BEIJING: China will impose “anti-dumping duties” ranging from 4.9% to 19.8% on some EU pork and pork products, the country’s commerce ministry announced Tuesday.
The levies are lower than temporary duties imposed in September, which ranged from 15.6% to 62.4%, but will be in place for five years.
The duties will be applied from Dec 17, after an anti-dumping investigation found imports from the bloc “were being dumped, and the domestic industry suffered substantial damages” as a result, the ministry said in a statement.
China’s probe began last year as Brussels scrutinised Beijing’s state subsidies for electric vehicles.
“At present, the domestic industry is facing difficulties, and there are strong calls for protection,” a commerce ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
They added that the investigation’s conclusions were “objective, fair, and impartial”.
China — the world’s leading consumer of pork — imported 4.3 billion yuan (US$600 million) in pork products from major producer Spain alone last year, according to official Chinese customs data.
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