NEWS Ӏ DECEMBER 2025
CRANE DUMPING TRADE COMPLAINT
Key mobile crane manufacturers have filed a trade complaint to the European Commission concerning the influx of mobile cranes from China into the European Union. Liebherr, Manitowoc, Sennebogen,
and Tadano have requested an urgent investigation into imports of Chinese mobile cranes marketed in the EU at conditions that they say results in manifestly unfair competition for European producers. The mobile crane industry
heavyweights, which are members of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association (VDMA), focus their trade complaint on mobile cranes with a capacity of 30 tonnes or more. Such cranes are key to ensuring Europe’s strategic independence, the VDMA states, particularly in relation to critical infrastructure, defence and energy. According to the VDMA the unfair
trade complaint emphasises the need for Europe to preserve the viability of this
strategically vital European industry and avoid future dependence on non-EU suppliers. “Our European industry welcomes
fair competition, but it is patently unfair to compete with products whose selling conditions do not come close to covering the raw materials, energy and production costs of a European mobile crane manufacturer,” says Christoph Kleiner, managing director sales, Liebherr-Werk Ehingen. “Chinese manufacturers benefit from a wide range of subsidy mechanisms, which gives them a massively unfair advantage when exporting to the EU.” “We believe in fair competition and
have urged the European Commission to address the material injury to European industry caused by the dumping tactics of Chinese exporting producers,” says Aaron Ravenscroft, president and CEO at Manitowoc. “We call on the Commission to restore a level playing field across the EU.”
“While we believe in fair competition, the distortive pricing tactics of exporting producers from China warrant the opening of a trade defence investigation,” says Noriaki Yashiro, CEO, Tadano Europe. “We call on the European Commission to take swift and decisive action to ensure a fair and competitive environment for future production and employment in Europe’s mobile crane manufacturing sector.” “Chinese mobile crane producers are
increasingly focusing on export markets, with the EU market being a prime target,” says Erich Sennebogen, shareholder and managing director, Sennebogen Maschinenfabrik. “The combination of spare production capacities in China, existing stocks and substantial Chinese governmental support, means that material injury to the vulnerable European industry will continue if anti- dumping measures are not imposed. These measures need to be taken to ensure fair global competition.”
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