Greenbrier Rejects UTLX Antidumping Petition on Railway Tank Cars

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Greenbrier said it strongly disagrees with petitions filed by UTLX Manufacturing LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, seeking antidumping and countervailing duties on certain railway tank cars and parts, and will vigorously defend its record before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. The company rejected the suggestion that it abandoned U.S. tank car production, noting it operates a purpose-built tank car manufacturing facility in Marmaduke, Arkansas, and that the petition itself identifies Greenbrier as a U.S. producer and acknowledges its domestic tank car production in 2025. Greenbrier employs more than 2,000 skilled Americans in railcar manufacturing, component assembly, repair and maintenance at more than 20 facilities in 11 states, and has invested more than $500 million in its Arkansas manufacturing operations, including Marmaduke and Paragould, since 2019. The company also rejected allegations that its tank cars are unfairly priced or subsidized, saying they are built to U.S. Department of Transportation and Association of American Railroads standards everywhere they are manufactured, including its AAR-certified site in Arkansas, and that it purchases tons of steel annually from U.S. foundries as the primary input into the tank cars UTLX alleges to be dumped and subsidized. Greenbrier said trade remedies should be based on a complete factual record rather than a competitor's unsupported claims, and that it will cooperate fully with Commerce and the Commission.

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Industrials▲
Greenbrier Companies Inc
GBX
▲ PositiveRegulationrelevance

Greenbrier is defending itself against UTLX's antidumping/countervailing duty petition, rejecting claims it abandoned U.S. tank car production or unfairly priced cars.

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc
BRK-B
± MixedRegulationrelevance

Its subsidiary UTLX filed the antidumping petition that Greenbrier is rejecting; Berkshire is only the parent context.

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UTLX Manufacturing LLCi
Private▼ NegativeRegulationrelevance

UTLX's antidumping petition is being contested by Greenbrier, which disputes the factual basis of the trade case.