Ukraine's Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade has opened an anti-dumping investigation into four herbicides and one fungicide imported from China, after finding that import prices undercut domestic producers' costs and that volumes rose sharply over three years, Global Agriculture reports. The commission decided on 3 November and the Ministry of Economy, which will run the investigation, announced it on 10 November.
The complaint was brought by Alfa Smart Agro LLC and supported by Bilotserkivsky Plant of Preparative Forms LLC, which together make more than half of Ukraine's output of the products concerned, including corn and cereal herbicides and a widely used triazole fungicide.
The commission's preliminary finding is that Chinese import prices were below both the complainant's average domestic selling price and its production cost. Looking at 2022 to the first half of 2025, it found the volume of the imports rose 44.9% in absolute terms, 30.4% relative to Ukrainian production and 21.0% relative to domestic consumption, enough to open a formal investigation into dumping and injury.
No duty rate, provisional or final, has been set, and the ministry has not published a timetable. Such investigations usually involve data collection and consultation with exporters and importers before any provisional decision, and interested parties, including Chinese exporters and Ukrainian importers, can submit comments.
China had not responded publicly by the date of the announcement. The case adds to trade friction over agrochemicals this year: China itself opened an anti-dumping investigation into pesticide intermediates from the European Union earlier in 2026.
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Source: Global Agriculture
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