After a request to reconsider imposing anti-dumping duties, the TRA has decided to maintain the decision, meaning some types of excavators will have to pay the duty
The Chinese excavator anti-dumping duties came into effect after the government announced in May that they would accept the TRA’s recommendation on the matter.
The LiuGong Group and the Caterpillar Group both requested the TRA to reconsider, to no avail.
Excavators from China were being dumped into the UK market
In 2023, JCB Heavy Products applied for an investigation into allegations that the Chinese market was dumping excavators into the UK market.
JCB claimed that Chinese exporters were able to utilise lower production costs to price their products lower than UK competitors, artificially lowering the cost-base and creating an advantage over the UK competition.
The resulting duty following the investigation applies to self-propelled, tracked excavators between 11-80 tonnes. LioGong argued that the duties should not apply to battery-powered machines, and Caterpillar asked for a recalculation of the duty, as each company is facing a different percentage.
The TRA took this decision as they found that there is no UK industry for producing excavators weighing 80 tonnes or more, and so imposing a duty on these machines would not damage the UK economy or industry.
The TRA has now announced that the measures will remain as they are.
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