Anti-Dumping and Anti Subsidy Proceedings by the European Commission.
The European Commission is responsible for investigating dumping claims by exporting producers originating from non-EU countries and imposing measures (if any). The European Commission opens an investigation if it receives a complaint from the concerned EU manufacturers, but it can also do this on its own initiative.
A non-EU company is said to be exercising dumping if it is exporting a product into the EU at a price which is below its normal value. The normal value is either the price of the product at which it is sold on the domestic market of said non-EU company or a price which is based on production costs plus profit.
The European Commission can also check whether a subsidy – a financial contribution by (or on behalf of) an official public institution in the country of the non-EU manufacturers – is influencing the pricing of goods imported into the EU. In such a case, the European Commission can impose measures such as countervailing duties in order to neutralise the advantage of such a subsidy on imported goods.
The average number of trade defence actions initiated for the years 1996 to 2009 and 2010 to 2020 are shown in the following figure.
