Yes. Absolutely, they are. We saw a dramatic increase in the dumping of these tires in 2023 as we were coming out of the pandemic. During the pandemic, we didn't have a whole lot of shipments coming from China, because the cost of a sea can was in the $25,000 to $35,000 range. Now that it's back to a normal price, these tires are being dumped into our markets. We are not able to compete against them.
We don't carry these tires. They're often dropped off to brokers and sold off the backs of trucks. They're sold to both the Canadian industry and the U.S. industry. Transporter shippers will come to Canada, buy these cheap tires they can't buy in the U.S., and head back. We know that because when they show up at our shops to have their tires repaired, they're tires that we don't sell and that are banned in the U.S.