Antidumping: electric ovens from China

The Ministry of Economy has initiated a sunset and changed-circumstances review regarding exports to Argentina of “electric ovens, for household use, with a capacity of 18 to 60 liters, excluding built-in units,” originating in the People’s Republic of China. The product is classified under NCM 8516.60.00 and the review was launched through Resolution 1944/2025.

The Argentine Foreign Trade Commission (CNCE) recommended initiating the review after identifying market developments and changes in the domestic industry that justify reassessing the antidumping duties imposed in 2020, which had established specific duties of USD 10.37 and USD 11.64 per unit, depending on the model. These duties will remain in force throughout the review. The CNCE found that the likely recurrence margins of dumping range from 100.92% to 166.34% and, together with the significant increase in Chinese imports—plus the weakening of key performance indicators of domestic producers, including declines in output, sales, employment, capacity utilization, and profitability—, suggest that lifting the measure could lead to renewed injury.

The CNCE also noted that Chinese imports increased their market share from 6% in 2022 to 30% in the partial 2025 period, in a context of reduced apparent consumption and declining market share for local producers. Price comparisons, both at the national level and relative to exports to third markets, showed that Chinese prices would likely enter at levels below domestic prices if the antidumping measure were lifted. These factors support the conclusion that injury to the local industry could recur.

The Resolution sets the data-collection period for the dumping analysis from October 2024 to September 2025, and for the injury analysis from January 2022 to September 2025. Interested parties may access questionnaires and submit their responses to the CNCE within 30 days of publication. The antidumping duties imposed in 2020 will remain in effect throughout the review.