Dec. 21, 2009 (China Knowledge) - Argentina’s Ministry of Industry and Tourism yesterday announced the beginning of an anti-dumping investigation on tires made in China, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Eduardo Bianchi, Industry Secretary of Argentina, said this investigation will cover tires of sedans, buses, trucks, and agricultural and forestry vehicles.

According to World Trade Organization statistics, Argentina is one of the countries that has the most anti-dumping measures, while China suffers one quarter of such investigations.

The Chinese embassy in Argentina said that in the first ten months of this year alone, Argentina launched 16 anti-dumping investigations against Chinese products and adopted 12 provisional anti-dumping measures and 11 final anti-dumping measures.