BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jul.2026, Words: 205) — The American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition (ATMC), a coalition of leading US trailer producers Great Dane LLC, Stoughton Trailers LLC, and Wabash Corporation, welcomed the US Department of Commerce preliminary antidumping (AD) decisions related to imported trailers from Canada and Mexico.
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In its investigation, Commerce found van-type trailers imported from Mexico were sold at less than fair value and imposed preliminary AD duties ranging from 3.21% to 79.92%.
These preliminary AD duties are in addition to the preliminary countervailing duties (CVD) Commerce previously announced to address unfair subsidies provided to Mexican trailer producers, ATMC announced on 30 Jul. 2026 in an official statement.
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Commerce also announced that it would apply the AD/CVD duties previously announced for van-type trailers imported from China to Chinese-origin merchandise shipped to the United States through Canada.
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The American trailer industry directly supports almost 10,000 US jobs and indirectly supports approximately 50,000 US jobs.
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By Steve Stewart reporting from Baton Rouge. © 1999-2026 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
