China MOFCOM issues anti-dumping questionnaire in p-nitrotoluene case against EU imports

This is a procedural step in a trade-remedy case rather than a market-moving event, but it signals that Beijing is formalizing a dumping probe into an EU chemical feedstock. The immediate parties are EU exporters and producers of p-nitrotoluene, along with Chinese importers and domestic producers now required to file questionnaires. The open question is whether the investigation broadens into provisional duties or stays confined to this single tariff line, and how EU authorities respond to a case touching a specialty chemical input.