The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) announced the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation into imports into Ukraine of pesticides originating in the People’s Republic of China, following a complaint filed by Alfa Smart Agro LLC and supported by Bilotserkivsky Plant of Formulations LLC.
According to a statement released by the IIT on Tuesday, the commission made this decision on November 3 of this year, recognizing that the complaint contained sufficient substantiated evidence and was filed and supported by companies whose share of total production of certain types of pesticides in Ukraine exceeds 50%.
“The complaint contains sufficient substantiated evidence to conclude that imports into Ukraine of certain types of pesticides originating in the People’s Republic of China may have been made at dumped prices, and the level of the dumping margin cannot be considered minimal, nor can the import volumes be considered insignificant under the law,” the announcement states.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade also agreed that there is substantiated evidence that the dumping of certain types of pesticides from China into Ukraine threatens to cause material injury to domestic producers. In particular, according to the complaint’s materials, during the investigation period (2022–first half of 2025), there was a trend of declining sales volumes and market share for the complainant in the domestic market, accompanied by a simultaneous increase in consumption of certain types of pesticides in Ukraine.
It is noted that the volume of dumped imports of certain types of pesticides from China into Ukraine increased by 44.9% in absolute terms, and by 30.4% and 21.0%, respectively, relative to the production and consumption of certain types of pesticides in Ukraine.
In addition, the average import prices into Ukraine for these goods were lower than the average prices and production costs of the applicant’s specific types of pesticides.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade clarified that this refers to “a herbicide based on: terbuthylazine …, classified under code ex 3808 93 13 00 according to the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity (UKT ZED); propisochlor . … under code ex 3808 93 15 90…, nicosulfuron … under code ex 3808 93 23 00; and diquat … under code ex 3808 93 2790 in accordance with the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity (UKT ZED).”
Imports from China of a single-component fungicide based on the active ingredient tebuconazole under code ex 3808 92 50 90 according to the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity (UKT ZED) were also included in the investigation.
The Ministry of Economy has been tasked with conducting the investigation.
