Notice

Trade remedies notice 2025/25: anti-dumping duty on certain excavators originating from China (reconsideration)

Updated 22 December 2025

This public notice was published on 22 December 2025 with effect from 23 December 2025.

This public notice is published by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade (‘Secretary of State’) under regulations 14(8)(a) and 14(8)(b) in connection with regulation 14(13)(a) of the Trade Remedies (Reconsideration and Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (‘the reconsideration regulations’) and under section 13 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (‘the act’).

This public notice gives effect to the reconsidered decision of the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) to uphold the original decision to apply a definitive anti-dumping measure on certain excavators originating from China.

Trade Remedies Notice 2025/10 was published by the Secretary of State under section 13(2) and paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 to the act and gave effect to the TRA recommendation to apply:

• a definitive anti-dumping measure to the specified goods (see ‘goods subject to the anti-dumping duty’ in Trade Remedies Notice 2025/10) originating from China, backdated to cover the period of the provisional measure from 21 December 2024 until 13 May 2025, plus a period of 5 years from the day after publication of notice 2025/10, ceasing on 14 May 2030
• rates of the final anti-dumping measure on the goods specified in Annex 1 of Trade Remedies Notice 2025/10

Notice 2025/10 remains in effect to impose the anti-dumping measures on the goods specified in that notice from 21 December 2024 to 14 May 2030.

Summary of the reconsideration

On 13 June 2025, Caterpillar Group and LiuGong Group applied for a reconsideration of the TRA’s determination for anti-dumping duties on certain excavators originating from China.  

Caterpillar Group applied on 19 grounds:

• the injury margin calculation (grounds 1 to 4)
• the dumping margin calculation (grounds 5 to 14)
• the injury and causal link determination (grounds 15 to 18)
• the form of the anti-dumping measures (ground 19)

LiuGong Group requested a reconsideration on one ground:

• the decision to include battery electric machinery within the definition of the goods concerned and the tariff imposed

A reconsideration was initiated on 11 July 2025. The purpose of this reconsideration was to establish whether the decisions made during the original investigation, when assessed against the grounds in the application for reconsideration, were reasonable.

Having completed the reconsideration review, the TRA concluded that the original decision should be maintained. Further information on the TRA’s decision can be found on its public file.

Summary of the original anti-dumping investigation   

On 15 November 2023, the TRA initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of certain excavators originating from China, following an application from a UK producer.

On 13 May 2025, in accordance with paragraphs 11(5) and (6) of Schedule 4 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (‘the act’), the TRA made its final determination. The final determination concluded that the concerned goods imported into the UK have been, or are being, dumped by certain overseas exporters from China and the importation of the dumped goods has caused material injury to UK industry during the injury period, and that the dumped goods were the cause of that injury.

Pursuant to paragraph 17(3) of the act, the TRA made its recommendation to the Secretary of State for an ad valorem anti-dumping duty for a period of 5 years for the goods concerned which are subject to the final affirmative determination.

In Trade Remedies Notice 2025/10, published on 13 May 2025, the Secretary of State gave effect to the TRA’s recommendation. Following the reconsideration decision to uphold the original decision to apply a definitive anti-dumping measure on certain excavators originating from China, notice 2025/10 remains in effect.