The UK government has kept antidumping duties on Chinese truck and bus tires in place until October?2028 but has changed the timing and the rates which were recommended by the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA).

First imposed under EU rules and carried over into UK law after Brexit, the measure applies to new or retreaded rubber tires with a load index exceeding 121, imported from China.

Under the 31 July public notice, the duty for Chongqing Hankook Tire Co. Ltd and Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co. Ltd - collectively the Hankook Group - is set at £6.55 per tire from 1 Jan 2021 until 22 Oct 2028.

All other overseas exporters face a "residual rate" of £45.71 per tire from the day after publication of the notice until 22 Oct 2028.

The TRA launched its transition review in May 2023 and concluded that removing the duty would likely see dumping and injury to the UK tire industry recur.

This, it said, was due to a 2022 European Commission legal ruling that the original calculations, which were adopted by the UK on exit, were flawed.

For higher rates, including the residual rate for all other overseas exporters, the government opted to apply these prospectively from 1 Aug 2025.

The new timing will be in line with WTO rules on prospectively and fairness in avoiding retroactive increases, the government said.