Pakistan Tyre Importers & Dealers Association

Sectoral Brief on Tyre Trade and Summary of products:

Tyres and Tubes are one of the basic needs of today’s life. Wheel is the greatest invention and tyre enables it to carry the vehicles on the road. Ther are different quality makes of tyres:

1. Front Line popular brands mainly from Europe and Japan are:

· Michelin

· Pirelli

· Continental

· Bridgestone

· Dunlop

· Sumitomo

· Yokohama

· Toyo

· Falkan

2. Medium quality tyres from Far Eastern Countries like South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, India and Malaysia are:

· Hankook

· Kumho

· Nexen

· Roadstone

· Gajjah Tungal

· Siam

· Otani

3. Budget Tyres from PRO China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are:

· Double Coin

· Triangle

· Roadone

· Pearl River

· Boto

· Double Happiness

· Chaoyang

Westlake

4. There are different categories of tyres as following:

· Daily Life Purpose for commuting:

- Truck / bus

- Light Trucks

- Pickups

- Passenger Cars

- Motorcycle and Scooters

- Rickshaws

Agriculture:

- Tractors

- Implements

- Machinery

· Off Road:

- Dozers

- Graders

- Earthmovers

· Aircrafts:

- Civil Aero :Planes

- War Planes