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LiuGong launches court challenge against UK’s excavator ‘anti-dumping’ tariff
28 October 2026
Liugong’s demonstration area at Bauma 2019 (Image courtesy of Messe München)
Chinese construction equipment manufacturer LiuGong has launched its own legal challenge to tariffs introduced by the UK on its excavators, following an anti-dumping investigation.
The UK’s trade watchdog, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) recommended tariffs on excavators in the 11t-80t range from several different Chinese manufacturers in 2025.
The recommendation, made in 2025, came after an application in 2023 from UK-based JCB Heavy Products alleging Chinese excavators were being dumped into the UK market.
LiuGong’s machines were hit with anti-dumping duties of 20.09%, which was a lower rate than the likes of Sany Group (32.82%) and XCMG (24.32%).
But along with Caterpillar Xuzhou Ltd, LiuGong made a submission to the UK TRA in 2025 to reconsider its ant-dumping measures.
LiuGong claimed that battery-electric machines should not be included within the definition of the goods and the tariff imposed.
At the end of 2025, the TRA announced that it was upholding its anti-dumping duties.
That has prompted Caterpillar Xuzhou Ltd and now LiuGong to challenge the TRA’s recommendation in a UK court, the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal.
The first day of hearings in the case of LiuGong Machinery (UK) v. Trade Remedies Authority starts tomorrow (29 October).
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