WTO confirms China illegally imposed anti-dumping duties on scanners from the EU

EU News 96/2013

Brussels
26 February 2013

A World Trade Organization panel found that China’s anti-dumping duties on X-ray security scanners from the EU were in breach of WTO anti-dumping rules. WTO rules say that anti-dumping duties can only be imposed under strict conditions to address cases in which exports sold below fair value cause damage to the domestic industry of the importing country, so-called "injurious dumping". The panel agreed with the EU that these conditions were not met by China in this case. The panel concluded that China also failed to respect due process and transparency requirements and called on China to bring its measures in line with WTO rules. The report marks a clear victory for the EU. If it is not appealed within 60 days, China will be expected to remove its duties on EU imports of X-ray security scanners.

Source and additional information:
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=871

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