Commerce reduces import duty for Cheng Shin/Maxxis Print WASHINGTON — The Department of Commerce has cut the anti-dumping import duties imposed on passenger and light truck tires shipped to the U.S from Taiwan by Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd./Maxxis International by nearly 20 percentage points, in response to appeals filed by the company. The duty for Cheng Shin drops to 33.33% from 52.42%, Commerce said, because the agency made "significant ministerial errors regarding Cheng Shin's arm's-length test results and inclusion of Channel 3 sales in the home market sales database." At the same time, Commerce dropped the "all others" duty rate — which applies to all companies in Taiwan other than Cheng Shin and Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. Ltd. — to 84.33% from 88.82% in response to petitions filed by Nankang.