An investigation is initiated pursuant to Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, in order to determine if imports into the Union of hand pallet trucks and their essential parts, i.e. chassis and hydraulics, with a so-called ‘weight indication system’ consisting of a weighing mechanism not integrated in the chassis having a margin of error equal to or exceeding 1 % of the load, originating in the People's Republic of China, currently falling within CN codes ex84279000 and ex84312000 (TARIC codes 8427900030 and 8431200050) are circumventing the measures imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1008/2011, as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 372/2013.