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Canada / Dealer / financing dispute
Artic Machinery dispute and proposal proceedings
Verified documented allegationArtic’s March 13, 2026 claim in S-261878 alleges equipment defects, unpaid warranty support and serial-plate misrepresentations. The allegations have not been determined in the supplied records.
Read the research file M001Canada / Commercial litigation
Wild Timber proceeding and entered asset-freezing order
Verified documented allegationThe March 11 order imposed interim restrictions on XCMG Canada’s Canadian assets in VLC-S-S-260999; plaintiffs’ allegations remain unproven. A September 4 order (D010) extended, varied and replaced that relief and raised total security to C$10 million.
Read the research file M002Canada / Reported investigation
Police search reported at XCMG’s Edmonton office
Corroborated reported concernCityNews reported an RCMP search warrant in a fraud investigation on April 21, 2026. XCMG Canada acknowledged authorities attended its Edmonton office.
Read the research file M008United States / Dealer / arbitration dispute
National Equipment Dealers contract case
Procedural factThe docket mirror records a contract suit against XCMG North America and a motion to compel arbitration.
Read the research file M003United States / Commercial litigation
XCMG pursues CanLift contract action in Nevada
Procedural factIn this proceeding XCMG North America is the plaintiff and CanLift the defendant.
Read the research file M004United States / Trade remedies
US mobile access equipment duties: final amendment and preliminary reviews
Final amendment / preliminary reviewsA 2025 amended determination sets a 56.50% dumping margin and 56.33% deposit rate for a named Xuzhou exporter/producer pair. Later reviews have distinct periods and stages.
Read the research file M015United States / Customs enforcement
Counsel reports CBP evasion finding involving XCMG North America
Counsel-reported outcomeWiley, counsel to the alleging manufacturers’ coalition, reports a final affirmative CBP evasion determination involving XCMG North America and equipment entered through Mexico.
Read the research file M018Brazil / Workplace safety
Brazil prosecutor reported workplace-safety action
Verified documented allegationMPT’s 2015 announcement describes 29 inspection notices and an interim compliance order concerning factory machine protection and occupational programs.
Read the research file M005Brazil / Customs / favorable outcome
Brazil customs assessment cancellation upheld
Verified official findingCARF unanimously rejected the official appeal on June 19, 2019, leaving cancellation of the reviewed R$25,468,380.32 assessment in place for lack of proof of under-invoicing.
Read the research file M006Kenya / Employment
Kenya employment appeal dismissed; commission and unpaid-pay awards upheld
Court judgmentKenya’s Employment and Labour Relations Court dismissed XCMG EA Limited’s appeal against Stanley Kefa Ofula’s successful employment claim.
Read the research file M007India / Accounting / credit rating
India rating rationale details an inventory restatement
Documented source disclosureCRISIL reported a Rs241 crore inventory discrepancy at Schwing Stetter India and provisional restatements for 2022–2024. It said external verification found no cash outflow.
Read the research file M009United Kingdom / Trade remedies
UK excavator duties and a subsequent absorption review
Verified official findingA UK notice imposed a 24.32% anti-dumping rate for the listed XCMG group on specified Chinese-origin excavators, effective May 14, 2025.
Read the research file M010Brazil / Workplace safety
Fatal incident at XCMG’s Pouso Alegre factory: reporting and response
Reported incidentLocal reporting describes one death and two injuries at XCMG’s Pouso Alegre factory on 2 October 2025.
Read the research file M011Philippines / Public procurement
Philippine pandemic procurement: tax questions and XCMG’s denial
Reported disputed concernSenate-related reporting in 2021 raised questions about XCMG’s pandemic-supply contracts and tax obligations. The company denied tax evasion.
Read the research file M012China / Public procurement
China procurement suspension report: subsidiary named, company responds
Reported administrative actionA June 2025 report describes a procurement suspension involving Xuzhou Heavy Machinery and records XCMG’s response.
Read the research file M013India / Trade remedies
India crane findings: XCMG’s questionnaire dispute and duty recommendation
Official findings / recommendationIndia’s DGTR declined the XCMG group’s questionnaire response in its Certain Cranes investigation. The group disputed that decision.
Read the research file M014United Kingdom / Trade remedies
UK boom lifts: XCMG provisional duty and October recommendation
Provisional measure / recommendationThe named XCMG group has a 28.12% provisional boom-lift duty category under code 8A71. An October intended final recommendation remained open for comments.
Read the research file M016European Union / Trade remedies
EU mobile access equipment duties: XCMG’s cooperating-producer category
Definitive trade measuresEU regulations place XCMG Fire Fighting Safety Equipment in cooperating-producer categories carrying 30.1% anti-dumping and 12.1% countervailing duties on covered goods.
Read the research file M017China / Creditor recovery
China Guiding Case 15: XCMG’s creditor judgment upheld
Favorable court outcomeChina’s Supreme People’s Court published a guiding case in which XCMG obtained a judgment against debtor companies with commingled personnel, business and finances.
Read the research file M019Spain / Trademark / domain dispute
XCMG Iberica domain dispute: transfer ordered, contract question left open
Favorable panel decisionAn ADNDRC panel ordered xcmg-iberica.com transferred to XCMG in April 2023. It expressly left the distribution-termination question undecided.
Read the research file M020Brazil / Environmental licensing
Brazil environmental licence: compliance history and conditional approval
Compliance record / licence grantedBrazil’s licensing records pair historical compliance concerns at XCMG’s Pouso Alegre factory with a conditional licence granted in March 2023.
Read the research file M021