European Union opens anti-dumping investigation into Chinese mobile cranes

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

19 December 2025

The European Union (EU) has opened an investigation into imports of mobile cranes from China, after four of the largest crane manufacturers in Europe complained they were being dumped into the market.

Liebherr, Manitowoc, Sennebogen and Tadano filed the complaint in November via the VDMA, a German association of 3,600 German and European mechanical and plant engineering companies.

Through the VDMA’s Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association, they called for an urgent investigation, labelling the situation “manifestly unfair”.

Now the European Commission has…

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