in road construction. 

10A straddle carrier is a rigid frame, enginepowered machine that is used to load and offload 

containers from container vessels and load them 

onto (or off of) tractor trailers. 

11A grader is a vehicle with a large blade used 

to create a flat surface. Graders are typically used 

to perform ‘‘finish grading.’’ Graders are commonly 

used in maintenance of unpaved roads and road 

construction to prepare the base course onto which 

asphalt or other paving material will be laid. 

12 I.e., ‘‘on-site’’ mobile cranes designed for offhighway use. 

13A counterbalanced lift truck is a rigid framed, 

engine-powered machine with lift arms that has 

additional weight incorporated into the back of the 

machine to offset or counterbalance the weight of 

loads that it lifts so as to prevent the vehicle from 

overturning. An example of a counterbalanced lift 

truck is a counterbalanced fork lift truck. 

Counterbalanced lift trucks may be designed for use 

on smooth floor surfaces, such as a factory or 

warehouse, or other surfaces, such as construction 

sites, mines, etc. 

14While tube-type tires are subject to the scope 

of this proceeding, tubes and flaps are not subject 

merchandise and therefore are not covered by the 

scope of this proceeding, regardless of the manner 

in which they are sold (e.g., sold with or separately 

from subject merchandise). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–912] 

Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road 

Tires From the People’s Republic of 

China: Notice of Amended Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 

Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 4, 

2008. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

the Department is issuing an 

antidumping duty order on certain new 

pneumatic off-the-road tires (‘‘OTR 

tires’’) from the People’s Republic of 

China (‘‘PRC’’). On August 28, 2008, the 

ITC notified the Department of its 

affirmative determination of material 

injury to a U.S. industry and its negative 

determination of critical circumstances. 

See Certain Off-The-Road Tires from 

China , USITC Pub. 4031, Inv. Nos. 701–

TA–448 and 731–TA–1117 (Final) 

(August 2008). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit 

Astvatsatrian or Charles Riggle, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 8, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–6412 or (202) 482–

0650, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Case History 

On July 15, 2008, the Department 

published its final determination of 

sales at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) in 

the antidumping investigation of certain 

new pneumatic OTR tires from the PRC. 

See Certain New Pneumatic Off-TheRoad Tires from the People’s Republic 

of China: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Partial Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 73 FR 40485 (July 15, 

2008) (‘‘Final Determination’’). 

On August, 28, 2008, the ITC notified 

the Department of its final 

determination pursuant to sections 

705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the 

Act’’), that an industry in the United 

States is materially injured by reason of 

LTFV imports of subject merchandise 

from the PRC and by reason of 

subsidized imports from the PRC. The 

ITC also determined that critical 

circumstances do not exist for the PRC. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

new pneumatic tires designed for offthe-road (OTR) and off-highway use, 

subject to exceptions identified below. 

Certain OTR tires are generally 

designed, manufactured and offered for 

sale for use on off-road or off-highway 

surfaces, including but not limited to, 

agricultural fields, forests, construction 

sites, factory and warehouse interiors, 

airport tarmacs, ports and harbors, 

mines, quarries, gravel yards, and steel 

mills. The vehicles and equipment for 

which certain OTR tires are designed for 

use include, but are not limited to: (1) 

Agricultural and forestry vehicles and 

equipment, including agricultural 

tractors,1 combine harvesters,2

agricultural high clearance sprayers,3

industrial tractors,4 log-skidders,5

agricultural implements, highwaytowed implements, agricultural logging, 

and agricultural, industrial, skid-steers/ 

mini-loaders; 6 (2) construction vehicles 

and equipment, including earthmover 

articulated dump products, rigid frame 

haul trucks,7 front end loaders,8 dozers,9

lift trucks, straddle carriers,10 graders,11

mobile cranes,12 compactors; and (3) 

industrial vehicles and equipment, 

including smooth floor, industrial, 

mining, counterbalanced lift trucks, 

industrial and mining vehicles other 

than smooth floor, skid-steers/miniloaders, and smooth floor off-the-road 

counterbalanced lift trucks.13 The 

foregoing list of vehicles and equipment 

generally have in common that they are 

used for hauling, towing, lifting, and/or 

loading a wide variety of equipment and 

materials in agricultural, construction 

and industrial settings. Such vehicles 

and equipment, and the descriptions 

contained in the footnotes are 

illustrative of the types of vehicles and 

equipment that use certain OTR tires, 

but are not necessarily all-inclusive. 

While the physical characteristics of 

certain OTR tires will vary depending 

on the specific applications and 

conditions for which the tires are 

designed (e.g., tread pattern and depth), 

all of the tires within the scope have in 

common that they are designed for offroad and off-highway use. Except as 

discussed below, OTR tires included in 

the scope of the order range in size (rim 

diameter) generally but not exclusively 

from 8 inches to 54 inches. The tires 

may be either tube-type 14 or tubeless, 

radial or non-radial, and intended for 

sale either to original equipment 

manufacturers or the replacement 

market. The subject merchandise is 

currently classifiable under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings: 4011.20.10.25, 

4011.20.10.35, 4011.20.50.30, 

4011.20.50.50, 4011.61.00.00, 

4011.62.00.00, 4011.63.00.00, 

4011.69.00.00, 4011.92.00.00, 

4011.93.40.00, 4011.93.80.00, 

4011.94.40.00, and 4011.94.80.00. While 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, our 


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15See Memorandum Re: Final Determination of 

Antidumping Duty Investigation on Certain New 

Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China: Allegations of Ministerial Errors, 

dated August 14, 2008 (‘‘Ministerial Error 

Correction Memo’’). 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Specifically excluded from the scope 

are new pneumatic tires designed, 

manufactured and offered for sale 

primarily for on-highway or on-road 

use, including passenger cars, race cars, 

station wagons, sport utility vehicles, 

minivans, mobile homes, motorcycles, 

bicycles, on-road or on-highway trailers, 

light trucks, and trucks and buses. Such 

tires generally have in common that the 

symbol ‘‘DOT’’ must appear on the 

sidewall, certifying that the tire 

conforms to applicable motor vehicle 

safety standards. Such excluded tires 

may also have the following 

designations that are used by the Tire 

and Rim Association: 

Prefix letter designations: 

• P—Identifies a tire intended 

primarily for service on passenger cars; 

• LT—Identifies a tire intended 

primarily for service on light trucks; 

and, 

• ST—Identifies a special tire for 

trailers in highway service. 

Suffix letter designations: 

• TR—Identifies a tire for service on 

trucks, buses, and other vehicles with 

rims having specified rim diameter of 

nominal plus 0.156′′ or plus 0.250′′; 

• MH—Identifies tires for Mobile 

Homes; 

• HC—Identifies a heavy duty tire 

designated for use on ‘‘HC’’ 15′′ tapered 

rims used on trucks, buses, and other 

vehicles. This suffix is intended to 

differentiate among tires for light trucks, 

and other vehicles or other services, 

which use a similar designation. 

• Example: 8R17.5 LT, 8R17.5 HC; 

• LT—Identifies light truck tires for 

service on trucks, buses, trailers, and 

multipurpose passenger vehicles used 

in nominal highway service; and 

• MC—Identifies tires and rims for 

motorcycles. 

The following types of tires are also 

excluded from the scope: pneumatic 

tires that are not new, including 

recycled or retreaded tires and used 

tires; non-pneumatic tires, including 

solid rubber tires; tires of a kind 

designed for use on aircraft, all-terrain 

vehicles, and vehicles for turf, lawn and 

garden, golf and trailer applications. 

Also excluded from the scope are radial 

and bias tires of a kind designed for use 

in mining and construction vehicles and 

equipment that have a rim diameter 

equal to or exceeding 39 inches. Such 

tires may be distinguished from other 

tires of similar size by the number of 

plies that the construction and mining 

tires contain (minimum of 16) and the 

weight of such tires (minimum 1500 

pounds). 

Amendment to the Final Determination 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

and 771(i)(1) of the Act, on July 15, 

2008, the Department published its 

notice of final determination of sales at 

LTFV in the investigation of certain new 

pneumatic OTR tires from the PRC. See 

Final Determination, 73 FR 40485, and 

corresponding ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum’’ (July 7, 2008). On July 

16, 2008, Titan Tire Corporation, a 

subsidiary of Titan International, Inc. 

and the United Steel, Paper and 

Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 

Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 

Workers International Union, AFL–CIO–

CLC (collectively, ‘‘Petitioners’’), 

Bridgestone Holding, Inc. and its 

subsidiary, Bridgestone Firestone North 

American Tire, LLC (‘‘Bridgestone’’), a 

domestic producer, as well as 

mandatory respondents Hebei Starbright 

Co., Ltd. (‘‘Starbright’’), Tianjin United 

Rubber International Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘TUTRIC’’), and Xuzhou Xugong Tyres 

Co., Ltd. (‘‘Xugong’’) submitted timely 

ministerial error allegations with respect 

to the Final Determination. On July 21, 

2008, Petitioners, Bridgestone and 

Xugong submitted rebuttal comments to 

Petitioners’, Xugong’s, and 

Bridgestone’s ministerial error 

submissions, respectively. In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b), on 

August 15, 2008, the Department issued 

its Ministerial Error Correction Memo15

addressing the parties’ ministerial error 

allegations. As discussed in the 

memorandum, the Department accepted 

some of the allegations as ministerial 

errors and stated that it would make 

those corrections by amending the Final 

Determination. The Department also 

disclosed the details of its calculation of 

the amended final dumping margins to 

all parties in this investigation (i.e., 

Petitioners, Bridgestone, and mandatory 

respondents) on August 15, 2008. On 

August 21, 2008, Bridgestone submitted 

a ministerial error allegation with 

respect to the Ministerial Error 

Correction Memo. 

After analyzing all interested party 

comments and rebuttals, we have 

determined, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(e), that we made ministerial 

errors in our calculations performed for 

the final determination. As a result, the 

dumping margins have been amended 

as follows: 

Original 

final 

margin 

(percent) 

Amended 

final 

margin 

(percent) 

Starbright .................. 19.15 29.93 

TUTRIC ..................... 8.09 8.44 

Guizhou Tyre ............ 4.08 5.25 

Xugong ..................... 0.00 *0.00 

* No change. 

For detailed discussions of the 

ministerial error allegations, as well as 

the Department’s analysis, see the 

memoranda regarding ‘‘Final 

Determination of Antidumping 

Investigation on Certain New Pneumatic 

Off-the-Road Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China: Allegations of 

Ministerial Errors’’ (August 14, 2008) 

and ‘‘Amended Final Determination of 

Antidumping Investigation on Certain 

New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Allegation of Ministerial Error’’ (August 

28, 2008), and the company-specific 

amended final analysis memoranda: 

Analysis Memorandum for the 

Amended Final Determination: Guizhou 

Tyre Co. Ltd. and its affiliates 

(collectively, ‘‘Guizhou Tyre’’); Analysis 

Memorandum for the Amended Final 

Determination: Hebei Starbright Tire Co. 

Ltd.; Analysis Memorandum for the 

Amended Final Determination: Tianjin 

United Tire & Rubber International Co. 

Ltd.; and, Analysis Memorandum for 

the Final Determination: Xuzhou 

Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd. Additionally, in 

the Final Determination, we determined 

that multiple companies qualified for 

separate-rate status. The margin we 

calculated in the final determination for 

these companies was 9.48 percent. 

Because the final margins of three of the 

mandatory respondents, Starbright, 

TUTRIC and Guizhou Tyre, have 

changed since the Final Determination 

as a result of ministerial errors 

corrections, we have recalculated the 

margin for separate-rate respondents 

and the amended margin is 12.91 

percent. See the Memorandum to The 

File regarding ‘‘Weighted-Average 

Margin Calculation for Separate Rate 

Companies in the Amended Final 

Determination’’ (August 28, 2008). 

Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224 (e), we are amending the final 

determination of sales at LTFV in the 

antidumping duty investigation of 

certain new pneumatic OTR tires from 

the PRC. The revised dumping margins 

are listed in the chart below. 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

On August 28, 2008, in accordance 

with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified the Department of its final 

determination that the industry in the 


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16See Certain New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires 

From the People’s Republic of China; Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Postponement of Final Determination, 73 FR 9278 

(February 20, 2008) (‘‘Preliminary Determination’’). 

17See Id at 9278. 

United States producing certain new 

pneumatic OTR tires is materially 

injured within the meaning of section 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of 

LTFV imports of subject merchandise 

from the PRC. 

In accordance with section 736(a)(1) 

of the Act, the Department will direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to assess, upon further advice by 

the Department, antidumping duties 

equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price or constructed 

export price of the merchandise for all 

relevant entries of certain new 

pneumatic OTR tires from the PRC. 

These antidumping duties will be 

assessed on all unliquidated entries of 

certain new pneumatic OTR tires 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after February 20, 

2008, the date on which the Department 

published its notice of preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register.16

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

instructions issued pursuant to an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than 

four months except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request the Department to extend that 

four-month period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

certain new pneumatic OTR tires, we 

extended the four-month period to no 

more than six months.17 In this 

investigation, the six-month period 

beginning on the date of the publication 

of the Preliminary Determination (i.e., 

February 20, 2008) ends on August 18, 

2008. Furthermore, section 737 of the 

Act provides that definitive duties are to 

begin on the date of publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determination. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

733(d) of the Act and our practice, we 

will instruct CBP to terminate the 

suspension of liquidation and to 

liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of OTR Tires from the PRC 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption after August 18, 2008, 

and before the date of publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determination in the 

Federal Register. Suspension of 

liquidation will resume on or after the 

date of publication of the ITC’s final 

injury determination in the Federal 

Register. 

With regard to the ITC’s negative 

critical circumstances determination, 

we will instruct CBP to lift suspension, 

release any bond or other security, and 

refund any cash deposit made to secure 

the payment of antidumping duties with 

respect to entries of the merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after November 

22, 2007, but before February 20, 2008 

(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register). 

Effective on the date of the 

publication of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determination in the Federal 

Register, CBP, pursuant to section 

735(c)(3) of the Act, will require, at the 

same time as importers would normally 

deposit estimated duties on this 

merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins as listed below. 

OTR TIRES FROM THE PRC 

Exporter Producer 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. .................................................................. Guizhou Advance Rubber ........................................................... 5.25 

Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. .................................................................. Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................................ 5.25 

Hebei Starbright Co., Ltd./GPX International Tire Corporation, 

Ltd..

Hebei Starbright Co., Ltd. ............................................................ 29.93 

Tianjin United Tire & Rubber International Co., Ltd. (‘‘TUTRIC’’) Tianjin United Tire & Rubber International Co., Ltd. (‘‘TUTRIC’’) 8.44 

Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd. ................................................... Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd. = ............................................... 0.00 

Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd. .................................................................... Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................................... 12.91 

Double Coin Holdings Ltd. ............................................................ Double Coin Holdings Ltd. ........................................................... 12.91 

Double Coin Holdings Ltd. ............................................................ Double Coin Group Rugao Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................... 12.91 

Double Coin Holdings Ltd. ............................................................ Double Coin Group Shanghai Donghai Tyre Co., Ltd. ............... 12.91 

Double Happiness Tyre Industries Corp., Ltd. ............................. Double Happiness Tyre Industries Corp., Ltd. ............................ 12.91 

Jiangsu Feichi Co., Ltd. ................................................................ Jiangsu Feichi Co., Ltd. ............................................................... 12.91 

Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd./Kenda Global Holding Co., Ltd 

(Cayman Islands).

Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. .................................................. 12.91 

KS Holding Limited ....................................................................... Oriental Tyre Technology Ltd. ..................................................... 12.91 

KS Holding Limited ....................................................................... Shandong Taishan Tyre Co., Ltd. ............................................... 12.91 

KS Holding Limited ....................................................................... Xu Zhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd. ................................................ 12.91 

Laizhou Xiongying Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. ............................... Laizhou Xiongying Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. ............................. 12.91 

Oriental Tyre Technology Limited ................................................. Midland Off the Road Tire Co., Ltd. ............................................ 12.91 

Oriental Tyre Technology Limited ................................................. Midland Specialty Tire Co., Ltd. .................................................. 12.91 

Oriental Tyre Technology Limited ................................................. Xuzhou Hanbang Tyres Co., Ltd. ................................................ 12.91 

Qingdao Aonuo Tyre Co., Ltd. ...................................................... Qingdao Aonuo Tyre Co., Ltd. .................................................... 12.91 

Qingdao Etyre International Trade Co., Ltd. ................................. Shandong Xingda Tyre Co. Ltd. .................................................. 12.91 

Qingdao Etyre International Trade Co., Ltd. ................................. Shandong Xingyuan International Trade Co. Ltd. ....................... 12.91 

Qingdao Etyre International Trade Co., Ltd. ................................. Shandong Xingyuan Rubber Co. Ltd. ......................................... 12.91 

Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., 

Ltd..

Qingdao Eastern Industrial Group Co., Ltd. ................................ 12.91 

Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., 

Ltd..

Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................... 12.91 

Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., 

Ltd..

Qingdao Shuanghe Tyre Co., Ltd. .............................................. 12.91 


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OTR TIRES FROM THE PRC—Continued 

Exporter Producer 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., 

Ltd..

Qingdao Yellowsea Tyre Factory ................................................ 12.91 

Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., 

Ltd..

Shandong Zhentai Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................ 12.91 

Qingdao Hengda Tyres Co., Ltd. .................................................. Qingdao Hengda Tyres Co., Ltd. ................................................ 12.91 

Qingdao Milestone Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................. Qingdao Shuanghe Tyre Co., Ltd. .............................................. 12.91 

Qingdao Milestone Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................. Shandong Zhentai Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................ 12.91 

Qingdao Milestone Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................. Shifeng Double-Star Tire Co., Ltd. .............................................. 12.91 

Qingdao Milestone Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................. Weifang Longtai Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................... 12.91 

Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd. ..................................................... Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................... 12.91 

Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd. ................................................ Qingdao Qizhou Rubber Co., Ltd. ............................................... 12.91 

Qingdao Sinorient International Ltd. ............................................. Qingdao Hengda Tyres Co., Ltd. ................................................ 12.91 

Qingdao Sinorient International Ltd. ............................................. Shifeng Double-Star Tire Co., Ltd. .............................................. 12.91 

Qingdao Sinorient International Ltd. ............................................. Tengzhou Broncho Tyre Co., Ltd.= ............................................. 12.91 

Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................. Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................ 12.91 

Shandong Jinyu Tyre Co., Ltd. ..................................................... Shandong Jinyu Tyre Co., Ltd. .................................................... 12.91 

Shandong Taishan Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................. Shandong Taishan Tyre Co., Ltd. = ............................................ 12.91 

Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd. ......................................... Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd. ........................................ 12.91 

Shandong Xingyuan International Trading Co., Ltd. .................... Shangdong Xingda Tyre Co., Ltd. ............................................... 12.91 

Shandong Xingyuan International Trading Co., Ltd. .................... Xingyuan Tyre Group Co., Ltd. ................................................... 12.91 

Techking Tires Limited .................................................................. Shandong Xingda Tyre Co. Ltd. .................................................. 12.91 

Techking Tires Limited .................................................................. Shandong Xingyuan International Trade Co. Ltd. ....................... 12.91 

Techking Tires Limited .................................................................. Shandong Xingyuan Rubber Co. Ltd. ......................................... 12.91 

Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd. .................................................................. Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................................. 12.91 

Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................. Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd. ................................................ 12.91 

Zhaoyuan Leo Rubber Co., Ltd. ................................................... Zhaoyuan Leo Rubber Co., Ltd. .................................................. 12.91 

PRC-Entity ..................................................................................... ...................................................................................................... 210.48 

Because the Department continues to 

find that the weighted-average dumping 

margin for subject merchandise 

produced and exported by Xugong is 

zero, we are instructing CBP to 

terminate suspension of liquidation of 

all imports of subject merchandise 

produced and exported by Xugong, 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after February 20, 

2008, the date of publication of the 

preliminary determination. CBP shall 

refund any cash deposit and release any 

bond or other security previously posted 

in connection with merchandise 

produced and exported by Xugong. 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty order with respect to 

certain new pneumatic OTR tires from 

the PRC, pursuant to section 736 (a) of 

the Act. Interested parties may contact 

the Department’s Central Records Unit, 

Room 1117 of the Main Commerce 

Building, for copies of an updated list 

of antidumping duty orders currently in 

effect. 

This order is issued and published in 

accordance with section 736 (a) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.211 (b). 

Dated: August 29, 2008. 

David M. Spooner 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20569 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–913] 

Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road 

Tires From the People’s Republic of 

China: Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on an affirmative final 

determination by the U.S. International 

Trade Commission (ITC), the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) is issuing a countervailing 

duty order on certain new pneumatic 

off-the-road tires from the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC). On August 28, 

2008, the ITC notified the Department of 

its affirmative determination of material 

injury to a U.S. industry. See Certain 

Off-the-Road Tires From China, USITC 

Pub. 4031, Inv. Nos. 701–TA–448 and 

731–TA–1117 (Final) (August 2008). 

DATES: Effective Date: September 4, 

2008. 

Contact Information: Mark Hoadley, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3148. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Case History 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), on July 15, 2008, the Department 

published its final determination in the 

countervailing duty investigation of 

certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires 

from the PRC. See Certain New 

Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Final Negative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 73 FR 40480 (July 15, 

2008). 

On July 18, 2008, Starbright timely 

filed a ministerial error allegation. No 

other party to the proceeding filed a 

ministerial error allegation. After 

analyzing all interested party comments 

and rebuttals regarding the alleged 

ministerial error, the Department 

determined that it did not make a 

ministerial error. See Memorandum to 

Barbara Tillman, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Certain New Pneumatic 

Off-The-Road Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China: Allegations of a 

Ministerial Error in the Final 

Determination’’ (July 30, 2008). 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

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