China announces definitive tariffs of up to 19.8% on European pork for five years

China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday that, following the unfair competition investigation initiated in 2024, it will apply tariffs of up to 19.8% on pork from the European Union (EU) in what is considered a retaliation for Brussels' rates on its electric vehicles. However, these duties, which will be applied for five years starting tomorrow, are significantly lower than the up to 62.4% tariffs that were temporarily announced against European pork last September. According to today's announcement made by Commerce on its website, the tariffs will range from 4.9% applied solely to the Spanish company Litera Meat, one of the firms sampled in the investigation, to the aforementioned 19.8%, which will be imposed on companies that did not cooperate and also on the Dutch company Vion. For the firms that cooperated with the investigation, including several Spanish companies ...