Local tyre manufactures on Thursday defended their push for hefty anti-dumping duties to be implemented saying it is part of a sustained effort to rescue the local industry and livelihoods.
“[Local industry] is not against healthy trade and competition at fair prices, but rather against tyres designed and manufactured in China that are imported unfairly into South Africa at unsustainable, rock-bottom rates,” said Nduduzo Chala, the managing executive of the SA Tyre Manufacturers Conference , the industry body and trade association of local tyre manufacturers Bridgestone, Continental, Goodyear and Sumitomo. ..
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