US EditionChina hits EU dairy products with provisional duties up to 42.7%
China's provisional countervailing duties target EU dairy imports with rates mostly around 30% after a 16-month probe citing subsidies harming China's dairy industry.
- On Dec 22, China's Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council decided to impose provisional countervailing duty deposits of 21.9% to 42.7% on certain European Union dairy products, starting Tuesday.
- The probe, launched in August last year, was opened at the Dairy Association of China's request and found EU subsidies caused material injury to China's dairy industry, with a February conclusion scheduled.
- Affected items include fresh and processed cheeses and milk products, China imported $589 million of the covered dairy goods in 2024, and roughly 60 firms, including Arla Foods, are affected.
- The measures escalate a trade spat that already involves pork and brandy, with dairy duties following last week's EU pork anti-dumping levies; a senior European diplomat in Beijing said major issues remain.
- As a provisional step, the decision could be revised in a final ruling, while negotiations over EV tariffs resumed this month amid the 2023 EU anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles.
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"If these customs duties were to prove definitive, part of the French export market to China will shut down altogether," the owner of the National Dairy Federation responded on Monday.
Brittany has reduced its dependence on the Chinese market, but the new dairy tax could indirectly affect the sector.
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China hits French cheese with tariffs, broadening trade conflict
China will impose provisional duties of up to 42.7% on dairy products imported from the European Union, the latest in a series of measures against EU exports widely seen as retaliation for the bloc's electric vehicle tariffs.
The EU condemned on Monday the customs taxes announced by China on certain European dairy products, in the framework of a Beijing anti-subsidy investigation, which Brussels rejects. China imposes provisional customs duties from 21.9% to 42.7% on EU dairy products.
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