UK initiates absorption review on AD measures against Chinese excavator imports

On March 30, the UK's Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) launched an absorption review on existing anti-dumping (AD) measures on excavators imported from China, following an application lodged by JCB Heavy Products Limited, a major UK manufacturer of construction machinery, according to a release from China Trade Remedy Bureau on March 31.

An absorption review is a trade remedy investigation conducted by some authorities to determine if AD duties are being absorbed by foreign exporters rather than passed on as higher prices, thus failing to prevent injury to domestic industry, Mysteel Global learned. The UK-based equipment producer complained that since the imposition