China has announced anti-dumping taxes of up to 19.8 per cent on pork imports from the European Union, following an 18-month investigation.
Effective on Wednesday, the duties – ranging from 4.9 per cent to 19.8 per cent, depending on the company – will be implemented for a period of five years, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday.
The rates in the final ruling are significantly lower than those included in a preliminary determination in September, when EU pork producers were hit with deposit rates of up to 62.4 per cent.
The duties will cover products including fresh, cold and frozen pork, as well as pork offal, pig fat without lean meat, pig intestines, bladders and stomachs, the ministry said.
The commerce ministry said in a statement that the final ruling was issued against the backdrop of operational challenges in the domestic pork industry and strong calls for protection.
“The ruling report indicates that the relevant pork and pork by-products imported from the EU were being dumped, causing substantive harm to China’s domestic industry,” the statement said.