Trinity Industries said it plans to “fully defend against the antidumping and countervailing duty petition” that UTLX Manufacturing filed.
UTLX filed its petition Sept. 30 with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission targeting imports of railway tank cars from Mexico.
In a release earlier this month, Trinity said it was reviewing the petition with its legal and trade counsel and intends to participate fully and actively in both the Department of Commerce and ITC proceedings.
“Trinity will vigorously defend its position at every stage of this process,” the company said in its release.
According to Trinity, the company has produced more than 73,000 tank cars in the United States over the last 15 years. It employs more than 2,500 U.S.-based employees supporting the tank car industry, including at its Longview, Texas manufacturing facility and maintenance shops across the country, and serves more than 800 U.S.-based shippers. Trinity’s Monclova, Mexico facility has also been an integral part of its North American manufacturing network since 1998, serving customer demand on both sides of the border as part of a fully integrated supply chain.
Trinity also said it is a significant purchaser of American-made steel, which it ships to its facilities in Mexico for incorporation into the tank cars that UTLX alleges are dumped and subsidized.
Trinity said it will cooperate fully with Commerce and the ITC and is committed to a fair and complete assessment of the facts, and that it believes the facts will show its operations represent legitimate, high-quality manufacturing and that the petition is not supported by the evidence or the law.
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