China will apply tariffs of up to 19.8% on European pork for five years.

The Ministry of Commerce of China announced that following the investigation into unfair competition that began in 2024, it will apply tariffs of up to 19.8% on pork originating from the European Union (EU). However, these duties, which will be applied over a period of five years starting tomorrow, are significantly lower than the tariffs of up to 62.4% that were temporarily announced against European pork last September. According to the announcement made today 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.