China Tire Industry Sees Fourth Price Hike Wave as 80+ Firms Raise Prices

The breadth matters more than the size: four pricing waves in a year and 100-plus notices across all-steel, semi-steel and engineering tires suggest cost pressure is broad and persistent rather than confined to one product line. Because these hikes span both replacement and commercial/industrial categories, the read-through touches downstream transport and construction costs as much as the tire makers themselves. Whether a fourth wave actually holds in the market, rather than being announced and quietly discounted, is the open question — and whether raw material costs ease before margins force a fifth.