Importance of SMEs’ participation in TDI investigations

03/12/2022 04:26 - 117 Views

What is at stake?

For SMEs producing in the EU, unfair trade (dumped or subsidised imports into the EU) can have serious consequences in terms of lost business, employment, technological innovation, etc. So it is important that producers exposed to such imports know how to react (see Chapter 3).

At the same time, EU companies that rely on imports may be caught in an anti-dumping or anti-subsidy investigation and may ultimately find that they suddenly have to pay an anti-dumping or anti-subsidy duty in addition to the normal import duty. How to react in such situations is explained in detail in Chapter 4.

Source: “TDI Trade defence instruments, Anti-dumping & Anti-subsidy - A Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses” by the European Commission