Anti-dumping og Anti-subsidy

Trade defensive instruments (TDI) are important parts of the European trade politics. TDI’s are technical instruments that give the European Commission the possibility to impose duties on imports from exporters in third countries that use unfair pricing in exports or if exports are unfair subsidized. The specific instruments used are anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures, as well as the use of safeguards.

Definitive anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties are imposed by the Council with a simple majority after the European Commission having consulted Member States in the Anti-dumping Committee. The Danish government is in these cases represented by the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority.

The Danish Perspective
Denmark is a big proponent of free global trade. It is the Danish approach that the international division of labour is a key element in securing, that goods and services are produced in these countries where the costs of production – on fair conditions - are lowest and the quality highest. In this way free trade benefits all countries.

On these grounds Denmark tries to influence the European Commission in a more liberal direction, and work against the use of trade defensive instruments for protectionist purposes. Denmark considers it important, that the trade defensive measures are only initiated in cases where there is substantial evidence of dumping and injury and where the initiation of measures are clearly in the interest of the community as a whole.  

The Approach in Specific Cases
The TDI area is very concentrated on a number of specific cases. In the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority we give priority to the analytic approach in the specific case as one important way to assess the merits of the individual case. On these grounds it is our intention to publish a number of working papers – presenting relevant statistics from the EUROSTAT database and other analysis in an objective way in individual cases. The antidumping case regarding hot-dipped metallic coated (HDMC) iron and steel from China is a recent case where we have prepared an analysis. The papers will be published on this site, and can be found in the menu to the right.

“The Copenhagen Anti-dumping model”
As a part of our analysis of specific anti-dumping cases we use “the Copenhagen anti-dumping model” - an econometric partial equilibrium model that estimates the consequences for the European economy if antidumping measures are imposed or repealed. The model is a multiregional partial non-linear Armington model developed by the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority.