Tire Manufacturers’ DOT Codes

This listing is compiled by Tire Business from the Department of Transportation’s list of DOT codes, current as of year-end 2017.  The DOT list was cross-checked with Tire Business’ Global Tire Report databases to ensure codes are matched accurately with each
plant’s current owner/operator.  This list excludes codes assigned to plants that are closed or are assigned to facilities that don’t make new pneumatic tires (such as retread plants or research and development centers).

Tire Business 2_18_2019

The DOT has issued a second set of 3-place alpha/numeric codes, covering every existing plant location in its database, in line with regulations issued in April 2015 by
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The 2-place codes are to be phased out no later than 2025. All new factories are being issued 3-place codes only.

A complete list of all codes is available for purchase from Tire Business’
Data Store. The list is organized alphabetically and numerically; the numbers-first and numbers-only codes follow the letters-first codes.

• Indicates there is more than one code for that particular plant.

A
AA, 1AA Tianjin Normandy Rubber Co. Ltd……..Qiao San Dao/Tianjin, China
AB, 1AB Weifang Rubber Factory…….Weifang/Shandong, China
AC, 1AC Shandong Huasheng Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying City, Shandong, China
AD, 1AD Shandong Yongfeng Tyres Co. Ltd……..Linyi City, Shandong, China
AE, 1AE Bridgestone…….Santander, Spain
AF, 1AF Continental…….Lousada, Portugal
AG, 2A6 JK Tornel S.A. de C.V. (JK Tyres)…….Tacuba, Mexico
AH, AH Sumitomo…….Tuney, Cankiri, Turkey
AI, 1A1 Longkou Xinglong Hicon Tyre Co……..Longkou/Shandong, China
AJ, 1AJ Shandong New Continent Tire Co. Ltd……..Yishui, Shandong, China
AK, 1AK Qingdao Fuyingda Rubber Co. Ltd……..Jimo, Shandong, China
AL, 1AL Shandong Deruta Tyre Technology Co. Ltd……..Yinan, Shandong, China
AM, 1AM Qingdao Lidingwei Rubber Tyres Co. Ltd……..Linyi City, Shandong, China
AN, 1AN Shandong Shegshitailai Rubber Technology Co. Ltd……..Qingzhou City, Shandong, China
AO, 1A0 Wearwell Tire…….Bhopal, India
AP, 1AP Michelin…….Ardmore, Okla.
AQ, 3A0 Meiyan Tire Co. Ltd. (Carlstar)…….Meixian/Guangdong, China
AR, 1AR OJSC Yaroslavl…….Yaroslavl, Russia
AS, 2A5 Qingdao Qinjian Rubber Group…….Qingdao/Shandong, China
AT, 1AT Cooper…….Melksham, England
AU, 1AU Shandong Futaier Tire Co. Ltd……..Linyi City, Shandong, China
AV, 1AV Shandong Wosen Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dawang, Shandong, China
AY, 1AY Shandong Luhe Group General Co……..Zhucheng/Shandong, China
A0, 1A0 Qingdao Lianyi Tyres Co. Ltd……..Pingdu, Shandong, China
A1, 1A1 Michelin…….Potiers, France
A2, 1A2 Qingdao Great Rubber Factory…….Pingdu, Shandong, China
A3, 1A3 Continental Tire North America…….Mount Vernon, Ill.
A5, 1A5 TC Debica (Goodyear)…….Debica, Poland
A6, 1A6 Apollo Tyres…….Kerala, India
A7, 1A7 Bridgestone…….Bangkok, Thailand
A8, 1A8 Bridgestone…….Jakarta, Indonesia
A9, 1A9 Titan Tire…….Bryan, Ohio

B
BA, 1BA Qingdao Longhua Special Hand Truck Co. Ltd……..Jiaonan City, Qingdao, China
BB, 1BB Chongqing Hankook Tire Co. Ltd……..Chongqing City, Chongqing, China
BC, 1BC Hankook…….Lippo Cikarang, Bekasi, Indonesia
BD, 1BD Hubei Aulice Tyre Co. Ltd……..Huangshi, Hubei, China
BE, 1BE Michelin…….Tuscaloosa, Ala.
BF, 1BF Michelin…….Fort Wayne, Ind.
BH Xuzhou Tongfei Tyre Co. Ltd……..Xuzhou City, Jiangsu, China
BJ, 1BJ Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co. Ltd……..Huaiyin/Jiangsu, China
BK, 1BK Anshan Tyre Factory…….Anshan City, China
BN, 1BN Shandong Chuanghua Tire Co. Ltd……..Rizhao City, Shandong, China
BP, 1BP Shandong Yinbao Group…….Shouguang, Shandong, China
BR, 1BR SDF General Rubber Co. Ltd……..Pudong/Shanghai, China
BT Shandong Zhongchuang Tyres Co. Ltd……..Linyi City, Shandong, China
BU, 1BU Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co. Ltd……..Shouguang, Shandong, China
B0, 1B0 Sichuan Yuan Xing Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dayi, Sichuan, China
B1, 1B1 Michelin…….LaRoche sur Yon, France
B2, 1B2 Continental…….Selangor, Malaysia
B3, 1B3 Michelin…….Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
B4, 1B4 Taurus (Michelin)…….Budapest, Hungary
B5, 1B5 Stomil-Olsztyn (Michelin)…….Olsztyn, Poland
B6, 1B6 Michelin…..Spartanburg, S.C.
B7, 1B7 Michelin……………Dothan, Ala.
B8, 1B8 Michelin….Rio de Janiero, Brazil
B9, 1B9 Michelin……….Lexington, S.C.

C
CC, 1CC Yokohama…….Salem, Va.
CD, 1CD Alliance (Yokohama)…….Hadera, Israel
CE, 1CE Pirelli…….Hoechst/Odenwald, Germany
CF, 1CF Titan Tire…….Des Moines, Iowa
CJ, 1CJ Inoue Rubber…….Ikeda, Japan
CL, 1CL Inoue Rubber Vietnam Co. Ltd……..Hanoi, Vietnam
CM, 1CM Toyo Tyre Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd……..Taiping, Malaysia
CN, 1CN Continental A.G……..Sarreguemines, France
CO, C01 Goodyear…….Adapazari, Turkey
CP, 1CP Continental A.G……..Korbach, Germany
CR, 1CR Qingdao Guangming Tyres Mfg. Co. Ltd……..Qingdao/Shandong, China
CT, 1CT Shandong Duratti Rubber Corp. Co. Ltd……..Qing Zhou, Shandong, China
CU, 1CU Continental…….Hannover-Stoecken, Germany
CW, 1CW Toyo Tire…….Itami, Japan
CX, 1CX Toyo Tire…….Sendai (Miyagi), Japan
CY, 1CY Specialty Tire…….Indiana, Pa.
C0, 1C0 Kumho Tire Tianjin Co. Inc……..Tianjin, China
C1, 1C1 Techking Tires Ltd……..Shandong, China
C2, 1C2 Shandong Bayi Sailun Tyre Manufacture Co. Ltd……..Zhaozhuang, Shandong, China
C4, 1C4 Carlstar Group…….Clinton, Tenn.
C5, 1C5 Bridgestone…….Poznan, Poland
C6, 1C6 Mitas…….Prague, Czech Republic
C8, 1C8 Bridgestone…….Hsin chu, Taiwan
C9, 1C9 Seven Star Rubber…….Chang-Hua, Taiwan

D
DA, 1DA Sumitomo…….Buffalo, N.Y.
DB, 1D8 Double Coin Group (Xinjiang) Kunlun Tyre Co. Ltd……..Urumqi City, Xinjiang, China
DE, 1DE Jiangsu Roc Tyres Co. Ltd……..Xuzhou, China
DF, 1DF Qingdao Newhawk Tires Co.Ltd……..Jimo Qingdao/Shandong, China
DH, 1DH Bridgestone……..Shenyang, Liaoning, China
DJ, 1DJ Qingdao Anli Rubber Co. Ltd……..Qingdao/Shandong, China
DK, 1DK Goodyear…….Montlucon, France
DL, 1DL Goodyear…….Amiens, France
DM, 1DM Goodyear…….Hanau, Germany
DN, 1DN Goodyear…….Wittlich, Germany
DP, 1DP J.S.C. Cordiant-Vostok…….Omsk, Russia
DR, 1DR Weifang Antai Tyre…….Weifang/Shandong, China
DT, 1DT Qingdao Fuyuan Tyre Co. Ltd……..Qingdao, Shandong, China
DU, 1DU Giti Greatwall Tire (Yinchuan) Co. Ltd……..Yinchuan/Ningxia, China
DV, 1DV Vredestein (Apollo)…….Enschede, Netherlands
D0, 1D0 Kumho…….Changchun, Jilin, China
D2, 1D2 Bridgestone…….LaVergne, Tenn.
D4, 1D4 Dunlop India…….Calcutta, India
D5, 1D5 Dunlop India…….Madras, India
D6, 1D6 Fujian Haian Rubber Co. Ltd……..Putian CIty, China
D7, 1D7 Sumitomo…….Ladysmith, South Africa

E
EB, 1EB Metzeler (Pirelli)…….Odenwald, Germany
EC, 1EC Metzeler (Pirelli)…….Hoechst, Germany
EE, 1EE Nitto (Toyo)…….Kanagawa, Japan
EH, 1EH Bridgestone…….Kurume, Japan
EJ, 1EJ Bridgestone…….Tosu, Japan
EK, 1EK Bridgestone…….Amagi, Japan
EL, 1EL Bridgestone…….Hikone, Japan
EM, 1EM Bridgestone…….Tokyo, Japan
EN, 1EN Bridgestone…….Nasu Japan
EP, 1EP Bridgestone…….Tochigi, Japan
ER, 1ER Qingdao Doublestar Tyre Industry Co. Ltd……..Qingdao/Shandong, China
EU, 1EU Sumitomo…….Nagoya, Japan
EV, 1EV Qingdao Yellow Sea Rubber Co. Ltd……..Qingdao/Shandong, China
EW, 1EW Wuyi Qiangnai Rubber Manufacture Co. Ltd……..Wuyi County, Zhejiang, China
EX, 1EX Kleber (Michelin)…….La Chappelle, France
E0, 1E0 Chongqing Hension Group Jiulongpo…….Chongqing, China
E1, 1E1 Chung Hsin…….Taipei, Taiwan
E2, 1E2 Bridgestone…….Sao Paulo, Brazil
E3, 1E3 Bridgestone…….LaVergne, Tenn.
E4, 1E4 Hebei Xiemei Rubber Products Co. Ltd……..Pingxiang, Hebei, China
E5, 1E5 Bridgestone…….Port Elizabeth, South Africa
E6, 1E6 Otani Radial Tire Co. Ltd……..Nakornpathorn, Thailand
E8, 1E8 Service Industries Ltd……..Gujart, Punjab, Pakistan
E9, 1E9 Bridgestone…….Brits, South Africa

F
FA, 1FA Yokohama…….Hiratsuka, Japan
FB, 1FB Yokohama…….Mie, Japan
FC, 1FC Yokohama…….Mishima, Japan
FD, 1FD Yokohama…….Shinsiro, Japan
FE, 1FE Kumho…….Changchun, Jilin, China
FF, 1FF Michelin…….Clermont-Ferrand/Carmes, France
FG, 2F6 Longkou Xinglong Tyre Co. Ltd……..Longkou/Shandong, China
FH, 1FH Michelin…….Clermont-Ferrand/Cataroux, France
FJ, 1FJ Michelin…….Bourges, France
FK, 1FK Michelin…….Cholet, France
FL, 1FL Michelin…….Montceau-les-Mines, France
FN, 1FN Michelin…….Tours, France
FR, 1FR Coaxian Guidestone Tyre Co. Ltd……..Coaxian/Shandong, China
FS, 2F5 Jinzhou Xin Xing Rubber Production Co. Ltd……..Xin Xing, China
FT, 1FT Michelin…….Bad Kreuznach, Germany
FU, 1FU Michelin…….Bamberg, Germany
FV, 1FV Michelin…….Homburg/Saar, Germany
FW, 1FW Michelin…….Karlsruhe, Germany
FY, 1FY Balkrishna Industries Ltd……..Kutch, Gujarath, India
F0, 1F0 Titan Tire…….Natchez, Miss.
F1, 1F1 Michelin…….Dundee, Scotland/U.K.
F2, 1F2 Bridgestone…….Valencia, Venezuela
F3, 1F3 Michelin…….Roanne, France
F4, 1F4 CNB/Camac…….Porto, Portugal
F5, 1F5 FATE…….Buenos Aires, Argentina
F6, 1F6 Bridgestone…….Puente San Miguel, Spain
F7, 1F7 Bridgestone…….Puente San Miguel, Spain
F8, 1F8 JK Tyre…….Mysore, India

H
HA, 1HA Michelin…….Aranda, Spain
HB, 1HB Michelin…….Lasarte, Spain
HC, 1HC Michelin…….Vitoria, Spain
HD, 1HD Michelin…….Cuneo, Italy
HE, 1HE Michelin…….Alessandria, Italy
HF, 1HF CJSC Cordiant Vostok…….Omsk, Russia
HG, 2H6 China Shenma Group Rubber Tyre Co. Ltd……..Pingdingshan City/Henan, China  HJ, 1HJ Michelin…….Ballymena, Northern Ireland
HK, 1HK Shandong Xinghongyuan Tyre Co. Ltd……..Linyi City, Shandong, China
HL, 1HL Shandong Yongjin Rubber Co. Ltd……..Guangrao, Shandong, China
HN, 1HN Michelin…….New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
HR, 1HR Qingdao Taifa Group Ltd……..Qingdao/Shandong, China
HT, 1HT Pirelli…….Settimo Vettura/Turin, Italy
HU, 1HU Pirelli…….Settimo/Veicolo, Italy
HW, 1HW Continental-Barum…….Otrokovice, Czech Republic
HX, 1HX Double Coin Group (Anhui) Warrior Tire Co. Ltd……..Wuwei, Anhui, China
HY, 1HY Bridgestone…….Oklahoma City, Okla.
H0, 1H0 General Tyre Pakistan…….Karachi, Pakistan
H1, 1H1 Michelin…….Valladolid, Spain
H2, 1H2 Kumho…….Kwangju, South Korea
H3, 1H3 Sava (Goodyear)…….Kranj, Slovenia
H4, 1H4 Bridgestone…….Hofu, Japan
H6, 1H6 Shin Hung Rubber…….Kyung Nam, South Korea
H7, 1H7 Li Hsin Rubber…….Chang-Hwa, Taiwan
H8, 1H8 Hsing Kwo Rubber Mfg. Co. Ltd……..Tsztung, China

J
J0, 1J0 Korea Inoue Kasei…….Masang, South Korea
J2, 1J2 Shandong Haolong Rubber Tyre Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
J3, 1J3 Continental…….Puchov, Slovakia
J6, 1J6 Jaroslavl Tire…….Jaroslavl, Russia
J7, 1J7 Hoosier Tire (Continental)…….Lakeville, Ind.
J8, 1J8 Ta Chung Hu…….Shanghai, China
J9, 1J9 PT Intirub…….Jakarta, Indonesia
JA, 1JA Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co. Ltd……..Chaoyang, Liaoning, China
JB, 1JB1 Shandong Zhengxing Tyres Co. Ltd……..Linyi, Shandong, China
JD, 1JD P.T. Suryaraya Rubberindo Industries…….Bogor, Indonesia
JE, 1JE Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
JG, 2J6 Jilin Province Chunwei Tyre Co. Ltd……..Gongzhuluing/Jilin, China
JH, 1JH Shandong Shuanwang Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
JJ, 1JJ Nexen Tire…….Laixishi, Qingdao, China
JK, 1JK Tovic Tire Co. Ltd……..Chanwon City, South Korea
JL, 1JL Shandong Bayi Sailan Tyre Manufacturer Co. Ltd……..Zao Zhuang, Shandong, China
JM, 1JM Yokohama…….Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
JN, 1JN Dongying Fangxing Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
JP, 1JP Anhui Primewell Rubber & Plastics Co. Ltd……..Hefei/Anhui, China
JR, 1JR Pirelli…….Rome, Ga.
JT, 1JT K.R.M. Tyres…….Baddi, India
JU, 1JU Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd……..Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
JV, 1JV Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp. Ltd……..Qingdao, Shandong, China
JW, 1JW Pirelli…….Voronezh, Russia
JX, 1JX Dongying Xinjinshan Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
JY, 1JY Bridgestone…….Stargard Szczecinski, Poland

K
KA, 1KA Deestone Radial Tyre (dba Svizz One Corp. Ltd.)…….Banglane, Thailand                  KB, 1KB Zhaoqing Junhong Co. Ltd……..Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China
KC, 1KC Rosava…….Belaya Tserkov/Kiev, Ukraine
KD, 1KD Valsa Bila Tserkva Tyre…….Belaya Tserkov/Kiev, Ukraine
KE, 1KE Shandong Jinyu Industrial Rubber Co Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
KF, 1KF Shandong Linglong Rubber Co. Ltd……..Zhaoyuan, Shandong, China
KH, 1KH Shandong Sangong Rubber Co. Ltd……..Shandong, China
KJ, 1KJ Shandong Province Sanli Tire Mfg. Co. Ltd……..Caoxian, Shandong, China
KK, 1KK Dalian Tyre Factory Co. Ltd……..Dalian, Liaoning, China
KL, 1KL Anlas Anadolu Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S……..Ulus, Istanbul, Turkey
KM, 1KM Goodyear…….Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
KN, 1KN Hangzhou Chaoyang Rubber Co. Ltd……..Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
KP, 1KP Shandong Zhushenghua Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
KR, 1KR Wuxi Double Flying…….Wuxi, China
KT, 1KT Da Nang Rubber…….Danang, Vietnam
KU, 1KU Weifang Dawang Rubber Products Co. Ltd……..Changyi, Shandong, China
KV, 1KV Nanjing Tire Co. Ltd……..Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
KW, 1KW Shengtai Group Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
KX, 1KX Shandong New Dong Yue Group Co. Ltd……..Dongying City, Shandong, China
KY, 1KY Dongying Tiantong Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd……..Dongying City, Shandong, China
K0, 1K0 Nexen Tire…….Yang San, South Korea
K2, 1K2 Kumho…….Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
K3, 1K3 Kenda Rubber…….Yuanlin, Taiwan
K4, 1K4 Michelin…….Queretaro, Mexico
K5, 1K5 Pneumant (Goodyear)…….Fuerstenwalde, Germany
K6, 1K6 Qingzhoui Hua Han Rubber Co. Ltd……..Qinzhou City, China
K7, 1K7 Foshan Shunde Tian Di Rubber Co. Ltd……..Foshan, Guangdong, China
K8, 1K8 Shandong Zhengfang Tyre Co. Ltd……..Taian, Shandong, China
K9, 1K9 Tech Rubber Co. Ltd……..Changhua, Taiwan

L
LA, 1LA Wuxi Yuangfang Rubber Engineering Co. Ltd……..Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
LB, 1LB Shandong Fengyuan Tire Mfg. Co. Ltd……..Zahzhuang City, Shandong, China
LC, 1LC Casumina…….Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
LD, 1LD Zhejiang Wanxin Rubber Co.Ltd……..Xianju, Zhejiang, China
LE, 1LE Weifang Lutong Rubber Co. Ltd……..Weifang, Shandong, China
LF, 1LF Continental…….Hannover, Germany
LH, 1LH Speedways Rubber Co……..Jalandhar, India
LJ, 1LJ Schefer Comercio Internacional…….Pinhais, Parana, Brazil
LL, 1LL Continental…….Clairoix, France
LM, 1LM Continental…….Aachen, Germany
LP, 1LP Shandong Zhentai Group Co. Ltd……..Gaomi City, Shandong, China
LR, 1LR TVS Srichakra Ltd……..Tamil Nadu, India
LT, 1LT Goodyear…….Aapazari, Turkey
LU, 1LU Pirelli…….Valencia, Venezuela
LW, 1LW Trelleborg…….Trelleborg, Sweden
L0, 1L0 Michelin…….Gravanches, France
L1, 1L1 Goodyear…….Taipei, Taiwan
L4, 1L4 Danubiana…….Bucharest, Romania
L5, 1L5 BRISA (Bridgestone)…….Izmit, Turkey
L6, 1L6 Continental…….Modipuram, India
L7, 1L7 Michelin…….Zalau, Romania

M
MA, 1MA Zhejiang Best Rubber Co. Ltd……..Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
MB, 1MB Goodyear…….Akron/Plant 2
MC, 1MC Goodyear…….Danville, Va.
MD, 1MD Goodyear…….Gadsden, Ala.
ME, 1ME Zhejiang Yizheng Tyre Co……..Ruian, Zhejiang, China
MF, 1MF Danang Rubber J.S.C……..Danang, Vietnam
MH, 1MH Weifang Jingtong Da Tyre Co. Ltd……..Goomi City, Shandong, China
MJ, 1MJ Goodyear…….Topeka, Kan.
MK, 1MK Qingdao Taihao Tyre Co. Ltd……..Pingdu City, Qingdao, China
ML, 1ML P.T. Banteng Pratama Rubber…….Bogor, Indonesia
MM, 1MM Kenda Rubber…….Tianjin, China
MN, 1MN Dong Nai Rubber Factory (CASUMINA)…….Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
MP, 1MP Binh Loi Rubber Factory…….Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
MR, 1MR Qingdao Yellow Sea Tire Factory…….Qingdao/Shandong, China
MT, 1MT Suntop Tire (Wuxi) Co. Ltd……..Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
MU, 1MU Ruain Jianda Tyre Manufacture Co. Ltd……..Ruian, Zhengjiang, China
MV, 1MV Shandong Wonbon Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
MW, 1MW Shenyang Peace Radial Tyre Mfg. Co. Ltd……..Shenyang, Liaoning
MX, 1MX Goodyear…….Sao Paulo, Brazil
MY, 1MY Goodyear…….Cali, Colombia
M1, 1M1 Laoling Vheal Rubber Co. Ltd……..Laoling City, China
M2, 1M2 Dongying Huantai Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying, China
M3, 1M3 Michelin…….Greenville, S.C.
M5, 1M5 Michelin…….Waterville, Nova Scotia
M6, 1M6 Goodyear…….Lawton, Okla.
M7, 1M7 Goodyear…….Santiago, Chile
M8, 1M8 Premier Tyres…….Kalamassery, India
M9, 1M9 Shandong Havstyear Rubber Technology Co. Ltd……..Dongying City, Shandong, China

N
NA, 1NA Sumitomo…….Fazenda Rio Grande, Brazil
NB, 1NB Goodyear…….Wolverhampton, England
NC, 1NC Goodyear…….Amiens, France
ND, 1ND Goodyear…….Philippsburg, Germany
NE, 1NE Gummiwerke Fulda (Goodyear)…….Fulda, Germany
NF, 1NF Jinyong (Qingyuan) Rubber Industrial Co Ltd……..Qingyuan City, Guandong, China
NH, 1NH Qingdao Huasheng Rubber Co. Ltd……..Pingdu Qingdao City, China
NJ, 1NJ Goodyear…….Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
NK, 1NK Goodyear…….Hariana, India
NL, 1NL Goodyear…….Bogor, Indonesia
NM, 1NM Tianjin Xieli Rubber Product Ltd. Co……..Tianjin, China
NN, 1NN Chongqing Dragon RubberProducts Co. Ltd……..Changshou/Chongqing,
Chongaing, China
NP, 1NP I-Greatest Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd……..Mexico City, Mexico
NR, 1NR Shandong Rongcheng Tire Factory Co……..Rongcheng/Shandong, China
NT, 1NT Goodyear…….Lima, Peru
NU, 1NU Qingdao Honghua Tyre Factory…….Qingdao City, China
NV, 1NV Weifang Huadong Rubber Co. Ltd……..Shouguang, Shandong, China
NW, 1NW Goodyear…….Uitenhage, South Africa
NX, 1NX Weifang Angu Rubber Industry Co. Ltd……..Shouguang City, Shandong, China
NY, 1NY Goodyear…….Bangkok,Thailand
N3, 1N3 Toyo Tire…….Kuwana, Japan
N4, 1N4 Victoria (Michelin)…….Floresti, Romania
N5, 1N5 Pneumant (Goodyear)…….Riesa, Germany
N6, 1N6 Reifen Heidenau…….Heidenau, Germany
N7, 1N7 Caracal…….Caracal, Romania
N8, 1N8 Shandong Cascen Rubber Ind. Ltd……..Zaozhuang City, China
N9, 1N9 Pirelli…….Feira de Santana/ Bahia, Brazil

P
PA, 1PA Goodyear…….Izmit, Turkey
PB, 1PB Goodyear…….Valencia, Venezuela
PC, 1PC Goodyear…….Medicine Hat, Alberta
PD, 1PD Xinjiang Kunlun Engineering Tyre Co. Ltd……..Korle City, China
PE, 1PE MRF Ltd. Perambalur, Tami…….Nadu, India
PF, 1PF Qingdao Huawu Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd……..Qingdao, Shandong, China
PH, 1PH Dongying Durun Tyre Co. Ltd……..Dawang, Dongying, China
PJ, 1PJ Goodyear…….Fayetteville, N.C.
PK, 1PK Titan Tire…….Freeport, Ill.
PM, 1PM Qingdao Chengtai Hand Truck Co. Ltd……..Jiaonan Qingdao, Shandong, China
PN, 1PN Sifute Industrial Group Ltd……..Shandong, China
PP, 1PP Shandong Guofeng Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd……..Dawang, Guangrao, China
PR, 1PR Weihai Pingan Tyre Co. Ltd……..Rongcheng, China
PT, 1PT Ceat Ltd……..Baroda, Gujarat, India
PU, 1PU Arai Shoji Co. Ltd……..Minato-Ku (Tokyo), Japan
PV, 1PV Cenchelyn Tire Co. Ltd……..Jimo, Shandong, China
PW, 1PW Toyo…….Hyogo, Itami, Japan
PX, 1PX Techno Innovative Rubber Enterprise Inc……..Scarborough, Ontario
PY, 1PY Weifang Huari Rubber Co. Ltd……..Shouguang City, Shandong
P0, 1P0 Apollo Tyres Ltd……..Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
P1, 1P1 Goodyear…….Hebron, Ohio
P2, 1P2 Cenchelyn Tire Co. Ltd……..Jimo, Shandong, China
P4, 1P4 Carlstar Group…….Jackson, Tenn.
P5, 1P5 Continental Tire de Mexico…….San Luis Potosi, Mexico
P6, 1P6 Yonkang City Huajin Silicon Rubber Co. Ltd……..Yongkang, China
P7, 1P7 Maggion Industrias de Pneus e Maquinas Ltd……..Guarulhos, Brazil
P8, 1P8 Qingdao Rubber…….Qingdao, China
P9, 1P9 MRF Ltd……..Kottayam, India

R
RA, 1RA Taizhou Renli Tire Co. Ltd……..Taizhou, China
RB, 1RB Bridgestone…….Cienega de Flores, Mexico
RC, 1RC Qingdao Mao Xing Rubber Co. Ltd……..Qingdao, China
RD, 1RD Corporacion de Occidente (Cooper)…….El Salto, Mexico
RE, 1RE Qingdao Elite Rubber Co. Ltd……..Qingdao, China
RF, 1RF Qingdao Tianchi Tyre Co. Ltd……..Qingdao, China
RH, 1RH Qingdao Huashi Industrial Products Co. Ltd……..Qingdao, China
RJ, 1RJ Anlas Anadolu Lastik Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S……..Duzce, Turkey
RK, 1RK Innovative Tyres & Tubes Ltd……..Halol, Gujarat, India
RL, 1RL International Machinery & Equipment (Zhengzhou) Co. Ltd……..Zhengzhou, Henan, China
RM, 1RM Cooper Kunshan Tire…….Kunshan, China
RP, 1RP Taizhou Taiyangfeng Rubber Co. Ltd……..Xianju County, China
RR, 1RR Belshina…….Bobruisk, Belarus
RT, 1RT Dongguan Huacheng Tyre Factory…….Donguang, Guangdong, China
RU, 1RU Rekord Gummi…….Belgrade, Serbia
RV, 1RV Eternal Rise Tyre (Tianjin) Co. Ltd……..Tianjin, China
RW, 1RW Societe Tunisienne des Industries de Pneumatique (STIP)…….Sousse, Tunisia
RX, 1RX PRS Tyres Ltd……..Rasipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
RY, 1RY Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
R0, 1R0 Amerityre Corp……..Boulder City, Nev.
R1, 1R1 Dezhou Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd……..Dezhou, China
R2, 1R2 Tianjin Zhenxin Rubber Co. Ltd……..Tianjin, China
R3, 1R3 Zheijiang Xinchang Zhongya Industry…….Xinchang, China
R4, 1R4 Shandong Shifeng (Group) Co. Ltd……..Gaotang, China
R5, 1R5 Shandong Hengyu Rubber Co. Ltd……..Guangrao, China
R6, 1R6 Qingdao Chongkun Industrial Development…….Qingdao, China
R7, 1R7 Corp. de Occidente (Cooper)…….El Salto, Mexico
R8, 1R8 Sumitomo…….Rayong, Thailand
R9, 1R9 Taizhou Julun Tyre Co. Ltd……..Lunan/Taizhou, China

T
TA, 1TA Wendeng Sanjing Chemistry Co. Ltd……..Wendeng, Shandong, China
TB, 1TB Sentaida Group Co……..Jimo, Shandong, China
TC, 1TC Goodyear…….Pulandian, China
TD, 1TD Acme Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd……..Tianjhong, Changhua, Taiwan
TE, 1TE CST Rubber (Zhangzhou) Ind. Ltd……..Gangwei, Longhai, Fujian, China
TF, 1TF Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co. Ltd……..Pingdu City, Shandong, China
TH, 1TH Weifang Longshan Tyre Co. Ltd……..Gaomi, Shandong, China
TJ, 1TJ Chaoyang Long March Tyre New Co. Ltd……..Chaoyang, Liaoning, China
TK, 1TK Yokohama…….Lipetsk, Russia
TL, 1TL Sichuan Kalevei Technology Co. Ltd……..Jianyang, Sichuan, China
TM, 1TM Bridgestone…….Huizhou, Guangdong, China
TN, 1TN Weifang Huantai Rubber Co. Ltd……..Changyi City, Shandong, China
TP, 1TP Double Coin Group (Chongqing) Tire Co. Ltd……..Shanghai, China
TR, 1TR Qingdao Shuanghe Tyre Co. Ltd……..Pingdu, Shandong, China
TT, 1TT Shandong Deruibao Tire Co. Ltd……..Guangrao, Qingdao, China
TU, 1TU Qingdao Morewin Rubberware Co. Ltd……..Jiaonan, Qingdao, China
TV, 1TV Shandong O’Green Tyres Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
TW, 1TW Weifang Shunfuchang Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd……..Shouguang, Shandong, China
TX, 1TX Wiegel Rubber Co. Ltd……..Handan, Hebei, China
TY, 1TY Wiegel Rubber Co. Ltd……..Pindgu, Shandong, China
T1, 1T1 Hankook…….Seoul, South Korea
T2, 1T2 Stomil (Michelin)…….Olsztyn, Poland
T3, 1T3 TC Debica (Goodyear)…….Debica, Poland
T5, 1T5 Tigar Tyres (Michelin)…….Pirot, Serbia
T6, 1T6 Qingdao Yuanda Tyre Co. Ltd……..Pingdu, Shandong, China
T7, 1T7 Hankook…….Taejeon, South Korea
T8, 1T8 Goodyear…….Selangor, Malaysia
T9, 1T9 MRF Ltd……..Goa, India

U
UA, 1UA Nexen…….Changnyeong-gun, South Korea
UB, 1UB Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co. Ltd……..Dawang, Shandong, China
UC, 1UC Shandong Fuyu Bluestone Tyre Co. Ltd……..Zibo, Shandong, China
UD, 1UD Mitas Tires North America Inc……..Charles City, Iowa
UE, 1UE Tiumsun Rubber Tire (Weihai) Co. Ltd……..Wehai, China
UF, 1UF Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber Co……..Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
UH, 1UH Shandong Yinuo Engineering Tyre Co. Ltd……..Tengzhou City, Shandong, China
UJ, 1UJ China National Tyre & Rubber Guilin Co. Ltd……..Suqiao, Guilin, China
UK, 1UK Toyama Tyre Corp. Ltd……..Beijing, China
UL, 1UL Cheng Shin Tire…….Chongqing, China
UN, 1UN Pirelli…….Silao, Mexico
UP, 1UP Cooper…….Findlay, Ohio
UR, 1UR Good Friend Tyre Co. Ltd……..Jiaozuo, Henan, China
UT, 1UT Cooper…….Texarkana, Ark.
UV, 1UV Kzowa Rubber…….Osaka, Japan
UW, 1UW Okada Tire…….Tokyo, Japan
UX, 1UX Federal…….Taipei, Taiwan
UY, 1UY Cheng Shin Rubber…….Yuanlin, Taiwan
U1, 1U1 Lien Shin Tire…….Taipei, Taiwan
U2, 1U2 Sumitomo…….Shirakawa, Japan
U3, 1U3 Cooper…….Krusevac, Serbia
U8, 1U8 Nankang…….Hsin Fung, Taiwan
U9, 1U9 Cooper…….Tupelo, Miss.

V
VA, 1VA Sumitomo…….Amphur Pluakdaeng, Rayong, Thailand
VB, 1VB Anhui Darui Rubber Co. Ltd……..Wuhu, Anhui, China
VC, 1VC Shandong Haoyu Rubber Co……..Guangrao County, Shandong, China
VD, 1VD Qingdao Hongchi Tyre Co. Ltd……..Pingdu, Qingdao, China
VE, 1VE Bridgestone…….Des Moines, Iowa
VF, 1VF Weifang Zhenfu Industrial Co. Ltd……..Gaomi City, Shandong, China
VH, 1VH Sumitomo…….Changsha, Hunan, China
VJ, 1VJ Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd……..Jiaozuo, Henan, China
VK, 1VK Qingdao Yuanzhou Rubber Products Co. Ltd……..Jiaonan, Shandong, China
VL, 1VL Continental…….Kaluga, Russia
VM, 1VM Zhucheng Guoxin Rubber Co. Ltd……..Zhucheng, Shandong, China
VN, 1VN Bridgestone…….Joliette, Quebec
VP, 1VP Bridgestone…….Bari, Italy
VR, 1VR Bridgestone…….Tatabanya, Hungary
VT, 1VT Bridgestone…….Bilbao, Spain
VV, 1VV Briland Rubber Tire Co. Ltd……..Wenzhou, China
VW, 1VW Sumitomo…….Izumi-ohtsu, Japan
VX, 1VX Weihai Huamao Rubber Science & Technology…….Wehai, Shandong, China
VY, 1VY Continental…….Sumter, S.C.
V2, 1V2 Volzhsky Tire…….Volzhsky, Russia
V3, 1V3 Ta Hsin Tire…….Taipei, Taiwan
V4, 1V4 Sumitomo…….Miyazaki, Japan
V6, 1V6 Bridgestone…….Cuernavaca, Mexico
V7, 1V7 Voronezhsky Tire…….Voronezh, Russia
V8, 1V8 Michelin…….Gummipoondi Taluk Tiruvallur, India

W
WA, 1WA Bridgestone…….Bethune, France
WB, 1WB Bridgestone…….San Jose, Costa Rica
WC, 1WC Sumitomo…….Rio Grande, Parana, Brazil
WD, 1WD Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co. Ltd……..Handan, Hebei, China
WE, 1WE Nankang…….West Taipei, Taiwan
WF, 1WF Bridgestone…….Burgos, Spain
WH, 1WH Shandong Fenglun Tyre Co. Ltd……..Zaozhuang, Shandong, China
WJ, 1WJ Shanghai Hanghong Rubber Manufactory…….Shanghai, China
WK, 1WK Wuyi Fengyuan Mining Machine Manufactor Co. Ltd……..Wuyi, Zhejiang, China
WL, 1WL Ningbo Hualin…….Yuyao, Zhe Jiang, China
WN, 1WN Trelleborg Wheel…….Xingtai, Hebei, China
WP, 1WP Guangzhou South China Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd……..Aotou, Guangdong, China
WR, 1WR JK Tyre & Industries…….Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India
WT, 1WT MRF Ltd……..Madras, India
WU, 1WU Ceat Tyres…….Bombay, India
WV, 1WV General Rubber…….Taipei, Taiwan
WY, 1WY Corp. de Occidente (Cooper)…….Guadalajara, Mexico
W0, 1W0 Inoue Rubber…….Bangkok, Thailand
W1, 1W1 Bridgestone…….La Vergne, Tenn.
W2, 1W2 Bridgestone…….Wilson, N.C.
W5, 1W5 Bridgestone…….Buenos Aires, Argentina
W7, 1W7 Jiangsu Chengtong Tire Co. Ltd……..Xuzhou, China
W8, 1W8 Siam Tire…….Bangkok, Thailand
W9, 1W9 Bridgestone…….Maharashtra, India

X
XA, 1XA Pirelli…….Bollate, Italy
XB, 1XB Pirelli…….Settimo Veicoli/Turin, Italy
XC, 1XC Trelleborg…….Tivoli, Italy
XD, 1XD Pirelli…….Wanakerta Purwadadi, Subang, Indonesia
XE, 1XE Prometeon Tyre (ex-Pirelli)…….Gravatai, Brazil
XH, 1XH Pirelli…….Kirov, Russia
XJ, 1XJ Prometeon Tyre (ex-Pirelli)…….Izmit, Turkey
XK, 1XK Prometeon Tyre (ex-Pirelli)…….Sao Paulo, Brazil
XL, 1XL Pirelli…….Sao Paulo, Brazil
XM, 1XM Pirelli…….Merlo, Argentina
XN, 1XN Pirelli…….Carlisle, England
XP, 1XP Pirelli…….Burton-on-Trent, England
XR, 1XR Qingdao Morechi Rubber Co. Ltd……..Jiaonan, Shandong, China
XT, 1XT Pirelli…….Breuberg, Germany
XU, 1XU Dongying Zhongyi Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dongying, Shandong, China
XV, 1XV Tolins Tyres Pvt. Ltd……..Kalady, Kerala, India
XW, 1XW Qingzhou Huachen Rubber Co. Ltd……..Qingzhou, Shandong, China
XX, 1XX Bandag (Bridgestone)…….Muscatine, Iowa
XY, 1XY Bridgestone…….Joliette, Quebec
X0, 1X0 Nizhnekamskshina…….Nizhnekamsk, Russia
X1, 1X1 Tong Shin Chemical…….Seoul, South Korea
X2, 1X2 Hwa Fong Rubber…….Yuanlin, Taiwan
X3, 1X3 Rosava Belaya…….Tserkov, Ukraine
X4, 1X4 Pars Tyre…….Savah, Iran
X5, 1X5 JK Industries…….Kankroli, India
X6, 1X6 Belshin…….Bobruysk, Byelorussia
X7, 1X7 Chimkentsky Tire…….Chimkent, Kazakhstan
X8, 1X8 Dneproshina…….Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
X9, 1X9 Moscow Tire…….Moscow, Russia

Y
YA, 1YA MRF Ltd……..Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India
YB, 1YB Pirelli…….Voronezh, Russia
YC, 1YC Shandong Linglong Tyre…….Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand
YE, 1YE Bridgestone…….Des Moines, Iowa
YH, 1YH Numsiam Rubber (Laos) Co. Ltd……..Spen District, Savannakhet, Laos
YJ, 1YJ Sailun (Vietnam) Co. Ltd……..Dong Ward, Tay Ninh, Vietnam
YK, 1YK Shandong Anchi Tyres Co. Ltd……..Zhucheng City, Shandong, China
YL, 1YL Nokian Tyres…….Nokia, Finland
YM, 1YM Yokohama…….District Jhajjar, India
YN, 1YN Aung Htet Myet Co. Ltd……..Yangon, Myanmar
YP, 1YP Hangzhou Shunyuan Tire Manufacture Co. Ltd……..Hangzhou, China
YR, 1YR Qingdao Huada Rubber Production Co. Ltd……..Jiaonan, Shandong, China
YT, 1YT Birla Tyres…….Hardiwar, Uttar Khand, India
YU, 1YU Bridgestone…….Des Moines, Iowa
YV, 1YV Longkou Yongan Vehicle Window Co. Ltd……..Longku City, China
YW, 1YW Anhui Heding Tires Technology Co. Ltd……..Bengbu, Anhui, China
YX, 1YX Nizhnekamsk Truck Tire Plant Ltd……..Nizhekamsk, Russia
YY, 1YY Nizhnekamsk All Steel Tires Plant Ltd. (NASTP)…….Nizhekamsk, Russia
Y0, 1Y0 Kumho…….Koksung, S.Korea
Y1, 1Y1 Goodyear…….Americana, Brazil
Y2, 1Y2 Bridgestone…….Wilson, N.C.
Y3, 1Y3 Shandong Goodtyre Rubber Co. Ltd……..Dezhou, China
Y4, 1Y4 ATC Tires (Yokohama)…….Mumbai, India
Y5, 1Y5 Michelin…….Shanghai, China
Y6, 1Y6 Continental…….Kedah, Malaysia
Y7, 1Y7 Bridgestone…….LaVergne, Tenn.
Y8, 1Y8 Bombay Tyre…….Bombay, India
Y9, 1Y9 P.T. Gajah Tunggal…….Tangerang, Indonesia

The Department of Commerce Issues Countervailing and Antidumping Orders on Truck and Bus Tires from China

USDOC

The two orders issued by the Department of Commerce is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on February 15th 2019. On or after the date of publication in the Federal Register, the DOC will instruct CBP to require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, cash deposits for each entry of subject merchandise equal to the rates noted in each order. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.

– The countervailing duties are set at three rates: 20.98%, 42.16%, and 63.34%, depending on the manufacturer.

– The estimated weighted average antidumping rates are set at either 9% or 22.57%, depending on the manufacturer. 

Click below to download:

ITA Antidumping Duty Order

ITA Countervailing Duty Order

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U.S. International Trade Commission reverses opinion on truck and bus tires from China

A message from RetreadInstead.net:

Madison, TN. (February 04, 2019)

Dear retread industry member, as you know back 2016-early 2017, the U.S. government conducted both an antidumping and a countervailing duty investigation onimported truck and bus tires from China.  While significant dumping and subsidies were found by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. International Trade Commission, in a 3-2 vote, found that the domestic industry was not materially injured or threatened with material injury.  As a result, no antidumping duty or countervailing duty order was entered. Imports from China soared in 2018.

The United Steel Workers Union, the petitioner in the original investigation, filed a judicial challenge in the U.S. Court of International Trade in early 2017.  The court issued a decision last fall and remanded the final determination of the International Trade Commission to it to reconsider one of the issues in its original determination.  The agency was required to submit its remand determination back to the court by January 30th, 2019.  The remand determination is a 3-2 affirmative determination, which is obviously very good news.

However, the matter is now back before the U.S. Court of International Trade for additional briefing based on the remand determination with a decision not likely till summer at the earliest.  If the court affirms the remand determination and issues a final judgment in the matter, then the Commerce Department should issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders and start collecting cash deposits on imports from China.  This would be true even if any party takes an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  If the court has problems with one or more parts of the remand determination, then the court will send the case back to the US International Trade Commission for further review/consideration.

We obviously have a keen interest in seeing imports from China traded fairly as the imports affect retreaders as well as new tire producers. This latest development is an important one but will not result in any change in the marketplace until there is a final decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade. We are monitoring developments and will advise of any important events.

We should continue to update our Senators and Representatives on the importance to the retread market, of the need to ensure that US trade remedy laws remain strong and effective, and that it is to the public’s interest to have political appointments reviewed promptly and, if not rejected, confirmed that all government agencies have the personnel needed to function at full workforce levels.

This is true at USDOC (Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance has been pending for more than a year and has been renominated since the start of the new Congress), at USITC (two nominees from the 115th Congress have been renominated in January 2019), and in the relevant courts (two nominees for the US Court of International Trade have been renominated in January 2019).  It is helpful to us to have government fully staffed. Filling vacancies promptly this year is important.

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Thank you President Trump!

The Historic Results of President Donald J. Trump’s First Two Years in Office.

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IGNITING A HISTORIC ECONOMIC BOOM: President Trump’s pro-growth policies are unleashing economic growth and providing opportunities to workers across the country.

  • Due to President Trump’s pro-growth policies, real gross domestic product (GDP) growth exceeded 3 percent over the last four quarters.
    • Real GDP grew at annual rates of 3.4 percent in the third quarter of 2018 and 4.2 percent in the second quarter.
  • More than 5 million jobs have been created since President Trump’s election and the unemployment rate remains below 4 percent.
    • This is the eighth time this year that the unemployment rate has been below 4 percent.
    • Prior to this year, the unemployment rate had fallen below 4 percent only five times since 1970.
    • The unemployment rate for African Americans in May fell to 5.9 percent, which is the lowest rate on record.
    • Asian and Hispanic-American unemployment rates have reached record lows this year.
  • Initial weekly jobless claims have hit a nearly 50-year low under President Trump.
  • Under President Trump, job openings outnumber the unemployed for the first time on record.
  • Recently, more than two-thirds of Americans rated “now” as a good time to find a quality job, tying a record high in a poll by Gallup.
  • Americans are seeing more money in their pockets thanks to the booming economy.
    • In recent months, workers have seen their largest nominal year over year wage growth in nearly a decade.
    • In 2017, real median household income rose to a post-recession high.
  • President Trump’s policies are helping to lift Americans out of poverty.
    • African-American and Hispanic-American poverty rates reached record lows of 21.2 percent and 18.3 percent, respectively, in 2017.
    • Since the election, 4.6 million Americans have been lifted off of food stamps.
  • Consumer confidence has soared under President Trump, recently reaching an 18-year high.
  • President Trump is delivering on his promise to bring back American manufacturing.
    • The National Association of Manufacturers’ Outlook Index had the highest annual average in its history over the past year.
    • Manufacturing added 284,000 jobs in 2018, the most added in a year since 1997
  • Small Business optimism jumped to a record high under President Trump, according to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
    • The NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index broke a 35-year record in August.
  • President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law, ushering in the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history.
  • These tax cuts are delivering real results for American families and workers.
    • More than 6 million workers received tax cut bonuses and benefits.
    • More than 100 utility companies have announced lower rates.
  • President Trump is ensuring American workers receive the training and education they need to compete in today’s economy.
    • President Trump signed an executive order establishing the National Council for the American worker.
    • More than 185 companies and associations have signed our “Pledge to America’s Workers,” promising more than 6.4 million new training and career opportunities.
    • The President signed legislation that reauthorized the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, making more than $1 billion available for career education programs.
  • President Trump has prioritized the economic empowerment of women.
    • The women’s unemployment rate recently reached its lowest rate in 65 years.
    • The Small Business Administration lent approximately $500 million more in capital to women-owned businesses in 2017 compared to 2016.
    • The Administration helped launch the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, which could leverage more than $1 billion to support women entrepreneurs.

ROLLING BACK RED TAPE: President Trump is rolling back costly regulations that have burdened hardworking Americans and stifled innovation.

  • President Trump has followed through on and exceeded his promise to roll back two regulations for every new one created.
    • President Trump’s Administration surpassed the 2:1 ratio in 2018, eliminating 12 regulations for every new one in 2018.
    • In 2017, the Trump Administration eliminated 22 regulations for every new one.
  • Since taking office, President Trump’s deregulation efforts have achieved $33 billion in regulatory savings.
    • In 2018, these efforts alone delivered $23 billion in benefits to American families and business owners.
  • President Trump has signed 16 Congressional Review Act resolutions into law, eliminating burdensome Obama-era rules and regulations.
  • President Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which would have harmed America’s economy and cost American workers millions of jobs.
  • President Trump signed an executive order to streamline the permitting process for infrastructure projects with a goal of cutting approval time from up to 10 years to an average of 2 years.
  • President Trump signed legislation to roll back burdensome Dodd-Frank regulations that harmed community banks.

NEGOTIATING BETTER DEALS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: President Trump is negotiating fair and balanced trade deals that protect American industries and workers.

  • President Trump negotiated a new trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico to replace the disastrous and outdated North American Free Trade Agreement.
    • Once enacted by Congress, the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) will better serve the interests of American workers and businesses.
    • USMCA will incentivize billions of dollars in auto and auto parts production in the United States and create a freer and fairer market for American agriculture.
    • USMCA also includes the strongest-ever provisions on labor, environmental, digital, and intellectual property protections to reflect the realities of the 21st century economy.
  • The President renegotiated the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement to preserve and grow jobs in the American auto industry and increase American exports.
  • The United States and Japan are set to begin negotiations on a United States–Japan Trade Agreement.
  • President Trump is establishing a new trade relationship with the European Union (EU), working toward the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to transatlantic trade.
  • President Trump has established a Trade and Investment Working Group to lay the groundwork for post-Brexit trade with the United Kingdom (UK) and has notified Congress of his intent to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK.
  • This year, President Trump filed a withdrawal notification with the Universal Postal Union, launching a one-year negotiation to secure fair international postal rates for American mailers.
  • President Trump has expanded market access for American agricultural producers.
    • Argentina has opened to American pork and beef, Brazil to American beef, Japan to lamb and Idaho chipping potatoes, South Korea to American poultry, and more.
    • The Administration authorized $12 billion to aid farmers affected by unfair retaliatory tariffs.
    • The Trump Administration has begun the process to expand the sale of E15, or gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol, to year round.
  • Under President Trump, the United States will no longer accept bad trade deals and unfair trade practices that harm American workers and industries.
    • One of the President’s first actions after taking office was withdrawing the United States from the terrible Trans-Pacific Partnership, which incentivized outsourcing.
    • In 2017, the Administration oversaw 82 antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.
  • President Trump is holding China accountable for its unfair trade practices, such as the theft of intellectual property, by imposing tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods.
    • Following President Trump’s successful meeting with President Xi in Buenos Aires, both agreed to conduct negotiations over 90 days to address the United States concerns.
  • American steel and aluminum jobs are coming back following President Trump’s tariffs to protect domestic industries that are vital to national security.
  • President Trump imposed tariffs to protect American-made washing machines and solar products that were hurt by import surges.

UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY: President Trump is rolling back costly and burdensome regulations to unleash America’s incredible energy resources.

  • After years of stifling regulation under the last Administration, President Trump is unleashing America’s energy potential.
  • America is the largest crude oil producer in the world and production has hit a record high.
  • President Trump’s policies are helping to boost American energy exports.
    • The Administration has streamlined Liquefied Natural Gas terminal permitting.
    • In 2017, the United States became a net natural gas exporter for the first time in 60 years.
    • American coal exports increased by more than 60 percent in 2017.
  • President Trump is expanding access to our country’s abundant natural resources.
    • The President signed legislation to open up energy exploration in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge.
    • In July 2018, the Department of the Interior announced it would hold the largest oil and gas lease sale in history.
  • In 2017, the Administration approved construction of the Dakota Access pipeline and the cross border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
  • The Administration issued permits for the New Burgos Pipeline that will export American petroleum products to Mexico.
  • The President has ended the war on coal, cutting Obama-era regulations such as the “Stream Protection Rule” which was estimated to cost industries $81 million a year.
  • President Trump is replacing the Clean Power Plan, a flawed Obama-era regulation that the Supreme Court ordered halted.
  • President Trump rescinded the hydraulic fracturing rule, which was expected to cost the oil and gas industry $32 million per year.
  • The Trump Administration curbed the burdensome Obama-era rule on methane, saving American energy developers hundreds of millions of dollars in regulatory costs.

EXPANDING OPTIONS FOR QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE:President Trump is expanding access to affordable healthcare choices and taking action to lower drug prices.

  • President Trump’s Administration is working to provide Americans with affordable alternatives to Obamacare.
  • The Administration expanded short-term, limited duration health insurance plans that are expected to be nearly 50 percent cheaper than unsubsidized Obamacare plans.
  • President Trump has expanded association health plans, allowing more employers to join together across State lines and affordably offer coverage to their employees.
  • The Administration proposed a reform to Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) regulations that will give consumers more freedom to purchase benefits that fit their needs.
    • Roughly 800,000 employers are expected to provide HRAs for more than 10 million employees once the rule finalized.
  • Americans have more healthcare freedom thanks to the President signing legislation that ended Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty.
  • While healthcare premiums had been steadily increasing as a result of Obamacare, the average benchmark exchange premium will decline for the first time in 2019 thanks to President Trump’s policies.
    • Next year, Americans will benefit from more insurer participation on the exchanges.
  • Medicare Advantage plans offer more benefit options than ever before, and average premiums in 2019 will be 6 percent lower than in 2018.
  • President Trump launched an unprecedented campaign to drive down drug prices, leading more than a dozen drug manufactures to enact price freezes, reductions, or rollbacks.
    • In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a record number of generic drugs, breaking the previous record set by the Administration in 2017.
    • The FDA’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 generic drug approvals are expected to bring nearly $9 billion in savings in 2017 alone.
    • President Trump signed legislation eliminating contractual gag clauses that stopped pharmacists from informing patients about lower drug prices.
  • The President put forth an initiative to stop global freeloading that drives up prices for American patients.
  • The Administration provided Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans with new negotiating tools to drive down drug costs for American patients.
  • The Administration implemented reforms to the amount Medicare pays hospitals for drugs that are purchased under the 340B program, saving seniors $320 million in 2018.
  • President Trump signed “Right to Try” legislation to expand access to experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.

FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE CRISIS NEXT DOOR: President Trump mobilized his entire Administration to combat the opioid crisis that has devastated communities across the country.

  • President Trump launched an Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand, introducing new measures to confront the driving forces behind this crisis.
  • The President signed the landmark SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, the largest and most comprehensive legislative package addressing a single drug crisis in history.
  • The President helped secure a record $6 billion in funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
  • The Administration provided more than $2 billion in grants in 2018 to help States, territories, tribes, and local communities prevent and treat opioid abuse.
  • The Administration pursued scientific solutions to prevent and treat addiction through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative.
  • The President launched a national public awareness campaign about the dangers of opioid addiction and youth opioid usage.
  • Last year, President Trump created a Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, which recommends ways to tackle the opioid crisis.
  • The Administration declared the opioid crisis a nationwide Public Health Emergency in 2017.
  • President Trump is working to cut off the flow of deadly opioids into our country and to disrupt the networks that distribute them to our communities.
    • The Administration secured first-ever indictments against Chinese nationals for fentanyl trafficking.
    • The Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a surge to target fentanyl and heroin dealers in the districts with the most severe overdose death rates.
    • The DOJ formed a Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement team and shut down the biggest Darknet distributor of drugs.
  • Last year, the DOJ announced the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history, arresting more than 120 defendants with opioid-related crimes.
  • The President launched a Safer Prescribing Plan that seeks to cut nationwide opioid prescription fills by one-third within three years.
  • The Administration has led four National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days, collecting a record-breaking 1,837 tons of expired and unneeded prescription drugs.

STANDING UP FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND PROTECTING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: The President is committed to defending the right to life and religious liberty.

  • Shortly after taking office, President Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy.
  • President Trump defunded a United Nations (UN) agency for colluding with China’s brutal program of forced abortion and sterilization.
  • The Administration withdrew guidance that constrained State’s ability to exclude family-planning providers that provide abortion services from the Medicaid program.
  • The Trump Administration proposed new regulations to ensure Title X family planning funding does not go to projects that perform, support, or refer patients for abortion.
  • The Trump Administration issued regulations establishing new or expanded exemptions from the Obamacare contraceptive mandate based on religious beliefs or moral convictions.
  • In 2017, the President issued an executive order to promote free speech and religious liberty.

KEEPING AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SAFE: President Trump has made clear that his first responsibility is to protect the safety and security of Americans.

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows violent crime decreased under President Trump’s watch in 2017, following two consecutive years of increases.
  • United States Attorneys indicted the most violent criminals on record last year.
  • Last year, the DOJ announced nearly $100 million in grant funding to hire hundreds of additional law enforcement officers.
  • President Trump is cracking down on the vile MS-13 gang that has brought violence to communities across the country.
    • In 2017, the DOJ worked with international partners to arrest and charge approximately 4,000 MS-13 members.
    • Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations arrested nearly 800 MS-13 members and associates in FY 2017, an 83 percent increase from the prior year.
  • President Trump signed an executive order to restore State and local law enforcement’s access to surplus equipment that can be used to help keep our communities safe.
  • President Trump enhanced and updated the Project Safe Neighborhoods program.
  • The DOJ announced the creation of the National Public Safety Partnership in 2017, launching a cooperative initiative with cities to reduce violent crime.
  • President Trump signed legislation to improve the Federal firearm background check system and keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals.
  • President Trump signed the First Step Act, which includes bipartisan reforms to make our Federal justice system fairer and our communities safer.
    • The First Step Act will help prepare inmates to successfully rejoin society, reducing recidivism and improving community safety.
    • This legislation includes commonsense sentencing reforms that will make our Federal justice system fairer while keeping violent criminals and sex offenders off our streets.

ENFORCING OUR LAWS AND SECURING OUR BORDERS: From the first day of his Administration, President Trump has worked to uphold the rule of law and secure our borders.

  • President Trump released an immigration framework that would fix our broken immigration system through merit-based reform and provide the resources needed to secure our border.
    • This includes closing the legal loopholes that enable illegal immigration, ending chain migration, and eliminating the visa lottery.
  • President Trump secured funding to begin building the wall and construction has already begun in areas along the southern border.
  • President Trump deployed the military to assist in securing the southern border.
  • President Trump and his Administration took action to require aliens seeking asylum to go to a port of entry to make their claim.
  • Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended 17,256 criminals and 1,019 gang members in FY 2018.
  • ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 158,581 aliens in FY 2018, an 11 percent increase from FY 2017.
    • 90 percent of those arrested had criminal convictions, pending charges, or had been issued final orders of removal.
  • ICE ERO increased removals by 13 percent in FY 2018 to 256,086, the majority of whom were convicted criminals.
    • Removals of convicted criminal aliens increased by 14 percent from FY 2017.
    • Nearly 6,000 known or suspected gang members were removed in FY 2018, a 9 percent increase from FY 2017.
  • The Department of Justice prosecuted a record number of criminal immigration offenses in FY 2018, and increased the number of prosecutions for illegal entry by 84 percent over FY 2017.
  • Immigration courts are now completing more cases than at any point since 2011
  • President Trump kept his promise by launching the office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) within the Department of Homeland Security.
  • The Administration has more than doubled the number of jurisdictions participating in the 287(g) program, which enables State and local law enforcement to aid immigration enforcement.
  • President Trump has made our country safer by ordering the enhanced vetting of individuals entering from countries that do not meet our security standards.
    • These procedures were upheld in a June 2018 Supreme Court ruling.

REBUILDING AMERICA’S MILITARY FORCE: President Trump is rebuilding our military and defending America’s interests across the world.

  • President Trump ended the devastating defense cuts of the past Administration and has secured historic investments to rebuild our military.
    • President Trump signed legislation providing $700 billion for defense in FY 2018 and $716 billion in FY 2019.
  • President Trump is supporting America’s men and women in uniform, securing the largest military pay raise in nearly a decade.
  • The President issued a new National Security Strategy to keep America safe from all threats.
    • The Administration has also released new strategies specific to cybersecurity, biodefense, counterterrorism, and weapons of mass destruction terrorism.
  • President Trump directed the first whole-of-government assessment of United States manufacturing and defense supply chains since the Eisenhower Administration.
  • President Trump initiated the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, improving United States deterrence policy and existing capabilities to counter nuclear threats.
  • President Trump empowered our military commanders with broad authority in order to take the fight to ISIS, and the results are clear.
    • ISIS has lost nearly all of its territory, more than half of which has been liberated since President Trump took office.
    • All of ISIS’ territory in Iraq was successfully liberated.
    • ISIS’ self-proclaimed capital city Raqqah has been recaptured.
  • ISIS’ territorial caliphate has been defeated and President Trump has announced that he is bringing America’s troops in Syria home.
  • President Trump announced a new Iran strategy to confront all of Iran’s malign activities and withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran nuclear deal.
    • All sanctions that had been lifted or waived under the Iran deal have been reimposed.
    • The Administration has sanctioned more than 160 individuals tied to the regime’s support of terrorism, ballistic missile program, human rights abuses, and more.
  • President Trump took decisive military action to respond to the barbaric use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime.
    • President Trump directed strikes in response to the regime’s chemical weapons attacks in April 2017 and April 2018.
    • The Trump Administration has also rolled out sanctions targeting those tied to Syria’s chemical weapons program.
  • President Trump is strengthening America’s cyber defense and directed the elevation of the United States Cyber Command into a major warfighting command.
  • The President announced that the Department of Defense will work to create a Space Force to serve as an independent branch of the United States military.

RESTORING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ABROAD: President Trump is restoring American leadership on the world stage and advancing an America first agenda.

  • President Trump held an historic summit with Chairman Kim Jong-Un, bringing beginnings of peace and denuclearization to the Korean Peninsula.
    • Since the summit, the leaders have exchanged letters and high-level officials from both countries have met.
    • Because of the President’s actions, North Korea has halted nuclear and missile tests.
    • The remains of POW/MIA service members from the Korean War are being returned to the United States.
  • Prior to the summit, President Trump’s leadership helped secure the passage of historic UN sanctions on North Korea.
  • President Trump followed through on his promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American embassy there.
  • President Trump withdrew the United States from the UN Human Rights Council due to its bias against Israel.
  • The Administration made clear that it does not accept the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over Americans and will continue to protect America’s sovereignty.
  • President Trump has successfully advocated for cutting waste at the UN.
    • Changes made to the organization’s structure allowed the UN to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from their budget, while making the organization more efficient.
  • The President’s leadership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has encouraged members to increase their defense spending and realign the Alliance’s priorities.
    • In 2017 alone, there was an increase of more than 4.8 percent in defense spending among NATO allies.
    • President Trump convinced the Alliance to strengthen counterterrorism activities, and NATO formally joined the coalition to defeat ISIS.
  • President Trump’s Administration is working to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific through investments and partnerships.
  • President Trump has imposed tough sanctions on the corrupt regimes in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
  • President Trump has taken tough action to combat Russia’s malign activities, including Russia’s efforts to undermine United States elections.
    • The Administration has imposed sanctions on more than 200 individuals and entities related to Russia’s destabilizing activities.
    • The Trump Administration has enhanced support for Ukraine’s defense by stepping up sales of weapons to its military.
  • The Trump Administration has secured the release of numerous American citizens held abroad, including Pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey, Josh Holt from Venezuela, and more.
  • President Trump attended G20 summits in Argentina and Germany, where he promoted American First policies and encouraged closer cooperation.
  • In 2017, President Trump conducted tours through Asia to promote America’s interests.

HONORING AMERICA’S COMMITMENT TO OUR VETERANS: President Trump is honoring America’s commitment to our veterans by ensuring they receive the quality care they have earned.

  • President Trump secured a record $73.1 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide quality medical care for our veterans.
    • This funding included $8.6 billion for mental health services, $400 million for opioid abuse prevention, $206 million for suicide prevention, and more.
  • The President signed the VA MISSION Act, revolutionizing that VA healthcare system and reforming numerous services for our veterans.
    • This legislation will consolidate and reform existing programs to give eligible veterans better access to healthcare providers in their communities.
    • Thanks to this legislation, eligible veterans will have access to walk-in community clinics that offer immediate, local care.
  • President Trump and his Administration have expanded access to telehealth services for veterans, including through the “Anywhere to Anywhere” VA health care initiative.
  • President Trump issued an executive order requiring the Administration to improve access to mental health treatment and suicide prevention resources for veterans.
  • President Trump signed the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, making it easier to fire failing employees and protect whistleblowers.
    • Under President Trump, the VA has removed, demoted, or suspended more than 4,300 employees for poor performance.
  • President Trump signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017, streamlining the process used by veterans when appealing benefits claims.
  • President Trump fulfilled his promise to create a new White House VA Hotline to provide veterans with 24/7 support.
  • The VA is providing veterans with online access to wait time and quality of care data.
  • The President signed the Forever GI Bill, providing veterans, service members, and their families with enhanced education benefits.
  • Last year, programs at the VA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development helped more than 51,000 veterans find permanent housing and access supportive services.

TRANSFORMING GOVERNMENT: President Trump has followed through on his pledge to transform the Federal Government and increase accountability and transparency.

  • President Trump’s Administration submitted a plan to reorganize the executive branch in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
  • In a historic show of transparency and accountability, the Trump Administration completed the Department of Defense’s first ever audit.
  • The President implemented a five-year ban on lobbying for White House employees and a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign countries.
  • Each quarter since taking office, President Trump has donated his salary, fulfilling a promise he made to the American people.
  • President Trump is reshaping our Federal judiciary, appointing judges who will follow the Constitution as written.
    • The President has appointed Circuit Court judges at a record pace.
    • President Trump has appointed two Supreme Court justices, Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.

*2ND UPDATE* Vipal DV-UM3 Evaluation

The Vipal DV-UM3 retread is now on a projection path average of 60,000 miles for a Florida school bus fleet, based on our current collected data.

Prior updates indicated a 40,000 average mile projection.

11R22.5 VIPAL DV-UM3 RETREAD
DV-UM3 retread on school bus for evaluation by CasingSource.com, LLC.

 

Because of the success and subsequent move made by this Florida school district from a state sponsored retreading program to a customized school bus fleet tire retreading and casing management program…we’ve initiated a new evaluation from a different manufacturer to continue our pursuit to find the school bus retread of MILEAGE EXCELLENCE.

November marks the one year anniversary of the DV-UM3 evaluation and this tread is performing very well…with remaining usable 32nds still well into double digits.

November will also mark the month of a new evaluation by CasingSource.com, LLC of the 11R22.5 ContiTread™ HSC.

HSC RETREAD

(4) 11R22.5 ContiTread™ HSC (23/32) retreads are being tested against (4) 11R22.5 Vipal DV-UM3 (23/32) retreads.

DV-UM3 retread versus HSC retread
On the left is the DV-UM3 by Vipal and on the right is the HSC by Continental.

We’re excited to see how these two beauties compete!

Other examples of the DV-UM3 success can be found here:

More updates on this evaluation to follow…

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2018 Commercial Tire Casing Warranties

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New Retreading Facts

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Golden, J.S., Handfield, R., Daystar, J. and, J. Woodrooffe (2018).
Retread Tires in the United States & Canada: An Analysis of the Economic & Environmental Benefits
for Fleet Operators and the U.S. Government.
A JOINT REPORT
The Duke Center for Sustainability & Commerce
N.C. State Supply Chain Resource Cooperative
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Initiative
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Input and funding of this report partially provided by Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
in cooperation with industry experts, academia and Bandag franchisees.
The project team wishes to express our gratitude to the technical insights of:
CITY OF NEW YORK
RYDER SYSTEMS, INC.
Additionally, we recognize the efforts of Duke graduate student Koichi Kanaoka on his review of LCA research.

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