Source: Chris Scott, MEATINGPLACE, 9/26/16


The Chinese government said it will extend anti-dumping duties on U.S. broilers imported into the country for another five years starting Tuesday, according several media reports, including one from Reuters.

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced last month it would extend measures against broilers from American sources for an additional five years, effective at the end of August 2016. China initially imposed broiler duties to protect the domestic poultry industry in September of 2010. The tariffs were expected to range between 4 percent and 4.2 percent, according to Chinanews.com at the time of the initial report.

The latest report from Shanghai Daily and a separate report from ChinaDaily.com said the duties would remain unchanged from between 46.6 percent to 73.8 percent following a yearlong review of the effect on China’s poultry industry if duties on U.S. broilers were rescinded.

U.S. poultry associations like the National Chicken Council and USA Poultry & Egg Export Council expressed their disappointment in a statement to Meatingplace at the time of the original announcement in August.

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