Source: Chris Scott, MEATINGPLACE, 8/23/16


China will continue to levy anti-subsidy duties on broilers from U.S. sources for another five years, according to several media reports, including the China Daily website.

The Ministry of Commerce announced it intends to extend the duties through August 2022 after a probe indicated that ending the tariffs – which expired last year – would hurt the domestic poultry industry. China initially imposed duties on U.S. poultry in September 2010 after accusing the U.S. of subsidizing the poultry products that were then dumped in China at below-markets prices.

The duties are expected to range between 4 and 4.2 percent, according to Chinanews.com.

“We are disappointed in this announcement, especially in light of the fact that the WTO has consistently and comprehensively found that China’s countervailing and anti-dumping duties violated its WTO obligations," the National Chicken Council and USA Poultry & Egg Export Council said in a statement emailed to Meatingplace. "Despite those decisions, China has still refused to remove these duties. The U.S. government has reasonably tried to work with China since then to resolve this matter consistent with the WTO dispute settlement panel’s decision, but China’s continued failure to abide by the ruling and to meet its obligations is unacceptable.”

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