Lok Sabha Question No. 1270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Import of Tyres/Radial Tyres
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1270 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## IMPORT OF TYRES/RADIAL TYRES

## 1270. SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO  (AVANTHI)

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- a) the details of tyre/radial tyres including those of trucks and buses imported into the country during the last three years and the current year, year and country-wise;
- b) whether  there  is  a  rise  in  the  imports  of  cheap  tyres/radial  tyres  into  the  country particularly from China;
- c) if so, whether the Tyre Industry has urged the Government to take measures to curb the cheap imports of radial tyres into the country;
- d) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- e) the steps taken by the Government to protect the domestic tyre industry?

## ANSWER

वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग राज् य मंत्री )णीमीी स मलमा नीीारमि((स्वींत्र प्रभार ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) and (b) The details of tyre/radial tyres including those of trucks and buses imported into the country during the last three years and the current year and country-wise are at Annex: I and II, which includes China related figures separately .
- (c ) to (e): Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association [ATMA] has requested putting import of Truck/Bus Radial Tyres in the restricted list, prohibiting  import of tyres without BIS marking, commencing  investigation on dumping of tyres from China and increasing customs duty on tyres.

The import of tyres is subject to Pneumatic Tyres and Tubes for Automotive Vehicles (Quality Control)  Order,  2009  and  BIS  standards.  The  import  of  retreaded  tyres  is  also  'restricted' (can  only  be  imported  against  a  license)  unless  it  fulfills  Minimum  Import  Price  (MIP) criterion.  Further,  the  Directorate  General  of  Anti-Dumping  and  Allied  Duties  (DGAD)  is examining  petitions  for  initiation  of  anti-dumping  and  anti-subsidy  duty  investigations  on imports of Bus and Truck Radial Tyres from China. Moreover, Customs field formations have been  instructed  to  enforce  Pneumatic  Tyres  &  Tubes  for  Automotive  Vehicles  [Quality Control] Order, 2009 strictly and to restrict import of tyres without BIS marking.

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## INDIA'S IMPORT OF TYRES

|                           |                                                                                                           |                           |                           | (VALUES IN US $ Million)   | (VALUES IN US $ Million)   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| ITC (HS)                  | ITEM DESCRIPTION                                                                                          | 2012-13                   | 2013-14                   | 2014-15                    | 2015-16(APR TO SEP)        |
| 4011                      | NEW PNEUMATIC TYRES, OF RUBBER                                                                            | 468                       | 404.85                    | 424.69                     | 241.01                     |
| 4012                      | RETREADED OR USED PNEUMATIC TYRES OF RUBBER, SOLID OR CUSHION TYRES,TYRE TREADS AND TYRE FLAPS, OF RUBBER | 9.81                      | 10.07                     | 10.24                      | 5.25                       |
|                           | Grand Total                                                                                               | 477.42                    | 414.93                    | 434.93                     | 246.27                     |
| IMPORT OF TYRES FROMCHINA | IMPORT OF TYRES FROMCHINA                                                                                 | IMPORT OF TYRES FROMCHINA | IMPORT OF TYRES FROMCHINA | IMPORT OF TYRES FROMCHINA  | IMPORT OF TYRES FROMCHINA  |
| ITC (HS)                  | ITEM DESCRIPTION                                                                                          | 2012-13                   | 2013-14                   | 2014-15                    | 2015-16(APR TO SEP)        |
| 4011                      | NEW PNEUMATIC TYRES, OF RUBBER                                                                            | 85.99                     | 101.27                    | 157.65                     | 119.97                     |
| 4012                      | RETREADED OR USED PNEUMATIC TYRES OF RUBBER, SOLID OR CUSHION TYRES,TYRE TREADS AND TYRE FLAPS, OF RUBBER | 2.78                      | 2.18                      | 1.47                       | 1.6                        |
|                           | Grand Total                                                                                               | 88.77                     | 103.45                    | 159.12                     | 121.56                     |

Annex II

## (VALUES IN US $)

## COUNTRY-WISE IMPORT OF TYRES

| COUNTRY   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16(APR TO SEP)   |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|

## Annex I

| AUSTRALIA       |   178954 |    277812 |    285432 |    209694 |
|-----------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| AUSTRIA         |    75921 |     99776 |    128243 |     69776 |
| BAHARAIN IS     |        0 |      2200 |       733 |         0 |
| BANGLADESH PR   |   134342 |    113179 |       638 |         0 |
| BELARUS         |   251680 |     96011 |         0 |         0 |
| BELGIUM         |   111407 |     24939 |      5263 |     18642 |
| BRAZIL          |  8633777 |   5779426 |   9110689 |   7016990 |
| CANADA          |   332908 |    288352 |    531568 |    452624 |
| CHILE           |        0 |         0 |     11559 |         0 |
| CHINA P RP      | 88770284 | 103451565 | 159120382 | 121563795 |
| COLOMBIA        |        0 |         0 |      5316 |         0 |
| COSTA RICA      |     1790 |         0 |      1444 |         0 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC  |   531370 |    303852 |    680796 |    483603 |
| DENMARK         |   108977 |     60041 |    118938 |     37603 |
| EGYPT A RP      |     4446 |    548921 |   1207433 |    489305 |
| ESTONIA         |     1911 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| FINLAND         |    12086 |         0 |     12790 |      6515 |
| FRANCE          | 39863229 |   8044579 |   6114084 |   3715097 |
| GERMANY         | 11759238 |  16805942 |  15868902 |   9959592 |
| GREECE          |      337 |         0 |     38123 |         0 |
| HONG KONG       |  5633079 |   6603527 |   3411499 |    693653 |
| HUNGARY         |        0 |    121230 |      7139 |      2441 |
| INDONESIA       |  5976967 |   3198713 |   7282778 |   4001086 |
| IRAN            |       73 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| IRELAND         |     6243 |         0 |      4752 |      1302 |
| ISRAEL          |    18256 |      7439 |     10340 |      5648 |
| ITALY           |   272651 |    232718 |    267767 |    436669 |
| JAPAN           | 70425388 |  60164071 |  60996133 |  24173388 |
| KENYA           |        0 |         0 |         0 |       220 |
| KOREA DP RP     |    67040 |     24087 |       163 |         0 |
| KOREA RP        | 34158134 |  24924180 |  14828985 |   4589342 |
| LATVIA          |        0 |      7180 |         0 |         0 |
| LITHUANIA       |   120011 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| LUXEMBOURG      |        0 |      1735 |    152982 |      8343 |
| MALAYSIA        |   558208 |   2556244 |   1823967 |    443441 |
| MALDIVES        |        0 |         0 |         0 |       192 |
| MEXICO          |    15885 |      7259 |     28325 |     46106 |
| NETHERLAND      |  1899025 |    795128 |   1028795 |    709315 |
| NETHERLANDANTIL |        0 |         0 |     16595 |         0 |
| NIGERIA         |        0 |       101 |         0 |         0 |
| NORWAY          |        0 |         0 |         0 |      1908 |
| OMAN            |        0 |         0 |      1053 |      4184 |
| PAKISTAN IR     |    12058 |         0 |       534 |         0 |
| PHILIPPINES     |  5928149 |   7223272 |   7170753 |    239578 |
| POLAND          |    13168 |    340570 |    439111 |    357724 |

| PORTUGAL        |    398971 |    335048 |    584675 |    138672 |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| QATAR           |         0 |         0 |         0 |      1215 |
| ROMANIA         |   6273265 |   6183981 |   1287391 |    616548 |
| RUSSIA          |     48913 |     14511 |      8232 |      9815 |
| SAUDI ARAB      |      3662 |     14679 |       623 |       374 |
| SERBIA          |         0 |         0 |         0 |      8438 |
| SINGAPORE       |    841676 |    930857 |   1046920 |    705466 |
| SLOVAK REP      |    955087 |    208375 |      2052 |    125075 |
| SLOVENIA        |     72336 |     52418 |     20485 |     10038 |
| SOUTH AFRICA    |   2306911 |   1182068 |    687793 |     98390 |
| SPAIN           |  63719820 |  54400497 |  26852783 |   7493154 |
| SRI LANKA DSR   |   6536083 |   6824242 |   8372822 |   3010709 |
| SWEDEN          |     67479 |    120257 |    244616 |    149965 |
| SWITZERLAND     |     41952 |     11290 |      8119 |      1590 |
| TAIWAN          |  26616717 |   8689237 |   2550614 |   1056622 |
| TANZANIA REP    |         0 |       517 |         0 |         0 |
| THAILAND        |  68117140 |  54377130 |  58078050 |  30047673 |
| TUNISIA         |         0 |      3896 |       624 |      2191 |
| TURKEY          |   1064059 |    857968 |    908348 |    652696 |
| U ARAB EMTS     |   1029859 |   1416720 |   1272100 |    208244 |
| U K             |   5126474 |  10531342 |  16232691 |   7161864 |
| U S A           |  10744160 |  21068462 |  13016085 |   7807132 |
| UKRAINE         |   3485707 |   1944279 |   2219064 |     69729 |
| UNSPECIFIED     |      8823 |      1424 |      1636 |     55030 |
| VIETNAM SOC REP |   4085640 |   3653440 |  10824078 |   7099711 |
| Grand Total     | 477421726 | 414926687 | 434933805 | 246268117 |

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