Heavy Treaddin'The Evolving State of the OTR Tire MarketOTR Tire Shortage to Last Until 2012, At Least- December 27, 2007 With man-made islands and buildings of epic proportions springing up across its landscape, the United Arab Emirates has become a construction Mecca. The UAE has become a haven for Europeans on holiday and the equivalent of a vanity license plate for the ultra-rich. With so much money flowing in, it seems that construction ...http://buybigtires.com/wordpress/2007/12/27/otr-tire-shortage-to-last-until-2012-at-least/ USW Gets Preliminary Judgement On Chinese OTR Tires- December 18, 2007 We promised to keep you up to date on the United Steel Workers case against Chinese &8220;dumping&8221; of OTR Tires. On December 11th, the United States government took action to counteract the Chinese government&8217;s subsidization of exported tires. In their investigation, the US government found subsidization levels ranging from 2.5-7%. As of January 2008, ...http://buybigtires.com/wordpress/2007/12/18/usw-gets-preliminary-judgement-on-chinese-otr-... Yokohama To Increase Pricing in 2008- December 3, 2007 Come January, Yokohama will increase it&8217;s pricing on OTR Tires by 5%. Yokohama cites increased costs in raw materials, energy, and transportation as reasons for the increases. Consumer tire prices will be raised by 7%, with medium truck tires seeing a 4% increase. Although a Yokohama is a minor player in the OTR Market, ...http://buybigtires.com/wordpress/2007/12/03/yokohama-to-increase-pricing-in-2008/ |