Chinese Imports Hit With New Tariffs
January 24, 2025
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary finding that Chinese producers have sold low-speed personal transportation vehicles (LSPTVs) into the United States at less than fair value, violating U.S. international trade laws. This determination establishes the preliminary duty margins in the dumping portion of this investigation. These preliminary duty margins will range from 127% to 478% on all Chinese LSPTV imports. Following the publication of Commerce’s preliminary determination in the Federal Register in approximately one week, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs) to begin suspending liquidation and collecting preliminary antidumping duties (in the form of cash deposits) on entries of LSPTVs from China. These duties will be added to the preliminary subsidy duties already in place on Chinese imports, which range from 22% to 515%. In its decision, Commerce also made a preliminary determination of critical circumstances, finding that imports of Chinese LSPTVs are rapidly surging into the U.S. market. As a result, antidumping duties will be imposed retroactively on merchandise entered up to 90 days before the preliminary determination.
The American Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Coalition (Coalition) – a coalition of leading U.S. producers of LSPTVs, namely Club Car LLC and Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc., which manufactures E-Z-GO® and Cushman® vehicles – commends Commerce for its hard work on this investigation and for the agency’s decision to impose these duties, which are vital for the domestic industry and its workers. "We appreciate the findings of the U.S. Department of Commerce and its actions to help protect our U.S. manufacturers," said Rob Scholl, president and CEO of Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. "We are committed to investing in American manufacturing and to our workforce of dedicated employees at our facilities in Augusta, Ga. and across the country. The actions announced today will help safeguard those workers from the impacts of the unfair trade practices of state-subsidized Chinese producers."
E-Z-GO/Cushman Communication